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Am I Related to Myself?

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Elementary or middle schoolers use ratios to discover some nearly constant relationships between measurements of parts of the human body. They find and record pairs of measurements and determine the relationship between the pairs. Pupils...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

What is the Chance?

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Fourth and fifth graders make predictions using data. In this analyzing data instructional activity, pupils use experimental data, frequency tables, and line plots to look for patterns in the data in order to determine chance. You will...
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Curated OER

Chances Are......You're Right

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young mathematicians study probability. In this math lesson plan, learners calculate odds, and convert those into percentages of probability. Fractions are also used, making this lesson plan quite rich in some of the more difficult...
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Solving Systems of Linear Equations

For Teachers 8th - 9th Standards
Solving systems of equations underpins much of advanced algebra, especially linear algebra. Developing an intuition for the kinds and descriptions of solutions is key for success in those later courses. This intuition is exactly what...
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Virginia Department of Education

Give or Take a Few

For Teachers 6th Standards
Young mathematicians extend their knowledge of rational numbers on a number line to graph inequalities by first using number cards to compare rational numbers. They finish by using similar reasoning to graph inequalities on a number line.
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Introduction to Exponents

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Problem solve using exponents. Pupils read One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale and write powers to represent amounts from the story.They compare actual solutions to their predictions and play a game to practice using...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Sky High

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
How are skyscrapers built? What does it take to make a structurally sound building? How can one work within a budget to complete a building project? These guiding questions will be investigated and answered within a hands-on lesson....
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Curated OER

Capture the Circle (A Fraction Game)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare and order fractions in a fraction game activity. In this fraction game lesson, 4th graders play a game that requires them to add fractions with like denominators and compare fractions. Students create posters where...
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Curated OER

Comparing Fractions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fractions worksheet, students compare the two fractions and write either a greater than or less than sign on the provided blank line.
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Curated OER

Math Manipulative: "Fraction Sticks"

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use sets of fraction sticks to color in fractional amounts and determine how to compare pairs of fractions. In this math activity, 5th graders insert the correct symbol given the fractions they are working with....
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Curated OER

Comparing Fractions 7

For Teachers 3rd
In this elementary math worksheet, 3rd graders compare circle graphs written as fraction models to determine the correct ratio value for the 2 questions.
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Curated OER

Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners add or subtract fraction parts of mixed numbers before adding or subtracting the whole number parts. In this fractions lesson plan, students learn to use a ruler to help them add and subtract fractions with like denominators.
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Curated OER

Racing Against Time

For Students 7th - 10th
In this fractions instructional activity, students complete a chart where they record fractions of minutes interpreted by seconds of how fast athletes were. Students complete 8 spots in the chart and 3 questions.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Dividing with Fractions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the strategies to solve word problems using multiplication and division.  In this problem solving lesson, 5th graders recognize the relationship between multiplication and division to solve problems. Students...
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Curated OER

Filling the Glass (Water, Air, and Fractions)

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners predict which of two glasses is 1/2 full using visual estimation, height measurement, and liquid measurement methods. Mathematical equations to accurately solve the problem are determined and verified.
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Curated OER

Math: Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Participate in a class lesson on ratio, rate, and unit rate. Successful usage of this lesson requires the pupils and the teacher have access to the Scott Foresman/Addison Wesley Middle School math text. However, the unit rate problems...
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Curated OER

Geometric Pictures of One Half

For Teachers 3rd Standards
A learning task that involves creative ways of thinking permits children to use paper models as a way to visualize the fraction one-half. Learners can fold or cut their models in such a way that the unshaded regions, and shaded...
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Curated OER

Ordering Fractions and Decimals

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students place fractions and decimals with unlike values in correct numerical order.
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Curated OER

Comparing Fractions 1

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this comparing fraction worksheet, students observe models and identify the fractions that the models depict. They compare fractions by determining which fraction is greater, less or equal. All problems are multiple choice.
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Curated OER

"NSN, Fractions/Decimals" Investigations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders engage in a "layered" unit of discovery. There are three levels of potential learning opportunities, in the spirit of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver (bronze, silver, gold). The lesson plan is based upon fractions.
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Curated OER

Multiplying and Dividing Fractions with Post It Notes

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders experiment with measurement as it relates to the algorithm for dividing fractions. In this fractions instructional activity, 7th graders work in groups to establish how many post-it notes it takes to fill an 8 X 11 piece...
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Fuel the Brain

Compare Fractions and Combine Fractional Parts to Describe a Whole

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Given a picture of "crazy hats," your class will have to determine the different fractions associated with different patterns. Your youngsters will continue practicing their fraction skills with the other word story in this worksheet as...
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Curated OER

Fractions Describe Parts of a Whole

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders represent fractions as part of a whole. In this fractions lesson, 3rd graders use manipulatives to show how a fraction is a part of a whole. This lesson includes individual practice and an assessment instead of direct...
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Curated OER

Pizza Fraction Fun

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students solve for fractions using a pizza. In this fraction lesson plan, students listen to a read aloud, decorate pizzas, then cut their pizzas apart to show equivalent fractions. Once their pizzas are cut apart, they share different...

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