Pennsylvania Department of Education
Extending Pattern Understandings
Students use shapes and manipulatives to demonstrate patterns. In this patterns lesson plan, students also break up patterns to identify a pattern unit.
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Round Numbers to Nearest Ten or Hundred
Third graders review telling time. In this lesson on telling time, 3rd graders discuss various items that show length of time, including clocks, calendars and sand timers. Students review and practice what they already know about telling...
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Tracking Olympic Gold!
Learners use print or online resources to track the results of the Olympic Games, record daily results on graphs, use graphs to collect information.
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An Introduction to Elementary Statistics
Students explain and appreciate the use of statistics in everyday life. They define basic terms used in statistics and compute simple measures of central tendency.
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Graphing and the Coordinate Plane
Students learn about the Cartesian coordinate plane, understand the four quadrants of the Cartesian coordinate plane, and plot points on the plane. Students read coordinates for a point from a graph and give the ratio of rise over run...
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Reading Graphs
Middle schoolers practice plotting functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane, see several categories of functions, including lines and parabolas, and read a graph, answering questions about the situation described by the graph
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The Bell Curve
Students are introduced to the normal distribution and examine the bell curve controversy.
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A Matter of Proportion
Students measure the relative heights of the mosaic giraffe and its trainer and compare their proportions to an actual giraffe and zoo trainer.
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Candy Colors: Figuring the Mean, Median, and Mode
Young scholars count candy by color and then calculate mean, median, and mode. They count candy and use the data to calculate mean, median, and mode (by color) and apply their learning to another collection of data.
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Solve Simple One-Step Linear Equation
Sixth graders solve one unknown number by using hands-on manipulatives after being introduced to the history of abstract mathematics through literature.
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Functions Made Easy
Students explore concept of functions as relationships, as machines, as equations, and as graphs.
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Reading the Election Results
Students read a chart that shows results of the 1996 presidential election. They answer teacher created questions about the chart.
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The Great Race: From Anchorage to Nome
Pupils study the history of the Iditarod sled dog race. They research facts related to biology, sled dogs, and geography in order to put that history in perspective.
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Reliable Problem Solving Techniques
Students practice the Request-Response-Result problem solving technique. They explore how and when it should be used.
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People are People
Students examine the Holocaust and segregation to explain the Human Condition.
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Fickled Fractions
Students explore which fractions are made real in our world. They also show the relationship of cross multiplication and equivalent fractions To reinforce fraction skills.
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Using Variables And Ratios To Get You in the Right Gear
Students examine the use of variable and ratio in everyday situations including figuring out the gear ratios for the gears on a 12 speed bike. They use the bubble sort technique to write a computer program which will determine the...
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Career Explorations and Personal Finance
Students use various search engines and Web sites to find out information for a career they think they might like to pursue. They present their information to the class in an oral report.
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Subtraction Rhyme
Students study a rhyme for subtracting with regrouping from 10's to 1's.
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Using Polya's 4 Steps to Problem Solving
Ninth graders solve problems using Polya's 4 steps to problem solving.
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Body Proportion
Fourth graders measure the height and arm span of various classmates. They use a spreadsheet to design a graph that shows the class measurements from tallest to shortest in metric and standard systems.
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Making Good Investments
Students compare different aspects of investing money from traditional savings accounts to money market accounts. They research investment accounts at local banks and compare them.
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Thanksgiving Feast (Read the Charts)
Students practice reading charts about foods country of origin. They interpret information and answer questions related to charts. They discover how food production adds to the economy.
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A Math Game for Reinforcing Computation Skills
Students practice a variety of math skills. In this math computation lesson, students follow the rules of the game and keep track of their own scores. Students review skills for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.