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Minutes and Hours

For Teachers 1st
For this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders identify about how long it takes to do each task illustrated. Then they do three things that take minutes to complete and three things that take hours to complete.
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Fact Families

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore fact families. They solve simple math problems. Students determine which mathematical property is used to solve the given problem. They are given five minutes to complete as many mathematical facts as possible.
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Finding Rates

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the concept of rates and how to solve them in problems. They solve the problems using multiplication. The majority of the instructional activity is direct instruction with the students being included in the process.
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Flag Pole

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils determine the length of rope on a flagpole and the cost to replace the rope. They create their own real life math problems.
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Money

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use play coins to solve problems. They imagine that someone handed them two coins. One is a quater and one is a dime. Students are asked by feeling the shapes of the coins, how could they tell which one was the quater? They are...
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Estimation Using Goldfish Crackers: Math

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore estimation and rounding concepts using goldfish crackers and a song! They solve problems by estimating and rounding numbers and pick numbers within reason to represent certain objects.
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Long Division

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine and demonstrate the steps of long division. They discuss why we use long division, and observe the teacher draw an illustration of a division problem. Students then solve a variety of long division problems,...
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Communications Technologies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the examples of innovative technology found on the AT&T Labs Technology Showcase Demos website. They look at communciation patterns. They write in their science journal the problem it is intended to solve and a...
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Think Differently

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners will think differently to solve a problem and create a personal action plan to reduce GHG emissions. They evaluate their plan using a decision grid and sign a pledge committing to taking personal action.
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The Lady's Age

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use a game to establish the context of solving problems in a systematic and mathematical fashion. They also solve various types of equations to find reasonable solutions.
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How Much Further Is It?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use estimation to solve problems and assess the reasonableness of their answers. They may use an odometer, a map with a legend, MapQuest, or a map without a legen. They estimate 4 to 5 different scenarios.
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Ideal Gas Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain and use ideal gas law and use the law to solve problems. They use conversion factors to convert mass to mol. Also students use stoichiometry skills previously learned.
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Gazillions!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders determine the total value of a collection of coins. They convert money and make money exchanges. Students create and solve money-story problems. They demonstrate the ability to summarize conversations and discussions.
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Marvelous Multipliers

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in groups, solve problems by using counters and drawing counters on paper.
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Making Choices

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students solve word problems relating to economic choices. For this economic choices lesson, students discuss the importance of budgeting and how to save money. Students complete a economic choices worksheet.
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Philanthropy in Literature Lesson 2: Common Good

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars listen to a number of children's books that describe private citizens participating in acts of kindness, sharing their time, talent or treasure. They identify the characters, problems, and solutions in the books.
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Home on the Range

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders see how to find the range of a set of numbers by analyzing data. After a lecture/demo, student pairs practice finding mode and range by solving problems put up on the board by the teacher.
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Just How Big is this Place?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are introduced to the the formula for calculating travel time. They listen to different scenarios relating to long distance travel into space and calculate travel time using the formula.
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Area of Parallelograms

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders review the process of finding the area of a rectangle and complete a couple of examples as a class. They discuss what a parallelogram is and what the formula would be for finding its area. They listen to an explanation...
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Multiplication

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write down multiplication facts that are given orally by the teacher and then place playing pieces on the correct number of a bingo chart when a multiplication fact is stated. The winner is the one to fill a row...
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Create A 3-D Community Model

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils listen to a short story and take notes on the details. Using a graphic organizer, they state what makes up their community. They create a 3-D piece of art that tells someone something about their community. They share them with...
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Activism

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners use a leading question in order to create context for the lesson plan. The use of media helps to engage students with the integration of technology. Learners consider major problems of society.
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Construction Worker Book

For Teachers K
Students examine simple tools that are used in everyday life. In this construction worker tools lesson, students decide which tools should be used to solve the construction worker's problems in a manner that demonstrates the Simple...
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The Achievements and Challenges of Guatemala

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the Mayan number and calendar system. They translate a variety of math problems from base-10 Arabic numbers into a base-20 Mayan representation. They discuss current challenges faced by the people in today's Guatemala.