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Fun Ideas for Getting A-Round in Math CIRCLES

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students see circles in real life and have fun with them
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Constructing Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers investigate quadrilateral construction in this geometry lesson. They use Cabri Jr. to construct the different quadrilaterals from the quadrilateral hierarchy given minimal definitions. The lesson reinforces the difference...
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Tessellation Lesson Plans

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students in second through eighth grades can fill their imaginations with repeating shapes!
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Lesson- Radial Solution, Hydroggen Wavefunction

For Teachers Higher Ed
Student uses Schrodinger's equation applied to a single electron Hydrogen atom. They use angular and radial portions equation to answer questions. Student use a model to answer equation questions.
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Thanksgiving Travel Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this Thanksgiving activity worksheet, learners make a large graph showing whether they would like to travel by plane, train or car. They discuss holiday travel and sing an associated song.
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Ordering Fractions Using Online Manipulatives

For Students 6th
In this ordering fractions worksheet, 6th graders use an online manipulative to aid them in ordering fractions. They complete 5 problems using the bounded fraction pointer online.
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Mandala Art

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate art elements such as color schemes and proportion by creating their own personal Mandala Circle on paper or canvas. This also allows students to investigate mathematical concepts such as tesselations or social...
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Going Whole Hog

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in a game in which they compare fractions and graph the fractions.
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Connections Involving Geometry And Inequalities

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students investigate inequalities using problems like: If x and y are randomly determined so that 1 < x < 3 and 4 < y < 7, then what is the probability that | x – y |< 4?
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Perimeter: Post Test

For Students 5th - 8th
In this perimeter worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about solving problems and rules regarding perimeter. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Third Grade Social Studies Quiz

For Students 3rd
In this social studies activity, 3rd graders complete multiple choice questions about communities, maps, distances, and more. Students complete 11 questions.
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Brain Teaser

For Students 10th - 11th
For this statistics worksheet, students solve word problems using their probability and how many times an event may or may not occur. This worksheet contains 54 questions that are all word problems.
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Drop Zone Challenge

For Students 7th - 9th
In this physics worksheet, students construct a parachute using the materials listed on the sheet that will have the longest and closest target when dropped from a specific height. Then they record their results after three trials.
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Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students dribble a ball while moving. In this dribbling instructional activity, students participate in a game in which they dribble from "poly spot" to "poly spot" gathering basic shapes identified as 'treasure".
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Spark Activity: Parachute Switcheroo

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils move from one parachute to another, based on a color called out by the teacher. Students attempt to move before the teacher counts to five. Pupils discuss direction and moving in clockwise and counter clockwise directions.
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Geometry Journal: Classifying Solids

For Teachers 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders respond to journal prompts related to prisms and classifying solid shapes.  The two page worksheet contains nine questions.  Answers are included. 
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Brain Teasers

For Students 5th - 6th
In this word puzzle worksheet, students answer 7 clues with 3 letter words. Students also answer the clues to six geographic features.
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Analyzing the 2000 Election

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and analyze the year 2000 presidential election results. They identify the reasons this particular election was so unusual and predict how voting outcomes might affect their communities, the country and the world.
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Using the Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students apply the Pythagorean Theorem to solve real-world problems. They draw diagrams based on written descriptions to calculate the examples.
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Calculating the Shortest Distance Between Two Points

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders calculate the distance between two points.
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Shaving Cream Creativity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students get the shaving cream and any objects to play with. In this art lesson, students can make faces and hair on the balloons or balls. Students can create a castle and can even decorate each other as long as they do not eat.
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Marvelous Multipliers

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in groups, solve problems by using counters and drawing counters on paper.
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Pyrotechnics

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars discuss pyrotechnics and what they have noticed about their height and speed. They think about the path which fireworks follow which is a parabola. They follow multiplication patterns to determine the Zero Product Property...
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Which Is the Better Car Deal?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars investigate whether it is more economically sound to take a low financing rate or rebate when purchasing a car.