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Picket Fence Around the Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils design different shaped plots and determine the perimeter, area and shape of each. They compare the shapes that have the same area but may have different perimeters.
Worksheet
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Circumference and Area

For Students 6th - 8th
In this geometry worksheet, students answer 10 questions regarding, circumference, area, time, calculating the radius if given a diameter, and polygon recognition.
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Ecological Impact of Wood Extraction

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore their local environment by conducting a class experiment. In this deforestation lesson, students discuss the effects of wood harvesting on forests around the world and research environment related vocabulary terms....
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Calculate It

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders find the area and perimeters of squares and rectangles using a calculator to check their multiplication. They use the appropriate formulas to find the area and perimeter of the given geometric shapes.
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Squares Have Roots?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers define a square and connect this information to a square root. In this square root lesson, students make a chart listing square numbers and their roots.
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The Great Cover Up!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students use non-standard measurement tools such as body parts, beans and counters to find the area of shapes drawn on the floor. They continue to determine the area of other objects in the classroom.
Worksheet
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Maximum and Minimum Word Problems

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this maximum and minimum worksheet, students solve and complete 10 various types of word problems. First, they find the numbers if the product of the square of one of the numbers with the cube of the other number is to be a maximum....
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Random Samples: Estimating Population

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
With this estimating populations assignment, your class will learn about taking random population samples and calculating the average number of species in the samples to estimate the total population. Learners use the given data to find...
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Pythagorean Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Oh that Pythagorean Theorem is so useful. Learners engage in a 45 minute learning activity that requires them to solve for missing angles and sides of a right triangle. They'll use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the rations of sides and...
Worksheet
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How Many Quasars Are There?

For Students 9th - 11th
In this quasars learning exercise, students read about how astronomers can detect quasars by their luminosity. Students use a given equation to solve 4 problems including finding quasar magnitude, determining the number of quasars with...
Worksheet
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Easy Worksheet: Maximizing Volume

For Students 9th - 12th
In this maximizing volume worksheet, students solve 4 short answer problems. Students find the maximum area of a rectangle, volume of a box, and height of an object. Students determine the time at which the object in motion reaches its...
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Grade 3: What Can I Make with 30 Centimeters?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create polygons with perimeters of 30 centimeters, use the centimeter grid paper to determine the area of each shape, and organize the shapes to make generalizations from the patterns they see.
Worksheet
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Optimization

For Students 9th - 12th
In this optimization of satellites worksheet, high schoolers read about the Octagonal IMAGE satellite and solve 4 problems related to the size and shape of the satellite and the solar cells used to power the satellite. Students find the...
Worksheet
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Circles and Cylinders

For Students 10th
In this circles and cylinders learning exercise, 10th graders solve and complete 22 various types of problems. First, they collect data for a radius and circumference for several different circles and calculate the quantity. Then,...
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What's My Area?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use tiles to find area. In this finding area lesson plan, students explore how to use square tiles to make shapes, then look at how they can be used to measure area. Students then explore how an area can be covered with...
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the Max And Min of a Capt'n Crunch Box

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students use knowledge of area and volume to explore minimum and maximum. They create models and determine a "best" shape for getting the maximum volume or minimum area.
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Geometry: Practical Applications of the Distance Formula

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, working independently and in groups, apply the distance formula to practical situations. After solving various problems, students in pairs design coordinate planes from the school blue print to measure the distance from the...
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Development of Industrial New Hampshire

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners work in groups to research and share information about several different topics that were part of the development of Industrial New Hampshire. Students complete five parts of the project which include researching, role playing...
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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Photoshop Scale

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Say cheese! Can your class take a great photo and size it to fit any need? A career and technology-centered lesson plan demonstrates the correct way to resize images in Adobe Photoshop. Scholars view a presentation and work individually...
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Musical Hoops

For Teachers Pre-K
Pre-schoolers gain a better understanding of personal space by playing this modified version of musical chairs. Played like musical chairs, students circle around a ring of hula hoops as music plays. When the music stops everyone needs...
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Clinometer

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders build their own Clinometer and using the tangent of angles, estimate the height of trees. Then these students develop and lesson to show whole class and determine the tallest tree on school property.
Activity
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Spaceship to Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Feel like a rocket scientist for the day. Using only paper and tape, scholars create a framework for a spaceship to Mars. Each sheet of paper costs $10 million and each piece of tape costs $100,000. Make sure you stay within budget!
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Square Pyramids

For Students 9th - 12th
For this online math worksheet, students practice finding the perimeter and the volume of a variety of square pyramids. When complete, students submit their answers and get instant feedback regarding their accuracy.
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An Introduction to Area and Perimeter

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students form rectangles by using tiles, measure area and perimeter by counting. They discover and apply rules for measuring perimeter.