Noyce Foundation
Snail Pace
Slow and steady wins the race? In the assessment task, scholars calculate the rates at which different snails travel in order to find the fastest snail. Hopefully, your class will move much more quickly in finishing the task!
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Environment: Water & Air
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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Bowling Over the Order of Operations
Upper graders will solve equations using order of operations, and create equations that to play a fun math bowling game. They will bowl using dice to practice operations. Extensions are also included.
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Maps
Students figure out the mileage from one state to another using a map. In this map lesson, students look at the scale factor and turn it into a fraction. They measure the distance between two cities and use the proportion to find the...
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Daily Time Ratios
Students track and record how much time they spend on each activity. In this spreadsheet instructional activity, students apply different functions using Microsoft excel to format cells and calculate the sum of their total time...
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Ratio and Proportion: Simplifying Ratios (1 of 2)
Here is a set of 24 pairs of numbers for which kids reduce the ratios to their simplest form. It is a simple and straightforward assignment, meant by the publisher to address CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.3. Note, however, that it only requires...
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M&M's
Students use M&M candies to show fractions, percents, and ratios. Individually, they complete a worksheet using their candies and solving equations of greater than or less than. They review their answers and strategies used as a...
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Average and Percentages - Week 2
In this average and percent worksheet, students solve percentage problems by using proportions. These story problems include sequences, percent of change and cost. This two-page worksheet contains seven problems.
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Ratio Relationships
Students solve for the different ratio and proportion of a problem. In this geometry lesson, students show their knowledge of how to solve proportional relationships. They convert between percent, decimals and fractions.
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Read the Label
Young scholars read the Nutrition Fact labels to make healthy choices. In this health lesson, students look at labels to identify fat content, protein, carbohydrates, and serving size. They play games with different labels such as Narrow...
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Ratios
Sixth graders investigate the concept of ratios and how they can be used to represent the comparison of quantities. The instructional activity is taught using a table or graph to compare two categories of data.
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Not Everything is More Expensive
Students compare prices and determine percent increases and decreases of items in order to make wise purchases. In this percent increases and decreases lesson plan, students calculate the amounts based on grocery store ads.
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Breaking News English: World Toilets
In this world toilets worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Proportions in Stories
Students solve problems dealing with ratios and proportions. In this algebra activity, students rewrite word problems using equations and symbols. They correctly convert between percents and decimals.
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Three Bean Salads
In this math activity, student compare the recipes for three different salads. Using the concepts of percents and proportions the amount of beans is calculated.
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poem "One Inch Tall" from the book "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein
Pupils use the terms: ratio, proportion, and measurement in their description of the life of a person one inch tall.
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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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Percentages in Word Problems
Eighth graders, after brainstorming all the places they see percentages in every day life (sales, basketball, grades, etc.), calculate percentages from bases and parts in word problems. They review their notes together on percentage...
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Skittle Math
In this skittle math worksheet, students sort skittles by color and create a bar graph for each color of skittle. Students also answer comparison, ratio, and relationship questions about the skittles.
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Problem-Solving Application: Make a Circle Graph
In this circle graphs learning exercise, students analyze a data table about the activities in a day. Students then use this data to make a circle graph. Students answer 6 questions about the graph.
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Task: Range of Motion
If you have ever injured your shoulder, you know it takes a while to improve your arm's range of motion. In this real-world example, young mathematicians gain insight into the world of physical therapy while they analyze a case study...
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Task: Grain Storage
Farming is full of mathematics, and it provides numerous real-world examples for young mathematicians to study. Here, we look at a cylinder-shaped storage silo that has one flat side. Given certain dimensions, students need to determine...
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The Circle Graph
In this circle graph worksheet, learners complete problems involving many circle graphs including a compass rose, degrees, and more. Students complete 7 activities.
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Parts Per Hundred (ppH)
In this parts per hundred worksheet, students read about describing components of a population by parts per a given number such as 100, 100 or 1 million. Students are given 6 problems to calculate the parts per hundred for each sample...