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Virginia Department of Education

Out of the Box

For Teachers 6th Standards
There's no need to think outside the box for this one! Scholars measure the length, width, and height of various boxes. Results help develop the formulas for the surface area and volume of rectangular prisms.
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Percents: What's the Use?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore percentages in real world situations. In this percents lesson, students determine the final sales price after discounts. Students interview community members and determine how percentages are used in the real world.
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A Trip to Colonial Virginia

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars consider prices while planning a trip to Colonial Virginia. In this budgeting lesson plan, students construct an itinerary of events for a vacation. Young scholars are responsible for working within the approved budget.
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Metric Meals

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate metric measurements. For this metric measurement lesson, 6th graders explore mass, capacity, and length. Students examine graduated cylinders and balance scales to obtain measurements. Resources are provided.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Making Cookies

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Hooray for chocolate chip cookies! Ask your mathematicians to triple a chocolate chip cookie recipe and then reduce the recipe by one-fourth. Your class may need two days to complete, tripling the recipe the first day and reducing the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Running at a Constant Speed

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
The learner must use the given constant speed to find the unit rate. A table is made in order to relate the speed to the time and the distance. From the table, learners are able to see the unit rate in miles per minute and miles per...
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Find Percentages of Numbers - Step-by-Step Lesson

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Finding a percentage of a number is a skill learners must know in order to be successful thinkers. The resource introduces this concept with a guided explanation and can be used with the additional materials as a...
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Probability and the Law of Large Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the law of large numbers. In this problem solving lesson plan, students view an episode of "Cyberchase" and apply the law to determine probability in 2 different scenarios.
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Finding Fibonacci

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students study and apply the Fibonacci numbers and how they occur in nature. Students solve problems using the Fibonacci numbers.
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Function Tables

For Students 6th - 8th
In this function tables activity, students analyze 6 different function tables to determine the rule that applies to each table. The data in the table involves 2 variables and the rule is either addition, subtraction, multiplication...
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Leveled Problem Solving Greatest Common Factor

For Students 6th
In this factorization worksheet, 6th graders solve 6 word problems by finding the greatest common factor for sets of numbers. They apply the information to determine the answers.
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Leveled Problem Solving Adding Integers

For Students 6th
Using a number line, 6th graders solve problems involving adding integers. Using this worksheet on adding integers, students can practice the basic operation and how to apply this skill to real-life examples.
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Life is Full of Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils use the problem solving strategy of guess and check to investigate math word problems. They determine which problem solving strategy or strategies would work best in problem situations.
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Real Numbers in the Real World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Delve into the concept of operating on the set of real numbers! In this operating with the set of real numbers lesson, pupils perform order of operations on the set of real numbers using a calculator.
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Water: From Neglect to Respect

For Teachers 5th - 8th
The goal of this collection of lessons is to make middle schoolers more aware of the ways in which they are dependent upon water to maintain their standard of living. Learners compare water use in Lesotho to water use in the United...
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Is That Measurement Stuff For Real, Life?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Fifth and sixth graders engage in a series of activities which show them the importance of using different types of measurement strategies. One of the primary goals of the lesson is to show learners that measurement is helpful in many...
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It's All in the Measurements

For Teachers 6th
Study customary measurements with your sixth graders. They will investigate linear and capacity measurements to then measure and convert linear and capacity units. Finally they will work in small groups to conduct experiments. Resources...
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Task: Miniature Golf

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
"Fore!" All right, no one really yells this out in miniature golf, but this well-defined activity will have your charges using lots of numbers in their unique design of a miniature golf hole. Included in the activity criteria is the...
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Colonial Vacation Planner

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Looking for a good lesson on the Colonial Period for your upper-elementary class? Then, this lesson is for you! They use website designs, U.S. travel publications, and maps to plan a family vacation to states which were part of the...
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NTTI

Hey Good Lookin', Whatchya Got Cookin'?

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
What better way to explore working with fractions then by using them when cooking? In this lesson, students use video, the Internet, and real world, hands-on learning activities to enhance their understanding of multiplying and dividing...
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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...
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Waste Watchers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars recognize the importance of saving energy to save natural resources. In this saving energy lesson, students complete a worksheet to find types of electricity meters in their homes. Young scholars use meter readings to...
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Invent It!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore invention and unveiling of world's first Ferris wheel, analyze photographs and poster of first Ferris wheel, and discuss engineering achievements of Ferris wheel, including how it worked, how it was built, and its...
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Discovery Education

Architects in Action

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Hands-on and real-world applications are great ways to teach mathematical concepts. Creative thinkers examine how ratios are used to create scale models of buildings and structures. They practice working with ratios by looking at a map...

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