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1. What is zero? What is infinity? Where they come from?
...el Subjects States Interest Groups Projects Classified Ads Help Wanted Email: State: 583. What is zero? What is infinity? Where they come from? Mathematics, level: Senior Posted Sat Aug 22 14:12:22 PDT 1998 by Hossein Arsham ( harsham@ubmail.ubalt.edu). The Zero Saga and Other stories University of Baltimore, Baltimore Materials Required: College Mathematics Activity Time: 2-3 Concepts Taught: A critical panoramic view of basic mathematical concepts Culturally, our discomfort with the notion of zero is reflected in such humor as 2 plus 0 still equals 2, even for large values, and popular retorts of simi...

2. Winter Wonderland Windows - Crafty Ideas
...nt Click Here SmileMakers - _ Reward, Educate, Motivate KinderArt® Lesson/Activity _ you might be interested in WINTER WONDERLAND WINDOWS KinderArt Littles - Grade: K-2 Ideas for Preschoolers Age: 4-6 Submitted by Felicity Green, an art educator at the The Walters Art Gallery (fine arts museum), in Baltimore Maryland. Objectives To introduce young children to landscape painting and give them a hands-on experience with different media. What You Need: Clear contact paper Cotton balls or cotton/poly fiber stuffing Glitter White rice paper or tissue paper Colored tissue paper Scissors What You Do: 1. Cut 2...

3. Lesson N - Give Me The C and D Canal!!!
...lop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them. History Standard Four: Students will develop historical knowledge of major events and phenomena in world, United States, and Delaware history. Objectives: 1) Students will estimate the distance from Baltimore to Philadelphia via the water route before the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was built. 2) Students will become familiar with canals and how transportation and economic necessities dictate the building of a canal. 3) Students will choose the best location for constructing the canal. 4) Students will...

4. Lesson 3: Understanding Population Growth
...f of the 20^th Century was the spread of growth to many different parts of Maryland. Examine the growth by jurisdiction ( change in population percentage change in population) and consider: Which jurisdictions grew the least between 1790 and 2000? Which jurisdictions grew the most? In what year did Baltimore City have just over 50 percent of the State's population? What has happened to the City's population since then in terms of absolute totals and share of the State's population? Describe the development pattern from 1960 through 1997 for Baltimore City, and then for your own county. Compare the devel...

5. Lesson 5: "Hard" Data from Space
Menu Header Lesson 5: "Hard" Data from Space Objectives: Students will be able to: Visually interpret a satellite image Construct a land cover map from data on a satellite image Estimate the percentage of imperviousness for Baltimore City using a satellite image Understand the environmental impacts of impervious surfaces Core Learning Goals: Science: Goal 1 - Skills And Processes: The student will demonstrate ways of thinking and acting inherent in the practice of science. The student will use the language and instruments of sci...

6. Captain Keller's Business Letter
Captain Keller's Business Letter (Page numbers are based on Glencoe Literature, Reader's Choice, Course 4, 2002.) Background: On pages 712-716 in your textbook, Kate and Captain Keller discuss writing to Dr. Chisholm in Baltimore to get some help for Helen. On page 716, Mr. Anagnos states that Dr. Chisholm couldn't help Helen, but that Dr. Bell had suggested that Helen needed a teacher. That is how Annie got the job with the Kellers. ("Dr. Bell" is Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone while looking for a way...

7. Weather Data
Information Institute of Syracuse _ Printer friendly text Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Lesson Plan :AELP-MET0026 Copyright Statement Weather Data An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Author: Dorothy Justice, Sandy Plains School, Baltimore, MD Date: 1994 Grade Level(s): 1 Subject(s): Science/Meteorology Science/Technology MAJOR OBJECTIVES: To record, graph and analyze weather data To compare and contrast bar graph results to determine seasonal changes in the weather MATERIALS CHECKLIST: One computer; printer Large screen monitor or ov...

8. Lesson 15: How Did That Get There?
...Indicator 1.1.2: Evaluate how the principles of government assist and impede the functioning of government. Indicator 1.1.2: Analyze the powers, responsibilities, and limitations of elected and appointed officials in the national legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Materials/Resources: ?Baltimore Beltway 2025,? cartoon website: What is Maryland's Smart Growth Program website: Priority Funding Areas website: Summary of Criteria for County PFA Designations Priority Funding Maps "Town Government," from the Decisions, Decisions series published by Tom Snyder Productions (Note: there is a charge...

9. Finding the Beat Finding the Beat
...l find at least one example of a rhythm from another country and enter that information in a database. Follow-Up: The student may: Locate appropriate music video programs for some of the recordings which they have identified. Based on information from J. D. Considine. "Dancing to a Different Beat," Baltimore Sun,1989. These integrated lesson plans and suggestions for teaching library and information skills in connection with various classroom subject areas are provided by LMS Associates and were originally published in "School Library Media Activities Monthly". Lessons may be used for the non-commercial...

10. Why Does Delaware Have Such A Strange Shape?
...erials: 1) Lesson B, Delaware Public Archives, 1740 Map of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, File IX 2) 1796 Delaware Map, Vertical File VI, Delaware Public Archives, (Overhead) 3) Floor Space 4) World Map (Not included in the kit) 5) Test 6) Masking tape 7) Scripts 8) Role cards: Narrator Lord Baltimore King Charles I William Penn Dutch Swedes Finns Duke of York Marylanders Spokesman for the Committee of Trade and Plantation King Charles II Charles Mason Jeremiah Dixon Tapers Pointer Procedures: 1) Put the 1796 Delaware map on an overhead. Begin a discussion concerning the unique shape of the state...