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Elementary Presidents' Day numbers laboratories
Scientific Method STEM Density Experiment-Penny Boat Challenge-Distance Learning
Design a boat that will hold as many pennies as possiblewithout sinking using 1 piece of aluminum foil. Great idea to celebrate Presidents Day with some science! Set up as a scientific experiment. Materials, Procedure, Observations, ConclusionsNow available digitally for distance learning! Quick and FUN!This is also part of a Scientific Method Inquiry bundle:Easy Scientific Method Inquiry Experiments Bundle-5 challenges IntroductionLooking for a holiday twist on this activity???Try: Build the M
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Easy Scientific Method & STEM Experiments Bundle- 5 Activities
Dirty Penny Science Experiment for Presidents' Day
Your class will love this simple experiment. This outlines all of the steps of scientific investigation. The students have to come up with a question, make a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, show their results, and come up with a conclusion. Each step is clearly outlined and explained.
For my class, I just had to explain the process, give them a definition of a hypothesis (letting them know it's okay to be wrong!), and then explain why the salt and vinegar is the winner (sorry to give it awa
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K - 3rd
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Measuring Mass of Pennies Practice, Scientific Method, analyzing data
Do you have large jars of pennies? Now you have something to do with them! Celebrate Presidents day with this basic skills unit based around pennies!
In this activity students sort pennies by year and measure their mass. They then compare the masses throughout history and compare the composition of pennies throughout history.
Objectives:
•to practice using a balance
•to determine the mass of a penny
•to see if there is a change in mass of pennies through the decades
Students really get int
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5th - 9th
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Measuring Volume and Capacity in the Measurement Lab
This unit provides a wonderful opportunity to teach children grades 1-5 the necessary concepts and vocabulary in order to be successful with measuring capacity and volume. These lessons are hands-on, rich in vocabulary and have various levels of focus questions. Each lessons includes learning targets/learning outcomes, student directions, recording sheets and focus questions.
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1st - 5th
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Absorb and Repel Inquiry Experiment for Early Primary Students
This resource was created in response to a student inquiry. An Aboriginal educator showed my students deer and moose leather gloves and we started a conversation about its water-repellent property (and compared it to cotton gloves - which get soggy). This connects to the Ontario Grade 1 Science curriculum and several areas of the Kindergarten curriculum.
Includes:
- curriculum links
- materials and tips
- suggested read-aloud
- 4 documentation pages for experiment using weighing objects (incl.
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K - 1st
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Ratios and Proportions Measuring Activity
This is a group activity for students to practice ratios and proportions as well as measurement skills. They will take turns measuring each group member's height, shoe length, and shadow length. They will graph height vs. shoe length and height vs. shadow length to determine which relationship is proportional.
You will need to have measuring tapes or other measuring devices available to each student group, as well as access to a sunny outdoor location.
Although data will vary greatly, an e
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5th - 7th
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Gingerbread Man Area & Perimeter
This is a very fun, holiday themed activity. You can use any size Gingerbread Man you'd like based on ability and age. This sheet has a list of fun food items and the child practices measuring the perimeter and area of the gingerbread man. There is a column for estimation and results. This is a great hands on activity!
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PreK - 2nd
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Presidents Favorite Foods - US History,Language Arts,Cooking lab w/PDF downloads
* One downloadable video and one link for streaming.We can cook President G. Washington's favourite food in class, and/ or host a presidential potluck ! We have an amazing easy to make in class recipe, voting, learning to tally votes, and learning about each presidents favorite foods. There are student pages, ideas and tips for expanding this lesson, as well and how to pages and supply lists. Sometimes we need a little help in remembering who the presidents were and this lesson gives a human q
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3rd - 5th
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 18 SHEETS. CODING, PIXEL ART. MISTERY PICTURE
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandTHE LABORATORY INCLUDES-6 NEW IMAGES WITH CODES -2 PAGES OF DIRECTIONAL ARROWS WITH EXPLANATIONS-2 PUZZLE ALICEONE OF THE TWO PUZZLES MUST BE CUT, WRITING BACK A1, A2 ETC. AND MIXED
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1st - 5th
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MATH LESSON & MATH LAB on Really Big Numbers!
Most people can identify numbers in the millions, billions and trillions, but few people actually know the names for some really big numbers after that! This is a tried and true math lesson and lab that I have created and used for many years with my 7th and 8th grade classes. Students get a "kick" out of learning about really big numbers that they were never able to identify before now. They walk away feeling empowered and ready to share their knowledge with others! In the MATH LESSON, students
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5th - 10th, Adult Education
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Measuring Length in the Measurement Lab
This 5 week unit was developed to help students in grades K-5 better understand the basic concepts of measuring length in order to be successful at their grade level Common Core State Standards CCSS. This unit includes rich vocabulary and a hands-on learning experience (lab style) that will help develop them into great, independent problem solvers.
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K - 5th
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My Pumpkin Experiment Sheet
Worksheet for a fall theme science experiment on pumpkins.
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PreK - 2nd
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Skittlescopics: An Edible Proportions Lab
This product is an edible lab using bags of Skittles, ratios and proportional reasoning. It includes the lab and directions and an Excel document to use to determine student accuracy. The product is by Mathink.
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5th - 8th
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Comparing Number to 20 Boom™Cards
This set of Boom Cards gives students practice comparing numbers to 20. It uses the cutest alligator GIFs that the student can manipulate to make the number sentence true. The first 10 slides use numbers to 10. The next 10 slides include numbers to 20. Students use are encouraged to say the completed number sentence aloud using the math language - greater than, less than, equal to. My 1st graders really benefit from this type of practice as did my ELL and SPED students.Here is a link to pre
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K - 2nd
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Flipping Pennies to Gather Raw Data
This record sheet will help your students gather raw data in the form of heads or tails. Use this data to look for patterns and then add up the class data to compare to. Discussion topics include percentages, chance, and cause/effect relationships.
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2nd - 9th
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Statistics Math Lab
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE ABLE TO ACCESS GOOGLE DOCS BEFORE PURCHASING THIS MATH LAB!!!
I will be making updates as feedback comes in, so check back to the link often!
This is a fun lesson that takes between 90-120 minutes. I have 45 minute periods and with my 6th graders in a class of 24, we were able to gather all of our data and have 10 minutes to spare. The next day, we finished the calculations and the visuals. Some worked faster than others, so some of the kids got to the reflection quest
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5th - 7th
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Pumpkin Data Sheet
This data sheet is for use with finding data on pumpkins. We used several different pumpkins and then compared the data using the data sheets. The data sheet includes measuring with non-standard items as well as reviewing adjectives, color words, and number skills. I hope this data sheet helps you in your lesson planning!
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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K - 3rd
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French & English Numbers counting exercice Memory | Ecrire Chiffres et mémoriser
Exercice for memorising and writing numbers from 0 to 9 both in English and French.This cards helps students writing numbers and memorising them in the same time. They are designed to help student to master numbers and their writing.These activities will certainly motivate your students to write their Numbers correctly and memorise them. This READY TO GO set can be used in many ways :- With the whole class- As morning work- As homework- In HolidaysThis PDF file contains the folllowing : (12 Car
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PreK - 1st
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Fall Pumpkin Counting Collection/Observation
Students work in groups to record observations including size of pumpkin and properties of the pumpkin. They then open up their pumpkin and count the seeds as a collection. Counting collections is POWERFUL.
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1st - 3rd
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