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A Budget Can Help Young People Cut Their Spending

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of budgeting. In this budgeting lesson, students read an article about how a budget helps young adults keep track of their spending. Learners discuss financial issues that young adults have to deal with as...
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Y-Intercept and Slope Intercept Form

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Alegebra amateurs identify the slope and the y-intercept given a linear equation in slope-intercept form by correctly completing some in class problems. They write the linear equation in slope-intercept form that corresponds to the given...
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Frisbee Baseball

For Teachers K - 12th
Students keep track of the number of tosses it takes them to reach each base, and encourage team members and recognize their successes. To make this activity fit the level of older classes, measure distances and figure averages as you play!
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How Many?

For Teachers K
Establish 1:1 correspondence by counting students, first one gender, then the other. Give each child a colored cube (one color for boys, another for girls) and have small groups determine more or less and how many all together. As a...
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I Am Golden

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students become familiar with patterns, the Fibonacci Sequence, and the Golden Ratio. They see how many places these occur. They have practical applications for using the calculator and making charts to extend patterns.
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Measuring Up on the Mayflower

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a meter tape to compare the length of the Mayflower to a basketball court and make homemade butter for crackers. Afterward, all students sit inside the makeshift Mayflower's dimensions and enjoy their Pilgrim butter.
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Measuring Activities

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students measure using both metric and standard measures. They convert from one standard to the next while measuring distances in their home or classroom.
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Parabolas in Flight

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers utilize a trajectory formula in order to discover the physics of a thrown ball.  In this physics lesson, students videotape the trajectory of a thrown ball or basketball shot and analyze the action by breaking the video...
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Unit 13: Graphs, Correlation, Line of Best Fit

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concepts of graphs, correlations, line of best fit, and the dipstick problem. For this graph, correlation, line of best fit and dipstick problem lesson, students solve problems on the above mentioned topics. ...
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Word Problems Involving Averages: Practice A

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate word problems involving averages.  In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders solve word problems which involve bowling averages, averaging football scores, and average cost of DVD’s.    
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"Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?" by Robert Wells

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discuss how big is big. They compare the area and perimeter of an acre and a football field.
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Derivatives of Exponential Functions

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students take derivatives of exponential functions.  In this taking derivatives of exponential functions lesson, students prove the derivative of an exponential function is the exponential function.  Students find derivatives where the...
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Time and Motion on Track

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Learners create a motion diagram for a distance and motion project. In this time and motion lesson, students take turns walking around the track and take pictures of their motion. Learners measure the distances and determine each...
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Algebra II: Quadratic Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students collect and organize data, make a scatterplot, fit a curve to the appropriate parent function, and interpret the results. Students translate among the various representations of the quadratic function, formulate equations, use a...
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Converting Metric Measurements

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders convert metric measurements.
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Tackling Mean - Median and Mode

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders wear a favorite sports jersey to school. They calculate the mean, median and mode of the numbers represented on the jerseys. They present and explain their calculations to the class.
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Order of Operations

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders perform the Order of Operations. Given various story problems, groups of students solve equations requiring division, multiplication, parenthesis, exponents and other mathematical processes. They discuss the order of...
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Frequency Distributions and Measures of Central Tendency

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use the Internet to research information on NFL players and construct frequency distributions from the data. They calculate the mean, medium and analyze their data.
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Are You 100%?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use decimals, fractions, and percents to solve problems in a real world setting.
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Words Can Hurt: King Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore stereotyping. In this moral and character development lesson, students share reactions to a T-chart displaying what boys can do and girls can not do. Martin Luther King's accomplishments are discussed, and students...
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Mr. Cobbler's Shoe Dilemma

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars employ statistics to solve real-world problems. They collect, organize and describe data. They make inferences based on data analysis. They construct, read, and interpret tables, charts and graphs.
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Handling Data: Coin Tossing Simulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students collect experimental data and record it on a frequency table. After accessing an Internet coin toss simulation site they discover that repetition of an experiment may result in different outcomes. They identify the mutually...
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Negative & Positive Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students recognize positive and negative numbers and perform mathematical functions.
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A Game of Chance

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore probability through cooperative group activities and interactive video technique.