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Leadership Program in Discrete Mathematics
Students, using Pascal's triangle, find the number of items given each day in the song, "The 12 Days of Christmas."
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Math Word Problems
In this single and multiple-step word problems worksheet, students add, subtract, and convert inches and yards to solve. Students solve 10 problems.
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Christmas Shopping
Students pretend to buy age/gender appropriate Christmas presents using a given budget for a specified number of people.
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Lee & Low Books: Giving Thanks Teacher's Guide
Fourth graders participate in reading comprehension activities associated from a teacher's guide. In this reading comprehension lesson, 4th graders read Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp and...
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Shop with Us at Whelan School
Third graders use their math and research skills to create and manage a classroom/school store. They use a computer to manage, organize and access information. They practice pricing products, computing sales, counting money and...
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Million Dollar Project
Students calculate how they will spend a million dollars. In this millionaire math lesson, students complete a worksheet and then make a poster of how they would spend a million dollars. Each item and its cost must be shown....
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Veggie Chop and Data Analysis
First graders chop vegetables into fractions. In this fractions lesson, 1st graders cut vegetables, collect data about favorite vegetables and create a bar graph using the information. Students make inferences about the data and...
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Geometry Center Games
First graders explore eight geometry activities that improve understanding of positional words and shapes. They identify, describe, and create simple geometric figures. They help another student who may not understand the concept yet.
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Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project
Students conduct a simulation to determine the health of local streams and rivers. They role-play as researchers, scientists, politicians, and writers and use technology to implement plans to improve the quality of waterbodies.
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Making Choices
Second graders explore financial decision making. In this introductory economics instructional activity, 2nd graders listen to the book Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst, and discuss making financial choices...
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Mr. Popper's Penguin's
Fourth graders locate Antarctica and recognize it as the setting of Mr. Popper's Penguins. In this Mr. Popper's Penguins lesson, 4th graders understand the financial decisions made by Mr. Popper. Students discuss wise spending. Students...
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Merry ChrisMaths
In this math and holiday learning exercise, students solve 10 mixed math word problems. They read problems that include proper British English language. They solve the problems using multiplication, metric measurement, standard...
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Geometry: Tessellations
Learners create tessellations with computer software while applying their knowledge of reflections, rotations, and translations.
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Who Wants to Carry a Million?
Students, in groups, determine the volume of a box large enough to hold a million dollars. They calculate the dimensions of a bill and the volume of the money.
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Data Analysis and Measurement: Ahead, Above the Clouds
Students explore and discuss hurricanes, and examine how meteorologists, weather officers, and NASA researchers use measurement and data analysis to predict severe weather. They plot points on coordinate map, classify hurricanes...
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Money Smart children
Learners elementary financial vocabulary words: spend, save, invest and donate. In this finance lesson, students respond to the story "Sam and the Lucky Moon." Learners describe the concepts of wants and needs, resources, scarcity,...
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How many isosceles Triangles Can You Find?
Fifth graders solve problems while examining a variety of isosceles triangles. In this isosceles triangle lesson, 5th graders examine shapes to find their characteristics. Students pay particular attention to the...
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Holy Mole
Students discover Mexican culture by reading and cooking. In this Central American History lesson plan, students read the book Holy Mole, and analyze the story by answering questions about plot, characters and even sound effects...
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Introduction to Calculus
Twelfth graders discuss attitude necessary to be successful in calculus. In this calculus instructional activity, 12th graders review famous quotes about success to help them get motivated to learn and be successful in the classroom....
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Infusing Equity in the Classroom by Gender
Students investigate the idea of gender descrimination in the classroom. In this algebra lesson, students collect data in stereotyping, and gender bias in the classroom, school materials and activities. They graph and analyze their...
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Fun With Adhesives
Students observe, measure, and record the properties in making objects stick together using science tools. In this science lesson, students explore with their senses while mixing flour and water. Additionally, students share their...
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Three Dimensional Figures
In this geometry worksheet, students study diagrams with labels of common geometric figures. Students then answer 24 questions. Then they draw and label their own figures.
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Wampum
Learners explore different ways of trading to get what they want. In this algebra instructional activity, students explore goods, money, services and exchange. They compare the use of money to the use of potlach.
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Relate Counting to Addition and Subtraction
Find 10 simple word problems that require addition and subtraction skills. Although these offer clear math procedure, the grammar isn't perfect. The highest number your learners encounter here is 40, and each question has room for...