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Racquetball With Math
Students explore physical education by participating in a game with their class. In this number sense lesson, students utilize their motor skills while performing a music version of racquetball. Students utilize math skills by...
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Waste Audit
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of mental math. They perform calculations as following: recognizing a half, three quarters, and tenths. Students are also challenged to extend skills to making calculation...
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Number Subsets: Winning the Number Game
Eighth graders review their examineing about numbers and number systems through playing the Number Game. They create a list of numbers and based upon the characteristics and properties of the numbers they earn points.
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The Five Senses - Barefoot Walking Trip
Young scholars go outside and take a little barefoot walking trip. They talk to each other about their experiences on the trip to help them remember everything they can. They go on a walk for at least 15 minutes. Ask questions during the...
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Math, Music and Architecture: Kindergarten Geometry and Aesthetics in Music and Architecture
Students identify and name different geometrical shapes. In this math instructional activity, students distinguish odd from even numbers. They describe the properties of 2 and 3 dimensional objects.
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Quadrilateral Explorations-Grade Nine
Ninth graders investigate quadrilaterals. In this geometry lesson plan, 9th graders examine and classify quadrilaterals using the slope, midpoint and distance formulas. Additionally, students create various quadrilaterals...
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Two-Cell Battery
Students build their own two-cell battery and determine which electrolyte solution is best suited for making a battery. They discuss background information for their experiment, construct and test their battery, and using the chart on...
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"Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Middle schoolers use percents to solve problems, see math in the real world, and make reasonable choices pertaining to percents.
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Fraction Pattern Blocks
Seventh graders practice using pattern blocks. In this pre-algebra lesson, 7th graders complete tasks that require them to compare fractions, make fractions equivalent, and add fractions.
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Exponents
Sixth graders explore mathematics by participating in a SMART Board activity. In this exponents lesson, 6th graders identify the different exponential powers of a number and discuss how the power of the number accumulates. Students...
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Two-Dimensional Drawings from Three Dimensional Objects
Sixth graders identify and replicate two dimensional illustrations of three dimensional objects. In this spatial visualization lesson, 6th graders practice viewing objects from various sides. Student participate in stations to view...
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Guesstimate? NO Estimate!
Students discover the advantage of estimation over simple guessing using number relationships. They also discover how useful a mathematical tool estimation is in everyday life.
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Percents Less Than One and Greater Than 100
Sixth graders express numbers as percents greater than 100 and less than one. In this lesson on percents, 6th graders work in groups with real life scenarios to develop an understanding on percentages greater than 100 and less than one....
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Recipe Card
Students devise a recipe for snack mix using four of the given ingredients. They use one cup measuring cups to mix the four ingredients in plastic zipper bags. Next, they write their ingredients on a recipe card, and as a class they...
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Comparing Numbers to 100
Have your budding math analysts compare numbers up to 100. Here are 2 worksheets that each include 60 problems where learners use the appropriate symbol to determine which number is greater than, less than, or equal. An answer key for...
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Math Prefixes
Students use a dictionary to gather appropriate information for writing simple definitions. They recognize prefixes that relate to numbers, such as mono-, bi-, and tri-. Pupils use their creative abilities to extrapolate new words to...
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Number: Whole Numbers and Decimals
Students explore whole numbers and decimals. In this decimal lesson, students discover how to perform multiplication with decimals as they complete a worksheet.
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Count on Chinese Characters
Pupils research and use traditional Chinese characters to notate numbers. They compare and contrast Chinese calligraphy with Arabic numerals. Students demonstrate their comprehension of number concepts through their drawings and writing...
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Penny Basketball: Making Sense of Data
Explore four web-based interactive sites to develop a baseline understanding of statistics. Learners play a series of penny basketball games and collect data regarding their shooting statistics. Groups decide who is the "top" penny...
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Dollars and Sense
Fourth graders read "Starting a Business" and answer the question: "How could you design an ad to let the community know about the business described in the story?" Then, they illustrate a written ad that could be posted in the...
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Stock Market Math
Students calculate commission for a stock transaction through a broker using the relationship between percentages and decimals. They decide which stocks are preferable based on the price to earnings ratios listed on the stock market quotes.
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Perfecting Squares
Here's a perfect way to introduce perfect squares. Individuals color in the diagonals of squares and record observations about patterns. They connect their diagrams to exponents of two and perfect squares.
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Applied Science - Science and Math Lab 4B
Learners experiment with the combination of vinegar and baking soda. In this applied science lesson, future scientists compare qualitative and quantitative data collected from their exploration. Then they work together to analyze and...
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Fractions
Fourth graders practice utilizing math skills by examining fractions. In this number sense activity, 4th graders draw illustrations representing fractions given to them by their teacher. Students describe fractions with words...