Winter Olympic Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 25, 2008

History

On this day in 1924, the first winter Olympics was held.

Writing Prompt

Pretend you are an athlete representing your country in the winter Olympic games. Which sporting event would you compete in?
Vocabulary

Learn some words that relate to the Winter Olympics here: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/winoly/quiz/

Reading

Learn more about the Winter Olympics here: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/winoly/read/

Science

Learn about the physics of skiing with this fun science project: http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Physics/PHS0014.html

Math/ Critical Thinking

Figure out how many medals each country won here: http://www.edhelper.com/logic/Logic40.htm

Practice your graphing skills here: http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/olympic.htm


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Homeschool Math Challenge January 25

Look at the chart above to answer the question. What are the mean, median, and mode of gold medals won?

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Gold Rush Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 24, 2008

History

On this day in 1848, gold was found in California at Sutter’s Mill by John Marshall. Read more about it here: http://www.historyonthenet.com/American_West/gold_rush.htm

Writing Prompt

Gold prospectors led a difficult life, traveling thousands of miles alone into unknown country. When they arrived at their destination — whether it was California or the Canadian Rockies — they often spent a great deal of time searching for gold, and many never found it. They faced danger from the wilderness as well as other miners. What other hardships can you imagine they endured?

Reading

Read more about the gold rush here: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/programs/pdf/cal_gold_rush.pdf

Language Arts

Practice your editing skills here: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/edit/pdfs/edit0117.pdf

Vocabulary

Create an illustrated dictionary of the following gold mining terms: The dictionary should
be colorful and imaginative, but show what each term means.
prospector sluice box mother lode
placer panning orebody
rocker Forty-niners Klondike
Eureka vein arrastra


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Homeschool Math Challenge January 24

90,000 settlers came to California between 1848 and 1849. On average, how many came each day?

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Foot Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 23, 2008

History

Today is National Measure Your Feet Day!

Writing Prompt

Write a story from your shoe’s point of view. Tell where you have been and what you have seen.
Science
The feet of birds are adapted to help birds get their food and to allow them to move around when not in flight. Learn more about it here: http://www.state.nj.us/pinelands/infor/curric/pinecur/feetws.htm


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Homeschool Math Challenge January 23

Parker wears a size 10 shoe, Powell wears a size 8. Palmer wears a size 6.5, and Tyler wears a size 2. What are the mean, and the median of their shoe sizes?

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Popcorn Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 22, 2008

History

Today is Popcorn day! Learn more about popcorn’s history here: http://www.popcorn.org/encyclopedia/epanhist.cfm

Reading

Read this article about popcorn and answer the questions: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/ela-sample/gr5-bk1.pdf (p. 7-11)
Writing Prompt

Pretend you are a popcorn kernel about to be popped. Write a story about it.

Science

Learn about how popcorn pops here: http://www.popcorn.org/encyclopedia/popvideo.cfm

Cooking

Make popcorn balls: http://www.kinderart.com/kitchen/popcornballs.shtml



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Homeschool Math Challenge January 22

You and 3 of your friends are eating popcorn. If you each eat 1 3/4 cups, how much popcorn did you eat all together?

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Martin Luther King Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 21, 2008

History

Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Day! Learn more about him here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK/


Writing Prompt

Martin Luther King gave a famous speech that began with the words, “I have a dream”. Write your own dream on this worksheet: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/mlk/writing/3/

Reading

Learn more about Martin Luther King here: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/mlk/read/

Geography

Explore the places that Martin Luther King visited here: http://www.nea.org/lessons/tt080114.html

Vocabulary

Learn more about Martin Luther King (and some new vocabulary words!) here: http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/mlkingprint_2.htm

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 21

On October 19, 1983, the Senate approved the holiday 78-22. How many more votes than the required two-thirds was this?

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Lewis and Clark Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 18, 2008

History

On this day in 1803, Lewis and Clark headed on an expedition to explore unknown areas in the United States. Learn more about it here: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/lewis_clark/



Writing Prompt

Write a newspaper article about Lewis and Clark here: http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/lewisclark/index.html

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Reading

Learn more about Lewis and Clark here: http://education.boisestate.edu/compass/Kidscompass/Lewisclarkexp.htm

Geography

Mapping the Trail. See where Lewis and Clark went on their travels here: http://www.lewisandclarkinkentucky.org/education/state_fair.shtml

Math

Learn about how math was used in Lewis and Clark’s journey here: http://newali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1001241/

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Homeschool Math Challenge

If Lewis and clark traveled 7,600 miles, how long would it take to travel the same distance by car if you travled 10 hours per day at a rate of 60 miles per hour?

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Ben Franklin Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 17, 2008

History

On this day in 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. Learn more about him here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/f/franklin.shtml

Reading

Benjamin Franklin is famous for many reasons and one of them is for his words of wisdom, or Maxims. Learn more about them here: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Ben/Maximssheet.html
Vocabulary

Learn more about Ben Franklin with this fun word search: http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/franklinprint.htm


Science

Learn more about electricity here: http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/electricity.asp

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Homeschool Math Challange January 17

On January 17, 2006, students around the world commemorated Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday by participating in a common scientific enterprise. Ben is known for his words of wisdom, including "a penny saved is a penny earned." It is fitting that, on his Tercentenary, the power of a single coin was demonstrated when students around the world collectively engaged in a common scientific experiment to determine, once and for all, if "heads" or "tails" occurs more frequently in coin flips.

They had the following results:

Total Number of Flips = 210,310

Total Number of Heads = 107,562

Total Number of Tails = 102,748

What percentage were heads? What percentage were tails?

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National Do Nothing Day Lesson Plan

Today is National Do Nothing Day. Just send an email with the word nothing to me at kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net to earn 5 points for today! Enjoy your day off!

Football Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 15, 2008

History

On this day in 1967, the very first Super Bowl event was held. The football game was between Green Bay and Kansas City. Green Bay was the winning team with a score of 35 to 10.

Writing Prompt

Write a story using the words listed in this word bank:

Football, game, fans, stadium, touchdown, coin, goal, points, halftime, winning

Reading

Read more about football here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_football.pdf

Math

Practice your math skills with this fun football game: http://www.funbrain.com/football/index.html

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 15

A punter punted the football 5 times in a game. His first punt went 40 yards. His second punt went 36 yards. His third punt went 52 yards. His fourth punt went 21 yards. His fifth punt went 67 yards. What was the average of all his punts?

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 14

A 12 ounce can of chicken soup costs $1.06. A 24 ounce can sells for $1.79 and a 36 ounce can costs $2.85. Which is the better deal?

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Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 10, 2008

History

The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly occurred on this day in 1946. Learn more about the United Nations here: http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/socialstudies/un_sh_background.pdf?mii=1

Then answer these questions:
1. How many nations are members of the United Nations?
2. Who came up with the idea of the United Nations?
3. What is the mission of the United Nations?
4. What are the 6 bodies of the United Nations?


Writing Prompt

You can pretend you are at the United Nations by looking at this live camera shot: http://www.un.org/webcam/index.html Write about what you see.


Reading

Read more about the United Nations here: http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus/unintro/unintro.asp

Then answer these questions:

1. What are the official languages of the United Nations?
2. Where is the United Nations headquarters located?


Vocabulary

1. Use each of these words in a sentence: http://www.dowslane.org/words.jpg

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 10

There are 15 council members of the United Nations. In order to make a decision, there must be 9 yes votes. What fraction must be a yes vote? What percentage is this?

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Hot Air Balloon Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 9, 2008

History

The first US hot air balloon flight happened on this day in 1793. Learn more about hot air balloons here: http://www.hotairballooning.com/
Take a virtual flight here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/balloon/virtual/


Writing Prompt

Pretend you are flying in a hot air balloon. Write a story about it.

Language Arts

Practice your editing skills here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2008/01/edit-paragraph-below-what-was-floating.html

Vocabulary

Define each of the words listed here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2008/01/hot-air-balloon-vocabulary.html


Science

Learn about how hot air balloons work: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceExHotAirBalloonFloatsWhyMO68.htm

Art

Make a paper mache hot air balloon: Inflate a balloon. Using either newspaper strips with flour and water paste or plaster bandage strips, cover the inflated balloon. Let dry and paint. Hang a basket underneath your painted balloon. Small baskets, strawberry baskets, or small milk cartons work well for this. Attach hook, string or fishing line so the balloon can be hung.

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Homeschool Math Challange January 9

Hot air balloons work on the scientific principle that warmer air rises in cooler air. Actually, hot air is lighter than cool air, because it has less mass per unit of volume. A cubic foot of air weighs roughly 28 grams. If you heat that air by 100°F, it weighs about 7 grams less. Therefore, each cubic foot of air contained in a hot air balloon can lift about 7 grams. Since there are 28 grams in one ounce, and 16 ounces to a pound, 7 grams isn't much weight. This is why hot air balloons are so huge. To lift 1000 pounds, you need about 65,000 cubic feet of hot air!

How many cubic feet of air do you need to lift 800 pounds?

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Hot Air Balloon Vocabulary

Define the following words:

1.altitude

2.ascent

3. ballast

4. valve

5.inflation

6. deflate

7.descend

8. helium

9. hydrogen

10.kevlar

11.maneuver

Hot Air Balloon Editing Practice

Edit the paragraph below:

What was floating above Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 9, 1793. It was Jean-Pierre Francois Blanchard on the first manned hot-air balloon flite in American History. Observed by president George Washington, the balloon stay in the air for about 15 miles and 45 minute. Blanchards flight sparked national interest in ballooning. Its reported that he take just one passenger with him on the flight -- a little black dog!

Homeschool Math Challenge January 8

Elvis Presley was nominated for 14 grammys, and he won 3. What percentage did he he win?

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First Presidential Election Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 7, 2008

History

On this day in 1789, the first presidential election was held in the United States. Learn more about it here: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&displayDate=01/07&categoryId=leadstory

Writing Prompt
Suggest a Law: According to the Constitution, Congress makes the country's laws. However, most Presidents often suggest laws to Congress. Think of a topic for a law that you would suggest. It might have to do with pollution, animal welfare, education, health, poverty or another issue.
Geography/Math
Pretend you are campaigning for President. Visit this site to plan your trip across the country on your campaign trail: http://pbskids.org/democracy/educators/allaboard.html
Math
Use the information here: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0110380.html to compare population between the time of George Washington and today. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the percentage increase in population from 1790 to 2000?
2. Which decade had the greatest amount of population growth?
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Homeschool Math Challenge January 7

When George Washington was elected president, his salary was $25,000. The salary for the president is now $400,000. By what percentage has the salary increased?

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JRR Tolkien Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 3, 2008

History

Author JRR Tolkien was born on this day in 1892. He is most known for his Lord of the Rings series of books. Read more about him here: http://www.tolkientrail.com/tolkienbio.shtml
Vocabulary
Try this fun Lord of The Rings Word Search: http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/lordoftherings-ws.htm
Writing Prompt
Try out this Hobbit name generator: http://www.chriswetherell.com/hobbit/ then write a story about your Hobbit.
Reading
You can read samples of JRR Tolkien’s work here: http://www.tolkien.co.uk/library.aspx

Language Arts
Have fun with this Tolkien mad libs: http://www.tolkientrail.com/madlibs.shtml

Cooking
Mr. J.R.R. Tolkien mentions tea scones and seed cakes. Prepare a sumptuous tea including the tea scones and seed cakes for your hard-working parents!

Tea Scones
2 c. flour
1/4 c. milk
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 c. shortening
1 tsp. soda
2 eggs, beaten
Mix dry ingredients. Blend in shortening (like pie crust). Add eggs, milk, raisins; mix with fork. Press out 1/2-inch thick
on floured board. Cut into triangles. Bake 15 minutes in 400 degree oven.

Seed Cake
1 lemon cake mix
1 c. vegetable oil
1 regular pkg. instant lemon pudding
1 c. water
4 slightly beaten eggs
1/4 c. poppy seeds
(Use 2 eggs and 2 egg whites if watching cholesterol.) Mix all ingredients at medium speed for 4 minutes. Pour into 2
greased and floured bread pans or bundt cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.

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Homeschool Math Challange January 3

JRR Tolkien was born in 1892, and passed away in 1973.
He was a professor at Oxford for 24 years. What percentage of his life was he a professor?

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Drinking Straws Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 2, 2008

History

On this day in 1888, the first drinking straw was invented. Read more about it here: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blstraws.htm

Answer the following questions:

1. Who invented the drinking straw?
2. What was the ideal size for a drinking straw?
3. In 1928, electrical engineers began to use spiral-wound tubes in ______.
Math/Science
Build a straw tower : http://www.chicagoscienceinthecity.org/strawtowerlesson.pdf (p.9-12)
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Homeschool Math Challenge January 2

A drinking straw holds approximately 7.7 ml of liquid. How many strawfulls would it take to fill a 34 gallon bathtub?

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