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Alex: Getting to Know Your Classmates Using Bar Graphs
Students will collect data from class using surveys. Students survey classmates concerning favorite movies, favorite color, shoe size, time spent studying, brand of cell phone and etc. From the data they will create bar graphs using an...
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Alex: What's the Difference? Subtracting Integers
In Cooperative/Collaborative groups, this lesson will actively engage students to subtract positive and negative integers. An "Essential Question" will be used to activate background knowledge and set the purpose for understanding...
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Alex: Misleading Graphs Are Da'pits!
In this interactive lesson, students will discover how creating an incorrect graph will display misleading information. Through viewing and discussing a variety of graphs, the students will identify 5 components that graphs must contain...
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Alex: Cutting the Cheese
The students will find the area of each two dimensional figure on a net of a triangular prism. In groups, students will cut out the net and create a triangular prism. Groups will then discuss how to find the lateral area and the total...
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Alex: Maybe Maybe Not
In Maybe, Maybe Not students will explore and investigate components of probability. This instructional activity will enable students to develop understanding of a likelihood line and apply events to the line. This lesson plan was...
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Alex: How Low Can You Go?
In this lesson, learners will identify and locate numberspostive and negative numbers, including decimals and fractions on a number line. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
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Alex: Are You Interest Ed?
In this instructional activity, students will explore simple interest through the use of studying loans and savings accounts. The students will generate the formula I=P x r x t to calculate simple interest on loans. Students will become...
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Alex: Positively f.u.n. !
This lesson will actively engage students to identify and add positive and negative integers. In cooperative groups, students will discuss everyday vocabulary that will activate students' existing background knowledge and set the purpose...
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Alex: Thinking Outside the "Box"
The students will find the area of each two dimensional figure on a net of a rectangular prism. In groups, students will cut out the net and create a rectangular prism. Groups will then discuss how to find the lateral area and the total...
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Alex: Nifty Nets
During this activity, students will create nets for prisms. They will find the volume and surface area of the shapes. They will also use interactive activities to review three-dimensional shapes.This lesson plan was created as a result...
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Alex: "Fantastic Fractions"
The students will use sugar-free Gummy bears to identify fractional parts of the whole. The students will create a graph using the information obtain.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science...
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Alex: Discovering Pi
This lesson allows students to discover the number Pi. By measuring real life objects, students will get to see where the number Pi comes from as well as how the circumference formula is derived.This lesson plan was created as a result...
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Alex: Ice Cream Sundae Survey
Students quickly realize the importance of learning how to read and find information in charts, graphs, and tables compared to finding the same information written in a paragraph. This is a fun, high energy lesson!This lesson plan was...
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Alex: Estimation Station
During this lesson, students will learn the difference between estimation and guessing. Knowing how to estimate is an essential skill that will help students determine approximate totals as well as check the reasonableness of their...
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Alex: Probability
The purpose of this lesson is to begin the process of helping students to learn the basic principles of probability. The students will also collect data, interpret data, and determine the fairness of the game rock, paper, scissors.This...
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Alex: Determine Transformation(s)
Students will use graphing calculators(TI-83 Plus) to find transformations of polygons.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project funded by the Malone Family Foundation.
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Alex: Percents
This lesson explores the making of comparisons by using percents. In this lesson you will compare your class's favorite foods using percents. Middle schoolers will use cooperative groups to answer follow up questions about the...
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Alex: Build a City on Geometry
The middle schoolers will be split into small, cooperative groups and build a city following specific guidelines. The students will learn how a city is constructed with angles, intersections, parallel, intersecting, and transversal...
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Alex: Representing Possibilities
The students will work through problems that will be represented in tables, equations, and graphs. This lesson was adapted from NCTM Student Math Notes, May/June 2007.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math...
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Alex: Battle to the Death: Adding Integers
The goal of this lesson plan is for students to use manipulatives to add integers, creating concepts rather than memorizing rules. This lesson plan will be related to the 300 Spartans who battled the invading Persians at the Battle of...
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Alex: Heads Up!
The lesson plan is a hands-on project. Middle schoolers will work in pairs to gather various measurements, organizing the data into a provided chart. The measurements will be used to review, reinforce, and introduce skills such as...
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Alex: "Integers, Less Than Zero"
A hands-on lesson demonstrating integers using the book, LESS THAN ZERO by Stuart J. Murphy
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Alex: Scale Drawings
During this lesson students practice measuring and converting to scaled measurements. Students measure various places on campus, such as a classroom or the gym. They place their findings on a spreadsheet. After converting these...
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Alex: Graphing Fun
In this hands-on project, young scholars have the opportunity to survey their classmates to find information that is meaningful to them. Then students will construct graphs using computer software. Young scholars will analyze their...