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What Is Normal?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Are you taller than a Major League Baseball player? Future mathematicians learn about normal distributions, percentiles, z-scores, and areas under a normal curve. They use the concepts to analyze height data of Major League Baseball...
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Are Kitchen Cabinets at the Correct Height? Lessons 1-5

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here's a not-so-normal unit on normal heights. Future statisticians anonymously collect class data on female heights, weights, and shoe sizes. They then analyze the data using normal distributions, z-scores, percentiles, and the...
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How Do Facebook Likes Accrue Likes?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Finally, a project pupils will instantly like! Young mathematicians collect data on the number of likes they receive for a social media post over time. During the first part of the project, they determine a curve of best fit and...
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Electric Power Transmission and Distribution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explain how power is transmitted over long distances. In this physics lesson plan, students simulate controlling power flow in parallel transmission lines. They discuss several applications of wireless power transmission.
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Radford University

Let's Buy a Car

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Ready to buy a car? Learners research different makes and models of cars to decide on the best one to buy. They collect data on cost, fuel efficiency, safety ratings, and insurance costs, then create and analyze data displays to make...
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Human Face of Mathematics - Mathematics in Aboriginal Culture

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students collect statistical data.  In groups, students play a dart game and then determine the distance between darts.  They collect the data and plot the information on a coordinate plane.  They identify the mean and the standard...
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The Power of Graphical Display: How to Use Graphs to Justify a Position, Prove a Point, or Mislead the Viewer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Analyze different types of graphs with learners. They conduct a survey and determine the mean, median and mode. They then identify different techniques for collecting data.
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Creature From The Deep

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students become familiar with oceanography terms by writing an oceanography horror story.
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Magnetorheological Fluids

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students conduct a series of experiments on magnetorheological fluids. In this physics lesson, students explain how these fluids behave in varying magnetic field strength. They give practical applications of magnetorheological fluids.
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Planets in Proportion

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students apply estimation strategies and proportional reasoning to determine a scale comparing the planetary bodies to Earth. They convert measurements of time and distance using scientific notation. Both the metric and customary units...
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Sacred Giving: When?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of sacred giving. In this philanthropy lesson, students research the tzedakah model as they read primary sources. Middle schoolers also participate in a Jewish tzedakah and reflect on the experience.
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Trash Inventions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders develop a plan to recycle trash. In this environmental science lesson, 2nd graders sketch their invention and construct it. They present the final product in class.
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Water Quality Monitoring

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...
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Stylistic Aspects of Spiritual Singing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students sight-read a piece of music and analyze two unfamiliar pieces of music. They discuss performance aspects of a piece of music.
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September 12 Journal Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write journal entries reflecting on their feelings about the attacks of September 11, 2001.

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