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The Escape

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars find strategies for investigating number problems. They find a common multiple of a group numbers. The teacher introduces the problem and students read and think about it. In groups, young scholars discuss the problem...
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Brian's Pegboard II

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students are able to assess a problem and use systematic methods to solve the problem. They also find out all the possible outcomes for a sequence of events using tree diagrams.
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No-Three-In-A-Line Again

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret information and results in context while using words and symbols to generalize patterns. They use symmetry and angle properties of polygons to solve practical problems and identifying invariant properties under...
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Weighing Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students devise a strategy to solve problems that is done in a systematic and mathematical fashion. The finding of the unknown value is the focus of the instructional activity. To solve linear equations proficiently is the skill of the...
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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how to logically sort and store information in order to make it easy to manage and easily retrieved. They explore methods they can use to organize and manage information.
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Find the Index Case

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the tracking of viral diseases. They view experiments that compare the genome of the virus known to cause the disease from different areas. Students analyze how these scientists try to figure out the relationships...
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Areas of triangles, trapezoids, and rhombi

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students solve geometry problems. In this area and perimeter instructional activity, students use formulas to solve problems from the textbook. 
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Grab Bags

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders graph two inequalities with a single variable. They include drawing the intersection or union of inequalities on a number line. Students solve the linear equations using properties of equality and inequality. The activity...
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Tony's Spelling Troubles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the given problem and describe in their own words the situation represented in a bar chart and tally chart. They then use a bar chart and tally chart to make sensible predictions.
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Dumptown Game

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students engage in an interactive play scenario. They are the new managers of a fictional city and live in a place where nothing is recycled. Students are faced with various problems that need to be solved. They work together to propose...
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Not So Snappy 4

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students work out the word problems in an attempt to use the skills of logic and deduction to arrive at the correct solution.
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Acid and Bases - Alien II

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine which of two solutions is more acidic by adding each to a given base. Students have to apply this analysis process to a problem scenario involving an alien creature.
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Reflections About Diversity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discuss conflicts that arise from problems with diversity issues, and hypothesize what is needed to bring about successful resolutions to these problems. They write a newspaper editorial about how conflicts can be...
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Polythene: Bags Of Trouble

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the use of polythene bags in the community and measure the possible impact upon the environment. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create an evaluative...
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Lifestyles of the Tribe, or Tomorrowland?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify with and analyze through writing various Indian cultural values and how they fit in the modern world. Students organize data utilizing Educational software programs and present their opinions and inferences in a...
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What is Money? Learn the Role of Money in a Free Market System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view a seashell and listen as the teacher explains that these were sometimes used as money. They listen as the teacher lectures on medium of exchange, barter, and commodity. Students determine the number of chickens it would...
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Cricket 2007

For Students 4th - 6th
In this math and sports instructional activity, students read and review the statistics from the performance of teams in the Cricket World Cup. They identify which team played the most matches and who won the most. Students also compare...
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Visual Multiplication

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, students practice solving the problems to introduce the concept of multiplication with countable visuals. The sheet is a teacher's guide
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2010 Electricity

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electricity worksheet, high schoolers determine if the circuits shown are parallel or series, calculate the voltage, and the power used by the light bulbs. This worksheet has 11 problems to solve.
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Mathematical Induction

For Students 11th
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders explore two examples of arguments that can be formalized with mathematical induction.  The one page worksheet contains two problems with explanation. 
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Circular Reasoning

For Students K - 12th Standards
Examine the origin and application of pi in five different levels. The five lessons in the resource begin with an analysis of the relationship between the radius and circumference of a circle. The following lessons lead learners through...
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Measuring Mammals

For Students K - 12th Standards
Explore the meaning of scale and proportion with a set of five activities that examines the topic from elementary through high school. The first lessons explore ratio by examining pictures of different sizes. The next three activities...
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Measuring Up

For Students K - 12th Standards
Teach the basics of measurement and conversion with a five-lesson resource that builds an understanding of proportion and measurement conversion from elementary through high school. Initially, young scholars use ratios to determine soup...
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Through the Grapevine

For Students K - 12th Standards
Teach statistics by analyzing raisins. A thorough activity provides lesson resources for five levels to include all grades. Younger pupils work on counting and estimation, mid-level learners build on their understanding of the measures...

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