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Untitled Document Aerospace Team Online:

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the historical significance of use of the scientific method in developing the first airplane and appreciate the process involved in developing a new technology.
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Fun with Patterns

For Teachers K
Students identify, extend and create patterns using various types of manipulatives and then work a pattern game in the computer lab to reinforce what was learned.
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Geometry: Classifying Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use construction technology to identify and find relationships between the attributes of various quadrilaterals. They make and test conjectures about the distinguishing properties of parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses,...
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Color Your World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students calculate the cost of painting a room. In this surface area lesson, students create a scale model from provided dimensions of a bedroom. Groups use area formulas to find square footage, from which materials and labor costs are...
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Planet Protectors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore ways to protect the earth.  In this environmental issues and technology activity, students investigate the water quality in their community and compare their findings to the water quality in other geographic areas. ...
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An Introduction to Public Key Cryptography

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars secure information online using cryptography. In this algebra lesson, students use RSA technology to encrypt information on the internet. They use modular reduction of natural numbers to understand prime number theory.
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Changing the Currency of Different Countries

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore changing currency. In this international math lesson, 7th graders will write and solve 2-step equations in order to convert currencies between nations. Students will research prices of items and currency...
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Teaching Radicals in Less Than Five Minutes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners simplify complex radicals following a specific technique. In this math lesson, students simulate the process using several decks of cards. They explore real life applications of radicals.
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Cyberchase

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in math games to learn to count combinations. In this counting combinations lesson, students complete the 'Cyber Chow Combos Organizer' to practice counting combinations. Students then complete a combinations...
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Operations for Problem-Solving

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine a problem and develop the best method to arrive at the solution. In this math lesson plan, students apply basic math skills by coming up with the correct steps to solve a word problem.  Students estimate solutions as...
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Metric Conversion

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders convert within the metric system of measurement.  In this seventh grade math/science instructional activity, 7th graders view a PowerPoint presentation that introduces metric conversion.  Students use the Stair-step...
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A Look Back

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore the contributions of women in the field of mathematics.  In this middle or high school mathematics lesson, students use their reading and listening skills to examine lesson targeted at the stereotype of women having...
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If You Can’t Stand the Heat

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and build their own solar cooker. In this math lesson, students determine the relationship between the angles of the sun, reflection and cooking time of the solar cooker. They test their project, collect data and analyze...
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Time To Measure

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders measure time and length. Through the use of video and technology, they explore key elements of measurement, such as units and conversion between units. They explore alternate units of measurement and apply measurement to...
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Pendulum 2

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students use math to help them discover the movement of a pendulum.
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Careers in Mathematics Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students use technology (Internet, email) to research mathematics in nonacademic careers in order to increase their awareness and appreciation of mathematics in the "real world."
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Exploring Customary and Metric Systems

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners investigate and measure using the metric and customary units. In this math lesson, students investigate which method is used most worldwide, the metric or the customary. They convert from unit to the other.  
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Coin Tossing and Graphing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use technology as assistance to collecting random data. Through the random data they will be able to explain the significance of getting a head or tail depending on what was previously landed on. They will then analyze the...
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Selling Solutions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify, design and present specific information to sell their idea for reducing the impacts of climate change. Students create a television or print advertisement. Students utilize technology to create a final project....
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iChat AV and iSight Camera

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students interact with science and math classes around the world by doing the same experiment and communicating their results. They use iChat AV and an iSight camera to share relevant information about their area, decide on the...
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Finding Value in the Renaissance

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore art during the Renaissance period through the use of math. They solve word problems based upon historic documents of Renaissance Italy which contain real life situations, currencies and formulas. Students discover both...
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Fast Food Fun

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use technology to input, retrieve, organize, manipulate, evaluate, and communicate information to find calories and fat in a typical fast food meal. They decide which fast food restaurant you would like to visit and click on...
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Finance and Responsible Lending

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Building Arrays Using Excel Spreadsheets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create arrays using Microsoft Excel. In this technology-based math lesson, students expand their knowledge of multiplication by creating arrays on the computer using a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel.

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