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Will There be Enough Water?
Students investigate water usage, water available, and water demand historically in the local area. They use projections of water usage, availability and demand up to the year 2050. Students use graphs to relate as well as compare and...
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Water - Planning for the Future
Learners explore and examine the increases and/or decreases for water user groups: irrigation, municipal, manufacturing, steam electric power generation cooling, livestock, and mining. They utilize percentage changes during their...
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Divide and Conquer
Seventh graders analyze responses to different types of problems. Using pictures and diagrams, they explore and model the division of fractions. Students examine situations that call for division whether with the whole numbers or with...
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Making Connections
Eighth graders investigate the input/output model for building function tables. From the data, 8th graders connect tables, graphs, function rules, and equations in one variable. They work backwards to determine function rules for given...
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Matrices In Encryption And Decryption Of Codes
Learners relate Cryptography to the solving of simultaneous linear equations in matrix notation. They explore various methods of encrypting and decrypting codes. Pupils discuss and solve simultaneous linear equations.
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Exponents And Monomials
Students practice different skills of mathematics used when working with exponents. The lesson has examples that can be used during direct instruction. They complete an exercise on a worksheet before advancing to a new standard.
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Positively Negative?
Students practice the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of integers. They view a video clip on addition and subtraction of integers. Students observe a Web site that reviews multiplication and division of integers....
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Money Circulation: A Story of Trade and Commerce
Students are introduced to the meaning, symbolism, and value of the quarter. They determine the percentage of total monetary value held in quarters and graph the results. Students infer about the U.S. Mint's distrubution of coins. They...
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Forensics 101
Students interpret how to communicate information and ideas in ways that are appropriate to the purpose and audience through spoken, written, and graphic means of expression. They use information-gathering techniques, analyze and...
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Addition and Subtraction in Center Time
First graders complete center activities as they practice their addition and subtraction skills. They listen to Rick Walton's, "How Many, How Many, How Many" before playing games, and completing addition and subtraction worksheets at...
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Proportional Problems 1
Eighth graders explore representing fractions as ratios and proportions. They model proportions through the use of blocks, LEGO gears and activities with bicycle gears and pedals. Students work with bicycle gear boxes to observe and...
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Numerical Analysis: Using the QR Algorithm
In this QR algorithm worksheet, students use the QR algorithm to solve an over-determined system of equations. This two-page worksheet contains 11 problems.
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Linear Systems: Linear Equations
In this linear systems worksheet, students use a matrix to represent linear systems. This four page worksheet provides examples, explanations and approximately eight problems to complete.
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Linear Systems: Linear Equations, Vectors and Matrices
In this matrices worksheet, students write matrix notation to represent linear systems. This four-page worksheet contains approximately 15 problems.
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Solving Inequalities
Seventh graders explore the concept of solving inequalities. In this inequality instructional activity, 7th graders construct inequalities for scenarios such as getting a driver's license and height requirements at a theme park. ...
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Cartesian Coordinate System
Students explore the concept of the coordinate plane. In this coordinate plane lesson, students graph points on the coordinate plane using an applet. Students graph functions using an applet. Students play a Maze Game where they must...
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Common Factors and Common Multiples and Simple Exponents
Students explore factors and multiples. In this factors and multiples instructional activity, students learn the vocabulary words factor, common factor, multiple and common multiple. Students view examples of each and then complete...
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Charting and Graphing Sales
Students analyze graphs, charts and tables. In this data analysis instructional activity, students practice creating and analyzing charts, graphs and tables corresponding to sales and surveys. This instructional activity uses data...
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Translate between words and math
In this word problems worksheet, students practice solving word problems having to deal with money, baseball cards, candies, and more. Students solve 9 problems.
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Turtle Tales
Students watch videos and fill out worksheets about the turtles and their journey to the Costa Rican beach. For this turtles lesson plan, students learn and discuss survival, predator and prey, and stages of development.
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Balsa Wood Airplane Flight and Speed Correlation
Ninth graders calculate the average speed of their balsa wood airplane. In this physics lesson, 9th graders build their own airplane and make necessary modifications to to make it fly straight. They interpret distance and time graph...
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Rockets: Kinematics or Energy?
High schoolers construct model rockets, measure and record the height of the launch. In this creative lesson students use different methods to calculate velocity and height data from their launched rockets.
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Advanced Adding Fractions
In this adding fractions worksheet, learners read about the process of adding fractions, examine some sample problems, and then solve 4 problems independently.
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Advanced Subtracting Fractions
In this subtracting fractions learning exercise, learners read about the process of subtracting fractions, examine some sample problems, and then solve 4 problems independently.