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Dancing Number Sentences
Students explore how dance can be infused with mathematics. In this art and mathematics lesson, students recognize how the ABA dance form is similar to a math number sentence. Students create a dance choosing dance words to represent...
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Geometry Everywhere; Fractal, Math & Form
Young scholars explore fractal geometry. They do online explorations of fractals to discover applications of fractal geometry for a report.
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Families of Functions
Pupils investigate families of functions. For this families of functions lesson, students discuss how changing a functions parameters affect its' graph. Pupils vary slope and y-intercepts of linear functions. Students...
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Bias in Statistics
Students work to develop surveys and collect data. They display the data using circle graphs, histograms, box and whisker plots, and scatter plots. Students use multimedia tools to develop a visual presentation to display their data.
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Supermarket Displays
Second graders look at the number patterns created when cans are stacked in different arrangements. The aim of the unit is for students to keep track of the numbers involved by drawing up a table of values. They are then encouraged to...
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Polynomial Functions
Students explore polynomial functions. For this Algebra II lesson, students explore graphs of polynomial functions as classify the functions as linear, quadratic, cubic, or quartic. Students determine the regression equation...
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Koch Snowflake
Students investigate Koch's Snowflake. In this geometry instructional activity, students identify the properties of creating Koch's snowflake. They solve problems dealing with fractals and patterns.
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Fractals: Koch Snowflake
Students investigate the properties of Koch's snowflake. In this geometry lesson, students investigate fractals and patterns. They create Koch's snowflake using Cabri software.
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Developing the Concept: Multiplying and Dividing with Negative Integers
Show your math class strategy charts that will help them solve multiplication and division problems using both positive and negative integers. This resource gives you questions to ask as you guide learners through the concepts. Have them...
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Fractals Rock: Investing the Fractal Tree
Young scholars investigate the relationship between fractals and sequences. In this geometry lesson, students build a fractal tree. They investigate different career fields where fractals are used in the real world.
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Color Quilt Squares
Young scholars investigate how to mix different colors in patterns. They use the patterns in order to design a quilt. Students create a design for one square. They use computer software to display and practice the creation of quilt...
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Data, Data, Everywhere... and What Am I To Think?
Students demonstrate good random sampling techniques for data collection, select and develop graphic presentations of data and analyze the data to solve a problem presented.
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Shake, Rattle and Roll
Students explore how to locate the location of an earthquake and why earthquakes happen more frequently in some areas more than others.
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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
First graders use simple vegetable cut out and colored paper flower peddles to make simple patterns. They start out with a simple 2-element patterns around the theme of a daisy and increase in difficulty.
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Safety and Sanitation
Your microbiologists explore the graphing of exponential growth functions using bacteria, like e. coli and salmonella, in a well-written, career and technology lesson.
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Balancing Acts
Fourth graders solve problems that can be modeled with algebraic equations or expressions. There are five sets of problems. Students should attempt one problem from each set each day. They increase in difficulty as the week progresses....
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Let's Play Scrabble!
What do Alfred Mosher Butts, James Brunot, and Jack Straus have in common? They were all instrumental in the development of Scrabble. Class members will discover these facts and many more as they conduct a WebQuest to gather, organize,...
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Bird airport control
Learners identify the various species of birds found in the wetlands. Students observe and record the key skills involved in scientific inquiry. Learners handle and interpret data gathered on a field trip which reveals patterns and...
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Witches Brew
Students reinforce AB patterns taught in the classroom and practice locomotor movements. They cut out and laminate 20 of each of the following Halloween items: bats, ghosts, Frankenstein faces, spiders, Jack-O¿¿¿-Lanterns, witches...
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Using Recipes To Reinforce Fractions
Students calculate fractions used in various food recipes in this Math lesson with real world applications. The lesson is geared towards upper elementary students but can be adapted for various levels of learners. State math standards...
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Scatterplots
For this statistics worksheet, students create a scatter plot based on their analysis of data provided form the space shuttle Challenger disaster. The five page worksheet contains four questions. Answers are not provided.
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Function-al Machines and Spaghetti Graphs
Sixth graders identify the relationship between patterns and functions. For this algebra lesson, 6th graders use a "Functional Machine" to identify the rule. Students use a function table to plot the points using play dough dots.
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Finding Sums to 6
Pupils explore the additive identity property where they add multiple numbers to get to the number 6. In this number 6 lesson plan, students also work on their addition charts.
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Water - Planning for the Future
Middle schoolers explore and examine the increases and/or decreases for water user groups: irrigation, municipal, manufacturing, steam electric power generation cooling, livestock, and mining. They utilize percentage changes during their...