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Checkmate: What is the History of Chess?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a timeline.  In this history of chess lesson, students use the Internet to examine the chess history timeline.  Students read books on the history of chess, answer questions and create a timeline using a software...
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Curated OER

Let's Take a Chance!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate probability and the chance of an even happening. In this algebra lesson, students incorporate their knowledge of probability to solve problems and relate it to the real world. They learn to make decisions based on data.
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Curated OER

Youth Gambling Addiction

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners demonstrate how to say no to gambling. In this addiction prevention activity, students define gambling and categories of gamblers, then practice saying no to gambling. Then, learners work in small groups to role-play a gambling...
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Curated OER

Meba Math (K-1)

For Teachers K - 1st
Students work with counters and math mats to demonstrate number concepts. In this number concept instructional activity, students use cubes and configuration cards to show more or less than given numbers.
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Unexpected Answers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider probability problems with unexpected and surprising answers.
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Curated OER

The Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students list the nine places on earth where water is found. They define the terms cycle and water cycle. Students explain how energy from the sun powers the movement of water molecules through the water cycle. They name and describe...
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Introducing money (Elementary, Mathematics)

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars study the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, one each day for four days, using a magnifying glass to identify the similarities. Then students discuss differences and value and learn a 'rap' to memorize values.
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Probability

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders conduct experiment, collect data, predict, record, and discuss outcomes, and analyze data for probability.
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"The Giver" by Lois Lowry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students predict results, design a model, and carry out trials to determine probability based on their experimentation.
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Which One Matters?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners study the balance necessary to maintain ecosystems and how changing that balance can impact the ecosystem. They identify and discuss the need for balance in any ecosystem and discuss how greenhouse gases impact ecosystems.
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Compatible Numbers To Ten

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students solve both addition and subtraction facts and discover the relationship between adding and subtracting equations. Students read real life word problems, extrapolate needed information, and write equations to solve the story...
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Ancient Greek Philosophers:Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discover the famous Greek Philosophers. In this Greek lesson, students find the contributions of Ancient Greece and their philosophers. This lesson includes brief bios on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
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Shopping Spree

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine currency by completing monetary equations.  In this economics instructional activity, 6th graders participate in a numbers experiment where they roll a die and earn money based on their roll.  Students compete for...
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Invent a Sport

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify and demonstrate the critical elements of various sports activities. They create a chart of common elements, develop rules for a new sport, and play the new sport.
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Probability Plus

For Teachers K - 4th
Students participate in a variety of activities to understand statistics. They collect and interpret data. Also students distinguish the difference between a population and a sample. They make inferences and create arguments using data.
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Rules, Advice, and Course Review

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners write about advice and rules when on a boat.  In this conversation and vocabulary lesson, students write about various themes studied during the English course and reflect on what they have learned.
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Unexpected Answers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and complete a variety of activities demonstration probability. They make observations about the results of the activities. Students complete and discuss conditional probability. Also, students draw conclusions about...
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Modeling Forest Fires Using Probability

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore forestry. They discuss creating fire breaks to control forest fires. Students create models to determine the best way to manage forest fires. They discuss current techniques of forest management.
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Student Achievement Partners

Achieve the Core: Dice Addition 1 [Pdf]

For Teachers K
This complete lesson plan has students play a dice game to begin the introduction of addition and fact fluency.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp.8 Tetrahedral Dice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Many games use dice which are six-sided and fair (meaning each face on the die is equally likely to land face up). Many games also use the sum of two dice rolled at the same time to determine movement of game pieces. However, not all...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Roll Me!

For Teachers K Standards
Students strengthen their 1-6 counting skills by rolling a die, counting the number of dots, counting out that number of objects, and recording their actions on a white board.
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PBS

Pbs Mathline: Remove One Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners play a game involving chips, dice, and a number line to explore the outcomes of events. Printable lesson.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Understanding Decimals

For Teachers 6th
This math game will help students understand the connection between fractions and decimals. Students will use dice, a recording sheet, and their number sense as they find equivalent fractions from decimals. During the other part of the...
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University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Rolling Races

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students play a game by rolling dice and determining the probability of outcomes of colors.

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