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The Distance Formula and Marching Nonviolently for Social Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the distance formula using real world data from nonviolent marches for social change.  For this secondary mathematics lesson, students investigate the marches of Gandhi and King using maps overlaid with a coordinate...
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Foul Shots

For Students 7th - 11th
In this secondary mathematics instructional activity, students determine a basketball player’s percent accuracy and the number of foul shots he must make in order to raise his average to 50%.   The one page instructional activity...
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Graphing Linear Equations with Two Variables

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Can your class solve linear equations in two variables? They will be able to after they engage in this instructional activity. Individuals graph linear equations in two variables using slope and intercept and identifying the relationship...
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Drawing Straight Lines

For Students Pre-K
Put pencil to paper with a preschool drawing activity. Little ones trace a given squiggle with straight lines, then finish the last line. They fill the rest of the page with straight lines for practice. A good way to start drawing, which...
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Statistics

For Students 9th
In this statistics activity, 9th graders solve and complete 10 various types of multiple choice problems. First, they determine the mean number of miles per day that were completed. Then, students determine the data set that has a median...
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Energy Eccentricity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars assess their own energy use to help develop an awareness of the different types of natural resources affected by consumers. Their calculations show them how much they are personally impacting the Earth. Very meaningful and...
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Rocket Riot

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students form "companies" of 3-4 students and build bottle rockets for analysis and experiment. This lesson plan uses NASA's RcketModeler Version 1.2 rocket simulator to evaluate each rocket's flight.
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Variables, Formulas, Functions, Graphs and Linear Approximations

For Students Higher Ed
In this limitations of formulas worksheet, students answer four essay questions about functions. Two questions refer to the limitations of formulas. They graph one function and explain how it specifies the rule of the function.
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Compound Inequalities

For Students 11th
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders solve compound inequalities and graph their solution on a number line. There are 6 questions with an answer key.
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West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease: Making Sense of the Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
In an interdisciplinary exploration, trace the development of West Nile fever and Lyme diseases. Pupils discover how these diseases are contracted. They collect statistical data and analyze trends.
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It's Clean, Fresh and only Three Billion Years Old - Water!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students engage in a lesson which explores the wate cycle. They get to see some very entertaining video, do fun hands-on activities and gain a better understanding of evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection.
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How Many Is Too Many?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the population explosion. They view a video depicting the exponential growth of human population. Students research the internet to project future population data. They perform hands-on, multimedia activities to study...
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Embossed Rose Window Designs

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students, after researching the history and foundation of Renaissance rose windows, access ArtEmboss to create an original window design. They employ a basic metalworking technique utilizing a soft metal. The design created incorporates...
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Graphing the Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders predict the weather for their area using simple weather instruments. They take readings for a month during a season and graph their results. Students describe weather patterns based on their data and predict future weather...
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Temperature Conversions

For Students 9th - 12th
In this temperature conversions activity, students are given the equations to convert from one unit of temperature to the other. They solve four problems using these equations.
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It's the Law

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explain various scientific laws used in SCUBA diving. In this theory based lesson, students examine and explain how temperature, density, and salinity relate to SCUBA diving using various scientific laws to engage their learning.
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A Star Sheds a Comet Tail!

For Students 9th - 12th
In this comet tails and stars worksheet, students read about the star Mira and the vast clouds of gases it emits. They use a photograph from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite to solve 5 problems about the scale of the image, the...
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Solid Rocket Boosters-II

For Students 9th - 12th
For this solid rocket boosters worksheet, students solve 2 problems using a grid showing a cross section of a proposed solid rocket booster. Students complete the grid and shade the rings of combustion in 15-second step intervals. They...
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Cooking with the Sun!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students access prior knowledge of solar energy and understand that solar energy produces heat. In this solar cooker lesson, students complete grade appropriate experiments using the heat of the sun. Students complete a worksheet on...
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Paper Dart Airplane

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a paper dart airplane and measure its flight pattern. In this flight lesson, students follow the included directions to build their own paper airplane. The students change the aileron configurations to see how it affects...
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Balloons: Math with the Montgolfier Balloon

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the history of hot air balloons by watching one ascent.  In this physics lesson plan, students utilize a Montgolfier Hot Air Balloon from an earlier lesson plan and record the temperature, rate of ascent and the volume....
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A Visit To The Station

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars discuss the role of the firefighter. In this firefighter lesson, students visit a fire station and see the equipment that firefighters use. They complete a math page on numbers and write a journal entry describing their...
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Scatter Plots

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate how to make and set up a scatter plot. In this statistics lesson, 7th graders collect data and plot it. They analyze their data and discuss their results.
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Relations and Functions

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, learners determine if a relation is a function or not and find the functional value of a domain element.  The two page worksheet contains a combination of nine multiple choice and free response...

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