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The Snack Bar

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete a purchase order. In this ratios and patterns lesson, 6th graders work in groups to complete a purchase order for a grand opening of the school snack bar. Students use rations to figure out the need and quantity...
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Party Time

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students design a budget to plan for a class party. In this problem solving lesson plan, students devise a budget with a limit of fifty dollars for a class party. Students discuss and estimate the amount of money needed for food and...
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A Family Finance Experience

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students create a budget and make predictions about money. In this algebra lesson,students balance spending and income by monitoring their finance.
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Pattern and Practice

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Young scholars learn how to make patterns. Students first display their prior knowledge of patterns before delving into the lesson. They complete a worksheet and participate in a web-based class activity. They work in cooperative groups...
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Leaving on A Jet Plane

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars create an airplane by listening to directions. They also to measure the pieces for the airplane and compare and contrast their test flights.
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Drawing Bugs Game

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore probability by playing a drawing game with dice. After they roll a die, they draw a tree diagram to illustrate each of the possible outcomes.
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Market Prices

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders understand that prices change. In this business, price and labor lesson, 2nd graders define the words market and price. Students read Arthur's Funny Money and answer questions related to earning and spending money....
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Looking for More Clues

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore how to collect data and display it on a bar and circle graph.
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Inflation and Unemployment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics lesson, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they are trying to...
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Transportation Systems: Two Liter Boat Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers design and build full-size boats made out of two-liter plastic bottles, chicken wire, and plywood. Then they race the boats, with the boat's designers "manning the hull", in the school's swimming pool.
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Connecting the Dots? Geometry and Architecture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the connection between geometry and architecture. In this geometry and architecture instructional activity, students view a video which details a geometry class design project. High schoolers then use the Internet...
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See, Say, Write, and Count! Worksheet

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this number recognition worksheet, students say the numbers, trace the number word, and then write the number word on the lines for numbers 1-10.
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Combining and Breaking Apart Numbers

For Teachers 1st
First graders read Imogene's Antlers by David Small the create pipe cleaner antlers. Using these as a tool students combine and create number sentences. They continue to work through the framework of a software program.
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Polygons and Plane Figures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners choose a polygon to define and describe, and use Power Point and the Internet to present their polygon.
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Roll It! Creating an Entrance Ramp

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of triangles.  In this triangles lesson plan, students are to propose a plan for a ramp at their school.  Students use the Pythagorean Theorem and trigonometry to determine the length, height, and angle of...
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Design a Better Classroom Workplace

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students design a new classroom workplace. For this architecture lesson, students use area formulas to identify the problem with the existing desks in their classroom. Students design their own solution volume formulas to solve the...
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You and the Judicial System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore how the structure of the state and federal judicial systems affect them. They select an appropriate media and create a presentation on the structure of the judicial system, the criminal judicial system and a guide...
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Place Value

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore number meanings and their relationship. Using place value clues and base-ten blocks, 5th graders build a models of numbers and determine their value. To reinforce number relationship, students participate in a...
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Exploring Multiplication Functions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the terms "factor" and "product." In this mathematics lesson, 4th graders practice solving problems to find the products and factors present in different algebraic expressions.
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Building Numbers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use place value clues to find a given number. In this place value lesson plan, 5th graders work with the MathKeys program using place value clues and base-ten blocks to build a number and determine its value.
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Technology - money

For Teachers 1st
First graders trade coin amounts by using punch out coins. In this trading coins lesson plan, 1st graders use pennies, nickels, and dimes, and then trade them with each other in equivalent amounts. Students also complete money computer...
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MathKeys Software "Unlocking Whole Numbers, Vol 2 (Rolling the Highest Number)"

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders arrange four numbers in order to make the highest number possible. In this place value lesson plan, 3rd graders practice working with four digit numbers on the computer and with base ten blocks.
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Building Blocks

For Teachers K - 8th
Students navigate to various websites and play educational games to reinforce learning.  In this game lesson, students catalog games to play in various areas of the curriculum;. Students play online and board games.
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Exploring Teen Numbers

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore place value.  In this numeration lesson, students use ten frames to represent numbers greater than ten.  Students read two digit numerals and build the corresponding number using counters and ten frames.  Students...