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Grid it, Map it
Students participate in designing a city layout using grids and coordinates. They work on a city space and create a grid on a life size layout on the gym floor.
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Algebra I: Graphing - Lesson Plan
Twelfth graders graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane.
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Maps: Latitude and Longitude
Students visit interactive sites focusing on latitude and longitude. They participate in activities about the prime meridian, time zones, and equator. They view the coordinates of states and cities.
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Passing, Trapping, & Heading Soccer Skills
Pupils, in groups, demonstrate good balance and coordination. They also demonstrate use of good spatial awareness.
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Constructing Tangrams
Seventh graders visualize and identify geometric shapes after applying transformations on a coordinate plane. In this tangrams lesson, 7th graders construct a set of tangrams and then answer extension questions related to measurement,...
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Coordinate Addition Game
In this addition worksheet, students say answers to addition problems as quickly as possible, using coordinates that match addition problems. A website reference is given for additional activities.
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Constructing Tangrams
Sixth graders are introduced to how geometry and algebra are related. In groups, they graph various points on a coordinate plane and write the ordered pair for each quadrant. Using this information, they create their own tangrams to...
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Map Grids
Students study map grids and explore how they can be used to locate positions of objects or features on a map. They read a story and then participate in a grid activity using a large map of the setting of the story.
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Investigating Functions
In this investigating functions activity, 11th graders solve and complete 18 different problems. First, they graph each equation on the graphs shown. Then, students make a rough sketch of graph on a coordinate plane. They also determine...
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Function Investigation
In this functions worksheet, 11th graders solve and complete 18 different problems. First, they graph each equation on the graphs provided, making a rough sketch on a coordinate plane. Then, students predict what each graph will look...
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Dragon's Jewels
Learners play a game about dragons and jewels to learn cooperation, coordination, communication, and to have fun. In this dragons and jewels lesson plan, one group of knights guard the jewels, and one group of dragons try to get the jewels.
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Algebra: Co-ordinates
Students use Cartesian coordinates. In this graphing lesson plan students use simple formulae, interpret coordinates, and create graphical representations. They express their work algebraically.
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Scissors Practice
In this hand-eye coordination learning exercise, students practice using scissors to cut, following 4 patterned lines. Students are instructed to turn the paper as they cut jagged, straight and curvy lines.
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Locating Places
For this locating places worksheet, students locate locations by referring to the absolute locations and finding out the coordinates for each location. Students complete 16 problems.
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Civil Rights/Segregation
Sixth graders investigate Civil Rights by participating in role-playing activities. In this U.S. History lesson, 6th graders research the history of slavery in order to portray a story through their debating and acting abilities. ...
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Plot the Coordinates
In this plotting coordinates worksheet, students plots sets of coordinates on graphs, then identify the shape the connected points have created. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Graphing and Interpreting Linear Equations in Two Variables
Graph linear equations using a table of values. Learners solve equations in two variables using standard form of an equation. They identify the relationship between x and y values.
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Math Mediator Lesson 10: Slope
Students explore the concept of slope. In this Algebra I lesson, students investigate the definition of slope as rise over run or change in y compared to change in x. The lesson includes a real-world problem in which the height of high...
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Trigonometric Form of Complex Numbers
This lesson is written from the perspective of a student teacher. A step by step lesson in which the class works on the trigonometric form of complex numbers. They convert between trigonometric and complex forms. They will also practice...
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What's Your Shoe Size? Linear Regression with MS Excel
Learners collect and analyze data. In this statistics lesson, pupils create a liner model of their data and analyze it using central tendencies. They find the linear regression using a spreadsheet.
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The Parallelogram Law
Use your pupils' sense of curiosity to explore the Parallelogram Law. Here is an activity that outlines a complete lesson from beginning to end, allowing pupils to follow a conjecture through to the proof stage.
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Was Julius Caesar a Good Leader for Rome?
Learners consider the various perspectives that different groups in Roman society may have had for Julius Caesar, such as Roman soldiers, senators, the working class, and slaves. The primary activity involves a reading of Caesar's...
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College Selection and Admission
What do you want to be? What colleges will prepare you for this career path? What are the admission requirements for these institutions? Prepare college-bound learners for the admissions process with a series of activities that ask...
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Finger Paint With Sounds
Finger painting is fun, but finger painting with sounds is really fun. Finger painting is important for many reasons, it can help children develop a sense of creativity, foster social skills and emotional skills, it helps develop large...