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It's Your Future
Students learn about productive resources along with their requirements, supply and demand, savings, investments and interest rates. In this supply and demand lesson, students create a career plan and personal budget of their own and...
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Decoding a Mystery Message from Space
Pupils examine a message sent from outer space and do their best to interpret its meaning. In this problem solving lesson, students investigate a code sent to them from "outer space." The pupils collaborate with their classmates to...
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Counting Change and Changing Coins
Second graders demonstrate how to count change. In this consumer math lesson, 2nd graders read the book The Penny Pot and identify the value of coins. Students complete a worksheet to practice counting coins.
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Bingo Brown and the Language of Love
Students study credit and interest in a novel and consumer math activity. In this credit lesson, students read the book Bingo Brown and the Language of Love. Students discuss the book and the ideas of credit, interest, and loans....
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Perimeter and Circumference
Students consider perimeter and circumference. In this lesson on perimeter, students will determine relationships between perimeter and circumference using real life examples.
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Fractions and Fact Families: Jump Kangaroo Jump!
Second graders practice with fractions and fact families. In this fractions and fact families lesson, 2nd graders participate in a series of activities to assist them with understanding fractions. Activities include graphing,...
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Mean, Median, & Mode
Students determine mean, median, and mode. In this problem solving lesson, students evaluate a set of data to determine the mean, median, and mode. Students work in small groups practicing cooperative learning skills as they problem solve.
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Scale Drawings
Pupils discuss the importance of scaling drawings. In this math lesson, students create a scaled drawing of circuit boards. They explain why accuracy is very important when scaling.
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The Mandelbrot Set
Students are introduced to the notion of a complex number and function iteration in order to motivate the discussion of Julia sets and the Mandelbrot set.
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Explore Three-Dimensional Shapes
Students are assigned to shape groups and explore three-dimensional shapes. They review math skills and two-dimensional shapes.
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Finance and Responsible Lending
High schoolers learn the characteristics of economic systems through problem solving, communication and representation. In this financial lending lesson, students use math to solve problems dealing with the economy today, to work with...
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Proportions a/b=c/d
Students calculate distance and proportion of objects. In this algebra lesson, students define proportion and how it is used in math. They solve the problem through guided instruction.
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SPIRIT 2.0 Lesosn: Adding and Subtracting Integers
Six pages prepare you to introduce your math stars to the addition and subtraction of positive and negative numbers. They drive a robot back and forth on an actual number line to represent the operations. If you don't have access to a...
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The REAL Cost of College
Students explore the cost of college and how to plan and save. In this money management lesson students do research on the cost of college, learn about making financial choices, earning, spending, saving, investing and how they apply to...
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Percents Less Than One and Greater Than 100
Sixth graders express numbers as percents greater than 100 and less than one. For this lesson on percents, 6th graders work in groups with real life scenarios to develop an understanding on percentages greater than 100 and less than one....
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Mathematics: Steps to purchase a home
Students are partnered as couples who have a variety of financial realities, and must complete a real-life financial analysis to see what it would take them to purchase a home.
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Going Up Or Coming Down
Learners find the percent of increase or percent of decrease. Through a teacher demonstration, they examine the methods of calculating percentages. Students solve real life problems.
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Gingerbread Houses
Students use their knowledge of fractions and ratios to build gingerbread houses. In this fractions and ratios lesson plan, students use graham crackers, milk cartons, icing, and more.
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The Big Apple
Students study the buying and selling market and how prices are determined for an agricultural product. In this competitive market lesson, students study how prices are determined in a market by studying the forces of supply and demand....
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Norman Borlaug, Hunger Fighter
Young scholars study Norman Borlaug. In this reading and math lesson plan, students research Norman Borlaug's work and write a narrative interview with Borlaug. Young scholars complete a variety of activities using wheat stalks.
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Franklin Roosevelt and the Dime
Students study about the life, presidency, monument, and tribute of Franklin Delano Roosevelt through stories and poems. They study the attributes of a dime.
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Washington and the Quarter
Learners study the life of George Washington, his monument, and tributes to him through stories and poems. They study the attributes of a quarter.
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Cost and Revenues
Young scholars develop the key concepts of total, variable, fixed, average and marginal costs. The theory of using different business scenarios is applied to different situations for an extension to real life application.
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Finding Patterns in Fractals
Students discover patterns and sequences. They use a website to explore patterns and fractals. Students share their discovery of fractals and their patterns with the class. They develop a list of patterns used in everyday life.