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Brave Kid Sudoku 6 x 6
In this Sudoku practice worksheet, students fill in the missing numbers in the 6x6 puzzle using their problem solving skills.
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Brave Kid Sudoku 6 x 6, #2
In ;this Sudoku practice worksheet, students fill in the missing numbers in the 6x6 puzzle using their problem solving skills.
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Number Search Y2 10x Table
For this multiplication fact practice worksheet, students solve a math puzzle that requires them to find the sums of 10 multiplication problems in a number search grid.
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Puzzle Time: Dizzy Digits
In this math puzzle learning exercise, students use their problem solving skills and calculators to solve a 3-part math puzzle that requires them use mixed operations to solve.
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Spiral Sums and Products
In this math puzzle worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve a math puzzle that requires them to add and multiply using single-digit numbers.
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Teen Time
In this math crossword puzzle worksheet, students solve 9 addition fact problems and write the sums in the appropriate boxes to solve the crossword puzzle.
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Solve the Riddles, Write an Equation
In this math riddles worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 5 riddles that require them to use their knowledge of addition and subtraction.
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Subtraction Tree
In this math puzzle worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to respond to 6 questions that require them to use subtraction.
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Twenty Object Trick
In this problem of the day worksheet, students remove items from a starting amount of twenty objects. The instructor will be able to tell the student how many objects left. The student is them to explain how this works.
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Probability and Statistics
Learners reason mathematically as they solve problems dealing with probability of an even occurring. In this probability lesson plan, students differentiate between different rankings of candidates running for leadership. They identify...
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Developing Thinking and Reasoning Skills in Primary Learners Using Detective Fiction
Students are introduced to the genre of detective fiction. Based on their reading level, they are given a different series of books to read. For each story, they are to make predictions and practice decoding messages. To end the...
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Thinking Like a Scientist
In this scientific method worksheet, students fill in 10 blanks with terms related to the scientific method. Then they determine if 3 sentences are true or false and they match 6 terms with their definitions.
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Analogies
In this math analogies worksheet, students respond to 4 questions that require them to analyze the relationships between math words. Students then write their own math analogies.
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Operation Spaghetti
Find the math in recipes. Young chefs will follow a recipe and investigate the total cost for materials. They measure amounts of food necessary for the recipe and compute the per person cost.
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My Antonia: Problematic Situations
Introduce your class to the characters from My Antonia by Willa Cather in a unique way. Given a hypothetical situation about an atomic bomb shelter and a list of character descriptions, pupils must decide which characters get to stay in...
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Language of Algebra
Don't rush into algebra, let learners visualize, guess, and predict their way to a successful math career. The introductory unit incorporates beginner algebraic concepts with shapes instead of variables. Young mathematicians use a...
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Customized Resumes
Resumes are key to the job search process. Class members examine sample job postings and critique sample resumes to understand how to craft a strong resume.
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Solving a Simple Maze
It is a-maze-ing how lost one can get. Teams reconstruct a simple maze and solve it. Participants create an algorithm that a robot would follow in order to solve the maze as well. The activity includes an extension directing pupils to...
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Number Line: Negative Numbers
For this graphing calculator worksheet for the TI-83 calculator, students first observe a demonstration for calculating negative numbers. Next, students use their graphing calculator to answer 6 thoughtful T/F and short answer...
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Economics Study Guide
Use this resource as a basic review of economic principles. There are six questions relating to the factors of production, opportunity costs, wants and needs, tangibles and intangibles, and more.
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Ecology of The Sonoran Desert Soil Crusts: Biology, Geology
This lesson is designed after research done on the ecology of soil lichen in the Tucson Basin area during the summers of 1997 and 1998. Its purpose is to guide students into adopting the problem solving thinking of ecologists. The lesson...
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Design for Social Justice
Students create a solution to a social justice problem within their community. In this urban planning lesson, students read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines. Students then complete a research...
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Conflict and Debate
Students take a medical issue and explore it, debate it, and convince others of their point of view. They improve research skills and writing skills. Students are able to define a problem, debate it, and identify which is the best...
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Powerful Patterns
Students use logical thinking to create, identify, extend and translate patterns. For this pattern lesson, students make patterns with objects, numbers, and shapes. Students extend and translate these patterns in several modalities...