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Money Smart Choices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make choices regarding money management. In this personal finance lesson, students explore budgets, incomes, and expenses as they learn vocabulary regarding personal finance and consider how to create personal budgets.
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The Shapes of Rice

For Teachers K
Students investigate geometry by identifying shapes related to rice and rice farming.  For this geometry lesson, students discuss the different shapes used in rice agriculture and discuss what other objects in our lives use that...
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Let's Go Shopping: Estimation At The Mall

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students estimate the total cost of a shopping trip. In this estimation instructional activity, students use three different techniques to estimate how much a shopping trip will cost.
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Classification

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate how different types of food can be classified then counted. For this sorting, arranging, and classifying lesson plan, students explore how to group foods based on commonalities. Students are asked four questions...
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Solving Equations Using Two Operations

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Need more detail in showing your class how to solve two-step equations and proportions? This lesson plan outlines the steps young mathematicians need to solve simple equations and check their results. 
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A House is a House for Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students evaluate the impact climates have on the building of structures. They research the different types of materials used to build houses in various climates and build small models of houses which are tested against different climates.
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Factoring Large Numbers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice applying the rules of divisibility.
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Entrepreneurship: Planning to stay in business

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners write the last three sections of a business plan for their hypothetical business: the operation timetable, the start up costs, and the three-month projected statement.
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Copy Cat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine a Webmath page, and demonstrate how to copy and paste. They create a computer-generated template page presenting the attributes of two- and three- dimensional shapes.
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Industrial Measurement: Using the Industrial Ruler

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Young scholars accurately measure several common objects using the industrial ruler. They work individually to analyze whether given objects would meet the correct specifications required for a particular manufactured product.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 1, Lesson 1: Gee Quiz!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to geometry by a teacher made puppet called Geo George.
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Conversions: Metrics Made Easy

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students convert standard units of measurement to metric units using tape measures, meter sticks, rulers, and online conversion calculators.
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What Does It Matter?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students match definitions with vocabulary words and learn basic facts about matter. Then, they see how to determine the physical characteristics of matter. They determine the mass, volume, and density of objects using appropriate tools...
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Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the concept of modular arithmetic and cryptography. In this modular arithmetic and cryptography lesson, students use applets to explore modular arithmetic using a clock and Caesar Ciphers. Students exchange their ciphers...
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Preschool

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars experience various types of play. They determine play is the way a child learns and describe the value of play. They discover that play is a child's natural way of learning and that children test and practice new...
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Algebra: Olympic Races

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use Olympic athlete statistics to make algebraic calculations. In this algebraic equation lesson, students use algebra to calculate athlete speed and calories burned.
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Planning a Garden

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research the World Wide Web to research and plan a garden for their school. They draw a scale model of the garden, determine the cost, and create a presentation to promote their garden plan.
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Science: Suddenly Snow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in snow-related activities during the first winter snowfall. After explaining the elements needed for it to snow, they preserve snowflakes on frozen slides and observe them under a microscope. Then, they write diamante...
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Making Ships Biscuits

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research the types of foods that sailors would eat. They focus on "Ships Biscuits" and discuss the role they played in provided sailors' food. They then make the biscuits. They research the rules of basic food hygiene and put...
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Operations of Complex Numbers and Intro to DeMoivre's Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve problems with complex numbers. In this algebra lesson, students factor complex numbers and simplify equations using DeMoivre's Theorem. They add, subtract, multiply and divide using negative roots.
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I Think I Forgot Something!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students examine human health by reading a children's book in class. In this breakfast lesson, students identify the importance of starting the day with a good, nutritious meal. Students read the book I Think I Forgot Something and...
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The Ace of Soccer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use playing cards to determine the number of soccer passes and traps completed between partners. They add up passes at the end of the game. They can also tally face cards to see who received the most.
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Mathematics: Steps to purchase a home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are partnered as couples who have a variety of financial realities, and must complete a real-life financial analysis to see what it would take them to purchase a home.
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Fractals and the Chaos Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of fractals. In this fractals lesson, students play the "Chaos Game" via an applet. Students place dots on the screen to recognize that they have created Sierpinski's Triangle.