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Have your class design their own mathematical study aids. Learners collaborate in groups on the design of tri-fold presentation describing the relationships between mathematical computations. Then, they write a business letter to the...

Why did Henry Ford want to invent a car for the masses? Why did Henry Ford locate his factory in Detroit? Why did Henry Ford encourage the idea of a 5-day work week? Young innovators find the answers to these and other question in a unit...

In this problem solving worksheet, students read the information box that tells strategies for choosing an operation. Students solve 4 story problems.

Incorporate this learning exercise on analogies into your day in the computer lab. Using the online Visual Thesaurus, middle and high schoolers work on understanding the relationships between each word pair. The Visual Thesaurus provides...

In this problem solving worksheet, students read a story problem about the temperature at different altitudes. Students fill out an organization chart to understand the problem, plan a strategy, and then solve it.

In this problem solving worksheet, students use logical reasoning to solve each of 4 problems. The word problems pertain to the position of people in line, theater seating and identification of who plays what instrument in a talent show.

In this tessellations worksheet, students solve 3 word problems where they use the find a pattern strategy to create tessellations for 3 different geometric shapes.

This problem solving PowerPoint presents a detailed, logical sequence of steps to follow in order to solve a story problem. The thinking processes described are given in text and represented by a visual model. After discussing the...

In this writing prompt worksheet, learners choose one problem in the world they would like to solve and explain why they chose the problem they chose.

Apply scholars' writing skills to a real-life problem: litter on campus. This instructional activity requires groups to use digital cameras to take pictures of litter they see on school grounds. Each group then develops "before" posters...