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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate the role of mathematics in their everyday lives. They discover, through reading a Times article and through analyzing a specific example of art, that mathematics exists on a deeper 'metaphoric' level in art. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students decide where to locate ice cream stands in a town so that no one has to travel too far to buy a treat. The problem-solving strategies for this problem give students a chance to decide what makes a solution satisfactory. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students study the Fibonacci sequence stimulates exploration of patterns and sequences found in the real world. They identify the Fibonacci sequence as being arithmetic, geometric or other and write a paragraph using appropriate math terms. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students locate examples of acute, obtuse, or right triangles. They take pictures of the triangle examples with digital cameras. They compare the attributes of the three types of triangles. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students are introduced to ways to increase their self-esteem. As a class, they share their specific talents under three categories. In groups, they use the internet to research the lives of various African Americans making sure to note their struggles and behaviors. To end the lesson, they set their own career goal and how to accomplish it. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore Pythagoras' Theorem. They examine the pattern linking the length of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle and the length of the other two sides. Students find an unknown side in right angled triangles. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore problem solving strategies. Given real life problems, students examine the sum of consecutive strings of whole numbers. Students use diagrams and sequencing to solve problems. Students justify their mathematical statements. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore problem solving strategies. Gin a novel situation, students develop a mathematical theory. Through models and mathematics, students justify their solution. Students definea V-sets and discuss conjectures about each set. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the creative aspects of problem-solving and practice creative problem-solving strategies in the context of a story problem. They decide where to locate ice cream stands in a town so that no one has to travel too far to buy a treat. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore a field of knowledge through the life of a leader in that field. They write a high-quality biography of the leader of their choice. In the end, publishing of the biography is completed on the Internet. Full Review »
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