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Models and Algorithms to Solve Multiplication Problems
Young scholars choose the correct strategy to solve multiplication and division. In this algorithm lesson, students use at least two strategies that use properties of operations and estimation. Young scholars also recognize the...
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Transportation Through Time
Third graders measure the speed at which they can walk in order to understand speed and distance traveled. They then research the history of transportation and express data in a class timeline.
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THEMIS: A Magnetic Case of 'What Came First?'
In this magnetic reconnection worksheet, students solve seven problems using the data and graphs from the THEMIS satellite constellations, which show a series of events triggered by a magnetic reconnection. Students interpret the data in...
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Solar Flare Reconstruction
For this solar flare reconstruction worksheet, students read about the 'saturation' point of satellite detectors when solar flares are at their most intense phase of brightness. Students are given x-ray flare data and they re-plot the...
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How Fast Is Fast?
Students make sensible estimates and check the reasonableness of the answers. Students write and solve problems involving decimal multiplication and division. Students perform calculations with time.
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Modeling the Keeling Curve with Excel
In this modeling the Keeling Curve worksheet, students use given data beginning in 1960 to create a mathematical model for the changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide over time. Students manipulate the equation to predict the carbon...
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Working with Half-Life
In this half-life worksheet, students use a given table of half lives, mass, time and amount of original sample to solve for unknowns in nine given half-life problems.
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Super-Fast Solar Flares!
In this solar flares worksheet, students observe a sequence of figures of a solar flare observed in 2003 from the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager satellite. Students solve 6 problems including finding the scale of each...
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Variables and Expressions from Around the Cosmos
In this variables and expressions worksheet, high schoolers solve 7 problems using different mathematical formulae to find the length of Earth's day in the future, the distance to the galaxy Andromeda, the temperature of a gas cloud...
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Measuring the Speed of a Solar Tsunami!
In this solar tsunami worksheet, students are given three images of the progress of a Morton Wave on the sun. They solve six problems using the images to find the radius of the sun's disk, the scale of the image, and the time that passed...
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The Comet Encke Tail Disruption Event
In this comet tail disruption worksheet, students solve 7 problems using two images from NASA's STEREO satellite showing the breakup of the comet's tail. Students analyze the diagram and use the scale to solve the problems about time,...
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Hard Boiled
In this algebra worksheet, 9th graders investigate what the best method is to time the 15 minutes required to boil an egg. They use two hour glass with different time measurements to answer this question.
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30 Days Hath September
Fourth graders memorize the poem, Thirty Days Hath September in preparing for learning about the number of days in the months and year. Once memorized, they practice using the calendar to count the number of days in different problems.
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Bug Race
In this motion worksheet, students compare two graphs showing a bug's distance traveled over time. Students calculate the average speed of the bugs and determine which bug was traveling at a constant speed. This worksheet has 1 short...
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Locations of Objects
In this locations of objects worksheet, students solve 5 different problems that include counting objects and determining where each is located. First, they identify the location of each object. Then, students fill-in the correct bubble...
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Class 2: Proportionality
In this proportionality worksheet, students are given 4 short-answer problems regarding change in velocity, time elapsed, point-slope form, and slope-intercept form.
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Transportation Math
Students practice their problem solving skills. In this addition and subtraction lesson plan, students solve story problems regarding the delivery of consumer goods.
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The Mysterious Hexagon on Saturn!
In this Saturn worksheet, students use a photograph of a hexagon feature on Saturn to solve three problems. These include finding the time it takes for the jet stream to complete one circuit around the hexagon, to find the size of the...
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Euler's Method
In this Euler's method worksheet, students use Euler's method to determine one-second time intervals in a rate problem. They explore functions to estimate rate changes in small time intervals. This two-page worksheet contains...
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"Go-Car" Lab
Students construct a car based on directions given. In this physics lesson, students calculate average speed using distance and time information. They collect data and create a graph of distance vs. time.
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Newton's Three Laws of Motion Lesson Plan
Students explore Newton's three laws of motion using a variety of activities. In this physics lesson, students calculate the average speed of a vehicle they constructed using distance and time information. They identify and draw the...
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The Babylonian Algorithm, Limits and Rates of Change
In this successive approximations worksheet, students use the Babylonian algorithm to determine the roots of given numbers. They identify the limits of a function, and compute the rate of change in a linear function. This two-page...
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Moving Magnetic Filaments Near Sunspots
In this sunspots worksheet, students observe two images taken by a solar observatory over a certain amount of time. Students determine the changes in the pictures and then calculate how fast and in what direction the particles are...
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Introduction to Science
Seventh graders investigate scientific methods to solve problems. They demonstrate creating data tables and graphs. They study the role of a scientist and the importance of safety in a science lab. They distinguish between an...