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Curated OER

A Dialogue With Your Lettuce

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learners, in groups, create questions they would ask about a head of lettuce in their refrigerator (e.g., Where were you grown? Who picked you? What were the working conditions?). They exchange questions with another group and then...
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Beacon Learning Center

Line Plots

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Introduce line plots, show examples of tables, graphing on a number line, and engage in a class discussion. Share the process by which statistical data is organized and displayed on a number line. Examples and worksheets are included....
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Little 10 Robot

Operation Math Code Squad

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Your mission, if you decide to accept it, is math skills practice. In this app, Mission Impossible meets basic number operation skills, and your students are the secret agents. 
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Teacher Created Resources

PEMDAS: Order of Operations

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Learners complete algebraic equations. They learn the algebraic order of operations and the acronym, PEMDAS, to help them remember the correct order of operations. Pupils complete algebraic equations using the order of operations.
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Curated OER

Students' Strides

For Teachers 5th
Complete problems using base ten blocks to see the difference in the place value of a decimal and how it affects a number's value. Learners compare decimal values as well. Ample time for discussion and modeling are allowed in the...
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Curated OER

Fraction Conversion 2 (With Percents)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders determine how to convert fractions, decimals, and percents. In this conversion lesson, 5th graders use an on-line applet to practice making these conversions. They review how to make the conversions in a whole class lesson...
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Curated OER

Math Madness: A Game for Small Groups

For Teachers K - 6th
Students work together in groups and solve math problems accurately.
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Curated OER

Wild and Wetlands

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders identify the major characteristics of a wetland. They explore the human factors that change a wetland and write a descriptive paragraph about wetlands. This comprehensive lesson also has an interactive "Watershed Game"...
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Curated OER

Pardon Me. Do You Have Change For a Dollar?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Upper elementary and middle school learners explore currencies from a variety of countries. They use the Internet, video, and engage in hands-on activities. They practice converting U.S. currency to foreign currency and vice versa. This...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Math in English Skills III Exercise Book: Understanding Fractions

For Students 1st - 6th
Fractions can be tricky, and there is no better way to tackle tricky topics than with a visual representation. Intended for learners in grades two and three, this set of printable worksheets provides a variety of fractions represented in...
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Curated OER

Find the Factors and Prime Factors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Show the class how to find the factors of numbers. They use a variety of strategies, including unifix cubes, to find the factors of a whole number. This resource includes clear procedure to follow. Included are an anticipatory set,...
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Curated OER

How Long Does It Take?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the lengths of time various activities take and calculate how long is spent on these activities in a week. They complete a worksheet for each activity that is timed, and calculate lengths of time for simulated...
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Ahisma Summer Institute

The Power of One - Math in a Different Angle

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
In this 2-day lesson focused on exponents, middle schoolers will cross the curriculum by engaging in science, history and language arts activities. Exponential growth will be explored using grains of rice on a chess board. Exponential...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Renting an Apartment-- Math Word Problems

For Students 5th - 6th
For this math worksheet, students analyze real-world situations involving math. Students read about a woman and her monthly budget for an apartment rental. Students calculate the answers to 6 problems about the rent and solve 10 problems...
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Curated OER

Multiplying Fractions Times Whole Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Multiplying fractions by whole numbers is the focus of the math lesson presented here. There are three activities outlined in the lesson along with a nifty game learners play on the computer that reinforces their learning. These lessons...
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Gecko Mathematics

Gecko Mathematics: Multiplying Unit Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Make learning visible! Have your mathematicians follow along as you use paper strips to demonstrate the concept of multiplying unit fractions. Then, offer a different way of solving the problem using a number line. Finally, introduce the...
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Virginia Department of Education

Integers: Addition and Subtraction

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Young mathematicians construct their own understanding of integers with an inquiry-based math lesson. Using colored chips to represent positive and negative numbers, children model a series of addition and subtraction problems as...
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Virginia Department of Education

Using Order of Operations and Exploring Properties

For Teachers 5th - 6th
If you need some creative ways to teach the order of operations, use a series of activities that focus on properties. Each lesson uses different materials and works as a stand-alone activity, or can build upon the concepts of the last...
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Beacon Learning Center

Ten Pins

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Multiplying with multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000 provides an opportunity to discuss patterns that arise with zeros. The class uses these patterns to solve problems. Then they rotate through three work stations, including a computer-based...
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Curated OER

Year 6: Word Problems

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Engage your critical thinkers with a series of word problems that ask them to discuss their problem solving strategies. There are eight multi-step problems to solve, each problem includes the notes on the operation performed, the process...
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PBS

Add, Subtract and Multiply Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Your future chefs will appreciate this comprehensive lesson where learners practice operations on fractions using pizza and soup analogies. Learners begin with a pizza analogy that requires the learners to multiply a whole...
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Curated OER

Make It True

For Students 5th - 8th
In this operations worksheet, students solve a word problem involving the math operations in order. Students complete 1 complicated higher order thinking problem.
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Beacon Learning Center

Cherries Are Positive, Lemons Are Negative

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Lemon heads and cherry drops combine for a sweet lesson on positive and negative integers. Following an activity sheet, they use lemon as negative and cherry as positive and follow directions with a partner. An assessment, a rubric, and...
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Curated OER

Discovering New Units

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use Cuisenaire rods to explore common denominators. In this fractions lesson, students build Cuisenaire representations of fractions, then find their equivalent counterparts to find the common denominator.

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