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Storing CD's
Students will solve a word problem as an in depth investigation,. The lesson plan is based upon standards that are foundational to further development of math skills. The learners use logic and higher order thinking skills to accomplish...
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Reflection/Evaluation
Students practice the skills of reflection and evaluation. In this reflection lesson, students are grouped together and asked to brainstorm what they have learned during a particular unit. Students decide what they want to share with the...
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Experimental Probability
While just a simple lesson, this activity on experimental probability could provide a way to connect this concept to real life. Learners begin by participating in a probability activity using a coin, and then move on to create their own...
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Investigation - Operations
Sixth graders will practice dealing with whole numbers using the order of operations and performing calculations using the four basic operations. The lesson also includes practical investigation into the use of rational numbers.
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Plugging Into The Best Price
Examine data and graph solutions on a coordinate plane with this algebra lesson. Young problem-solvers identify the effect of the slope on the steepness of the line. They use the TI to graph and analyze linear equations.
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Investigation - What's in the Bag?
If you have or can create a set of tiles, numbered one through eight, then you can implement this hands-on lesson about probability models. Individuals draw a tile from a bag, record its number, and then return it to the bag. They...
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Modeling Linear Relationships
Students graph lines using the slope and y-intercept. In this algebra lesson, students create data using tables and equations. They use their data to make predictions and draw conclusion.
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Days of the Week
Students participate in a variety of center activities to reinforce the concept of days of the week and their succession. The concept of time can also be taught at the same time to introduce timekeeping.
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Independent Investigation
Students classify objects. In this math lesson, students sort and classify objects based on their characteristics. Students identify characteristics of objects.
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Investigation - The Bakery Shop
Learners participate in mathematical music and subtraction using their fingers when indicated in the song. For this music/math lesson, students count their fingers and pretend their fingers are cookies. Learners sing the song and...
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Analyze The Learner; Chocolate Fractions
Third graders describe, represent and compare fractions using pieces of a chocolate bar. For this fractions lesson, 3rd graders demonstrate how to read and write fractions correctly. Students then integrate technology by using...
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NEXT GENERATION SPACECRAFT-Orion
Learners investigate the volume of a solid. In this calculus lesson, students use integration to find the volume of a solid generated by a region, the Orion crew module.
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Fraction and Decimal Equivalency
Mathematicians make representations of fractional parts of a whole and learn that a decimal is another way to represent a fractional part. Understanding is extended by comparing and ordering fractions and decimals on a number line. This...
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It's the Law: Periodically
Ninth graders examine the Periodic Table. In this element lesson, 9th graders observe the chemical reactivity of elements. They graph the properties and discuss the trend in the group and period of elements. The students use math to...
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Party Time
Third graders produce a schedule to provide to the birthday party guests The party must last 5 hours and fifteen minutes.
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Muppet Math Patterning
Students participate in determining the completion of patterns and discovering which part of the pattern doesn?????™t belong.
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Algebra I: Graphing - Lesson Plan
Twelfth graders graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane.
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Return Intervals & Reasoning from Tabular Data
Learners calculate derivatives from a set of data. For this calculus lesson, students estimate the limit at infinity. They complete a Return Interval handout at the end of the lesson.
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Converting Numbers from Base 10 to Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal
How many different ways can you write the same number? Learners experiment with writing numbers using different bases. They progress from base 10 to base two, eight, and six.
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The Time of Man
Young scholars demonstrate visually Mankind's relative place on the earth's timeline. They familiarize themselves with the use of the metric system in measuring and producting a timeline.
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Hickory Dickory Dock
Students use the Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme to learn about rhyme, telling time, and preposition use. In this nursery rhyme instructional activity, students read the nursery rhyme daily and complete a Mother Goose quiz. Students...
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Egyptian Weather Lesson
Students chart temperatures in Egypt on spreadsheet to determine how weather conditions affect lifestyles.
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Food for Spaceflight
When astronauts get hungry in outer space, they can't just call and have a pizza delivered. In order to gain an appreciation for the challenges associated with space travel, young learners are given the task of selecting,...
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Get a Leg Up
Traveling through space is an amazing experience, but it definitely takes a toll on the body. After reading an article and watching a brief video, learners perform an experiment that simulates the effects of zero gravity on the...