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Keyboarding - Dear "Here is Your Help"
Students work in pairs to draft a letter responding to a request for advice. They brainstorm a solution and write a response using a word processing program and correct letter format.
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LIFE IN SPACE Human Body: An Un-Earthly Home
Students examine an effect of zero gravity on the human body using a baby food jar, balloons and a jar with a large mouth.
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Using Circumference
Students participate in a lesson that covers the concept of finding the circumference of a circle. The teacher covers relevant vocabulary with the students. They work in groups to measure objects and calculate the formula to find the...
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Correcting Mental Mistakes
Students recognize common mental mistakes to improve their critical thinking. In this thinking skills lesson, students complete various activities to analyze mental mistakes.
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Irritating British Bedtime Habits
Students read an article that discusses bedtime habits in Britain. For this lesson, students explore the complaints of people and their night time habits, then complete several activities to expand their thoughts on the article.
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I Have the Solution!
Students explain how to make solutions with specific concentration. In this chemistry lesson, students differentiate acids and bases. They calculate molarity of solutions.
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Do You Have a Coin Collection?
Learners create a graph showing which students in the class collect coins.
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Let the Light Shine Through!
Students display knowledge of line of symmetry by designing a geometric stained glass window pattern.
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A Game of Chance
Students explore probability through cooperative group activities and interactive video technique.
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Area graphics for 7th graders
Students randomly select dimensions for three geometric shapes (square, right triangle and circle). From the graphs they compare and contrast the graphical results of each shape.
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Rainsticks
Students create a rainstick decorated with repeated patterns of shape and color, out of paper towel tubes.
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Cold Fusion?
Students apply their knowledge of relativity and nuclear radiation to the concept of cold fusion. They also read the article from the website listed in the related and resource websites and discuss the article with the class.
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Mixing Colours
Students explore ratios and their relationships to fractions. They explain the process of identifying ratios and describe their comparison. Students write ratios as fractions and by using colons. They convert the ratios to percents.
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The Slave Trade
Students map and explore a possible slave trade route. In this slave trade mapping lesson, students calculate the distance and amount of time it would take for African slaves to arrive in America.
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University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Cindy's Cats [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of fractions to solve one and multi-step problems with fractions.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Our Garden Problem
Using a debate format this lesson provides students the opportunity to solve a complex problem.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Half of a Recipe
This is the third problem in a series of three tasks involving fraction multiplication that can be solved with pictures or number lines. Aligns with 5.NF.B.6.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Pirate Picnic Activity Plan
Ahoy Matey! Join PBS Kids characters Peg + Cat to explore fair sharing and solve math problems to help a group of cranky pirates divide things fairly. Children will separate sets of objects into equal groups and divide single objects...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 3.oa the Stamp Collection
This task uses language, half of the stamps, that students associate with multiplication by the fraction 1/2. Students will understand half of 120 to mean the number obtained by dividing 120 by 2. For students who are unfamiliar with...
NumberNut
Number Nut: Breaking Down Fractions
Discover fractions in the world around us in this instructional activity that also examines how fractions are divided. Detailed examples and pictures presented to explain this concept along with key vocabulary. A brief introduction to...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt Folding a Square Into Thirds
The goal of this task is to apply knowledge about similar triangles in order to understand an origami construction: trisection of the side of a square. Aligns with G-SRT.B.5.
Other
Ohio Department of Education: Models for Dividing Fractions [Pdf]
This resource consists of a detailed, hands-on lesson plan for dividing fractions using manipulatives such as fraction bars.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Laws of Exponents
This lesson plan walks middle schoolers through understanding and applying laws of exponents. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation, extension as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant learners.