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The "Wright" Puzzle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A crossword puzzle based on the lives of the Wright brothers. Students research on their own or in small groups several brief biographies of the Wright brothers.They complete a crossword puzzle based on their reading.
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The Pythagorean Puzzle

For Teachers K - 12th
An engaging hands-on activity is presented. Learners of all ages are addressed in thie unique plan. K-5 learners identify, name, and define a rectangle, square, triangle, and the concept of area. Older learners prove the Pythagorean...
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Math Newsletter

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a math newsletter to share problems, puzzles, and pertinent math topics.
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Puzzles With Partners

For Teachers K - 12th
Students work together to complete puzzles. They practice their critical thinking skills and cooperative learning. They share their puzzles once they are complete.
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Exploring Tessellations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Looking for a good lesson plan on tessellations for your elementary schoolers? This one looks to be quite good! Pupils discover that a tessellation is any pattern of repeating shapes that cover a surface without overlapping or leaving...
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Gene Puzzles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students come to understand that in sexually reproducing organisms, such as humans, typically half of the genes come from each parent. Students examine a fictional pedigree and determine which gene is responsible for a given trait. The...
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A Frog's Life Story

For Teachers K - 8th
Students investigate the lives of frogs by completing several worksheets.  In this biology lesson, students discover the life cycle of a frog from tadpole to death.  Students complete frog life cycle puzzle as well as create a life cycle...
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Patterns and Pentominoes

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students solve pentomino puzzles.  In this problem solving lesson, students discuss how pentomino puzzles play into the plot of Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett and practice solving a pentomino puzzle on their own.  Students will...
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"Polly"gon Pockets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Explore polygons with your elementary learners. Divide the class in 12 to configure the polygon puzzle before them. They list the attributes of each type of polygon they see, and if there's time, they jump on the interactive website...
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Math Crosswords

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners create crossword puzzles that use the definitions of math terms as clues. The terms be the answers which go into the puzzle. After making their puzzle, students trade with another student and solve their puzzle.
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Perfectly Puzzling Pentominoes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders utilize manipulatives (pentominoes) to demonstrate knowledge of: lines of symmetry, slides, reflections (flips), rotations (turns), area, and perimeter. This lesson gives students a meaningful way to practice these...
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Create Your Geometry Crossword

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students learn how to identify cell addresses, format cell contents, add pop-up comments to a cell, and also apply conditional formatting. They use clues and words to make a geometry crossword puzzle pertaining to geometrical shapes.
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Tantalizing Tangrams

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create puzzles of animals based on the 12-animals cycle of the Lunar Calendar. They use logical or spatial relationship skills. Students comprehend the mathematical term geometry. They research the history, beliefs of the...
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Fact Families

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "fact families" using digital pictures of their classmates and knowledge of basic math concepts (subtraction and addition) in this technology-based math lesson intended for use in the early-elementary classroom. A...
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Chinese Puzzle Story

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the Chinese form of tangrams. They read the story, "Grandfather Tang's Story," by Ann Tompert and discuss how tangrams are used to tell the story. Using paper and scissors, they create animal tangrams and write stories...
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Teaching Arithmetic and Math Concepts to Headstarters

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discover early number concepts for numbers 1 through 5. For this number concepts lesson, students work in stations doing hands-on activities such as sorting colored blocks, stringing beads, and counting sticks. Students also...
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Puzzling Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of solving one step equations. In this solving one step equations lesson, students compare crypto quotes to one step equations. Students solve crypto quotes and then see how it is similar to solving...
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Career Math Puzzles

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders come up with a career for each letter of the alphabet.
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Block It: Using a Manipulative to Solve Math Problems

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners practice using visuals to solve math problems. In this math manipulative lesson, students utilize pattern blocks to participate in a class game in which geometric shapes touch other player's pieces. Learners gain points based on...
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Exploring Tessellations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Kindergarten through second graders explore tessellations. Pupils learn a little bit about the history of tessellations, then get to construct one of their own by using worksheets embedded in the plan. They use two shapes in their...
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Positive & Negative Space

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students review and differentiate between positive and negative space, view teacher sample, and cut out shapes to create puzzle-like picture in which one color of paper represents positive space and one color represents negative space.
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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners explore economics by creating a budget. In this financial goal setting lesson, students investigate their use of time by completing a worksheet. Learners identify financial goals they would like to achieve in the next several...
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Exploring Tessellations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Tessellations are patterns of repeating shapes that don't overlap and don't have any gaps. Middle schoolers take this simple definition and engage in a instructional activity that combines visual art and mathematics. They cut out index...
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Basic Shapes

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students create books about shapes.  In this shape lesson, students select a topic such as points, lines, angles, planes, polygons, quadrilaterals, triangles, circles, and polyhedra.  In groups, they create an illustrated children's book...

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