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Bias in Statistics

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students work to develop surveys and collect data. They display the data using circle graphs, histograms, box and whisker plots, and scatter plots. Students use multimedia tools to develop a visual presentation to display their data.
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Polynomials

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars add and subtract polynomials. In this polynomials assessment, students calculate ten questions using addition and subtraction. Young scholars use Lego manipulatives to create their own worksheet on polynomials.
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Tallest Stack Wins

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build a stack of pennies as tall as possible, recording the number of pennies they are able to stack before the tower falls. Then, sharing answers, they determine the average number of pennies that could be stacked.
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In the Bag!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners calculate how many quarters are in a $1,000 bag (after learning the dollar value of filled coin bags). They explain their problem-solving strategy using pictures, numbers, equations, and/or words.
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Rent and owner's major payments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers retrieve and map census data to determine the average rent and owners' payments made throughout Canada. They find out how many people are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing.
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Fickled Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore which fractions are made real in our world. They also show the relationship of cross multiplication and equivalent fractions To reinforce fraction skills.
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House Dimensions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders measure the perimeters of several different rooms. They convert the measurements using ratios that allow them to draw the rooms to scale on paper. They draw the dimensions of a house to scale. They measure length to the...
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Fact Families

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore fact families. They solve simple math problems. Students determine which mathematical property is used to solve the given problem. They are given five minutes to complete as many mathematical facts as possible.
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The Hopes of Our Ancestors: The Impact of Immigration on America

For Teachers 6th
Students research the immigration of America. In this American immigration lesson, students complete a unit of activities to learn about American immigration.
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Geo Jammin' By Design: Listening for Patterns

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to the teacher read a book and participate with guided questions. They discuss patterns and how they repeat, by looking at quilts. They design their own quilt block to create a class quilt.
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Plotting Amish Farmland

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to the book, Down Buttermilk Lane by Barbara Mitchell. They discover how to read a grid and then together as a class, plot 2 squares, one yellow and one green. Then they plot the remaining squares independently and...
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Sir Cumference and the Dragon Pi

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Geometry adventurers study circumference of a circle as they listen to Sir Circumference and the Dragon Pi, by Cindy Neuschwander. In groups, they use string to measure the diameter and circumference of circular objects and...
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Showing Favorites

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this tally chart worksheet, learners use the tally chart on the page to answer 2 questions. They then solve the last 2 questions using their own tally chart.
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Poor Little U, Poor Little I !

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting vowels worksheet, learners count how many of each vowel is seen on the page between the two arrows. Students record their findings on a chart.
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Food Shopping

For Students K - 1st
In this metric weights instructional activity, students cut and paste a specified number of kilograms of food into a shopping basket. Students find items that will total the amount given.
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Spin a Ten

For Students 1st
In this addition and subtraction worksheet, 1st graders, working with a partner, spin a paperclip with a pencil to add and subtract units of 10 in 4 bingo cards. Students try to be the first player to get three totals in a row.
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Symbol Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this visual thinking worksheet, students analyze 50 different symbols in a grid. Students must find 10 specific symbols in the puzzle and color or circle them.
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Check It Out

For Students 2nd
In this subtracting 5 worksheet, 2nd graders subtract 5 ones from the number on the left, write how many are left and then write that amount in the box on the left on the next line. Students repeat that process 5 times and trace the...
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Spill the Beans

For Students 1st
In this number sense instructional activity, 1st graders work with a partner to practice skills of estimation. Students use a cup and beans to estimate the amount of beans that come out of the cup before completing an accurate count...
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Spin Time

For Students 1st
In this telling time worksheet, 1st graders spin 3 times for a start time, draw the clock hands on each clock, spin to find how long of time, write the number of hours on each one and then show what time it will be by drawing the clock...
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Spin and Compare

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this number game learning exercise, students play a game in which they spin a paper clip on the number spinner and fill in numbers on the game chart. Students compare numbers and the greatest number earns one point. The player with...
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Number Squares

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this order of numbers worksheet, students write a number in each square of a 9 square grid. Students must write the numbers in order down and across. Only one number is provided in each square.
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Drive-In Multiplication

For Students 4th - 6th
In this multiplication activity, students read about a mechanic's list of cars scheduled to have tires changed. They also see a chart outlining that week's work. Students then answer the 7 questions regarding the mechanic's week of work.
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By the Numbers?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this counting worksheet, students read about counting and when it is appropriate to find an exact count of something, versus counting by ten to find an estimate. They then read 10 items that can be counted and indicate whether they...