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Alex: Determining Percent of Seed Germination

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this project, students will conduct an experiment to determine the percentage of seed that will germinate in a given time frame. Students will produce charts and graphs to represent the results algebraically. Mathematics and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Battle to the Death: Adding Integers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The goal of this lesson plan is for young scholars to use manipulatives to add integers, creating concepts rather than memorizing rules. This lesson plan will be related to the 300 Spartans who battled the invading Persians at the Battle...
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Montgomery CountyPublic Schools

Mcps: Multiple Representations of Slope Intercept

For Teachers 8th Standards
A Grade 8 Math teacher describes how she uses Excel and Word as tools to provide multiple representations of slope intercept for a UDL summative project in Algebra.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Ellipse

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan is designed for an Algebra II through Pre-Calculus classes and introduces the conic section- an ellipse. In this lesson plan students explore an ellipse, the set of points in a plane such that the sum of the distances...
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Emsl: The River Crossing Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
The lesson plan for an interesting word problem concerning swimming and rowing across a river, being swept downstream by the current, and walking back up the other side. Basic arithmetic skills are all that are needed to approach the...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Opening Patterns

For Students K - 1st
As excitement mounts ahead of the start of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, take a look back at the opening ceremony for the 2008 Games in Beijing. What shapes and patterns can you see? This activity is aimed at young...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Angle of Shot

For Students 10th - 12th
At what angle should you release the shot to break Olympic records? This activity gives students the opportunity to investigate projectile motion in a real-life context, and is aimed at A-level students (grades 10, 11, and 12).
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Any Win for Tennis?

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
What are the probabilities of winning at tennis? This challenging activity is designed to be accessible to students of A-Level Maths (grades 10, 11, and 12).
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: David and Goliath

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Does weight give shot putters an advantage? This activity encourages students to engage in statistical analysis, and is aimed at GCSE and A-level students (Key Stages 4 and 5).
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: What's the Point of Squash?

For Students 9th - 10th
Squash isn't an Olympic sport (yet!) but it has an interesting scoring system. If you reach 8-all in a game of squash, when should you decide to play to 9 points rather than 10? This activity is a starting point for mathematical...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Half Time

For Students K - 1st
What could the half-time scores have been in these Olympic hockey matches? This activity encourages systematic working and discussion, and is designed to be accessible to primary pupils at Key Stages 1 and 2.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Olympic Torch Tour

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you find the best route for the Olympic Torch relay to take? This more challenging activity is designed to be accessible to GCSE maths students (grades 8, 9, and 10).
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is an inquiry lesson used to review Algebra 1 objectives by applying them to geometry concepts. Students explore the properties of quadrilaterals and classify them by definition. This lesson can be use in geometry classes. Students...

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