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Equivalent Rational Expressions
Rational expressions are just fancy fractions! Pupils apply fractions concepts to rational expressions. They find equivalent expressions by simplifying rational expressions using factoring. They include limits to the domain of the...
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Why Are Vectors Useful? 1
How do vectors help make problem solving more efficient? Math scholars use vectors to represent different phenomenon and calculate resultant vectors to answer questions. Problems vary from modeling airplane motion to the path of a...
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Estimation
Students estimate quantity, length, and area. Students practice making comparison estimations of different items and estimate whether or not the amount is greater or less than a certain amount. Students practice making estimations.
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Counting By 5s
Second graders count by 5's to 100. In this math lesson conducted on the 100th day of school, 2nd graders use picture stamps in the KidPix program to count by 5's and get to 100.
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Descriptive Writing
Pupils practice descriptive writing. In this unique writing lesson, students hear a story about a mitten. Then three grade levels come together to first, create a mitten on KidPix; second, describe the designed mitten; and third, try to...
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Graphic Favorite Breakfast Foods
Second graders graph data based on a class survey of their favorite breakfast foods. In this graphing lesson plan, 2nd graders take a class survey of their favorite breakfast foods. Then they take that data and put it into a computer...
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Complexity
Students perform mathematical operations on complex numbers. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice performing operations on complex numbers.
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Patterns
Second graders create an ABAB pattern with their name. In this early elementary math lesson, 2nd graders first model their names in an ABAB pattern with unifix cubes. They then recreate the pattern using letter stamps on KidPix.
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Tortillas
Learners convert recipes for tortillas. They calculate the amounts of ingredients as they convert recipes and write an explanation of the task to demonstrate their calculations. After reviewing their calculations, they demonstrate how...
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The Mandelbrot Set
Students explore the Mandelbrot Set. They are introduced to the concept of a complex number and function in order to motivate the discussion of Julia and Mandelbrot sets. Students investigate fractals and how they are built.
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The Classroom Desk Graph
Second graders discuss appropriate units of measure to use when weighing the contents of their desks. They use a scale to weigh different items from their desks. They write down weight in pounds and graph the results using an online...
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Virtual Field Trip / Activity Research
Students visit a website to determine activities at three Michigan cities. They calculate the total cost of participating in the activities or visiting places such as zoos, planetariums, historic sites, and museums.
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A Pocketful of Change
Pupils study the meaning, symbolism, and value of U.S. coins,
especially the quarter. They conduct a survey of coins in students'
possession, graphing the results to show frequency distribution and drawing
inferences about the U.S....
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Fashion Day
Eighth graders practice using basic measurements to solve word problems.They also investigate finding the perimeter of different polygons and define the characteristics to classify the shape as a polygon.
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You Are What You Eat (High School)
Students evaluate data from a statistical chart or graph which they find in a newspaper or magazine.
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Mean, Median, and Mode
Students calculate the mean, median, and mode in a set of numbers. In this data analysis lesson, students put a set of numbers in ascending order and perform calculations to find the mean, median, and mode.
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Junk Yard Math
Third graders explore the process of place value and subtraction through regrouping and borrowing exercises. Several activities using manipulatives are utilized in the lesson.
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Practicing Arithmetic
Students practice single operation arithmetic ranging from single digit addition to long division of decimals or real numbers using Graphit. They use data sets and rules to graph ordered pairs.
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Number Line Math
Second graders use a number line to practice subtraction. In this subtraction lesson, 2nd graders use a number line to count backwards. Students participate in mad math activities and solve problems.
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V-Numbers
High schoolers explore problem solving strategies. Gin a novel situation, students develop a mathematical theory. Through models and mathematics, high schoolers justify their solution. Students definea V-sets and discuss conjectures...
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Block It Game
Pupils use problem solving strategies such as guess and check and visualization to play the game. They use mental mathematics to decide on the placement of pattern blocks and look for patterns.
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Using an Amortization Table
Young scholars search the Internet to find a site that contains an amortization table and make a hypothesis about the results of changing time and rate. They examine the affects of time and rate on a mortgage and discuss the difference...
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Fractions
In this mathematics worksheet, students read, write, order and compare fractions and mixed numbers. They identify that there are various strategies for finding fractional parts and use fractions to order and compare amounts or quantities.
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Discovery
Students explore patterns in number problems. They devise a strategy to solve a number problem. Students estimate and calculate answers, making efficient use of a calculator, where appropriate, as part of solving a problem. They...