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Memory Uses

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss importance of memory, identify products that have memory, explain difference between three stages of memory, including immediate, short-term, and long-term, watch video, and use short-term memory to play memory game.
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Prime Numbers

For Students 4th - 6th
In this prime numbers instructional activity, students read facts and complete comprehension activities. In this graph construction and drawing instructional activity, students complete two activities.
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Arithmetic Revisions

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students perform basic addition and subtraction operations by finding the missing digits. There are 30 questions dealing with multiplication, addition and graphing.
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Topographic Mapping Skills

For Students 5th - 9th
In this geography worksheet, students read an excerpt about topographic maps and why they are useful for various jobs. They also respond to eleven questions that follow related to the excerpt and locating specific map points on the map...
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Numeracy Problem Solving

For Students 6th
In this numeracy problem solving worksheet, 6th graders, working in groups of three, solve twenty word problems and then turn them into numerical equations.
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Race to 50/100

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice utilizing multiple tens frames and dice to race to fifty or one hundred. They calculate tens and ones to find out how many counters they have on their grid and how many more they need to get to fifty or one...
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Area Applet

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Elementary math classes calculate the area of a shape and explain the correlation between the size of the perimeter and the areas that can be contained within that perimeter. They also explain the effect the shape of the perimeter has on...
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Secret Trail

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this subtraction worksheet, students find the secret trail on the grid from the starting number to the ending number by subtracting a trail of numbers. Students complete 9 problems.
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Secret Trail

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this subtraction activity, students find the secret trail on the grid from the starting number to the ending number by subtracting a trail of numbers. Students complete 9 problems.
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Extinction Is Forever

For Teachers K - 8th
Students observe models of two kinds of forests with low and high biodiversity. They observe and record the effects of habitat destruction or extinction rates. They also conduct research about mass extinction like that of the ancient...
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Absolute and Relative Location

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders understand the difference between relative and absolute location using the grid map as an example of an absolute location. They observe a class map showing longitude and latitude lines and learn that they provide exact...
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Local Acts Make Impacts

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students research and promote one local action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their community through an integrated unit project. Students evaluate possible ways to reduce emissions and review major and local contributing factors....
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Adjusting the Quotient

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use number facts to estimate quotients. In this division lesson, 4th graders examine long division problems to determine which multiple of ten will help them determine a number that is close to a quotient. They adjust the...
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Teaching Percentages

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students calculate percentages using the Percent Tricks method. They multiply and divide whole numbers. They count total number of candies in a bag and calculate the percent of each color.
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Integer Magic Squares

For Students 1st - 5th
In this math worksheet, students find the values along the diagonals using integers to become the sum known as the magic number.
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Comparing the Senate and the House of Commons

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students research, compare and contrast the two Parliamentary houses of Canadian government. They organize their research into a series of graphic organizers and discuss their findings with peers.
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Pacific Atolls and Island Groups

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils construct, interpret and translate maps and geographic data. Given a worksheet, students identify an island, an atoll, a scale, and a compass rose. Pupils grid systems, legends, and symbols. They use the map to find answers to...
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Paint Plus

For Teachers 1st
Using the computer and the Paint program, Students explore the different tools available in the paint program, and then create a picture showing two sets of pictures and an equation.
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Decimals: Collaborative Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore mathematics by participating in a group activity. In this number value lesson, students identify the uses for decimals and how to best estimate whole numbers based on decimals and fractions. Students collaborate with...
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Probability Plus

For Teachers K - 4th
Students participate in a variety of activities to understand statistics. They collect and interpret data. Also students distinguish the difference between a population and a sample. They make inferences and create arguments using data.
Activity
KenKen Puzzle

KenKen® Puzzle

For Students 7th - 10th
Think inside the box with KenKen® puzzles to provide some problem solving practice. These puzzles are similar to Sudoku, but require computation inside designated boxes. There are multiple puzzles with a range of difficulties to...
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Secret Formulas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners calculate the perimeter of rectangles and squares. They imagine trying to build a fence around a yard or trying to determine how much paint they need to paint a room. They also develop formulas and procedures for determining the...
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Multiplication and Areas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders solve problems involving measurement of squares and rectangles to practice multiplication skills, finding area, and calculating prices and percentages. A performance assessment is included.
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Granny’s Balloon Trip

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Take flight with a fun activity focused on graphing data on a coordinate plane. As learners study the data for Granny's hot-air balloon trip, including the time of day and the distance of the balloon from the ground, they practice...