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Our Geometic World

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students walk around the neighborhood and identify various polygons and lines in buildings, nature and other objects. They design a building using various geometric patterns, shapes and lines. Students complete a descriptive writing of...
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Stand By Me!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Get your little mathematicians moving with this experiential activity in which one child is the "tens" and another is the "ones." They collect the number of unifix cubes (in tens or singles) assigned to their respective place values and...
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Multiplying Exponents vs. Powers of Powers

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Use the power of a power property to solve exponential functions. The instructional activity refers to  differentiating between multiplying or adding exponents to find the value, and how to find the product of a power of a power.
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Garden Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the metric system. In this metric system lesson, 2nd graders compare measurements of common objects in metric units. Students compete in a garden scavenger hunt.
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Measuring Activities

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students measure using both metric and standard measures. They convert from one standard to the next while measuring distances in their home or classroom.
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Solving Systems of Equations

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners explore the concept of solving systems of equations with two equations and two unknowns. In this solving systems of equations lesson plan, they work through problems of solving systems by substitution, elimination, and graphing....
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Coming to Know F and C

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Students collect temperatures using a probe and examine data.  For this temperature lesson students complete an activity using a graphing calculator. 
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Class of Gold

For Teachers 6th - 9th
How can you see a number in nature? Here, learners discover both Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio by exploring a number of different resources.  Note: Some of the resources are older and may be missing some of the links, but...
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Data Analysis of Ground Level Ozone

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders construct and interpret graphs from ozone data collected in Phoenix area. Can be adapted to other areas.
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Window Treatments for Energy Savings

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate energy-saving window treatments. In this environmental lesson, students research how energy-saving windows work by conducting an experiment using a thermometer and graphing data. Students identify why energy-saving...
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Symmetry of Road Signs

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students identify symmetry in road signs. In this geometry lesson, students explore objects in the real world for symmetry. They perform translation, rotation and reflection.
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Get a Half-life!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore decay functions and the half-life of a substance. Through an M&M activity with calculators, students collect and graph data. They determine the linear, quadratic and exponential functions of the graph. Students...
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More on Least Squares

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this least squares activity, students solve 3 different problems that include determining the least squares of equations. First, they use the data given in the table to write out the normal equations a system of 2 equations in 2...
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Generating Points and Graphing

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a table of values to help them plot. In this algebra activity, students plot their points on a coordinate plane creating a graph. They observe and analyze linear functions.
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Successive Approximation and Euler's Method

For Students Higher Ed
In this approximation worksheet, students use the Euler's method to interpret a piecewise linear function. They explore why the approximation produced using a smaller stepsize is a better approximation. This four-page worksheet...
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Worksheet on Power Series

For Students Higher Ed
In this function worksheet, students identify the interval of convergence and write differential equations. This two-page worksheet contains five multi-step questions.
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Population Models and Qualitative Analysis, Part 2

For Students Higher Ed
In this population model worksheet, students explore models of population growth using the Gompertz growth model and the exponential growth model. They sketch a graph of the slope function and determine possible solutions over time....
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Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students sort objects by shape, size and color. In this math and literacy sorting lesson plan, students listen to the book Freddy the Fish and the Squash that Goes Squish by Duke Christoffersen. Students work in small groups to sort...
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Subtracting with Regrouping

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore math functions by completing a worksheet in class. In this subtraction lesson, 2nd graders identify the techniques used to assist in subtracting multi-digit numbers. Students complete a subtraction worksheet and...
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Finding Patterns with Frogs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create patterns. In this math instructional activity, students complete and create patterns using pattern blocks or disks. Students analyze the patterns they see.
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Practice with Euler's Method

For Students Higher Ed
In this Euler's Method worksheet, students determine the rate of change in given functions They use Euler's Method to approximate the solution of an equation. This two-page worksheet contains approximately twenty problems.
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The Smelly Sandwich Case

For Students 9th - 12th
In this exponential function worksheet, learners theorize the growth rate of bacteria found on a sandwich hidden in a student's locker. There are 6 questions to answer to solve the mystery.
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Trigonometry Worksheet: Graph Trigonometric Functions (3)

For Students 11th - 12th
For this graphing trigonometric functions worksheet, students graph one function: y=-3cos(2x-pi/4). There is ample space on the page for the student to work out this one problem.
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Oodles of Poodles

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students solve equations by graphing. In this algebra lesson, students differentiate between functions and relations. They use the TI to graph their equation and analyze the graph.