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Harry Shows Us How

For Teachers K - 5th
Students are provided an avenue to express his/her understanding of the life skills being taught and connect the life and times of Harry Truman to the life skills being taught for the purpose of adding relevance for each student.
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Exam One Review

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this secondary mathematics activity, students solve problems that involve patterns, arithmetic and geometric sequences, geometric logic and reasoning, and changing bases.  The three page activity contains fourteen problems.  Answers...
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Self-Control

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students participate in a problem solving activity. In this conflict resolution instructional activity, students sit in a circle and take turns standing up, but two children cannot be standing up next to one another at the same time....
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Problem Solving

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the concept of problem solving. In this problem solving lesson, students use a decision square to solve a word problem. Students practice using a decision square to problem solve.
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Use a Simpler Problem

For Students 4th - 5th
In this simpler problem worksheet, students learn to solve a simpler problem within the word problem. Students then explain why their answer makes sense.
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Summer Water & Sand Activity: Go with the Flow

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discover different materials that help to transport water in order to develop their observation and problem solving science skills. In this water lesson, students first brainstorm about different ways that water can be moved;...
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Solve a Simpler Problem Problem Solving 21.6

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this problem solving worksheet, students read a word problem about the invention of the first photocopier. Students answer 4 short answer questions that outline the process for solving this problem.
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Problem Solving Decision: Reasonable Answers: Problem Solving

For Students 6th - 7th
In this reasonable answers worksheet, learners use the problem solving strategy of understand, plan, solve and look back to complete the problems. Students determine if their answers are reasonable by comparing the units.
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Problem Solving Strategy: Use Models: Problem Solving

For Students 6th - 7th
In this probability worksheet, students use math models and the problem solving strategy of understand, plan, solve, and look back to help them complete the two probability questions.
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Find a Pattern: Practice

For Students 7th
In this tessellation worksheet, 7th graders use patterns to draw tessellations for the given shapes and colors. Students solve five problems.
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Word Problems: Explaining Your Ideas

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students solve 6 word problems and explain what strategies were used in calculating the answer. Included are problems involving probability, number patterns, prime numbers and multiplication of decimals.
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Not So Snappy 9 Word Problems

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students practice solving word problems which require them to make a list or work backwards to find the solution. Students read and solve 5 word problems.
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Hierarchical Structure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice using the request, response, result method to solve problems. Using one problem as an example, they break it down into multiple problems to be solved one at a time. They identify instances of hierarchical organization...
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Math: Reasoning and Problem Solving using Voyages

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students plan a voyage as the captain of a tall ship in the early days of exploration and merchant trading. They choose 2 ships and 3 voyages for a total of 6 possibilities. They calculate the number of days and distance of their...
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The Play

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together to solve word problems. They examine the concepts of functions and relations. They develop plans for roles in the play they are creating.
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Buffalo Gone: Appreciating Natural Resources

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop numercy skills by studying the number of bison before and after the arrival of European settlers in Canada. They examine the affect of the reduction in the number of bison on Native families.
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Personal/Social Development: Conflict Busters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the steps to problem-solving and apply them to real-life situations. They discuss the five-step problem-solving chart, observe and record conflicts for three days, and list and discuss how they would solve the...
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Personal/Social Development

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use real life situations to use their problem-solving skills. They, in groups, explore why rules are a part of life.
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Extra! Extra! (Geometry Extensions)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students respond to questions based on quotes, research, and logic, and challenge problems related to the current objectives.