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Robot Soldiers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the studies on scientists building a mechanical super-soldier that can heal its own wounds. Students consider and discuss the implications of mastering and using this type of technology. Students analyze the importance...
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Hurricane Katrina Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students write poems about the effects of a storm. Students study on what it might be like to be excavated. Students explore on how to revise and re-draft their work. Students construct a poem from words and phrases prompted by a picture.
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Landmarks in Paris

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a map of France. They use computers to view an "in flight" movie about Paris. They research Paris using books and the internet. Students practice using the program "Comic Life." They import illustrations for each of...
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Creating and Restoring Health Forests

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore how to create and restore healthy forests. Given a scenario, teams of students create a management plan to assist the forest in becoming healthy, safe, and appealing. Students consider the ecosystem, adaptations of the...
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Mouse

For Teachers 1st
First graders are exposed to a variety of texts that deal with mice. The use of the library is recommended to saturate the classroom with available books. Young students work in groups with the help of the teacher to define traits and...
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Money for starters

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students compare the values of coins and paper money. They read prices, read and write any 2-digit number. They model and explain addition calculations with a sum of up to 20.
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Money Matters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make fair trades and exchanges of their money in order to have practical experiences with the essential "rules" of our place value system. They create groupings of tens, hundreds, thousands using play money and place value...
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The Multiplier (2-digit by 2-digit numbers)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders Split a 2-digit number into tens and ones. They use The Multiplier to partition and solve 2-digit by 2-digit multiplications. They describe how to solve 2-digit by 2-digit multiplications using a diagram.
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The Multiplier (origin of the algorithm)

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore basic algorithms for addition, subtraction, and multiplication. They use models to demonstrate solving two-digit by two-digit multiplication. Students demonstrate vertical formats to solve multiplication problems.
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Birthday Party

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students help plan a party for Q-Bear and think about some of the different ways people celebrate their birthdays. They then demonstrate knowledge and understanding of customs and traditions associated with participation in cultural...
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More Pizzas and Things

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students are introduced to the problem by playing a guessing game of "I am a number, which is half of 6 and 6, what am I?" They explain their answers and see if anyone else had an alternate solution checking for reasonableness.
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Pirate Swords

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read the math problem and retell it in their own words. They brainstorm for ways to solve and use questions to focus on the steps used. Students could use other problems involving pirates from the given website.
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Consecutive Numbers

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Like all of the Problem Solving units, this one aims to introduce pupils to the underlying ideas of mathematics through a problem. The problem here requires a knowledge of arithmetic and the use of some algebra. In this unit we see how a...
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Working Backwards

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders make up their own math problems. There is only one restriction. That is, the answer has to be the one you are going to give them in a sealed envelope. The problems that they make up can be anything they like. Let Students...
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More of Carrie's Cubes

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students solve a word problem that explores the shape of a cube and ways that part of it can be colored. They discuss the problem and analyze a Rubik's cube, explore the problem using a graph, and discuss the solutions as a class.
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Guzzinta

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars explore strategies to solve number problems. They study divisibility rules. Students examine and practice multiples, factors, and palindromes. In groups, young scholars play a "number property" game.
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Proportional Problems 1

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore representing fractions as ratios and proportions. They model proportions through the use of blocks, LEGO gears and activities with bicycle gears and pedals. Students work with bicycle gear boxes to observe and...
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Guess My Number

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners use their knowledge of numbers from one through one hundred to try and identify the teacher's hidden number. They ask questions about the number to narrow down their guess. (Is is a multiple of ten? Is it in the twenties? Is...
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Common Multiples

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify common multiples of numbers to 10. They take turns to throw the two dice. Students after each throw they find the common multiples of these numbers. They cover these numbers with counters. Students each has...
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Factor Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are introduced to the concept of factorization. Individually, they are given seven cards and turn over one card at a time. They take the card and place it on top of the pile and identify the common factor with the one they are...
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Marketing Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore, analyze and study the key elements of the marketing mix and the significance of the promotional mix. They investigate and explain the importance of communication to Vodafone and the use of David Beckham to sponsor its...
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Circuits and Conductors

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the concepts of circuits and conductors. In this circuits and conductors instructional activity set, 4th graders watch demonstrations of circuits and look at images to identify whether they are complete...
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Surviving the Conditions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore Earth science by participating in an environmental care activity. In this natural resources lesson, students discuss ways to protect themselves from the environment if they are ever in need of shelter in the wilderness....
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Celebration

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify the different ways in which different countries celebrate and why, including story, dance, music, and exchanging gifts. Then they develop a basic standard of non-verbal communication through either dance, mime,...

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