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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: To Be (Half) or Not to Be (Half)
Explore part to whole and part of a set with interlocking cubes.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Measuring Real Stuff
Nonstandard units of measure are used to compare lengths and weights of real-world objects.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: What's Poppin
Compare weights and volumes using popped and unpopped popcorn.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Oh No! My Ominoes!
Explore pentominoes by determining congruent and non-congruent shapes.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Rolling Races
Students play a game by rolling dice and determining the probability of outcomes of colors.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Belongs, Doesn't Belong
Students play a game to determine the rule that is being expressed.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Double Dipping
Determine all the combinations of ice cream by finding the pattern.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Springy Legs
Compare body and jump heights to other students to explore ratios, decimals, and fractions.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: And We Go Around
Collect and display data using a bar and circle graph to explore fractions and percents.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Exploring C/d= Pie
A collection of circular objects will be used to explore circumference and diameter of circles.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Divide and Conquer
Explore how to divide fractions through multiple activities and the division of whole numbers.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Pipe Cleaners
Pipe cleaners are used to create the perimeter of a rectangle in order to explore base and height.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Cricket's Natures Thermometer
Compare the chirps of different crickets and in various temperatures.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: The Sounds of Music
In this lesson plan, students collect data, graph it, then determine the period and frequency of the sound waves made by a guitar.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Exponential Functions
Compare graphs of different exponential functions and determine the limitations of the functions.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Buttons, Buttons, Everywhere!
Students use buttons to explore shapes, color, size and sort them into groups.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Math Bargains
Students use real coins to explore and solve problems involving the purchase of items.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Hooked on Problem Solving
Students will take a closer look at numbers to determine patterns within them.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Clarifying Lessons
Young scholars are given a real-world application to explore function models.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Making Connections
In this instructional activity, students will use input/output tables to explore functions, equations, and graphs.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Quadratic Functions
Students use a real-world problem to solve for quadratic functions.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: What's Your Rate of Change?
In this lesson, students use an electronic data collector to write the equation of a line.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Mathematical Models With Applications
In this activity, students use geometry software to create a two-point perspective drawing.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Make a Hundred
Play a game with dice to determine if it is possible to make a hundred.