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This file contains directions and materials for Cluster 1 math games.
Math games are fun, motivating, and provide opportunities for students to build number concepts, reasoning, and fluency. These games may be used as math stations or as whole group learning opportunities.
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In this task, students are shown a series of objects, and asked to describe their measurable attributes. The task may be used for instruction or as formative assessment. A rubric is provided in order to determine the students current level of understanding.
Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer, from NGSS 1PS 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, and 4-4.
Driving Question: How can I, as a 1st grade engineer, design a device to let people know I am safe, using light and sound?
Four unit plans provide opportunities for in-depth explorations of important foundational climate concepts -- weather, water as a solid, liquid and gas, and the water cycle -- that are appropriate for K-2 and 3-5 learners. These unit plans incorporate many of the lessons highlighted in other articles in this issue of the online magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle. The magazine is structured around the essential principles of the climate sciences.
Students will investigate constructive and destructive interference by observing the light patterns on the surface of soap bubbles.
Students use authentic spectral data from the Cassini mission of Saturn and Saturn's moon, Titan, gathered by instrumentation developed by engineers. Taking these unknown data, and comparing it with known data, students determine the chemical composition of Saturn's rings and Titan's atmosphere.
In this lesson, students will take a closer look at the sun and begin to recognize its critical function in heating and warming the air, land, and water that sustain our lives. This will involve drawing their attention to the basics of the heat around them and how the sun is the primary source of that warmth. They will then perform a number of indoor and outdoor activities that support the benchmark, and help to begin their identification of the sun as the natural, universal source of heat in the world.
Students learn about the human eye and how it works and the basic information about the different parts of the eye. Text for this article is appropriate for the upper elementary and middle grade levels. A Spanish version of the article and a read-aloud option are also provided on the site.
This encyclopedia entry is for the term "eclipse." Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.