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Just the Facts! Exploring Order of Operations and Properties of Real Numbers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the concept of order of operations. In this order of operations activity, 6th graders view a powerpoint about order of operations in society. Students post on a blog about order of operations.
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Magic Mountain Coaster Computation

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students use the Internet to do research on the roller coasters at Magic Mountain Amusement Park. They must use mathematical formulas to calculate the highest and fastest coaster at the park.
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Bravo!!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study and experiment with rhythm and sound. In pairs, they practice reading and performing simple melodies from sheet music. Individually, they choose one piece to perform for the class.
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Hole Hole Bushi

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a written rhythm pattern. They state when a rhythm pattern varies from a given pattern by listening to an ostinato. They state reasons why people migrate to different lands.
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Are You Absolutely Sure of the Value?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders develop an examineing of absolute value through real world situations. They develop an examineing of when absolute value can be used in a given situation.
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Buying My First Car

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.
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Properties of Fractals

For Teachers All
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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Egyptian Numeration Pyramid

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, using paper, construct a 3-D pyramid, decorating it with Egyptian numbers.
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Who's Going to the Convention?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Equality For All

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars complete worksheets on equality in math and create their own. They further investigate equality in the world around them.
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Properties of Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars 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...
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Lesson Connections

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders relate music to history and culture. Also, they listen to songs and identify some characteristics of the music in their own terms. Also listened to is "Chinese Instruments Montage," and then compare what they heard with...
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Nearpod: Comparing Whole Numbers

For Teachers 5th
For this lesson, 5th graders will learn how to compare whole numbers up to the hundred million places by looking at place value.