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Dream Bedroom Floor Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students build and apply concepts of geometry. In this geometry lesson, students create a building using proportions and scale drawings. They use Cabri technology to create a virtual drawing first.
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Dream Bedroom Floor Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students construct using Cabri software. In this geometry instructional activity, students convert between units and apply the correct measurements to build objects. They create the room virtually and manipulate the shapes to the desired...
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Prime Factorization

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a lesson that focuses on the concept of finding the prime factorization of a number. They write the answer using exponential notation. Students play a game of Bingo to keep engaged during the lesson.
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Mini-Metric Olympics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in the mini-metric Olympics. In this measurement instructional activity, 8th graders solve real-world problems that require them to calculate length, area, and volume in metric units.
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Blood Cell Basics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design a proportional model of blood out of red gelatin, a plastic bag, and rice. They study the components that make up blood and investigate what happens when the arteries in different scenerios. They work in pairs in order to...
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Surface Area with Polydrons

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore measurements by analyzing geometric shapes. In this surface area instructional activity, students identify the terms volume, weight, perimeter and area in order to find the requested measurements of specific polygons....
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Prime Factors

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders review the concept of prime factorization. Then, they use the rules for divisibility and other notions to find the prime factorization of unfamiliar numbers. They solve problems in a whole class setting.
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Scale Factors for Areas and Volumes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners examine mathematical questions. They examine how to tackle mathematical questions and discover the effect of a change in length on area and volume. They examine the consequences of the physical properties sea animals on heat...
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Harnessing the Wind for Electricity

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explain how wind can produce electricity. In this geometry lesson, 9th graders construct their own pin wheel turbine and calculate its power. They discuss the pros and cons of using wind generator.
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Making and Describing Shapes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Explore the concept of creating and describing 2D and 3D shapes.  Using geometry your scholars will describe the attributes of shapes and their properties.  They explore and discover what happens when you combine shapes and...
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Rotations

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars discuss the concepts of reflection, rotation, and translation. In this rotation activity, students investigate rotations through examples on an overhead projector. No additional worksheet or student assignment is included.
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Karen's Tiles

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate how perimeter changes as area changes to see the relation between area and perimeter for similar shapes. They then students answer the question if the area of the rectangle increase, does its perimeter have to increase?
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Volcanoes: Sixth Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 6th
Bring a set of pre-lab, lab, and post-lab lesson plans on volcanoes to your earth science unit. Sixth graders explore the three types of volcanoes found on Earth, plot the specific locations of these volcanoes on a map, and...
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What are the Chances: A Game of Chance!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders experiment with dice, playing cards, pennies and computer-generated simulations to calculate probability. They use compiled data to make predictions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Unknown Angles in Complex Composite Figures

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and take an assessment on finding missing angles in composite figures.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting Different 2 D Shapes Within Complex Composite Figures

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on counting two dimensional shapes in a complex composite figure.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Unknown Angles in Composite Figures

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and take an assessment on finding missing angles in a polygon.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting the Number of Basic 2 D Shapes in a Composite Figure

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on counting basic two dimensional shapes in a composite figure.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Basic 2 D Shapes in Composite Figures

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are shown a composite figure and must identify and count shapes within it. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [1:27]...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting Semi Circles and Quarter Circles in Composite Figures

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video defines composite figures, semi-circles, and quarter circles, then uses those definitions to determine how many semi-circles and quarter circles are in the...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Classifying Triangles Within Composite Figures

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are presented with a composite figure and must identify the types of triangles within it. An accompanying video demonstrates a...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Count the Number of Different 2 D Shapes in a Composite Figure

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video defines a composite figure and describes how to determine how many triangles are within the given composite shape. The video is followed by practice problems.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Count Rectangles, Square,s and Triangles in Composite Figures

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video defines a composite shape and shows how to determine the total number of triangles in the given shape. The video is followed by practice problems to assess...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Partitioning Composite Figures Into Rectangles to Find Area 1

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are asked to partition a shape into rectangles and add their areas together to get the area of the whole figure. Includes video...