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Learning About Volume
Learners explore the concept of volume. They develop formulas for volume of prisms. Then use their formulas to find missing dimensions of various prisms such as height, length, width, radius, and diameter.
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Earth Day...Comin Atcha!!!
Students explore the idea of consequence that every individual leaves a daily environmental footprint. They read articles about creative solutions to solid waste issues and then create an artwork from household trash.
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Firefighter Allocation
Creating equations with one variable to solve real-world-type problems is a key skill any algebra learner needs to master. Here the focus is on realizing that one can write the equation in different ways depending upon how one...
Illustrative Mathematics
The Missing Coefficient
This activity highlights the use of the remainder theorem to solve for the unknown coefficient of a specified polynomial when given one of its factors. Use this single problem as a warm-up exercise, a quick check-in at the end of a...
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Dear Sassy Successful Student
Fifth graders identify the people who are responsible for their success and their current studying skills. In groups, they brainstorm helpful studying strategies and develop a creative way to share it with the class. To end the lesson,...
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Collaborative Editing
With the use of an online editing site, budding authors revise their writing. This is a creative way to have your class practice essay revision. Instead of being a tedious process, editing and revising can be fun.
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Trigonometric Functions
Here is a worksheet that includes three short trigonometry problems. Learners must use trigonometric definitions and identities to solve. Use this resource to review trigonometry, or as an assessment.
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Synectics - creative metaphors technique
Students create new ways of thinking about old things. They may use a modified approach to make unfamiliar material familiar (after teacher provides brief introductory materials, for example).
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V-Numbers
High schoolers explore problem solving strategies. Gin a novel situation, students develop a mathematical theory. Through models and mathematics, high schoolers justify their solution. Students definea V-sets and discuss conjectures...
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Ws and Worms
Learners explore problem solving strategies. Given real life problems, students examine the sum of consecutive strings of whole numbers. Learners use diagrams and sequencing to solve problems. Students justify their mathematical...
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I Choose Card #
Students practice problem solving and creative thinking in order to develop an answer/solution for the prompt on a chosen activity card.
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Town Budget Meeting Simulation: Meeting Needs of Young and Old Lesson Plan
Students participate in a simulation in which they determine the town budget to help programs in their community for the young and old. In groups, they brainstorm a list of the needs of the young and old and share their thoughts on why...
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Tall Tales Folded Envelope Book
Students create a book using art, problem solving and language skills. They illustrate and write a tall tale. They sculpt a character from their tall tale.
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Erosion And the Cycling of Rocks And Minerals
Middle schoolers investigate the concept of erosion by water in a problem solving activity. In small groups, they are assigned either sand, potting soil or rocks to construct a mountain that will hold up to a sprinkler can of water...
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Properties Of Building Materials
High schoolers investigate the concept of building materials and how they are used to create different things. They focus upon the availability, cost, flexibility, and strength of different building materials. This is done by taking part...
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Health Wheel Self-Care Plan for Diabetics
Students help create a Health Wheel: a personal, inspirationally based, self-care plan for preventing or managing diabetes in daily life. They (student or client) researches the causes of diabetes, and creates a "health wheel" that...
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Napolean Triangle
Students investigate the Napoleon triangle theory. In this polygon lesson plan, students differentiate between the boundary points, interior and lattice point of a polygon. They apply concepts of equilateral triangles to solve problems.
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Concept Structures in Architecture
Students develop a creative building design. In this technology lesson, students create a model of their building using a computer software. They present their final product in class.
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Digital Poetry Books
Students, after reviewing the writing process and assessing how to use a digital camera to take creative photos, create a Digital Poetry Book. They incorporate the use of Microsoft Photo Draw and Publisher for the creation of their...
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The Princess And The Painter
Young scholars discover Baroque art techniques through the research of Diego Velasquez' work "Las Meninas" and other Baroque art. This leads to an exciting creative art project of "everyday life" by each student.
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Chemical Calculations
In this elements instructional activity, students use the relative atomic masses of given elements to calculate the relative formula mass. Students calculate the mass of compounds from given number of moles and determine the number of...
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Acids, Alkalis and Indicators
In this pH worksheet, students describe acids and alkalis. Students determine is substances are strongly acidic or alkaline. Students use the color of universal indicator paper to determine the pH of given substances. This worksheet has...
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Energy Changes in Reactions
In this chemical bonds worksheet, students determine how much energy is needed to break bonds. Students classify reactions as exothermic or endothermic and identify a reaction as reversible. This worksheet has 4 problems to solve.
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Project Description
Students engage in using the Internet to solve problems. The skill of problem solving is developed and technology skills are used to solve a student picked problem. The lesson targets the middle school audience.