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Add a little pop to your week -- popcorn, that is. The lesson plans below will engage students as they create popcorn timelines, maps, and graphs; do popcorn science and math; explore popcorn history and nutrition; and munch leftover popcorn snacks too!

Those are just a few of the questions this week's lesson plans will answer.

And here's one more question:
Can popcorn be used to teach place value, estimation, volume, percent, and fractions?

You bet -- just check out this week's Popcorn Math lesson plan.

FIVE LESSONS FOR TEACHING ABOUT POPCORN

Education World provides five lessons about popcorn. Click each of the five lesson headlines below for a complete teaching resource. (Appropriate grade levels for each lesson appear in parentheses.)

Popcorn Geography
Use corn kernels to create a "Top Corn-Producing States" map. (Grades 3-12)

Popcorn History
Research/create a timeline of the history of popcorn. (Grades 3-12)

Popcorn Math
Use popcorn to teach a number of K-8 math concepts. (Grades K-8)

Popcorn Nutrition
Read a snack nutrition chart and answer questions. (Grades 3-8)

Popcorn Science
Five simple experiments demonstrate what makes popcorn pop. (Grades K-12)

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Article by Gary Hopkins
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