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Fun With Fractions
Students learn about fractions. In this fractions activity, students hear the story" The Doorbell Rang", calculate the number of cookies each person will get as they learn about fractions. Student make a batch of cookies and share them...
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Zeros in the Quotient
In this solving quotients in word problems instructional activity, students divide three-digit and four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers and conduct multiple steps to problem solve with zeros in the quotients. Students solve six problems.
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Do We Need a Permanenet International Criminal Court?: War Crimes, Violence, International Law and Politics, Nuremberg
In this lesson, students explore the history, relevance and current application of international tribunals for war crimes. Students look at cases from the Nuremberg trials, Tokyo trials and the Bosnian War.
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Math: Reasoning and Problem Solving using Voyages
Young scholars plan a voyage as the captain of a tall ship in the early days of exploration and merchant trading. They choose 2 ships and 3 voyages for a total of 6 possibilities. They calculate the number of days and distance of their...
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Using Basic Operations in Word Problems
Students review basic operations and use them to solve word problems. In this word problems lesson, students review basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Students then complete an...
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Color Your World
Students calculate the cost of painting a room. In this surface area lesson plan, students create a scale model from provided dimensions of a bedroom. Groups use area formulas to find square footage, from which materials and labor costs...
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Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy
Dedicate one or two class periods to creating a class glossary of geometry terms. Many geometry terms also appear in our every day vocabulary, but they have very different meanings. For example, the word gross in geometry is very...
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Activity Plan 5-6: What's In a Name?
Students use family names to gather and analyze data. In this counting lesson, students use graph paper to help organize their data and then, in a staircase fashion, organize the names from longest to shortest so they can answer...
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Mathematics in Various Carees
Learners consider gender equity in mathematics careers. Students will view 12 15 minute episodes on future math careers then discuss that particular career as well as how women have been treated in both traditional and non traditional...
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Shell Sort; Serving up Seafood
Young scholars complete various small group activities to classify items and determine the types of combinations that can be made with these items. In the second lesson, students create menus for a restaurant to help them gain money...
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Pecans
Students practice visualizing the meaning of one-half. In this fraction instructional activity, students examine pecans to see that each nut holds two halves. They complete a worksheet on which they pretend to decorate the top of a cake...
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Bargain Hunting Shopping List
In this math worksheet, students examine a 5 item grocery shopping list. This list is labeled as a learning tool for Grade 6 math but there are no directions.
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Physics Lab Rockets
Young scholars construct and test balloon rockets and a model rocket. In this rocket science lesson, students use an inquiry-based method to master balloon rockets and have a shoot-off with the goal of attaining the highest altitude....
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Representing and Extending Patterns
Students explore repeating and growing patterns. In this patterns lesson, students describe patterns, explore changing patterns and match patterns. Students participate in online activities and read books that show patterns in nature and...
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Volume
In this finding volume practice worksheet, learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve six story problems.
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Fraction Games
Explore fractions with upper graders. They will discover how to show fractions by shading the correct amount shown in a picture (giving them the idea behind part to whole). They also play multiple fraction games using dice, matching...
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Fractions-Word Problems
Young scholars participate in completing a math worksheet of word problems that involve fractions. The worksheet is included in this lesson plan along with the answers to the word problems. The worksheet can be used as the assessment...
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Fractions in Everyday Life
Young scholars apply understanding of fractions by converting a recipe to feed the class and the whole grade level. They calculate how many cookies the class would eat and multiply each fraction in the recipe accordingly.
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Counting and Place Value
Students complete activities and watch videos to learn about place value and to count by groups of ten. In this counting practice lesson, students complete worksheets and view videos about grouping numbers and place value. Students...
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Shapes Around Us
Learners use manipulatives to study shapes. They sort shapes and use correct geometric terminology to describe them. Students find real-life examples of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes, and classify figures in their classroom according to...
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Find Factors of a Number
In this finding factors practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Metric Units of Capacity and Mass
In this metric worksheet, students solve a set of 6 word problems, problems use metric units of capacity and metric units of mass.
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Regroup in Multiplication
In this regrouping in multiplication practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.