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Discovering Perimeter

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders apply perimeter measurement to items found in newspapers and calculate the cost in terms of feet or yards. They share answers and explanations with classmates.
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Early Explorers of America

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine a time line of early American explorers from England, Spain, and France. They trace exploration routes on maps and write reports about early explorers. Students view a laser disc presentation, Land of Opportunity...
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What's My Number?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use AppleWorks to stamp a given number to the thousandths place. They read, write and order integers, whole numbers and rational numbers. They represent place value using concrete or illustrated models.
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Go Figure! Using Percents in the Real World

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders solve sales tax problems.  In this solving sales tax problems lesson, 6th graders find the sales tax on various items.  Students are given a list of expenses that a family spent on vacation before taxes. ...
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Mode, Median, and Mean

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners define mode, median and mean, and perform mathematical operations to determine these 3 terms. In this statistics/math lesson, students practice memory strategies to help distinguish between mode, median, and mean. Learners apply...
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Checking Account

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students keep track of finances in a check register. For this checking account lesson, students practice writing checks and deposit slips as they add and subtract decimal amounts in order to balance a checkbook in a register.
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Using Basic Operations in Word Problems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review basic operations and use them to solve word problems. In this word problems lesson, students review basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Students then complete an...
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Multiplying and Dividing Integers/Relay Race

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Give your class a list of multiplication and division sentences that contain both positive and negative integers. Have them analyze them to see if they can discover the pattern with the signs. From these patterns, help them develop the...
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Number and Algebra: Again and Again

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students use a given spreadsheet to investigate an iterative process by changing the variables. They design their own spreadsheet to investigate the iterative process.
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Marking the Minutes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars mark seconds, minutes, hours, days, etc. on class timetable report to keep track of time spent on Uninterrupted Silent Reading.
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Eating on a Budget

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students are "given" $25.00 to spend at a restaurant. Using the Internet, they must "order" a complete 4 course meal while staying within their budget.
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Arithmetic: Revision

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students practice with a variety of simple equations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Explanation is followed by each block of equations given to solve. They are set loose to complete additional equations for...
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Let Us Go Shopping!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders add merchandise up to find total cost and line up numbers correctly to the decimal point.
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Shopping Spree

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine currency by completing monetary equations.  For this economics lesson, 6th graders participate in a numbers experiment where they roll a die and earn money based on their roll.  Students compete for their...
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Time For Breakfast

For Teachers 3rd
This unit encourages students to assess the validity of a set of statements and then plan and carry out investigations to find out whether the statements are true. Students then carry out statistical investigations of their own.
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Alex: Carlos the Centipede Is Adding Decimals!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, young scholars will work in collaborative/cooperative groups to understand adding decimals. Students will use decimal grids to represent the sum of decimals. Emphasis is on using place-value, lining up the decimals and...
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Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting Decimals

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders use estimates and work on strategies for adding and subtracting decimals.
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Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting With Decimals

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders fluently add and subtract money with decimals using the standard algorithm.
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Better Lesson: Quiz: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, & Dividing Decimals

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Assess progress in calculating with decimals.
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Better Lesson: Solving Real World Problems Involving Decimals

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders will be able to solve problems involving adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing multi-digit decimal quantities.
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Better Lesson: Adding, Subtracting, and Understanding Decimals

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Students learn how to properly add and subtract decimal quantities.
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Better Lesson: College Project Wrap Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What have students learned about college? What questions do they still have? Students work on wrapping up and reflecting on the College Project while tackling math problems. This lesson includes a detailed plan, printable worksheets,...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fraction Facts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Shodor Education Foundation provides this lesson plan to introduce students to the basics of fractions including fraction operations and converting fractions both to decimals and percents. NCTM Standards are listed for this activity....
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: N Rn Sums of Rational and Irrational Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this task is to examine sums and products of rational and irrational numbers. One important property of rational numbers is that their decimals always terminate or repeat: using a slightly different formulation, a rational...

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