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Bridge Design and Bridge Building

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders conduct an investigation into the design of bridges and their construction. Students design bridges and draw detailed plans. For assessment they construct a model of a bridge that is made entirely of toothpicks. Students...
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RISKY BUSINESS--OR NOT!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students learn about the importance and risk that stocks carry within a business. For this financial management lesson, students use role play and case scenario situations to decide what stocks are best for given companies. Based on the...
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How Much?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders problem solve to determine if a fundraiser will be successful in the money raising activity. In this problem solving lesson, 5th graders read a book about fund raising and write down important vocabulary words. Students...
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Analyze This

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use a video and the internet to determine whether a game is fair or unfair. In this probabilities lesson plan, 6th graders determine the fairness of a game based on the probabilities of the outcomes.
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The Art of Budgeting

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students create a plan to achieve personal and financial goals. In this budgeting goals lesson plan, students identify their sources of income and discuss being financially independent. Students record their monthly expenditures and...
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The Dentist

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read a short story about visiting a dentist. Then they use toothbrushes in order to demonstrate the correct way to brush teeth. Students use the internet to investigate how some foods are healthier for teeth than others. Then...
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Geometric Lines: Parallel / Transversal / Perpendicular

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students in grade 7 and 8 work on outcomes related to spatial sense and geometric concepts, properties, and relationships. The lesson integrates technology and helps students be exposed to multimedia.
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Make Me Metric

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover the need for standard units of measurement. They be engaged in estimation, problem solving, and use of measurement tools to begin an understanding of the metric system.
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Courts of Measure

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students practice their area and perimeter measurement. In this measurement lesson, students watch a video about perimeter and area. Students measure a gym for perimeter and area. Students write number sentences for the area and...
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Graphing Favorite Holidays

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars create spreadsheets and bar graphs based on results of survey of favorite holidays.
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The Android Factory

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students explore the idea that primitive virtual 3D objects can be reshaped to infinitely original combinations using additive and subtractive methods. They create 3-D objects with a computer which necessitates a cooperation of...
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Is That a Plan? Problem-Solving: Using Diagrams and Models

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Student solve problems using a flow chart. They solve real-world problems by using a diagram or model. They create their own diagrams for problem-solving. They explain how they drew the diagram and solved the problem.
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IT IS ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students learn that the price of an item is defined by its supply and demand. In this instructional activity students graph the relationship between demand and supply of various products, students also consider hidden costs.
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The Snack Bar

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete a purchase order. In this ratios and patterns lesson, 6th graders work in groups to complete a purchase order for a grand opening of the school snack bar. Students use rations to figure out the need and quantity...
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A Scheduling Dilemma

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students solve train-scheduling word problems using a four-step problem solving model. In this problem solving lesson, students work in groups to a four-step procedure about a train scheduling dilemma.
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Away we Go

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners work in groups to calculate the costs of a trip to Six Flags amusement park. In this domain and range lesson, students calculate the least and greatest amounts of money needed for tickets, food, souvenirs, and airplane tickets.
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Celebrate Black History

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research African-American mathematicians.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students celebrate Black History by conducting Internet research on an African-American, mathematicians or scientist.  Students...
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Television: Comedy Vs. Drama

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars investigate the world of Television by contrasting specific programs.  In this visual storytelling lesson, students compare and contrast the differences between comedy and drama by making a Venn Diagram.  Young...
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A Turkey for Thanksgiving - Lesson #2

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate realistic fiction, holiday celebrations, making tally charts. In this multi-disciplinary lesson, 2nd graders listen to a story about Thanksgiving and one about the Chinese New Year to develop an understanding...
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A Gift for Mama

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students read a novel about savings and complete activities to define short and long term saving goals. In this income and savings lesson, students read A Gift for Mama and answer discussion questions for it. Students define the terms...
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There's No Business Like Bank Business

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in a role play where they see how a bank works and how interest is paid by having money in the bank. In this bank lesson plan, students operate a bank and learn about saving, accounts, deposits, withdrawals,...
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Mathematics: One Hundred Plastic Ants

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders pick up plastic ants scattered on the floor. They take them back to their desks, count them, and add their totals to those of other students.
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Party Time

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students design a budget to plan for a class party. For this problem solving lesson, students devise a budget with a limit of fifty dollars for a class party. Students discuss and estimate the amount of money needed for food and...
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Thinking Like An Engineer

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore physics. They investigate the strategies used by an engineer to solve a problem. Students construct various models to solve the problem. They display their solutions and explain how they solved the problem.

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