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Antacid Tablet Race

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students complete experiments to determine how rocket fuel is affected by surface area and temperature. They compare the reaction rates of antacid tablets. They discuss their results to complete the instructional activity.
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Kinzi Deaf Alumni

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use data of school alumni to create a database. The instructional activity uses technology and access to a computer lab is essential. The concepts of graphing statistics is also used to help teach across the curriculum.
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Problem Posing Mathematics

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students work on multiplication problems. In this hands-on math lesson, students practice the concept of multiplication through manipulatives, arrays, pictures, and drawings. They discover other ways of learning multiplication besides...
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Cookie Fractions

For Teachers 1st
First graders demonstrate how to use cookies to create different fractions. In this math lesson, 1st graders build their knowledge based on what they hear after the teacher reads Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan by cutting a...
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Piggin' out with Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders manage money. In this money math lesson, 3rd graders read Pigs Will be Pigs. Students then use manipulatives to practice adding monetary amounts and making change. Students also practice working with money on selected...
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Enough for Everybody: Division

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study division. In this math lesson, students arrange manipulatives into equal groups. Students discuss the relationship between multiplication and division.
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Independent Investigation

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students classify objects. In this math lesson, students sort and classify objects based on their characteristics. Students identify characteristics of objects.
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Investigation - The Bakery Shop

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students participate in mathematical music and subtraction using their fingers when indicated in the song. In this music/math instructional activity, students count their fingers and  pretend their fingers are cookies. Students sing...
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Point Graphs

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils experiment with point graphs. For this math lesson, students are divided into groups and perform an experiment to see how high a ball bounces, recording their results on a point graph. Pupils then answer provided questions.
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Operations for Problem-Solving

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine a problem and develop the best method to arrive at the solution. In this math lesson, students apply basic math skills by coming up with the correct steps to solve a word problem. ...
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Candy Addition and Subtraction

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners practice computation.  In this addition and subtraction math lesson, students count M & Ms and Skittles to answer math problems and complete a related worksheet.
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Double, Double: Looking at the Effect of Change on Perimeter, Area and Volume

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore perimeter, volume, and area. In this math lesson, students explore how changes in dimensions of geometric shapes affect the perimeter, area and volume of the various shapes. Students investigate the results when the...
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Charging Up, Charging Down: Exponential Models

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students collect and analyze voltage data. In this math lesson, students investigate exponential functions using the TI and a Voltage Probe. They graph their data and analyze it using a table.
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Pyramids with Basic Bases

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore pyramids. In this math lesson, students discuss where they have seen examples of pyramids. Students classify pyramids as three-dimensional figures and identify their attributes.
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Justifying Answers

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars demonstrate how to solve word problems. For this problem solving lesson, students use strategies such as drawing pictures, using counters, and making a table to justify how they solved the word problem.
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Adding and Subtracting Bears and Goats

For Teachers 1st
First graders evaluate math problems using farm animals.  In this consumer math lesson, 1st graders discover math problems which concern quantities of farm animals.  Students discover new strategies to help them analyze their...
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Who's In The Fact Family?

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students study related addition and subtraction facts. In this math lesson, students use related addition and subtraction to solve problems. Students use manipulatives to explore fact families.
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Exploring Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore patterns. In this math lesson plan, students use a variety of objects to create patterns. Students answer questions about the patterns they create.
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Apples A Peel To Me

For Teachers 1st
First graders gather, record and interpret data. In this math lesson plan, 1st graders collect data from their classmates regarding their favorite types of apples. Students use the data collected to explore the use of real graphs and...
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EASY AS PUMPKIN PIE

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students demonstrate place values using pumpkin seeds as a math manipulative. They use manipulatives, models, known facts, properties and relationships to explain thinking processes. They estimate the number of seeds in their pumpkin.
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Face The Facts To Remember

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use manipulatives, drawings, and story problems to learn the two's multiplication tables. After learning how to find answers, they participate in a memory game to match facts and answers.
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Bag the Beans

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars are exposed to a wide array of concrete representations to help develop a foundation for the higher abstract ideas associated with mathematical inquiry. In this instructional activity, students will work with manipulatives...
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Which Triangles are Right

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students apply properties of right triangles to solve problems. In this geometry lesson, students identify axioms and theorems using examples.
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Combination Factory

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use cut-outs of clothing to illustrate the numbers of combinations of articles of clothing they can create. Students create a tree-diagram and count the number of possibilities. They practice showing the information in...