1st Grade - Act. 08: Then and Now
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students use a teacher created tub, charts, and cards to understand the concept of "Then and Now."
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North Carolina Counties
(View Complete Item Description)This site provides a map outlining all 100 counties in North Carolina. Clicking on a county provides an explanation concerning how people, events, and developments brought changes or recognition to that area. The history of the county is provided as well as manufacturing information, population demographics, and agricultural products specific to that area. Information concerning the roles that North Carolina communities have played on a state and national level is provided (ie. High Point being the "furniture capital of the world" and New Bern being the birth place of Pepsi-Cola). Entrepreneurship endeavors that have influenced the economy are provided for select counties such as
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lesson, Presentation
African American Voting Rights and the North Carolina Constitution
(View Complete Item Description)Students will examine changes in African American voting rights throughout North Carolina's history. This lesson begins by reviewing key vocabulary. Students then independently research the history of African American voting rights in North Carolina using a primary source web quest or jigsaw activity.
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0-20 Counting
(View Complete Item Description)Students demonstrate one-to-one correspondence, cardinality, understanding of "one more", and writes numbers.
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100 Hunt: Target Number + 10
(View Complete Item Description)In this game, players are given a target number and a hundreds chart. When they click on the number ten more than the target number, their time to find the number is reported. A new target number is provided by clicking the ?next? button.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game, Interactive
1.OA.6: Assessment Task 17
(View Complete Item Description)In this assessment task, students play a memory game and subtract within 20.
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Compare Sums and Differences of Numbers to 100 with Multiple Steps
(View Complete Item Description)This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about comparing with two-step addition and subtraction.
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2.MD Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday
(View Complete Item Description)This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Materials * Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst * Plastic coins * Labels for items Alexander spent his money on (attached) * Pa...
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2.NBT Number Line Comparisons
(View Complete Item Description)This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Plot the following numbers on the number line. 456 \ \ 983\ \ 938 \ \ 425 \ \ 220 \ \ 202\ \ 799 Choose eight pairs of numbers from those you plotted o...
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Probability Examples
(View Complete Item Description)This video includes four worked out examples dealing with probability. The video includes Addition Rule of Probability, Multiplication Rule and Conditional Probabilities.
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All in a Day's Work: Developing Soft Skills for Job Success
(View Complete Item Description)Students distinguish between "hard" and "soft" skills that are needed in the workplace and engage in activities that help them practice those skills. They then create a handbook of rules for the workplace for peers.
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Activity 5: Solar System - Solar System Size-Up
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students will see the relative sizes of the planets and how far apart they really are. This activity will especially emphasize how large and empty of a place our solar system really is.
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Activity 6: Clouds and Precipitation - Cloud Formation and Precipitation
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students explore cloud formation and precipitation by observing and recording weather data, as well as setting up a "cloud chamber" to observe evaporated water vapor as it condenses and precipitates.
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Scholastic Study Jams: Ecosystems - Biomes
(View Complete Item Description)In this video, students learn that the Earth is divided into major kinds of large ecosystems, or biomes. The major difference between biomes in the climate. Several common biomes are explored that include grasslands and forests.
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3-D Cells
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students will create a three dimensional model of a cell and then cut it in two to make a two dimensional view.
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Photosynthesis Lab
(View Complete Item Description)Students will conduct multiple experiments to test ideas about photosynthesis, including investigating plant cells under a microscope and testing photosynthesis on leaf disks in a syringe.
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Who Killed Ms Elle E Mint(Empirical and Molecular Formulas)
(View Complete Item Description)Students will calculate Empirical and Molecular Formulas while trying to solve a murder mystery
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The Water Cycle for Schools and Students: Advanced Students
(View Complete Item Description)This interactive water cycle diagram illustrates and describes how water moves through and between locations on Earth.
Material Type: Interactive
Measuring the Rate of Respiration in Yeast Cells
(View Complete Item Description)Students determine if the amount of sugar affects the rate of respiration.
Material Type: Activity/Lab