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Cool Tools to Solve Challenging Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore math functions by completing worksheets in class. In this word problem lesson, students read the story A Remainder of One and practice solving division problems from the story. Students complete a worksheet which...
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Introduction to Functions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore functions, function rules, and data tables. They explore terms of linear functions. Students use computers to analyze the functions. Students write short sentences to explain data tables and simple algebraic expressions.
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Physics Classroom

Electric Field Intensity

For Students 9th - 12th
Learning about electrostatics can be pretty intense! Physics fanatics explore the factors that affect electric field intensity using an interactive from the Static Electricity series. Learners work to complete data tables that relate...
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Buying Cars/Financing Cars Compound Interest

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Provide a real world context in which exponential functions are used to determine a eal world phenomena such as compound interest and exponential growth. This instructional activity should be taught after students have mastered the laws...
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Penny Moves

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars explore math functions by completing a worksheet in class. In this spatial movement lesson, students utilize a four square grid and a penny to practice moving the coin horizontally, vertically and diagonally as instructed....
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"Using Manipulatives and/or Technology to Solve Math Problems" by Cooking Dinner

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore math functions by preparing a meal. In this food measurement lesson, students examine a recipe for a meal and alter the size of the recipe based upon the amount of servings needed. Students utilize manipulatives to...
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Math: Currency Exchange Rates

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders apply the division and multiplication of decimals to convert dollars to various international currencies. In a travel simulation activity, they convert money, distance, and temperatures. During their "trip," students...
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Isabella’s Credit Card

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
An in-depth activity that involves a real-world problem about credit card debt. Learners are given a scenario in which Isabella plans to stop using her credit card and pay off the balance by paying a fixed amount each month. The first...
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Using Multiplication to Solve Word Problems

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explore math functions by solving word problems in class. In this multiplication lesson, students utilize colored cubes and base blocks to visualize multiplication problems. Learners identify the multiplication values within...
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Courts and Bounds

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students relate what they know about boundaries on sports courts to explore range of space. In this domain and range lesson, students identify numbers needed to calculate ranges and use the problem solving strategy of making a table.
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The Great Pollinators

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discover the reproductive parts of a plant.  In this biology lesson, students identify and categorize several different plants they dissect in class.  Students record their information using a data chart.
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Weathervanes in the Wind

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Young scholars investigate wind and weather by creating a weathervane.  In this environment lesson, students identify the purpose of a weathervane and observe weathervanes in action on their campus.  Young scholars create a...
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Kites: Patang - The Indian Fighter Kite

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the history of fighter kites and build their own.  In this aeronautics lesson, students discover how other countries utilize fighter kites and where they originated.  Students create their own fighter kites...
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Cinderbank

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify major components of a "Cinderella" story in order to create a database.