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Factors for Grade 6: HCF, GCD and GCF
In this factors for grade 6: HCF, GCD, and GCF learning exercise, 6th graders answer 10 multiple choice questions, about factors and divisors, with answers available online.
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Greatest Common Factor and Division
In this greatest common factor and division instructional activity, students answer word problems about the greatest common factor and division of numbers. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Integration
In this calculus instructional activity, students simplify integrals and solve problems that involve related rates and maximum and minimums. The one page instructional activity contains twenty-three problems. Solutions are not provided.
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Cemetery Mapping Lesson
Eighth graders explore historical records. In this cemetery mapping lesson, 8th graders analyze local community data as they examine gravestones and read epitaphs.
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Seventeen Math Regents Exam Pythagorean Theorem Questions
For this Pythagorean Theorem worksheet, students solve seventeen Math Regents Exam questions using the Pythagorean Theorem. The solutions are provided.
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The Pythagorean Theorem
In this geometry learning exercise, students solve missing parts of a triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem. There are 19 questions with an answer key.
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Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Eleventh graders consider the impact of the Underground Railroad. In this slavery lesson, 11th graders examine primary documents as they conduct independent research to explore the role of the Underground Railroad during the fight for...
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Optimization For Breakfast
Students identify he proportion of a cereal box. In this algebra lesson, students define the relationship between patterns, functions and relations. They model their understanding using the cereal box.
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Murals That Fit
Students examine different pieces of art that are considered murals. They discuss the differences between paintings and murals. They design and paint their own murals for different sites in their school.
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Inside the KAO
Students construct a 1/80th scale model of the interior of the KAO aircraft, or lay out a full-scale mock-up in their classroom or auditorium. they calculate the sizes of various sections of the cabin.
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Minimize Perimeter
Middle schoolers practice calculating the perimeter of different sized rectangles. Individually, they identify the derivations of a function that can show the perimeter and determine how to minimize the perimeter within a fixed area....
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Minimize Perimeter -- Lecture
Students are introduced to the concept of perimeter. As a class, they listen to a lecture describing the derivations of a function that describes perimeter. They calculate the minimum perimeter of a rectangle and determine the numbers...
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How BIG is 400?
Students solve problems using dimensional analysis. In this chemistry lesson, students choose a problem and present it in class. The rest of the class will evaluate the solved problem on the board.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Visualizing Magnetic Field Lines
In this activity, students take the age old concept of etch-a-sketch a step further. Using iron filings, students begin visualizing magnetic field lines. To do so, students use a compass to read the direction of the magnet's magnetic...
MLB Advanced Media
Mlb: Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field
Provides history, information, historical facts and FAQ's concerning Wrigley Field.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Baseball for Kids: The Field
Kids learn about the baseball field dimensions and areas such as infield, outfield, batter's box, and the bases.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Fellows in the Field: Skylar Tibbits
Skylar Tibbits and his team at MIT's Self Assembly Lab are working on materials to create 4-D printing. What exactly is 4-D printing? The Self Assembly Lab works to create physical objects that can self-construct from stored memory...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Do Baseball Stadium Dimensions Affect Batting Statistics?
Here's a fun project that combines baseball and math. Major League baseball is played in ballparks that have their own individual quirks when it comes to the exact layout of the field. Fenway Park in Boston has the famous "Green Monster"...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Soccer for Kids: The Soccer Field
Kids learn about the soccer field. The dimensions, areas such as penalty and the goal, and the touch lines and goal lines.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Football for Kids: The Field
Kids learn about the field for football. Dimensions, yard and markers, and areas of the football field.
Other
Spirit of St. Louis
Site offers "general dimensions, specifications, weight characteristics, and man hours required to build the aircraft." Also gives individual thumbnail images "of the technical preparation of the airplane."
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Science Kids: Science Images: Lacrosse Field Diagram
This lacrosse field diagram labels important areas such as the defensive, attack and wing areas. It also gives detailed measurements of the correct dimensions that apply to the sport of lacrosse.
A&E Television
History.com: 10 Long Gone Mlb Ballparks With Quirky Features
Houston's Colt Stadium was plagued by mosquitoes and brutal heat. Other ballparks, such as Cleveland's cavernous 'Mistake by the Lake,' had bizarre dimensions.