Nuts Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 20, 2007
History

Today is National Nut Day! Learn more about nuts here: http://www.nutcrackermuseum.com/history_nuts.htm


Vocabulary

Learn some “nutty” words with this word search: http://homeschooling.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/kids/nuts.html

For Fun

Try to crack the code with this fun worksheet! http://www.walnuts.org/pdfs/California_Walnut_CracktheCode.pdf

Science

A tough nut to crack! Try this fun science experiment. (You can substitute a different nut if you want!) We will be using a food scale to weigh the nuts. http://food_fiber.okstate.edu/tuffnut1.pdf

Math
Today’s math challenge involves multiplying money. Learn about it here: http://www.mathscore.com/math/free/lessons/Hawaii/5th_grade/Money_Multiplication_lesson.html
And then practice here: http://www.mathscore.com/math/free/lessons/Hawaii/5th_grade/Money_Multiplication_sample_problems.html

Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!
http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/10/math-challenge-october-22.html



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