Parade Float

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How to Survive as a Shark - FLOAT or SINK

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Get this free activity to accompany the AWESOME book How to Survive as a Shark by Kristen Foote. All images created by Erica Salcedo are used with permission from The Innovation Press. These are 2 great activities to teach and reinforce the concepts of floating and sinking. The first lesson discusses whether solid objects can float or sink and the second lesson discusses whether liquids can float on not. This ties in with the concept that the oil in a shark's liver gives it buoyancy so it

1st - 3rd

Engineering, Other (Math)

FREE! Math Mini-Project--500 Wheel Brigade

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More Than a Worksheet

Updated June 2015 This is a math mini-project that encourages students to design a parade with exactly 500 wheels. Students will use research, decison-making skills, and math computation to create a parade with 500 wheels, no more, no less. This document includes: 1. Detailed directions printable page for students including a simple grading rubric. 2. An Inventory chart where students fill in their vehicles, quantities, and number of wheels. 3. Ideas for extension activities for your earl

3rd - 5th

Math, Science

Also included in: Math Project Super Bundle

Problem Solving Strategy for Word Problems - CUBES Methodology

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Zany Brainy Kids

CUBES is a proven strategy for solving word problems. The acronym stands for Circle, Underline, Box, Equation, and Solve. The CUBES methodology breaks apart the large and daunting task of solving a word problem into chunks. If you teach someone how to swim, you wouldn’t just throw them off of a boat and tell them to swim to shore. You may even tell them all of the steps of how to swim at once. How well would this work? They would likely drown. Yet, we teachers do that all of the time when teach

3rd - 5th

Math, Other (Math)

CCSS

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Ordinal Numbers Building Worksheet

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Language Stuff

Let's review ordinal numbers using logic and deduction. Ask the students to imagine that they will have to buy an apartment in this building. But before making a deal, they should study all the details: neighbours (if suddenly they arrange noisy parties), the presence of a balcony and windows so that a flat is light, the floor number (in case the elevator breaks down) and other things. After the students complete the task, ask them to discuss in pairs the apartment on which floor they would choo

2nd - 5th

Numbers, Vocabulary