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This lesson deals primarily with the number of rhythmic combinations that can be found in a four beat measure of music. Students will learn through trial and error and derive a mathematical formula to calculate the number of possible...

We're going shopping in this integrated lesson plan. Students must make a budget, create a shopping list, and act out grocery shopping utilizing their problem solving and writing skills. A comprehensive lesson plan with printable...

Ari has collected data on how much her classmates study each week and how well they did on their recent math test. Here is part of the data showing the percentage of each group (divided according to hours spent studying) who got B's or...

This hands-on lesson discusses and explores rational numbers. Students construct personal fractional strip kits and use them to compare fractional amounts and investigate equivalence. The lesson plan includes instructions, materials, and...

Middle schoolers will be able to make economically sound purchasing decisions by using unit pricing, calculating discounts, and analyzing fixed and variable costs.

At the end of this lesson about ratio/proportion, students will be able to recognize and apply ratios and proportions to solve real-life problems and solve for any unknown component.

This Algebra lesson focuses on writing algebraic expressions to represent real-world problems, using the properties of numbers to simplify expressions, and evaluating equations by isolating the variable.

Lesson 3 of 4 for Passport to Advanced Math. Learners will solve systems of equations in two variables in which one equation is linear and the other equation is quadratic or another nonlinear equation; relate properties of the function f...

Twelfth graders test solutions to determine the parts per million and whether a lake is contaminated.

Students use unit rates to answer two questions in this real-world math performance task.

Third graders are expected to fluently multiply and divide within 100. This allows students to practice their math facts and then check their work using area models.

Students will understand and apply concepts of fractions, decimals and percents to count money, make change, figure tax/tips and participate in other restaurant-related activities.

Measuring fun is here! For this week's adventure, children will explore volume, capacity, and weight and learn new math vocabulary words as they practice measurement with real and virtual measuring tools. Each section of this weeklong...

It's time to stand in the spotlight! During this Afterschool Adventure, children will learn about and practice a variety of math skills as they gather information about their favorite subject-themselves! Children will start out by...

Students are challenged to design a healthy city in this unit plan. The cross-curricular unit covers content standards for ninth grade in science, language arts, world geography, and math. Students explore air quality and the impact it...

A cross curricular project where young scholars conduct a moot court to explore the role government policy plays in protecting our health. The focus of the unit is how our power effects our environmental health. Students use their...

Interdisciplinary unit about the risk of exposure to arsenic in public drinking water. Math, language arts, social studies, and science are incorporated into the lessons.

Ahoy Matey! Join PBS Kids characters Peg + Cat to explore fair sharing and solve math problems to help a group of cranky pirates divide things fairly. Children will separate sets of objects into equal groups and divide single objects...

Children will learn about and explore measurement to successfully design a dog house for his or her cutout paper dog. Each section of this weeklong adventure is introduced by a video clip or online game that encourages children to...

Let's take it from the top! This week's adventure, Operation: Lights, Camera, Action!, takes children to a movie set where they work behind-the-scenes and explore different kinds of jobs such as production assistant (keeps track of the...

Welcome to Martha's STEM Stories! STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. You may already know that doing STEM means testing ideas, collecting data, making calculations, and drawing graphs and charts-but you...

Patterns are everywhere! In this week-long learning adventure, children will discover what a pattern is and explore patterns in different ways. Children will learn that patterns consist of a "core" or "unit" that repeats as they identify...

This lesson focuses on Interpreting and analyzing linear, quadratic, and exponential models and graphs. Students will use best fit lines to interpret contexts, distinguish whether contexts are linear or exponential functions, use the...