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Pretty Patterns

For Teachers K
Pupils discuss shape and number patterns and play a game practicing completing patterns. Then they rotate through five workstations that reinforce the concept of patterning.
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Model Counting Pennies and Nickels

For Teachers 1st
First graders provide monetary value of coins. In this counting pennies and nickels lesson plan, 1st graders practice counting money with a partner.
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Create Personal Calendars

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create graphic calendars from printed sources.
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Infinite Secrets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students duplicate the method that Archimedes used to estimate the value of pi. They complete a data table and find the approximate values of pi for three sets of polygons.
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Composite Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a poster to explain composite functions. In this composite function worksheet, students explore linear equations and functions. They complete a worksheet and use manipulatives to complete problems.
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Comparing and Ordering Integers

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners compare and order integers on an umber line. In this algebra lesson, students differentiate between positive and negative numbers. They plot point in the correct order on a number line.
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The Calculus Whiz Who Owned a Box Company

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners use the relationship between volume and surface area to construct a box out of a piece of paper that maximizes volume using a table and by using graphing and calculus techniques.
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The Calculus Whiz Who Loved Candy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an equation for finding the volume of a commonly known piece of candy (M&M, Hershey's Kiss, Tootsie Roll Pop, Life Saver, etc.) by using calculus.
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Graphing Favorite Holidays

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create spreadsheets and bar graphs based on results of survey of favorite holidays.
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Understanding Radios

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore ratios. Using models and real-world scenarios, they complete tables and generate comparisons. Pupils demonstrate multiple ways of writing ratios and describe the differences between ratios.
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Variables and Patterns: Determining an appropriate scale while graphing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders determine appropriate scales when graphing data. In this graphing lesson, 6th graders use an the applet "Graph It" to determine what is an appropriate scale for their data.
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Calendar Communication

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars identify days, dates, and month on a calendar. In this calendar lesson, students use a blank calendar page and fill in the days of the month. Young scholars recall what they learned on specific days and record that...
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Line of Best Fit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of linear regression. For this linear regression lesson, students do a Barbie bungee activity where they collect linear data. Students plot their data using a scatter plot. Students determine a line of best...
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Adding Integers 1-Counters

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this integer worksheet, students solve use pictures of red and blue counters to solve problems and write addition sentences. Example problems are completed for students.
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I'm Out of Here

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars create a travel budget. In this budget lesson, students research vacation destinations. Working independently, young scholars research destinations on the Internet and construct a budget for the vacation.  Resources...
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It's Great to Be More

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students compare whole and fractional numbers using <, >, or =, with manipulatives and drawings.
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How Does It Move?

For Teachers K
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus. They attempt to sing the song again, but change it for a tractor. They watch the book, A Visit With Grandma, through a projector, LCD panel, or big screen television and develop their...
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Beat the Wheel

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils recall basic multiplication facts by writing answers on a wheel form, competing against other teams to finish the wheels. They review multiplication facts on a Spinning Wheels Web Lesson.
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Factors That Affect Climate

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use captured portions of the Internet ("mininets") to perform research into climate. They create graphs of the data recorded using latitude as the independent variable and temperature as the dependent variable.
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1st Grade - Act. 06: Beep, Beep, Vroom, Vroom

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify, create, and label simple patterns.
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2nd Grade - Act. 06: Fractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore concept of fractions.
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Ordinal Numbers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in an activity to examine numbers. They line up and call out the number on an index card. They place the cards in numerical order as well.
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Commutative Property

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the Commutative Property of Addition. It is introduced using models such as students, counters, balances and dominoes. They discover the order of the numbers in an addition sentence does not change the result...
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Get In Line!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and order fractions and decimals using a number line. They use rules of conversion to determine equivalencies competing problems accurately and plot points on the number line that represent the correct order of the...