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What Are the ‘Ingredients’ for Economic Growth?
Delve into the concept of economic growth with your class members, including why economic growth is important, what causes it, and how can countries encourage it.
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Fantastic Fraction Fudge
In order to create some tasty fudge, learners must adapt a recipe. Using a recipe for fudge, ingredients must be correctly converted using fractions. If one fraction is incorrect, the fudge will reveal it! Although you will only make one...
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Polymers and Products from Petroleum
Over four sessions, learners survey the production and use of polymers and petroleum products. First, they participate in a kinesthetic activity to demonstrate how polymers act, and review a list of common products made from...
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How BIG is 400?
Students solve problems using dimensional analysis. In this chemistry lesson, students choose a problem and present it in class. The rest of the class will evaluate the solved problem on the board.
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Using the Newspaper to Teach Division and Time Conversion
Students use classified ads to select a career. In this math lesson, students convert the listed salary to an hourly, yearly, weekly and monthly rate. Students explain the process they used to find the various rates.
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"Use an Anemometer," said the Meteorologist
Learners participate in an hands-on construction of an instrument to measure wind speed.
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Leveled Problem Solving Converting Between Systems
In this measurement conversions activity, students solve the problems by converting the measurements in each problem to the given systems.
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You say Avocado, I say Avogadro
Students convert mole to mass to particles and vice versa. In this chemistry lesson, students discuss the importance of Avogadro's number. They apply what they have learned in a team competition.
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Efficiency
Fourth graders work cooperatively to investigate the efficiency of various household appliances. They share their findings in three to five minute oral presentations.
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Convert This!
Students use conversion factors to solve problems. In this algebra lesson, students convert between Metric and English Units. They measure different objects and using both systems in their units.
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Using Your Melon for Math
Students apply fraction multiplication and division to recipe conversion.
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Solar Speed
Learners perform unit conversion. In this algebra lesson, students calculate the distance and speed of a solar car. They graph their result as speed versus distance and analyze it.
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Light Beam
Students measure and convert between units. In this geometry lesson plan, students investigate through measurements of distances. They relate the properties of circle to solving problems with radius, diameter and area.
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Reading Trees: Understanding Dendrochronology
Students examine tree-ring dating and discuss the lack of water the settlers in Jamestown faced. They create paper tree rings, simulate rain patterns, and describe the history of construction paper tree sequences.
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Time Conversion
In this converting times worksheet, students covert times to the twelve or twenty-four hour clock alternative convention. Students write 28 answers.
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Multiplication Five Minute Frenzy (A)
In this multiplication worksheet, students fill out four 10 by 10 grids. Students write the product of the column number and the row number. Students try to complete each chart in less than 5 minutes and score 98% or better.
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Health Science: Back to Basics
This lesson focuses on unit conversion, proportions, ratios, exponents, and the metric system. Discuss measurement with your math class and demonstrate how to solve several health-science word problems. Give learners a chance to visit an...
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How Clocks Work
Students discover time pieces and complete telling time activities. In this time instructional activity, students complete a worksheet about what make a clock keep time. Students watch a video about time and clocks as well as a video...
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Perimeter
Learners study about perimeter and the units used to measure perimeter using a variety of materials including their hands, feet, rulers, and computer applets. They understand such attributes as length, area, weight, volume, and size of...
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Discover the Pythagorean Theorem
Students explore the Pythagoras theorem. In this geometry lesson, students make right triangles and identify the parts of the triangle. Students complete measurements of the sides of the triangle.
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Inflation and Unemployment
Twelfth graders are introduced to the relationship between inflation and unemployment. They define the employment and unemployment rate and practice calculating the figures. Analyzing minimum wage laws, they model a process for...
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Soil Excavation
Pupils comprehend how percent of change and multipliers are used to determine volume for removal and replacement of soils. They calculate soil volume percent changes using data tables. They apply formulas to solve a variety of...
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Measuring a Mummy Case
Students practice how to calculate volume using mummy cases. They measure using ancient Egyptian, U.S., and metric systems. They explore how to convert measurements into different systems, and discuss ratios.