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Math: Currency Exchange Rates
Sixth graders apply the division and multiplication of decimals to convert dollars to various international currencies. In a travel simulation activity, they convert money, distance, and temperatures. During their "trip," students...
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Married Math
Students participate in a two-week real-life math unit. In pairs, they calculate salaries, taxes, and a budget, plan a vacation, buy insurance, make a will, and design a room. They conduct Internet research to plan the vacation, and...
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The Human Calculator
Young scholars amaze their friends and families with this human calculator trick. In this algebraic lesson, students use the associative property of addition to act as a human calculator and stump their volunteers. The steps to the...
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Three Scale Drawing Activities
In this scale drawing worksheet, students complete three different scale drawing activities. One activity is making a scale drawing, one involves answering questions from a given scale drawing, and one is a cross-number puzzle. The...
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Let's Try Various Calculations
Students explore math facts. In this calculation and math facts lesson, students play a board game in which addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division math facts are practiced. A copy of the game is included.
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Reading to Calculate
Students examine the calculator. In this math lesson, students use the directions to learn how to use a calculator. Students apply the knowledge and solve problems using the calculator.
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Calculator Activity: Adding Ones and Tens
In this calculator activity, students read how to add 2-digit numbers on a calculator, then use a calculator to find 8 sums.
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Calculator Activity: Happy Trails
In this calculator activity activity, learners use a calculator to "follow trails" according to even or add numbers, then tell if the trail is odd or even.
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Calculator Activity: Comparing Temperature
In this calculator activity worksheet, students use calculators to answer questions about temperatures shown on a set of 5 thermometers.
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Calculator Activity: Word Puzzle
For this word puzzle worksheet, students use a calculator find the sums or differences for each number problem. Students then turn the calculator upside down to see a word from the number answer. Students write the word at the end of...
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Calculator Activity: All Around
In this perimeter calculator worksheet, students use a calculator to help them find the distance around or the perimeter for each figure.
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Calculator Activity: Subtracting Ones and Tens
In this calculator activity, students use this tool to learn to subtract two digit numbers. Students solve 9 subtraction problems on the calculator and write the differences.
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Computer Graphing Calculator Explorations
Young scholars explore the graphing calculator feature on the Macintosh computer to explore some "parent" functions and their translations, combinations, and composites.
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Calculator Activity: Count Back
n this using a calculator practice learning exercise, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 5 problems that require them to subtract.
Virginia Tech
Unit Plan: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
A six-day unit for algebra II on exponential and logarithmic functions builds upon Chapter 12 of Merrill Algebra II with Trigonometry; Applications and Connections. The text provides assistance in the depth of instruction and homework...
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It All Adds Up--Puzzle #34
In this addition activity, students figure out the eight missing numbers in a math puzzle. Students make sure that each row and column adds up to the totals at the end of each row and column going across and down.
Virginia Department of Education
Special Right Triangles and Right Triangle Trigonometry
Right triangles are so special! Use special right triangles to discover the trigonometric ratios. Pairs construct special right triangles and find the values of the ratios of the sides. In the process, they discover the ratios stay the...
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Math Activity File
Third graders describe the difference between area and volume and also explain how various units of measure relate to one another.
Firelands Local Schools
Exponential Growth and Decay
How can you safely model exponential growth and decay? A hands-on activity uses candies to model not only exponential decay, but also exponential growth. Exponential equations are fitted by hand and by use of a calculator to the data...
Virginia Department of Education
Linear Modeling
An inquiry-based algebra lesson plan explores real-world applications of linear functions. Scholars investigate four different situations that can be modeled by linear functions, identifying the rate of change, as well as the strength...
Chemistry Collective
Virtual Lab: Acid Dilution Problem
There's no risk of injury when working with virtual HCl! Challenge your young chemists with making calculations to create a 3M solution of HCl from the concentrated acid. They first calculate the correct ratios of HCl and water and then...
Houston Area Calculus Teachers
Collecting Driving Data
Give AP Calculus classes the opportunity to check the accuracy of their calculations! A calculus activity involves the collection of data, the application of mathematics, and the analysis of the accuracy of results. Young mathematicians...
Cornell University
Math Is Malleable?
Learn about polymers while playing with shrinky dinks. Young scholars create a shrinky dink design, bake it, and then record the area, volume, and thickness over time. They model the data using a graph and highlight the key features of...
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Applied Science - Science and Math Lab
Students investigate topology. In this Applied Science lesson students explore higher, more abstract mathematics using tangles. Students make topologically related shapes.