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Building Word Problems

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study addition and subtraction facts. In equal groups, they play a race game to correctly solve addition and subtraction problems. Using a PowerPoint presentation, the teacher demonstrates how to write word problems and...
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Fractions: Pie

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use a pie (circle) to study fractions. They create their own fraction problems and demonstrate to their classmates how to solve the problems. They discuss ways they use fractions in their daily lives.
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Frogs in Ponds

For Teachers 1st
First graders determine how numbers are made up of other smaller numbers before examining addition and subtraction. They determine the number pairs that make up a given number and determine when no other pairs can be found. They use frog...
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Multiplication Stories

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders solve various multiplication math word problems involving cars and people, fish and fish bowls, and tables and table legs. They write and solve multiplication story problems related to whole numbers, addition, subtraction,...
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How Do The Colors of Light Mix?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the mixing of light. They form a hypotheses to reason why color changes occur and they write conclusions and ask new questions arising from the investigation. Students identify the primary and complementary colors of...
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Crafty Fractions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study fractions. For this fractions lesson, 4th graders define fraction-related vocabulary words. Students use beads to study fractions. Students draw shapes to study fraction equivalency and brainstorm fractions they use...
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Identities and Trigonometric Values

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve trigonometric equations. In this precalculus lesson plan, students prove trigonometric identities using the Pythagorean Theorem. They apply the addition formulas for sine and cosine to prove different identities.
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Big Clown Face

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use complementary media to fill up the art space with repeated shapes. They use a water and wax technique to manipulate the surface of the artwork.
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Making Objects Move

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students will make many discoveries about how and why objects move. They will explore and manipulate the motion of objects and the forces required to control that motion (pushing, pulling, throwing, dropping, rolling, and so on). This...
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Weather And The Seasons

For Teachers K
Students illustrate characteristics of the different seasons using digital and pen and paper drawings. They creat captions for their drawings and present them to the class. Students compare and contrast their pen and paper drawing...
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Counting and Math Concepts

For Teachers Pre-K
Students practice counting to the number three. In this number sense lesson plan, students practice counting to the number three by using various objects. Students arrange and count the objects.
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Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars perform basic operations in modular (clock) arithmetic. Students encode and decode messages using shift and affine ciphers. Young scholars apply their multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction skills.
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The 1 That Got Away

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore number properties. They using multilink blocks to explore doubling of the numbers and explore the patterns to investigate 2 to the power of n and how it is written. In addition, they usse the 100s board, number line and...
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice adding and subtracting fractions. In this addition activity, 3rd graders use paper fraction kits made from colored construction paper and complete several fraction problems on the chalkboard.
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How Many More?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students complete subtraction problems where they use goldfish crackers as their manipulatives in the problem. In this subtraction lesson plan, students use words and pictures to also show their problems.
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Pop-A-Top Math Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play pop-a-top math game to practice solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.
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Mental Maths

For Students K - 2nd
In this mental math practice worksheet, students fill in the 10 blanks as the count backwards and forward. Students also solve 20 addition problems.
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Regrouping

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice regrouping using the wonderful manipulative - unifix cubes. Once they have a tactile understanding of regrouping, students complete 5 worksheets containing addition problems that require regrouping. The worksheets...
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Listening to Letter Sounds

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils review the sounds and letters that coorespond to them. Using a voice recorder, they say the sounds and letters being taught at that given time. They use the recorded messages to complete an activity using the letters and sounds.
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Calendar Art

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners assemble and decorate a calendar. This is a lesson to be used at the beginning of each month to make a calendar for the month. Math concepts for this lesson consist of each student writing numbers on the calendar.
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The Case of the Missing Middle Term

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the difference of squares equation, and multiply binomials using the FOIL method. They complete the Case of the Missing Middle Term worksheet.
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ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students list and explain the three types of economic systems as well as the three economic questions that every economic society must answer at one time or another. In addition, they identify the five features of our market economy.
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Equal Grouping, Joining/Separating

For Students 3rd - 5th
Fishing is fun because you can share what you catch. Learners test their addition skills to see how many fish are caught by each person. Another total is given, but all the fish have to be distributed equally. Hope your learners...
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"SMART" Science

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore science topics using a SMART board. In this respiration lesson, 7th graders see how and why cells use cellular respiration. They see a cellular respiration recipe on the SMART board and watch as the cells produce...