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Stars and Stripes
Students design a United States flag using reasoning. They describe their design to make it easy for it to be duplicated. They share their designs with the class.
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Different Perspectives of Oregon's Forest Economic Geography
Middle schoolers locate the many forests located in Oregon. In groups, they use the internet to research employment data on wood products made in the state. They discuss how looking at information presented in a different way can...
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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 lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.
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Fickled Fractions
Students explore which fractions are made real in our world. They also show the relationship of cross multiplication and equivalent fractions To reinforce fraction skills.
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Making Good Investments
Students compare different aspects of investing money from traditional savings accounts to money market accounts. They research investment accounts at local banks and compare them.
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The Price Is Right - Grocery Store Prices
Eighth graders use the unit price to compare which local grocery store has the best prices. Assign students to work with a partner and a role. One person is the recorder and the other is the mathematician.
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Saving Money Through Mathematics
Third graders discuss light sources and collect data about energy sources. They compare data and create a multiple line graph showing energy used by light sources for each student in the group. They present their graphs and write a...
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Patterns in Pascal's Triangle
Students examine the patterns that exist in Pascal's Triangle. They explore multiples and factors. Sudents use an applet to create and color the multiples in Pascal's Triangle.
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Finding Patterns in Fractals
Students discover patterns and sequences. They use a website to explore patterns and fractals. Students share their discovery of fractals and their patterns with the class. They develop a list of patterns used in everyday life.
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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.
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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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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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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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Percents
This lesson provides a variety of activities for the middle schoolers to experience using percents. The usage of percents is presented in the context of situations that occur in a student's daily life. A kinesthetic activity is also...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee,rp 7.ee,rp Anna in d.c.
The purpose of this task is to give students an opportunity to solve a multi-step percentage problem that can be approached in many ways. Because the tax and tip in this problem are a fixed percentage of the cost of the meal, the total...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Tax and Tip
This site provides a problem with completed solutions for that problem. This problem covers the topic of sales tax and tips. The problem aligns with 7.RP.A.3.