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Prime Hunt On The Internet Lesson PlanPrime Hunt On The Internet Lesson Plan
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8th
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Prime Hunt On The Internet

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Eighth graders find information about primes on the Internet. They use directions for Sieve of Eratosthenes to find primes in the first 100 numbers. After a lecture/demo, 8th graders access a website imbedded in this plan to explore prime numbers.

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eratosthenes, history of math, prime numbers

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eratosthenes, prime numbers, math

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