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Similar Triangles - Applied Problems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers differentiate between similar and congruent triangles. In this geometry instructional activity, students identify the angles of triangles using the similarity theorem. They apply concepts of triangles to the real world.
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Making Graphs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore statistics by conducting class demographic surveys. In this graph making lesson, students identify the family members of each classmate, pets they own, and favorite activities. Students organize their statistics and...
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Playing With Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students rotate through work stations where they compute problems of theoretical and experimental probability. In this probability lesson plan, students use simulations of a lottery system.
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Heating the Atmosphere

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students construct a thermograph for maximum and minimum temperatures for the 2-week period. They illustrate how the earth's atmosphere is heated by convection and conduction currents and evaporation of water.
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Real Life Application of Area and Perimeter

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore real-life situations of area and perimeter. They develop a list of real-life applications of area and perimeter, select a situation, and write a step-by-step procedure and diagram on graph paper for solving the...
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A Woman's Place?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this women workers lesson, students read an article about women in the workforce and answer 10 questions related to the article. They also convert fractions to percentages.
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China's Population Growth

For Teachers 7th
Learners collect data from China's population growth and determine the mean, median, and mode from the data. In this data lesson plan, pupils determine probabilities and use them to make predictions.
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Would You Rather Have a Pet With Fur, Fins, Or Feathers? --Class Bar Graph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this math worksheet, students participate in a group graphing activity. Students are surveyed about favorite types of pets: with fur, feathers or fins. Results are plotted on this class graph.
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Do You Like Hamburgers Or Hot Dogs Better?-- Class Bar Graph

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this math activity, students collaborate to complete a bar graph. Students are surveyed as to their preference for hot dogs or hamburgers. Results are plotted on a bar graph.
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Are Yellow, Green, Or Red Apples Your Favorite To Eat?-- Class Bar Graph

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math instructional activity, students collaborate to complete a bar graph about favorite apples. Students plot the information from their class on a simple bar graph.
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What Sport Do You Like To Play the Most?== Class Bar Graph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students participate in making a group bar graph about their favorite sports. Students are surveyed and the responses plotted on a graph.
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Which Kind of Weather Do You Like Best? -- Class Bar Graph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this math worksheet, students generate a class bar graph. Classmates are surveyed about favorite weather: sunny, rainy, snowy, cloudy or windy. Results are displayed on a bar graph.
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Is Your Rock Smooth Or Rough?-- Venn Diagram

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Venn diagram worksheet, students collaborate in a tallying activity as they ask classmates if their rocks are smooth, rough, or both. Results are shown on a Venn diagram.
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Mystify with the Mathematics of Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Hieroglyphics, surveying, and the pyramids may all be explored with mathematics.
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Teach Financial Literacy Through Mathematics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students need to learn the important life skill of managing money.
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Gastrointestinal Illness Strikes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this epidemiology worksheet, students read a scenario about people reporting an acute episode of gastrointestinal illness. Students determine if its an outbreak and then complete 4 short answer questions.
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Entering Local Groundhog Data in an Excel Spreadsheet

For Teachers 4th
Here is a cross-curricular ecology and technology lesson; your learners create spreadsheets depicting the location and number of groundhog dens in a local park. They research groundhogs and analyze data about where the groundhog...
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Environment: Water & Air

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The introduction to the lesson mentions a sailor's limited capacity to store drinking water on his ship. Pupils then set up an overnight experiment to remove freshwater from salt water by distillation. There is a math and map activity to...
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Excel Lesson

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders will perform exercises and write the number of each exercise performed on the collection data sheet. They survey eight of their classmates for their exercise data and write that data on the collection data sheet. They then...
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Career Connections: The Connection Corner

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students will create a career information center.  In this careers lesson, students research careers on a local and national level and create a help wanted ad for an occupation of personal interest.   Students create a...
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Prairie Scales and Prairie Smoothies

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the animals that live on the prairie and identify differences between amphibians and reptiles and the adaptations each have made to live on the prairie.
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The Election Connection

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in a mock election. In this election lesson, students vote online in a mock election, graph the results, and compare their results to the nationwide results.
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Dating Practices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpolate, extrapolate, and make predictions from given information. They present results and conclusions from given data using basic statistics. Pupils create a survey from a critical question and decide which sampling...
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How Smoking Affects Our Repiratory System

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the dangers of smoking. In this life science activity, 7th graders survey their schoolmates about the factors that would influence them to smoke. They present their findings in class by creating a presentation.