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Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Belongs, Doesn't Belong

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students play a game to determine the rule that is being expressed.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Double Dipping

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Determine all the combinations of ice cream by finding the pattern.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Springy Legs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Compare body and jump heights to other students to explore ratios, decimals, and fractions.
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Activity
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Conecto Con Las Mates

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
These are five interactive units for Elementary math. Each unit is structured in four parts: explanation, activities, dictionary and assessment.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Timeline of Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia gives a timeline of all of the important mathematical accomplishments from 2400 BC to 2002. Most names and concepts are linked to further information specific to that person or idea.
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Interactive
Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Adding With Multiple Choice Answers

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Practice addition facts 4 to 9 with this interactive multiple choice activity.
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Lesson Plan
Kansas State

Third Grade Common Core State Standards Flip Book [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders can use this flip book to explore common core standards.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Beautiful Math of Coral

For Students 9th - 10th
A science writer re-creates the creatures of the coral reefs using a technique invented by a mathematician- simultaneously celebrating the amazements of the reef and deep-diving into the hyperbolic underpinnings of coral creation. [15:32]
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Math Jokes Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
It's not your typical knock-knock joke- these funny jests will tickle your imaginary numbers and teach you a thing or two about mathematics. [4:04]
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Magic of Vedic Math

For Students 9th - 10th
There is more than one way to reach a correct answer in mathematics. Vedic math, an ancient Indian method, sidesteps traditional computations in a manner that provides a shortcut, while being fun to use and to learn. Gaurav Tekriwal...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Money Counts Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Play the Money Exchange Game to count and compare the different amounts of money. Printable lesson.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan: What the World Consumes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
These visual, easy-to-grasp lessons in world economics and consumerism features lessons and related videos in which students experience first-hand the economic dilemmas faced by other countries and are asked to examine their own values...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan: What the World Consumes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
These visual, easy-to-grasp lessons in world economics and consumerism features lessons and related videos in which students experience first-hand the economic dilemmas faced by other countries and are asked to examine their own values...
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Handout
Trinity College Dublin

History of Mathematics: Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598 1647)

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Cavalieri that includes information on his principle or "indivisibles." From a 1904 text by W. W. Rouse Ball.
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Activity
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

University of Saskatchewan: Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Saskatchewan looks at the basic rules of solving inequalities, concentrating on inequalities with absolute values. Includes example problems and exercises with their solutions.
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Article
Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Blaise Pascal

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Trinity College provides a detailed biography of mathematician Blaise Pascal.
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Handout
Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Rene Descartes (1596 1650)

For Students 9th - 10th
Events of Rene Descartes' life are presented in a timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
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Handout
Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: James Gregory

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information from Trinity College on mathematician James Gregory, and his book, "Optica Promota".
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs (Affluenza): What Are Advertisers Selling

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What are advertisers really selling? Are there hidden messages in ads? In this lesson plan, learners explore the concept of persuasive advertising and evaluate ads directed at young consumers. A timely lesson plan that would generate...
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Handout
Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Christiaan Huygens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Trinity College provides biographical information about mathematician Christiaan Huygens.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Isaac Newton

For Students 9th - 10th
In the Spanish langauge, discover the life and works of Isaac Newton. This site highlights his work and also provides links to obtain a greater understanding of these individual works.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Nova: Infinite Secrets

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a look into the mind of Archimedes based on findings within newly discovered manuscript.
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Website
Trinity College Dublin

Mathematicians of the Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries

For Students 9th - 10th
Read accounts of the lives and works of seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians, including Sir Isaac Newton and Rene Descartes.
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US Department of Education

Nces Kids' Zone: Dare to Compare Mathematics Grade 12

For Students 9th - 10th
So, how do you compare with students nationally and from around the world? Take the interactive online quiz to find out.