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Hatchet: Before Strategy- Problematic Situation
If you were stranded on a desert island, what items would be the most important to have with you? Decide whether you'd want a five gallon can of water, a radio, shark repellent, or any other item with an activity designed to prepare kids...
Civil War Trust
Map the Civil War
Mapmaking was a very important element in successfully planning attacks on enemies during the Civil War. Guide pupils through the process of pacing to find the average length of their steps, measure the distance between one object...
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What's Next?
Teach the class how to continue a given number pattern, and have them state a rule to explain their answer. Arithmetic sequences and related worksheets are used to reinforce the concept of numerical patterns using the nthterm.
LABScI
Kinematics: The Gravity Lab
Falling objects can be brutal if you don't protect your noodle! Scholars explore the motion of falling objects through measuring short intervals to determine if the distance traveled varies with time. Building off of this, scholars...
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Relating Coins to Bills: Enrichment
In this fractions and money worksheet, students use the chart that lists coins, their values, and the fraction they represent in a dollar. Students then use the chart to answer the questions.
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Making Connections, Linking Population and the Environment
Students find out that all habitats have a carrying capacity. They explore how the world's human population has grown markedly in the 20th century, and that humans impact environmental health. Students investigate that people can and...
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Maximize It!
Pupils design a rectangular box without a lid that has the largest possible volume using the supplied sheet of centimeter graph paper. They work in groups to construct different size boxes to determine the largest possible volume and...
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Cover and Boarders
Students find the area and perimeter of rectangular figures. They use this information to find patterns and discover relationships between area and perimeter. Students apply and explain formulas relating to perimeter, area, and volume.
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Triangle Inequality
Students discover that the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the third side. They are shown how a triangle is formed using three strips such as that the triangle is seen inside the strips.
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Place Value
Practice place value skills with this lesson. Learners put numbers in order from greatest to least, identify the values of particular numbers, and engage in an activity to compare numbers using manipulatives.
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Fueling the Body
In this nutrition activity, students review the organs and enzymes that are part of the digestive system. Then students review the food pyramid by comparing two menus. This activity has 9 fill in the blank, 4 true or false, and 5 short...
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Working for Water
Students examine the ways that government works to help improve aquatic habitats. In this water habitats lesson students view a video and plan a school restoration project.
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Tantalizing Tangrams: Fractional Relationships
Students use tangrams to represent parts of a whole. In this fraction activity, students use tangrams to determine fractional relationships between different pieces. Students use the AppleWorks drawing application to demonstrate the...
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Away we Go
Learners work in groups to calculate the costs of a trip to Six Flags amusement park. In this domain and range lesson, students calculate the least and greatest amounts of money needed for tickets, food, souvenirs, and airplane tickets.
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Giggle, Giggle, Quack Pizza Fractions
Students explore the concept of multiplication by using pizza. They read an article discussing how math is used everyday. They try to determine how many pizzas they would need to feed the class.
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Buying My First Car
Students pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.
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Mixing Colours
Students explore ratios and their relationships to fractions. They explain the process of identifying ratios and describe their comparison. Students write ratios as fractions and by using colons. They convert the ratios to percents.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Practice: Divide Fractions and Whole Numbers: Word Problems
A practice quiz on fraction division with whole numbers. Includes hints.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Division by 7, 8, and 9
This site explains the basic facts for division by 7, 8, and 9. Gives problems and games to practice this skill, and the information is worth a look. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Divide Whole Numbers by Fractions
Practice dividing whole numbers by fractions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Other
Ohio Department of Education: Models for Dividing Fractions [Pdf]
This resource consists of a detailed, hands-on lesson plan for dividing fractions using manipulatives such as fraction bars.
Homeschool Math
Homeschool Math: Multiply and Divide Decimals by 10, 100, and 1000
Lesson includes a video & examples showing the common shortcut for multiplying & dividing decimals by powers of ten. [7:59] Provides exercises and word problems for practice.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Division by 4, 5, and 6
This site explains the basic facts for division by 4, 5, and 6. It also provides problems and games to practice this skill. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Division by 1 Through 9
This site gives practice problems for division by 1-9 and games to use this skill. The information is very brief, but factual, and worth checking out for helpful tools on the subject. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and...