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You Bet!
Students explore the mathematical probabilities involved in gambling and how these factors affect people's behavior. They work in pairs and conduct and experiment pertaining to blackjack. The class creates a graph showing the trends found.
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Children on the Street
Students explore the causes and effects of child homelessness in Turkey and around the world. They compare the issues surrounding child homelessness in poor and wealthy countries.
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It Might Come in Handy
Students explore the latest study on routine hand washing practices. They research some of the possible communicable diseases that can be transmitted by having lax hygiene.
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Ads R Us: Understanding Target Marketing
Learners build awareness of the way in which advertisers shape ads for specific audiences. They analyze the target audience intended for an advertisement and create their own targeted ads to demonstrate their understanding. They discuss...
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Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Grasping the Idea of Evolution
Students compare and their performance of a series of tasks using their thumb and fingers to their performance of the same tasks without the use of their thumb. The class discussion that follows the activity defines and discusses the...
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Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Grasping the Idea of Evolution
Students compare their performance of a series of tasks using their thumb and fingers to their performance of the same tasks without the use of their thumb. They discuss the role of fine and gross motor skills and speculate on the role...
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Create a Slide Presentation
Learners create a PowerPoint presentation. In this technology lesson, students create an autobiographical six slide presentation. This lesson includes worksheets explaining how the slide layout should be and a storyboard to help the...
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Natural Inspiration
Students relate math to the real world. In this algebra lesson plan, students compare plants to math and relate their artistic ability to concepts in math. They draw pictures of flowers, leaves and trees.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot Air-Balloon Ride
Students analyze tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students investigate new vocabulary words while reading. Students record their vocabulary words in a word journal or discovery chart.
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Foreign Exchange
Students share ideas about the values of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar. They research the economy of a foreign country and prepare a budget for one month study abroad.
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Fencing a Garden
Students use their knowledge of area and perimeter to design a fictitious garden fence. In this area and perimeter lesson, students design a garden fence with a set perimeter. They are given the cost per foot of the fence, and determine...
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Comparison Food Shopping: Buying Groceries for Two People for One Week
Twelfth graders investigate how to develop a simple food budget for two using newpaper ads, the basic four food groups, and calorie counts.
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Money Management: Paying Bills
Students investigate the concept of paying bills by writing checks. They practice writing a check with the specific elements filled out correctly and then record the amount of it in the check register. Students also extend the lesson...
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Profitable Practices
Young scholars explore the different methods that nonprofit groups use to create revenue and determine whether or not these practices follow the mission of these organizations.
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Place Value and Subtraction With Regrouping
In this place value and subtraction instructional activity, students place pennies in the chart and use them to put numbers in the correct place value and subtract. Students use the pennies as ones and use them in regrouping.
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Catch The Leprechaun
Students play a version of the game tag to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. They chase and tag a designated leprechaun who is holding a gold coin.
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Coin Tossing and Graphing
Fifth graders use technology as assistance to collecting random data. Through the random data they will be able to explain the significance of getting a head or tail depending on what was previously landed on. They will then analyze the...
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Exploring the Variety of World Markets
Students examine the various types of world markets and analyze the differences between developed and developing countries. They watch a PowerPoint presentation and take notes, participate in a role-play that demonstrates supply and...
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Leaves, Flowers, Seashells, Mirrors and Symmetry
Students develop an understanding of patterns and symmetry. For this symmetry and pattern lesson, students use real world patterns then analyze and extend them. Students also use real world items while discovering and observing symmetry.
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Power, Persuasion & Propaganda: Exploring Multiple Motives
Students recognize different motives even in non-commercial media. They analyze the role of media in a democratic society and wrestle with ethical issues concerning media and the public good. They create a media message with one or more...
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Draw, Pardner!
Students explore how to draw in 3-D. In this visual arts lesson, students use newsprint and a yard stick to construct three dimensional drawings of objects.
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Algebra 2 - Linear Programming
Students read real world problems, determine the variables, and set up the function using algebraic statements. After entering data into the graphing calculator, they display information in the form of graphs and scatter plots. ...
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Building Budgets
Students explore New York City's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. They estimate budget allocations for such a proposal while practicing the calculation of percentages.
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"The Giver" by Lois Lowry
Middle schoolers predict results, design a model, and carry out trials to determine probability based on their experimentation.