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Exploration with Geometric Solids
Students reinforce geometric concepts by playing "Guess My Solid." Through a process of elimination, they determine the shapes of mystery solids. Finally, students use various materials to construct their own geometric figures.
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Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
Students develop an understanding of how students and volunteers can make scientific observations that can aid conservation. They read the account of the Minnesota New Country School project by Ryan Fisher, Mystery of the Malformed...
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Mathematics Problem Solving
In this math worksheet, students solve 4 riddles in which students guess the number. Students read clues and perform the necessary operations to figure out the mystery number.
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Multiplication and Division Equations
These multiplication and division sentences are missing numbers, and it's not the typical product and quotient mystery here. Scholars solve these problems by filling in dividends and factors, as well. There are five equations and...
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Valentine's Day Chocolates Mystery--Sums to 198 (E)
In this Valentine's Day chocolates mystery with sums to 198 worksheet, students problem solve and calculate the answers to twenty-seven addition equations.
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Valentine's Day Chocolates Mystery: Sums to 198 (B)
Students add double digit numbers to other two digit numbers. Each answer over 97 stands for a chocolate candy in the box. Students solve the problems to determine the number of chocolates in the candy box.
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Valentine's Day Chocolates Mystery: Sums to 1998 (A)
This learning exercise prompts students to add three digit to three digit numbers. They are challenged to find the number of chocolates in a candy box by counting the answers above 999.
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Crime School Investigations
Learners solve a mystery at their school. In this classifying lesson plan, students find suspects who committed the crime. Learners categorize them into race, sex, and fingerprint type. Students show their results in graphs.
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The Shortest Line Mystery
Students calculate the shortest distance of various scenarios. In this algebra lesson, students interpret graphs of optimization problems. They use a graphing calculator to assist them in graphing and making predictions.
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Secret Agent Stan
Students answer time and money questions to solve a mystery. In this time and money lesson, students act as detectives to find Secret Agent Stan's identification number by answering questions from his logbook involving elapsed time and...
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Valentine's Day Chocolates Mystery
In this math worksheet, students use the operation of addition to solve the 20 problems that have addends with three digits. The theme of the sheet is Valentine's Day.
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Valentine's Day Chocolates Mystery − Sums to 1998 (B)
In this math worksheet, students practice solving the problems using the operation of addition that uses addends with three digits.
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Valentine's Day Chocolates Mystery
In this math worksheet, students practice solving the problems using the operation of addition that uses addends with three digits.
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Valentine's Day Chocolates Mystery
In this math worksheet, students practice solving the problems that use the operation of addition and the addends that have three digits.
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Improving Deductive Reasoning Skills
Students develop a strategy list for problem solving by working with different types of problems. They recognize problems that may be solved using deductive reasoning and solve deductive reasoning problems.
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Megabeasts
Create larger-than-life insects for the classroom. Bugs are usually pretty small, but during the Jurassic period they were huge. Kids use diagramming and scale conversion to enlarge a modern day insect so that it is as big as its ancient...
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Mystery Stars: Estimating Whole Numbers Using Fractions Shown on Sectors of a Circle
In this set of fraction worksheets, students cut out 6 pages of circles that show fractions with stars covering different sections of circles. They show one section of the circle in order to estimate the whole number of stars by looking...
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Mystery Words - Part Two - School Terms
Learners increase their vocabularies with the mystery words activity. In this vocabulary lesson, students solve the mystery words using clues.
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Math Maven's Mysteries
In these story problem worksheets, students read the story problem 'Mystery of the Peculiar Zoo.' Students use the information within the story to then solve the problems. Students use their multiplication and division skills to...
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Math Maven's Mysteries
In these story problems worksheets, students read the math problem story about 'The Secret of E. Quation the Great.' Students solve the question about the secret weights by using a letter to represent the unknown and circle the equation...
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Super Science By Any Means Necessary!
The animated S2 Unit will use the adventures of a Super Hero and her sidekick to teach basic science and math concepts. Educators can use comic books, Saturday Morning Cartoons and the adventures of Super Heroes to teach a nine-week...
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"The Case of the Pilfered Pizza"
In this problem solving activity, students read a 2 page math mystery involving pizza. Students use their mathematical skills to solve the mystery of finding out who was the pizza thief.
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Divisibility Rules
Sixth graders strengthen their knowledge of the divisibility rules. Students access that mental math can be faster than the calculator for certain types of problems.
Students can make generalizations and discover patterns in finding the...
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Who Took the Cookies
Learners find the missing cookies. In this language arts lesson, students solve the mystery of who is taking the cookies from the cookie jar. Learners are read several books with the same mystery of cookies being taken from the jar.