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Lesson Plans

Masters of Disaster (High School)

Overview

Students will research natural disasters and their impact on people.  They will work in teams to design a disaster preparedness guide to share with the community to reduce the impact of a natural disaster utilizing various creativity apps on the iPad.

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will:

  • collaborate with others to complete a project
  • use critical thinking skills to solve real world problems
  • communicate effectively with others
  •  be able to explain how weather patterns affect climate

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Essential Question:  How can we plan and prepare to minimize the impact on people in the unfortunate event of a natural disaster? 

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

DLCS18.HS.R5
DLCS18.HS.R6
DLCS18.HS.25
DLCS18.HS.31
SC15.ESS.15
AAS.SC15.ESS.15

Gallon Man Meets Fraction Friend: An Introductory Lesson on Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators

Overview

This hands-on, minds-on activity helps students use what they already know about customary measurement (CCRS 2010 #18 [5.MD.1]: Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system.) to help them add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators.

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will represent fractions and add fractions with like and unlike denominators using pieces of Fraction Friend and their own body.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Mathematical Practice Standards:   

1. Make sense of problems and preserver in solving them.

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

4.  Model with mathematics.

5. Use appropriate tools strategically.

6. Attend to precision.

7. Look for and make use of structure.

8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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Aligned Standards

National/Other Standards

Develop understanding of fractions as parts of unit wholes, as parts of a collection, as locations on number lines, and as divisions of whole numbers (NCTM 3-5).

Master of Disaster (Elementary Grades)

Overview

Students will research natural disasters and their impact on people.  They will work in teams to design a disaster preparedness guide to share with the community to reduce the impact of a natural disaster utilizing various creativity apps on the iPad.

Grade(s)

3

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will:

  • collaborate with others to complete a project.
  • use critical-thinking skills to solve real-world problems.
  • communicate effectively with others.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Essential Question:  How can we plan and prepare to minimize the impact on people in the unfortunate event of a natural disaster? 

Activities

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

DLCS18.3.R5
DLCS18.3.R6
DLCS18.3.13
AAS.SS10.3.9
SS10.3.9

Adding with the Associative Property

Overview

Students will learn ways to add using the associative property of addition. Students will view a PowerPoint presentation to introduce associative property of addition.

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will solve 3 addend addition problems by using the associative property.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

  1. Student will work in small cooperative groups of 2-4.
  2. Students will respond to and create questions appropriate to the concept being taught.

Activities

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Aligned Standards

National/Other Standards

1. Count with understanding and recognize "how many" sets are in an object.

2. Develop and use strategies for whole-number computations, with a focus on addition and subtraction.

3. Use a variety of methods and tools to compute, including objects, mental computation, estimation, paper and pencil, and calculators.

Twizzler Measurement

Overview

Students will use technology, hands-on interaction, and active participation to compare and measure different heights of objects.

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will be able to accurately sort objects by height. 

Students will be able to describe objects as shorter, longer, or same height.

Use cubes to determine which object is longer, shorter, or same height. 

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Aligned Standards

Heart Graphing

Overview

During this lesson students will complete hands-on activities.Technology will be incorporated with this lesson. Students will sort conversation heart candy by colors. Students will then use their data to complete picture graphs.

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

  • Students will complete an online color sorting game.
  • Students will sort conversation heart candy by colors.
  • Students will count the hearts to gather information.
  • Students will then use their data to complete a picture graph.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

  • Students will demonstrate proper use and care of the computer and mouse.

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Aligned Standards

Wanted: Angles of all Sizes!

Overview

In this lesson, students will explore straight, right, acute and obtuse angles. Students will go to the playground to search for angles. The students will use digital cameras to record their findings. They will use their findings to create a PowerPoint to present to the class.

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

4

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will be able to work collaboratively to identify straight, right, obtuse, and acute angles. 

Activities

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

DLCS18.4.R6
DLCS18.4.12

Roll 'N Round to Win

Overview

This lesson is a hands-on, game-based lesson. It should be part of a larger unit of study on number sense, estimation, and/or place value. The lesson involves students in a game-based activity which gives them a concrete understanding of the relationship between number values, place value, and the accepted mathematical rule for rounding numbers.

This is a College- and Career-Ready Standards showcase lesson plan.

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

Additional Learning Objective(s)

  1. Determine which two whole number powers of 10 a number falls between.
  2. Determine the lowest and greatest possible number that a nice number has been rounded from. (A number was rounded to 60. What is the least possible number it could have been?)
  3. Fluently add and subtract within 1,000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

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Aligned Standards

Roll an Array

Overview

This lesson presents a hands-on partner activity to introduce second graders to making rectangular arrays. Students will use number dice to roll numbers and then build the coordinating array. An equation will be written to show the sum of the equal addends.

This is a College- and Career-Ready Standards showcase lesson plan.

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

The students will understand that equal addends can be arranged into rectangular arrays and can be used to find the sum. The students will build arrays using manipulatives and write an equation to express the sum.

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Aligned Standards

Beyond Plot Summary Part 1: Critical Thinking and Writing About Plot Development

Overview

Students will delve into discussion and writing about plot development, including generating their own reflections, original ideas, and influences on how events interact and shape character, mood, tone, and conflict.

This is a College- and Career-Ready Standards showcase lesson plan.

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

1

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Using the plot development toolkit, students will analyze a sample response on plot development, identifying and categorzing elements of an effective response. 

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

AAS.ELA15.10.1
AAS.ELA15.9.1

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