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Acceleration

For Teachers 8th - 10th
For this acceleration worksheet, young scholars are given an explanation of the constant acceleration of a roller coaster as it travels up, down and around. Students calculate the acceleration of a roller coaster given its original...
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The Euro: Classroom Exercises – Exchange Students Going to Europe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore ever-changing exchange rates. In this euro/dollar exchange rate lesson, students plan a trip to Europe and calculate their costs in euros and dollars.
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Carshop!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the concept of interest. In this interest lesson, students shop for cars and determine the payments and interest rates for various cars. Students use various websites to research cars and interest rates for car loans....
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What Are My Daily Calorie Needs?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore what their personal nutritional requirements are.  In this exploratory lesson students calculate their total daily energy needs and energy outputs and study how age is related to changing this. 
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Measure of Spread

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the standard deviation. In this statistics lesson plan, students find the mean distribution and calculate the percent of deviation from the mean. They observe this change on the Ti calculator.
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Exploring Literature And Weather Through Chirps

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore using crickets' chirps to calculate temperature. They read "Cricket in Times Square" and "The Quiet Cricket," read and discuss a Cricket eBook, develop a formula and calculate temperature using cricket chirps, and graph...
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Lines of Best Fit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers determine if there is an associationm in a scatter plot of data. They analyze data through predictios, comparisons, and applications. Students calculate the line of best fit using a graphing calculator. They display data...
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Chemistry Worksheet 6

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students calculate specific changes that take place with different chemical reactions. Students indicate whether the reactions are endothermic or exothermic and spontaneous or nonspontaneous.
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Propellers, Forces and Energy

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students construct a model airplane, measure distance, and calculate velocity.  In this creative lesson students work in groups to build a model and use it to calculate distances and velocity.
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Chemistry II Enthalpy Worksheet

For Students 11th - 12th
For this enthalpy equation worksheet, students are given 3 examples of chemical reactions. Students then respond to 4 practice problems and 1 challenge problem in regard to heat and energy change and release.
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Related Robots

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners solve problems using implicit differentiation. In this calculus lesson, students take the derivative to calculate the rate of change. They observe two robots and draw conclusion from the data collected on the two robots.
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Buffalo's Economy During the Great Depression

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students compile and interpret data to present graphical representations of Buffalo's economy during the Great Depression. They calculate the unemployment and inflation rates, create a spreadsheet, and create a poster.
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Not Everything is More Expensive

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore percent increases and decreases. They calculate the percent increase and decrease. Students use math to solve problems and communicate. They apply the given formula for percent increase/decrease.
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Pumpkin Properties are a Smash!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students receive a miniature pumpkin and proceed through several stations to measure a variety of physical properties. The data is entered into a data sheet and the mass and volume measurements are used to calculate density. They also...
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Rates in Linear Mechanical Systems

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine factors that control rates in mechanical system. They identify units associated with speed, calculate speed of moving object, identify units associated with acceleration, and calculate acceleration of moving object.
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Solutions

For Students Higher Ed
In this solutions worksheet, students calculate molality and mole fraction. Students define colligative property and determine what affects the solubility of gas in solvents. This worksheet has 2 short answer questions and 9 problems to...
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Dangerous Fun

For Students 6th - 7th
In this line graph activity, students analyze the data on a graph about toy-related injuries by year. Students solve 5 problems in which the change in injuries per year is calculated and recorded on a table.
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Ten Multiple Choice Length Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
In this distance worksheet, students calculate the lengths of sides and diagonals of figures.  Students also compute lengths in shadow problems.  The solutions are provided by clicking on the "show answers" tab at the bottom of the page.
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Area of Circle Worksheets

For Students 10th
In this geometry learning exercise, 10th graders calculate the area of circle give either the radius or the diameter. The one page interactive learning exercise contains ten questions. Answers and  hints are included. 
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Graph Your Motion

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students graph their linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students examine their lines and relate it to the slope or rate of change. They relate the steepness of the line to the slope being positive, negative or zero.
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"Go-Car" Lab

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students construct a car based on directions given. In this physics lesson, students calculate average speed using distance and time information. They collect data and create a graph of distance vs. time.
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A McTrip Back In Time

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students pretend they are time-travellers and travel back to 1954 to a McDonald's Restaurant to see how prices have changed. They need to add and subtract money with regrouping.
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What In The World Would You Have?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students calculate value of money in other countries, and explore how the economy affects the rate of exchange.
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Chew on This

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore and demonstrate the seven steps of the scientific method. They predict how much sugar is in chewing gum and test, analyze, and calculate the sugar content of gum.