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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

State Assisted Capitalism

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss a the places to gain financial help when starting a business. With a partner, they calculate the amount of interest and the total amount being paid back. they brainstorm a list of things the government can do to help...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Utah's Tax Situation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine Utah's tax burden as relative to other states, explore types of taxes levied in Utah, including property, personal income, and sales taxes, define tax-related vocabulary, and conduct research to complete critical...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Those Amazing Seaworld Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars research the animals at SeaWorld and then relate the info they have found into various types of graphs; line, circle and bar. This lesson combines math and science nicely. They access a website imbedded in this plan to do...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mathematics: It's a Wrap!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate the amount of wrapping paper needed to wrap boxes. They describe how they determined their answers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Migration and Refugees

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore issues relating to refugees. Using the internet, they gather facts about refugees. Students discuss the range of situations which turn citizens of one country into refugees of another.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

State Report - HyperStudio

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars create a HyperStudio stack and use an LCD projector to share a state report with their class. Eighth grade students collaborate with fourth grade young scholars to create the presentation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Compost Columns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit of lessons, students examine the role of compost columns and recycling. They create a KWL chart about garbage in Chicago. They also examine life cycles and packaging of everyday products.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pieced Flowers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice making pieced flower blocks to be used on their quilts. As a class, they create simple and complicated templates to be used as a stand alone wall hanging. They share their creation with the class and receive...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Team Puzzles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in co-operative teams of four to complete a puzzle. Each student initially works independently, and then the team jointly puts together the four shapes they have individually made, to complete the puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Voter Turnout

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students solve problems using math. They complete a graph, using data from the 2000 presidential election results. Students predict and calculate the outcome of the election based upon the voting patterns.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Salaries

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students are engaged in the study of salaries and how they vary according to different occupations. They conduct research using a variety of resources in order to summarize the earnings potential in the human services field.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Meatiest States: Graph Problem Solving

For Students 6th - 7th
In this graph problem solving worksheet, students analyze a graph that shows commercial red meat production in five states. Students answer 5 word problems using the data on the graph.
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Handout
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Calculating Percentages

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to calculate percentages to help you figure out discounts, interest, and more.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Sprk: Macro Lab Lesson 4 Percentages: Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will use Sphero to explore percentages using speed and color. The speed experiments are quantitative and the color experiments are qualitative. They will program the Sphero to move at 100% speed for a particular amount of time,...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Ntcm: Math Challenge: Perplexing Percentages

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your bargin shopping skills by figuring out which discount offers the greatest savings. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series that focuses on understanding and calculating percentages. Connections...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Does Drinking Soda Affect Your Health?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try this "Real world," challenge taken directly from the today's health journals. Use your problem solving, data analysis, and number sense skills to figure out if soda intake among teenage girls is related to incidences of broken bones....
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Percentage Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a percentage or work out the percentage given numbers and percent values. Use percent formulas to figure out percentages and unknowns in equations. Add or subtract a percentage from a number or solve the equations.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Conversion of Decimals, Fractions, and Percent

For Students 8th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to convert between percentages, decimals, and fractions.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Majority Vote

For Students 3rd - 8th
Cast your vote for this math challenge that explores calculating percentages as it relates to voting. Discover how mastering this skill will be beneficial in real life situations. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Tv Ratings (Pdf)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here's a challenge for the avid TV watcher. Use your data interpretation skills to explore America's TV watching habits in this NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity. See if you can figure out which night of the week has the...
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Activity
Other

Miniature Earth: Comparative Demographics Worldwide

For Students 9th - 10th
Miniature Earth reduces the world's population to 100 to underscore the dramatic differences in wealth, age, faith, education, environment, and health among people who live on this planet. An excellent apply-what-you-know site for...
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Activity
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Multiple Percents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Have you ever seen an item that you wanted on sale for 15% of its original price? Have you tried to figure out what the sale price would be? Using this interactive lesson from T.V. 411, you can learn to calculate discounts with percentages.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Conversion of Decimals, Fractions, and Percent

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert decimals to percents, percents to decimals and fractions, and fractions to percents.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Conversion of Decimals, Fractions, and Percent

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify equivalent ratios as fractions, decimals, and percents.