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"Chips" ahoy!: This lesson will help children recognize, continue, and create number patterns, as well as find the rules for the patterns. The activities progress from concrete to semi-concrete to abstract.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics); By Terri Downing.

Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!: Using chocolate as a theme, students will become involved in reading, writing, math, word study/spelling and other developmentally appropriate (integrated) activities. The unit includes centers for the classroom along with whole group activities.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Luwonna Oakes.

Chutes and ladders - Quadratic equations review: This lesson is designed as a review lesson for solving quadratic equations. Students will play the game "Chutes and Ladders," modified for quadratic equations, as they review for the test.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics); By michelle longest.

Classifying transportation objects: In this lesson the students will sort, classify, and label transportation items by various attributes.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics); By LuAda Skaggs.

Collecting and organizing data: In this lesson students will learn to collect data and organize the data into a chart using computer technology.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills, Information Skills, and Mathematics); By Rochelle Mullis.

Color-coded time: This lesson introduces telling time to the minute using the analog and digital clocks. The hands are color-coded to assist with hour and minute hand discrimination. The student will use the time on the digital clock, which can then be transferred to the more difficult analog clock.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Mathematics); By Anne Clodfelter.

Commercial and industrial designers: Working with volume: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 3.7; In this lesson, students calculate the volume of a variety of boxes, and calculate the change in volume that would result from a change in the boxes' dimensions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics); By Valerie Davis, Sonya Rexrode, and Monika Vasili.

Comparing & contrasting real & make-believe bears: Student pairs create a Venn Diagram in their Bear Research Journal listing things that are the same and different about real and make-believe bears.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Susan Lovett.

Congruent figures: This is a fun, hands-on activity to help students identify congruent figures.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics); By Jennifer Robinson.

Coordinate plane artwork: For this lesson students will go to the computer lab and use the General Coordinate Game applet created by the Shodor Foundation to obtain a more specific understanding of the coordinate plane, its parts, and how it can be used to graph points. Afterward, the students will practice using the coordinate plane by drawing a picture on a coordinate plane and then writing out directions (using coordinates) for that picture to be replicated exactly by another student, who will not see the picture but will follow the directions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Mathematics); By Erin Foerster.

Counting fun: This is a lesson on counting that takes 30 minutes. It is a good whole group activity for beginning counting, (forwards and backwards), and numeral recognition 1-10 to use early in the year. It is also good for math in literature. The activity can be extended as a counting game to use individually or small group during work stations.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics); By Karen McNeely.

Couriers and messengers: Real-world problem solving: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 3.4; In this lesson plan, students take on the role of couriers and use indirect measurement to plan a delivery.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics); By Valerie Davis, Sonya Rexrode, and Monika Vasili.

Creating and understanding circles and their parts: This lesson will offer a hands-on opportunity to explore and construct circles. Students will develop a definition for identifying the parts of a circle such as the center, radius, diameter, chord, and circumference. Students will use compasses and rulers in constructing these parts of a circle.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); By Patricia Tingen.

Critical thinking in science: This unit of inquiry-based lessons teaches eighth-grade students to utilize and develop critical thinking skills. Students will create testable questions; design and perform experiments; collect, organize, and analyze data; and use these results to decide on the next step in the scientific process.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Crossed up hundreds board: Students will experience patterns and problem solving on the Hundreds Board.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics); By Karen Bartlett.

Cubic expressions: Application to fluid transport systems through Murray’s law: In A mathematical model to describe fluid behavior, page 2; The students will view a schematic image of a leaf and the veins of the plant that circulate fluid throughout the leaf. Using a simplified version of Murray’s law, the students will be able to mathematically model the fluid transport system of some plants and animals.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); By Jenny Rucker.

Data gathering - Linear regressions: In groups of three, students gather data by experiment or observation in one of nine activities. Each group models the data they gathered, creates a display, and presents results to the class using an overhead projector.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Mathematics); By Judy Pickering.

Dear Tootsie Roll company: The students will measure the surface area and wrapper area of five pieces of candy. Using appropriate formulas and measuring techniques, they will complete information needed for a spreadsheet and database. Students wrap up the lesson by writing a letter to the company with the most wasted paper to explain how the waste affects them as consumers and a suggestion for correcting the problem.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Tonya Thompson.

Density: In Integrating Chemistry and Algebra II, page 3; Students will determine the density of two unknown liquids by collecting mass and volume data. Each group of students will be given a different volume of the liquids to measure, they will combine their data to create a graph. Using the graph students will determine the density of the two liquids by calculating the slope of the two lines. Students will also use a graphing calculator to determine the slope of the two lines.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Jennifer Elmo.

Describing words: Go Away, Big Green Monster: The students will use describing words in their writing based on the book Go Away, Big Green Monster while integrating math concepts about shapes.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Paula Jennings.

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