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Colorful Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use charts to show fractions.  In this fractions and percents lesson, students review fractions, percents and ratios.  Students create tables and color the cells to make different fractions.  Students answer...
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Common Sense Cookie Shop

For Teachers 1st
First graders shop for a bag of cookies using toy money. In teams, they choose which variety to buy and decides which bills and coins are necessary to buy the bag of cookies and a cashier makes change. They tally the cookies purchased...
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House Opposite

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read the short story House Opposite to help them differentiate between the terms "religion" and "spirituality." Students make connections to situations of people who struggle between the two in the real world by creating a...
Activity
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Jelly Beans for Sale

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students connect literature (story Jelly Beans for Sale by Bruce McMillan) to math concepts. In these estimating and money lessons, students work with jelly beans, unifix cubes, pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, to estimate and make...
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Adding and Subtracting

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will add and subtract numbers less than 100 as well as understand and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. They compose/decompose numbers up to 10 and understand a variety of situations in which...
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Limiting Reagent

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students work in small groups with a small set of 8 nuts and 5 bolts to assemble into combinations of 1 nut: 1 bolt, and 2 nuts: 1 bolt. They explore the outcome and discuss. Then a student mixes two clear, colorless solutions together...
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Module 2: Systems of Equations and Inequalities

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
The brother-sister pair Carlos and Clarita need your class's help in developing their new pet sitting business. Through a variety of scenarios and concerns presented to the siblings, the learners thoroughly explore systems of equations...
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Estimating With Fire

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Watch the damage from a forest fire in this interactive simulation activity that challenges learners to estimate the burn area using different approaches. Learners are given a worksheet to track the different burn patterns and practice...
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Cube Combinations

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, given 5 number cubes, roll the cubes and record the data.
Worksheet
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Make an Organized List

For Students 6th - 7th
In this organized list worksheet, students review the problem solving strategy of reading for information and using a math model or organized list to solve the problem. Students then complete the two problems by using organized lists.
Worksheet
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My Test Book: Probability

For Students 5th - 7th
In this math skills learning exercise, learners solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding probability. Students may view the correct answers.
Interactive
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Probability and Statistics: Post Test

For Students 5th - 6th
In this probability and statistics worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions, clicking on an answer link to view correct answers.
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Word Wall Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice recognizing sights words. In this literacy lesson, students recognize and read 200 sight words, use combinations of words to make sentences, use words to fill in basic sentences, successfully pass spelling tests with...
Worksheet
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Combination Vs. Permutation

For Students 8th - 12th
In this probability worksheet, students analyze word problems, determine whether the situation is a combination or a permutation, and solve. There are 5 multiple choice questions. 
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Powers of 2 (Binary) Investigation

For Students 4th - 5th
In this binary addition worksheet, students add combinations of the numbers one, two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and sixty four. Students try to make a number through one hundred but may only use each number once in each calculation.
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Money

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars study the value of the penny, nickel, dime, quarter and dollar. They demonstrate how different coin combinations equal the same amounts of money and write money amounts using the decimal point and dollar sign. They try...
Worksheet
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The Dollar Bill Problem

For Students 9th - 12th
In this dollar bill problem, students explore the number of combinations that can be used to make change for a dollar.  This one-page problem contains 1 problem.  The solution is provided at the bottom of the page.
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Trading Pennies and Dimes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, while in the computer lab, explore the strategy of making and grouping to ten. They assess how to trade pennies for dimes and create original word problems along with corresponding number sentences to illustrate grouping...
Worksheet
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Single and Compound Events

For Students 8th
In this single and compound events worksheet, 8th graders solve 10 different problems related to various single and compound events. First, they determine the probability of getting ace and a king card without replacement. then, students...
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Adding Two Digit Numbers with Using Dimes and Pennies

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a math game using dimes and pennies. They practice combining coins to make a given amount of money, and they use the combinations to practice adding two digit numbers. Teacher assessment strategies and...
Interactive
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My Test Book: Properties of Whole Numbers

For Students 5th - 7th
In this online interactive math skills instructional activity, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding the properties of whole numbers and order of operations. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Worksheet
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Matter: All That "Stuff"

For Students 6th - 10th
In this chemistry learning exercise, learners learn about matter, including atoms, electrons, protons, neutrons, compounds and chemical properties. They use this information to answer the 10 questions on the learning exercise. The...
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Breakfast Cereal - How Nutritious Is Yours?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze the nutritional value of breakfast cereal in order to make an informed choice. They create a stem and leaf plot which analyzes the nutritional value of the cereal they eat on a regular basis. Students write a letter to...
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Exploring Color: Paper Chromatography

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment with colors.  In this art lesson, students investigate the combinations that can be made with primary colors using chromatography paper and markers.  Students complete a color mixing worksheet in groups.