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Hollywood's Top Ten
Students gather data on top 10 highest grossing movies, and make a bar graph and a pictogram.
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Making Change
Second graders explore how to incorporate a new type of technology, the cash register and/or a calculator, as a motivational tool for solving real life problems. They practice estimating money and counting back change from $20.00.
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Projectile Motion
Students observe projectile motion and calculate the speed of a baseball based on the time and distance traveled. They record the time, measure the distance, and draw the path of the ball's travel on a data table.
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Who Wants to Carry a Million?
Students, in groups, determine the volume of a box large enough to hold a million dollars. They calculate the dimensions of a bill and the volume of the money.
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The Great Cookie Company
Fourth graders implement real life application of money, problem solving, economics, and consumer awareness. In this three week economics unit, 4th graders operate a business, write checks, balance accounts, and market their...
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Recycling
Learners relate recycling to waste reduction. In this science lesson, students talk about the environment and how recycling certain natural resources actually saves on energy. They also discuss what type of recycling causes...
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Technology Lesson Activity: Fractions
Fifth graders practice using the English measuring system by creating fractions. In this parts of a whole lesson plan, 5th graders combine math key bars to simulate small parts of a bigger item. Students combine the pieces to...
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Solving Equations Using Two Operations
Need more detail in showing your class how to solve two-step equations and proportions? This lesson plan outlines the steps young mathematicians need to solve simple equations and check their results.
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What's Math Got To Do With It?
Students explore numbers, computation, ratios, proportions, probabilities, statistics, and money in this six lessons unit. Practical applications in the real world are emphasized through an interactive approach to math in these lessons.
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Using Negative Numbers
Sixth graders practice using negative numbers by completing number equations. In this math problem solving lesson, 6th graders discuss the different ways negative numbers can be used in a math problem and practice completing...
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Hurricane Tracking
Learners access the Internet to find information on current hurricanes. They get locations, speeds, and air pressures and then plot the location of the hurricane on a hurricane-tracking map. They also access the FEMA website to solve...
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National Road to Indiana
Students explore the National Road to Indiana. For this U.S. highway history and primary source research lesson, students read an original journal written by Jane Voorhees Lewis in 1806 describing her trip west on the first federally...
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Math Practice Exam #2
In this math practice exam worksheet, students solve a total of 16 problems, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions, simplifying expressions, finding values of expressions, calculating volume, finding circumference and...
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Math: Football League Statistics
Learners examine a soccer league final standings chart and then answer 12 questions based on the information provided. They calculate some answers in both fractions and percentages.
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Get a Line on Integers
Students explore number sense by completing math function problems in class. In this integers instructional activity, students define integers and practice plotting them on a number line. Students utilize math functions such as addition...
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You're in the Money
In this unique money scenario worksheet, students are told they are moving into a brand new four bedroom detached house and can spend as much as they like furnishing the house. Students make a list of the items and their cost of what...
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Equivalent Mixed Numbers
Fifth graders use various internet sites to complete math programs where they identify different representations of mixed numbers. In this mixed numbers lesson plan, 5th graders practice math before hand and then go on the computers in...
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Battle to the Death: Adding Integers
Young scholars explore the concept of adding integers. In this adding integers lesson plan, young scholars simulate the battle of the 300 spartans at Thermopylae. Young scholars use colored game pieces to represent positive...
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Number Books
Students construct a book to illustrate number concepts. They write their numbers on a sheet of paper. Students in grade 1 discuss counting to 100 by different numbers. Pupils in grades (2-4) write basic addition or subtraction story...
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Puzzling Perimeters
Third graders use estimation, fractions and decimals to determine the perimeter of objects in the classroom. They are given a worksheet with a list of the items on it. The worksheet has columns beside each of the items for estimation and...
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Counting Money
Students read, write, and identify different coin combinations and use this information in real-world situations.
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Topsy-Turvy Math With Rational Numbers
Fourth graders complete a worksheet. As a whole class, 4th graders hear a lecture and complete a worksheet on factors, multiplicative inverses and reciprocals, finding the quotient of two fractions and the division of fractions to...
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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...