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The Magic Squares

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders devise and use problem solving strategies to solve a magic square arrangement. In small groups they explore various strategies including non-algebraic and algebraic techniques, write an explanation of their solution, and...
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Big Magic Squares

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover that magic squares are interesting objects in both mathematics proper and in recreational mathematics. So they are objects that students should have heard about and experienced.
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It's Not All Greek to Me

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Learners find out the meaning for prefixes used in math vocabulary. By dissecting words used in everyday math, they figure out what the prefix indicates and what the word means. A variety of well-organized worksheets and activities...
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Order Numbers On a Number Line

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Fifth and sixth graders study the use of a number line to add integers and they observe a teacher demonstration of how to add integers on a number line. Afterward, they construct a number line and use the number line to solve addition...
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Using Integer Tiles

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Demonstrate how to add and subtract positive and negative numbers using tiles. Pupils complete a variety of activities on a worksheet, including mixed addition and subtraction problems, subtracting and adding opposites, and magic squares...
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Tangram

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore tangrams. In this tangrams lesson, students read Three Pigs, One Wolf, and Seven Magic Shapes and then complete a WebQuest on tangrams. Students explore shapes and rotation during the WebQuest and create a new character...
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Tessellation Quilt Squares

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design a "quilt block" that has a tessellating pattern to help create a class tessellation quilt. They describe relationships between two- and three-dimensional shapes and analyze attributes and properties of geometric...
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Digger and the Gang

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Help online friends Digger and Sprat from the BBC series to solve math problems! In a series of activities, your class will use data sets to calculate measurements, averages, means, and probabilities. The class completes worksheets and...
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A Scheduling Dilemma

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students solve train-scheduling word problems using a four-step problem solving model. In this problem solving lesson plan, students work in groups to a four-step procedure about a train scheduling dilemma.
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Mathematics of Fair Games

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine mathematicians' notion of fairness in games of chance. They work in pairs to perform three different experiments using macaroni and paper bags. They record their results on charts and compare their data.
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Mathematics of Fair Games

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils study about mathematicians' notion of fairness in games of chance. They work in pairs to perform three different experiments using macaroni and paper bags. They record their results on charts and discuss the fairness of the games.

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