Curated OER
Properties of Fractals
Students build a working definition of regular fractal, look carefully at the concepts of dimension and scale, and are introduced to logarithms. They solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial and error and using...
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Who's Going to the Convention?
Students practice planning budgets as they create a budget for ten employees of a company to attend a professional convention. They use the Internet, and spreadsheet software to complete their assignment.
Curated OER
Properties of Fractals
Students build a working definition of a regular fractal, they measure the concepts of dimensions and scale, they explore the concept of a logarithm and they attempt to solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial...
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Every Breath You Take
Students explore the nature of the air we breathe by observing petri dishes that have accumulated particulate matter from the atmosphere. Students make mathematical calculations and inferences about the effect of this matter on...
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Code Breakers
Students collect data and make a frequency table, change ratios into percents, and analyze data to make predictions.
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How Cool Is Your Environment?
Students study the formulas for calculating heat energy and how to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit. They apply the formulas on a worksheet.
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Irregular Fractals
Pupils study and research irregular fractals and construct a few based on their research. Students practice pattern recognition skills and plane geometry skills calculating dimensions on the Fractured Pictures activity.
Curated OER
“I Can” Common Core! 6th Grade Math
Help your sixth graders reach their Common Core math standards by providing them with a checklist of "I can" statements for each standard. As each concept is covered, kids can check it off, as long as they can do what it states.
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Whole Numbers
Student are assigned one of the sections on whole numbers. After reviewing the content, they teach their assigned sections to other class mates. They publish their findings on a PowerPoint slide show to use when they teach their section.
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Complexity
Students perform mathematical operations on complex numbers. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice performing operations on complex numbers.
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Million Dollar Gift
Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on instructional activity very effectively demonstrates the...
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Percent and Fractions: Ratio and Proportion
Activities and factsheets exploring ratios and proportions in everyday life. Interactive, colorful, and fun.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: All About Percents and Ratios
This AAA Math tutorial covers calculating percents, relationships of percents to fractions and decimals, and uses of percents.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Number: Relate Fractions and Decimals
Express fractions as decimals and how they relate to each other.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Decimals as Percents
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Write percents as decimals and decimals as percents
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Converting Decimals to Percents
Practice expressing a decimal like 0.546 as a percent. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Converting Percents to Decimals
Practice expressing a percent like 12.3% as a decimal. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Conversion of Decimals, Fractions, and Percent
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify equivalent ratios as fractions, decimals, and percents.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Relating Decimals, Fractions and Percent
Get independent practice relating ratios, decimals, fractions and percents. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Comparison of Ratios in Decimal Form
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Write and compare ratios in decimal form
PBS
Pbs: Real Life Math: Physical Trainer
The general manager of a fitness center explains how numerical calculations, percentages, and ratios are critical to his job in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students explore percentages, fractions, and...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Chapter Test Using Proportional Reasoning
The mathematics resource consists of an assessment with hints and solutions. Students answer questions that review proportional reasoning.
Other
Center School District: Everyday Math Resources
Everyday Math Resources for 5th grade is an excellent resource for both students and teachers. Twelve math strands are linked to activities and interactive games that support the learning outcomes. Click on links at the top to access...
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Number: Find a Fraction of an Amount Simple Examples
Convert between fractions, percents, and decimals.