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"Slice of Pi with Neo-Excel"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore diameter, radius, and circumference. They define radius, diameter, and circumference on an online dictionary, identify objects in the room with a radius and a diameter, and calculate the radius and diameter of various...
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Math All Around Us

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify real world problems from given story problems. For this story problem lesson, students find places, events or items in the school environment that can be used to create story problems. Students take a picture of the...
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Polygonal Strings

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders apply knowledge of how to calculate the area and perimeter of triangles. They determine why it is inappropriate to measure the area of land by its perimeter which is done in certain areas of New Guinea. They complete a...
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Interior Designer for a Day

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders organize a 20 x 17 room with a given set of furniture pieces. Arrangement is to be based on maximum comfort and practicality. This lesson is a good way to teach and reinforce the mathematical concept of area.
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Crop Circles

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate the area and circumference of a circle. In this geometry instructional activity, students solve word problems with circles and create formulas to calculate the area. They find the rate and complex area of a circle.
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Ellipse

For Students 11th
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders determine the area and circumference for an ellipse.  The one page worksheet contains four problems.  Solutions are not provided. 
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Sectors of Pizza

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify the properties of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students relate properties of diameter to sections of a pizza. They calculate the measure of an arc and missing angles.
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Geometric Basketball Court

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars calculate the area and perimeter of a basketball court. In this geometry lesson plan, students differentiate between similarity and congruence of geometric objects. They test conjectures and use it to solve problems.
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Approximating Pi

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners 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 come...
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Circle Packing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify different parts and properties of circles. In this geometry lesson, students identify the radius, diameter, semicircle and inscribed angle of a circle. They identify the tangent lines to a circle.
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Games and Toys Reflect Resources

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students will demonstrate their understanding that different games reflect local resources by creating a type of ball.
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Cylinder Volume Lesson Plan

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders define the formula for cylinders and use it to solve real world problems. In this geometry lesson, pupils differentiate between area, perimeters, 2D shapes, 3D shapes, and volume of prisms, cylinders and spheres. They...
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Plain Figures And Measuring Figures

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the mathematical concept of a sector. They apply the concept to an example problem and then move into a more complex application. They find the area of the side of a cone. This is done as students calculate...
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Cutting Up in Class, Fractal Style

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create three-dimension models demonstrating exponents, multiplying and dividing of fractions, and the use of repeating patterns in tessellations, mirror images, and tiling.
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Investigation- On The Surface

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students will examine solids to determine which has the least surface area. They will also understand the use of units, square units, and cubic units. There is also the teaching and application of geometry formulas to perform calculations.
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Volume of Rectangular Prisms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Introduce the procedure needed to find the volume of a rectangular prism. Learners rank various prisms such as cereal boxes and tissue boxes from smallest to largest volume. They use an applet to find the volume and surface area of each...
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Volume of Prisms

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Explore the concept of volume of prisms using an applet to perform the calculations. The link to the interactive applet is embedded into the lesson plan as well as a link to associated data sheets. Get your math class to the computer lab...
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Volume Review

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars investigate the concepts of volume for rectangular prisms and spheres. They measure the volume of one balloon and then consider how many breaths it would take to fill the room with balloons. The rectangular prism being...
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Garden Variety Geometry

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
A home improvement plan can help adult learners preparation for the GED exam. They review vocabulary, prepare diagrams, complete a worksheet, calculate perimeters and analyze how to approach a story problem. They identify many geometry...
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Shape and Space: Circles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create isosceles triangles.  In this triangles lesson, students participate in a quick fire exercise with combinations of numbers totaling 180.  Students complete a worksheet with several problems.
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Around We Go

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate a range of circles, each with a different radius, diameter and circumference and assemble this information in their search for relationships.The measurement of circles and the relationships to be found within...
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Pi Mathematics

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students will measure common everyday objects in order to calculate pi. In this measurement lesson plan, students measure the circumference and diameters of objects and fill them into a chart which helps them calculate pi.
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Who Wants to Carry a Million?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners, in groups, determine the volume of a box large enough to hold a million dollars. They calculate the dimensions of a bill and the volume of the money.
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the causes of the stock market crash of 1929.  In this integrated math/history unit on the stock market, 6th graders study, research, and read stocks, visit a local bank, and create a PowerPoint to show the...

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