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- Grade Range
- 5th - 6th
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Students practice longitude and latitude plotting skills, mapping skills, and applying math skills for practical use. They participate in a simulation of delivering a package by following a directions on a map. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students demonstrate their ability to solve problems in mathematics by selecting and correctly applying appropriate problem solving strategies to a given problem and explaining why the strategies are appropriate. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students apply math skills to actual situations they may use. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 10th
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Students explore problem solving strategies while working with a partner. They use problem solving strategies and apply math skills in a specific task. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students share in the family histories of their peers as told through the quilt stories, and apply math skills by using invented strategies to determine the (approximate) age of the quilt from the information given about the date it was made. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students create an accurate map of the school campus. They use GPS and GIS software in the creation of their map which accurately portrays all buildings, shelter belts, trees, flagpoles and school campus boundaries, as well as a legend, a scale and other necessary components to a map. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students go on a GPS scavenger hunt. They use GPS receivers to find designated waypoints and report back on what they found. They compute distances between waypoints based on the latitude and longitude, and compare with the distance the receiver finds. Students understand the usefulness of applied math in engineering and that all types of math is being used when a GPS guides them from point to point. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students work in groups to research, design, and create model water park using line segment theories coordinate. They produce individual design portfolios that include their ideas and opinions, design solutions, sketches and research notes. Student trip to water park for field testing is suggested. Four lessons on one page. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students find measurements of objects that are normally hard to measure in conventional ways. They apply math concepts concerning similar triangles and trigonometric functions to real life situations. They perform their tasks in groups of three. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 6th
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Students research the history of American Folk Art, as evidenced in weathervanes and whirligigs. They compare and contrast the traditional examples they find with their more modern drawings. They then recognize and apply math terms such as diagonal, parallel, and perpendicular. Full Review »
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