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Financial Goals
Do you have financial goals? How will you make them happen? Help your pupils answer these questions through this interactive project. They create goals and a plan for reaching them as one of many high school algebra projects.
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Thinking About Money
Students evaluate various approaches to spending money.In this spending money literacy lesson, students broaden their financial goals by reading "Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday" and "A Chair for My Mother."Students use a Venn...
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The Graph of a Function
Mathematics set notation can be represented through a computer program loop. Making the connection to a computer program loop helps pupils see the process that set notation describes. The activity allows for different types domain and...
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Money and Credit: Making Good Decisions
Learners participate in activities that teach them how to manage money. In this managing money lesson plan, students set long and short term goals for economic success by having discussions, identifying benefits of saving, and...
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Simple Maze Game
Avoid the mines and win the game! Young scholars direct a robot through a minefield by plotting points. Their goal is to reach the target in as few moves as possible.
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The Mandelbrot Set
Learners explore the concept of Mandelbrot sets and Julia sets. In this Mandelbrot and Julia set lesson, students use a function integrator applet to investigate two-variable function iterations. Learners use Julia set and Mandelbrot set...
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Students Multiply Polynomials without Algeblocks
Introduce your class to the lattice method as a way to multiply polynomials. This lesson plan is specifically aimed at getting students to use methods other than Algeblocks to solve polynomials.
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Recursive Challenge Problem—The Double and Add 5 Game
As a continuation of a previous activity, this activity builds on the concept of calculating the terms of a sequence. Pupils are challenged to determine the smallest starting term to reach a set number by a set number of rounds. Notation...
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Students Multiply Polynomials
Factor polynomial functions that have two and three terms. Using Algeblocks, your class will create models to show their understanding of these concepts.
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Graphing the Annual Food Drive
Learners graph the number of items contributed to the food drive. They compare daily results to other days or to an overall goal and answer questions based on the graph.
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The Basketball Star
Have learners use math to prove they are sports stars! Assess a pupil's ability to create and analyze data using a variety of graphs. The class will be motivated by the association of math and basketball data.
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Student Survey
Young scholars create questions they would like to ask another class of Students, send the questions by email, examine results, and create slideshow illustrating results.
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Geometric Construction
Seventh graders investigate some concepts associated with geometric shapes. They study the bisector segment and the perpendicular line to a given line. Students conduct analysis with the goal of deepening observation and deduction...
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The Value of Education
Money is always a great motivator. Give the class a set of statistics regarding yearly annual wages with the corresponding level of completed education. Even if they think college is silly, they'll consider it when they realize how much...
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Which Chocolate Is The Biggest?
Students investigate the concepts of area and perimeter with the use of chocolate bars. They calculate the perimeter and area of different size rectangle chocolate bars and record the statistics. Then students make a visual comparison...
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Sampling Rocks
Students collect and sort rocks based on visible characteristics. For this statistics lesson, students determine adequate sample size and categorize rocks based on characteristics. The book Everybody Needs a Rock is read to...
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Through India and Back
Students play a game based on "The Amazing Race" to practice using rates and fractions. In this fractions and rates instructional activity, students work in small groups competing to complete the tasks in the quickest time. At each stage...
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Money Smart Choices
Learners make choices regarding money management. In this personal finance lesson, students explore budgets, incomes, and expenses as they learn vocabulary regarding personal finance and consider how to create personal budgets.
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Fruity Math
Students solve one step linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students manipulate their variables and numbers to answer each problem. They make sure the equations stay balanced at all times.
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Data Collection and Graphing
Students collect data and graph it on a coordinate plane and analyze it. In this statistics instructional activity, students display their data collection using a graph. They determine which central tendency will work best.
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Tangram Geometry
Students listen to a story involving Tangram pieces. Students use Tangram pieces to complete shapes using an outline of a design.
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Reflectional Symmetry And Rotational Symmetry
Fifth graders study reflectional symmetry and rotational symmetry. They go outside and explore symmetry in the environment. They come back inside and make symmetrical masks that represent their way of life.
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Ramp Builder
Learners plan and build a ramp designed for maximum distance a car can travel. In this physics and data collection math lesson, students work in groups to design a ramp using various household materials. Learners test small cars on their...
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Multiplying Polynomials using the Distributive property.
Students factor polynomial functions. In this algebra lesson, students solve problems through factoring and distribution of the negative sign correctly.