Todd Bowden
Number Line
Arrange these in order on a number line:
95%
1/3
.700
3/5
5/6
50%
.200
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Take A Chance Or Two
A two-part lesson immerses young statisticians in the concept of probability. On the first day, will conduct experiments with a two-colored coin and learn how to write probabilities as fractions, ratios, and percentages. In the second...
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The "Heart" of the Problem
Students create an exercise and nutrition program. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students use calculations of exercises plus their corresponding effects on the body and nutritional values of food to derive a health plan. Students...
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Practice Exam #03
In this math review activity, students complete problems including simplifying, rounding, decimals, fractions, and more. Students complete 19 problems.
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Ratios
In this ratio worksheet, students provide conversions for sets of ratios in charts, converting to fractions, decimals and percents. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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Percentages
In this percentages worksheet, students study the information and examples on a one page text. Students then solve 14 problems in which decimals and percentages are converted. Students also convert percentages to fractions.
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Christmas Presents
Seventh graders create a graph of their Christmas gifts. They develop categories, compute fractional and decimal parts for each category, identify the number of degrees to represent each fractional part, and create a circle graph to...
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Tax, Tip and Discount Word Problems
Students solve problems involving tax, tips and discounts. In this algebra lesson, students convert between percents and decimals. They calculate commission using conversion from percents and fractions.
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Calculating Interest
Students explore the concept that when money is borrowed, people pay to use it because someone else is losing an opportunity to use it while they have it. What you pay to use the money is called interest. The rate of interest is a...
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Ratios
In this ratio worksheet, students complete 4 charts, converting fractions to ratios, percents and decimals. A website reference is included for additional resources.
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Piece of the Sky: Introduction for Making S'COOL Observations
Students observe and discuss cloud cover. They identify percent of cloud cover, calculate cloud cover by fraction and convert to a percent, and compare their models with the current real sky cloud cover.
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M & M Percentages Activity
Students complete a worksheet using M & M's to calculate percentages. They are given demonstrations by the teacher to know how to complete the activity.
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Batting the Unknown
Young scholars use batting averages to provide a measure of a player's past success. They use Algebra to calculate required performance to improve the average. Students compare baseball batting statistics early in the season and late in...
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Probability: How Likely Am I to...?
Twelfth graders examine various ways probability is applied to daily situations. They use marbles and blocks to calculate the probabilities of picking certain colors. They also calculate the odds of picking a winning raffle ticket.
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Fraction Conversion Bingo
Students reinforce previous math lessons involving the relationships between fractions, decimals and percents.
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Review Sheets: Introductory Physical Science
This hybrid worksheet connects mathematics to a science class. Learners practice solving problems that involve making a variety of conversions. An assortment of questions hits all the calculations needed for a middle school or beginning...
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Making Savvy Consumer Choices
It's never too early to learn about grocery budgeting. Middle schoolers delve into the world of consumer math with a lesson that focuses on both healthy choices and real-world math applications. Groups work together to form a grocery...
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Probability Lesson Plans
Here is an article on how teachers can use probability lesson plans to teach their charges about theoretical and experimental probability.
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Scientific Notation
Writing a number is all in the notation. The resource introduces the class to scientific notation. Pupils learn the process of taking a very large or small number in standard form and write it in scientific notation. To practice,...
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The Number Line
Eighth graders investigate the order of numbers and how they are located on the number line. They also review the symbols used to compare quantities in order to decipher simple expressions and graph them on the numberline.
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Taste the Rainbow
Learners practice estimating and graphing by utilizing Skittles. In this statistics activity, students complete worksheets based on the likelihood of a certain color of skittle coming out of the bag. Learners create a graph...
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Probability
Sixth graders explore the concept of probability. For this probability lesson, 6th graders collaborate to collect spinner data based on the likelihood of spinning odd and even numbers. Students complete 2 other probability activities and...
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Environment: Water & Air
The introduction to the lesson mentions a sailor's limited capacity to store drinking water on his ship. Pupils then set up an overnight experiment to remove freshwater from salt water by distillation. There is a math and map activity to...
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Population Ratios
Students access web site and record various population statistics pertaining to a county in the USA of their choice. They use this data to set up and solve ratios. They compare data to make meaning of the numbers.