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Building Paper Bridges

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers construct a bridge that can hold 100 pennies. In this math lesson, students evaluate the strength of their bridges. They predict how much weight a bridge can hold based on its design.
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The Chinese Zodiac

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create their own personalized Zodiac page on a word processing document after researching and discussing the origins of Zodiak signs. This lesson does include resource links and may be controversial.
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Square Milk Bottle Crates

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students attempt a problem that Students has the potential to have more than one solution. Hence the problem is accessible to a wide range of students. The problem is essentially about finding patterns and this is typical of a number of...
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Bubble Gum Chemistry

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the concept of graphing data. In this graphing data lesson, students determine the percentage of sugar in bubble gum. Students graph type of gum vs. sugar percentage. Students create a table of their data.
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Dog Lot Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use their problem-solving skills to answer math problems. They determine the cost of feeding sled dogs. They share their answers with the class.
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Shape Makes a Difference!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars learn the difference between perimeter and area by watching a video and a hands on activity.
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SEASHELLS - PENCIL DRAWINGS

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore realism through drawing techniques to create 3D drawing on a 2D surface. They review steps of drawing and vocabulary and develop eye hand coordination while creating their own sketch. Upon completion of sketch students...
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Rows of Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners generate patterns from a structured situation, find a rule for the general term, and express it in words and symbols. They also devise and use problem solving strategies in a systematic way.
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Poppy Meets Pythagoras

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders find connections between numbers in a table; use Pythagoras' theorem in a general algebraic form; and measure accurately from a scale drawing to find a method that might enable the helicopter to land inside a rectangular...
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Texas Instruments: A Day at the Beach Adventure 9

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare the heating rates of wet sand and dry sand and study the effect of evaporation on heating rates. They create, interpret and analyze graphs of data. They also relate slope to rate of change.