Curated OER
State Assisted Capitalism
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...
Curated OER
Utah's Tax Situation
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...
Curated OER
Those Amazing Seaworld Animals
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...
Curated OER
Mathematics: It's a Wrap!
Students calculate the amount of wrapping paper needed to wrap boxes. They describe how they determined their answers.
Curated OER
Migration and Refugees
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.
Curated OER
State Report - HyperStudio
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.
Curated OER
Compost Columns
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.
Curated OER
Pieced Flowers
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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Team Puzzles
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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Voter Turnout
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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Salaries
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.
Curated OER
Meatiest States: Graph Problem Solving
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.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Calculating Percentages
Learn how to calculate percentages to help you figure out discounts, interest, and more.
Other
Sprk: Macro Lab Lesson 4 Percentages: Teacher Guide [Pdf]
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,...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Ntcm: Math Challenge: Perplexing Percentages
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...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Does Drinking Soda Affect Your Health?
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....
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Percentage Calculator
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Conversion of Decimals, Fractions, and Percent
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to convert between percentages, decimals, and fractions.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Majority Vote
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...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Tv Ratings (Pdf)
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...
Other
Miniature Earth: Comparative Demographics Worldwide
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...
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Multiple Percents
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Conversion of Decimals, Fractions, and Percent
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert decimals to percents, percents to decimals and fractions, and fractions to percents.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Conversion of Decimals, Fractions, and Percent
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify equivalent ratios as fractions, decimals, and percents.