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Linear Equations: Deep Dish Pizza

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Explore the volume of solids with a real-life connection. Learners calculate the volume of a deep-dish slice of pizza to determine its price. They model the slice as a part of a cylinder and create a formula for calculating the cost.
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American Psychological Association

Facebook Activity

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Imagine if Sigmund Freud or Charles Darwin had a Facebook page. As part of a study of major historical figures in the field of psychology, class members are assigned a psychologist and design a mock Facebook page that includes...
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Circling the Square: Boxing Ring Match

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the specifications and construction of modern boxing rings. They calculate the area of circles and rectangles by different methods. They compare and contrast different areas in the ring used for attack and defense.
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Batteries

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing knowledge of batteries and their uses worksheet, students write an informational summary about batteries, circle the objects that might use batteries, and identify the positive and negative areas on a battery....
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SAT Problem Solving Practice Test 08

For Students 9th - 12th
In this problem solving worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice SAT practice problems.  Students find the area of circles, slope of a line, solve absolute value inequalities, etc.
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Using Our Senses to Observe

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Look around and explore. Little ones use their five senses with some day-to-day activities designed to guide observation and apply STEM strategies. Young scientists learn through comparing/contrasting and...
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How Big is a Molecule?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students estimate the size of a molecule of oleic acid. They conduct an experiment using chalk dust, water, and oleic acid, solve various calculations, and answer discussion questions.
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Parachutes: Is it Surface Area or Shape?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students investigate how to make a good parachute. In this physics lesson, students observe the motion of parachutes as it falls and measure the time. They collect data and calculate the average descent time for each canopy shape.
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Group Initiatives

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the names and qualities about members in the group. They each say their name and something about themselves. Students gather around in a circle. They listen to the teacher as he or she says the name of someone and throws...
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The Edge of Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain why some species of plants and animals occur in more than one area. They watch as the teacher puts an overlapping circles on the chalkboard, students are asked to predict what kinds of things they would expect to find in...
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Light Beam

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students measure and convert between units. For this geometry lesson, students investigate through measurements of distances. They relate the properties of circle to solving problems with radius, diameter and area.
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Pi Day

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the concept of pi in preparation for developing a project for pi day. They examine direct variation, the history of pi, circle circumference and arc length, area and sector area and then consider how these concepts...
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Related Rates Problems: An Application of Implicit Differentiation and the Chain Rule

For Students Higher Ed
In this related rates problem activity, students use the chain rule and implicit differentiation to solve related rate problems, such an writing an expression relating to the ripple of a circle. This three-page activity contains eleven...
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Characteristics of Living Things

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine the characteristics of living things. They list the differences between living and non-living things, explore areas around the school, and create a Venn diagram for items found in the school areas.
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Identifying Misspelled Ecology Words

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ecology words worksheet, learners read 10 sentences pertaining to the environment. If one of the words is misspelled, students circle that word. If all the words are spelled correctly, learners circle No Mistake.
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Pi Day (March 14)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine the value of ? by measuring the circumference and diameter of circular objects such as soup cans, Oreo cookies, etc..
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Approximating Pi

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars approximate Pi using the lower and upper bound for the constant. In this algebra lesson, students work in groups of two to graph a circle and approximate Pi using the circumference. They repeat their estimation until they...
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Pape's Theorems

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students find the length of the side of a regular hexagon whose area is numerically equal to its perimeter.
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Understanding and Computing Riemann Sums

For Students Higher Ed
In this Riemann sum worksheet, students use the Riemann sum to determine the volume of a square pyramid and the estimates of area around a circle. This four-page worksheet contains 18 problems.
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Some Like It Cold

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study Canada's northern territories and four settlements above the Arctic Circle. In this northern Canada instructional activity, 6th graders maps and timelines to locate physical, political, and economic features of...
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Solid Rocket Boosters

For Students Higher Ed
In this rocket worksheet, students calculate the burn rate for solid rocket boosters depending on exposed fuel area and burn depth. This worksheet has 2 problems to solve.
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Pizza Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate relationships among fractions and use cut out pizzas and fraction circles to compare equivalent fractions. They exchange fractional parts of construction paper pizza circles to use as many different fractional parts...
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Expected Outcome (Probability)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars practice and determine expected values of experiments as well as distributions of experiments. They find the area of rectangles and circles and determine elementary probabilities. Probability exercises begin with quarters...
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Accuracy of Measurements

For Students 7th - 8th
In this accuracy of measurements worksheet, students solve and complete 3 different types of word problems. First, they find the largest area of pitch in the problem described. Then, students write down an inequality to show the range of...

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