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Polynomials and Factoring
Students classify, add, subtract, and factor polynomials. In this polynomials lesson, students classify polynomials by creating their own system. During a discussion, the class decides on a common system. They add and subtract...
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Probability: The Study of Chance
Students practice the basic principles of probability by conducting an experiment, determining if a game is fair, collecting data, interpreting data, displaying data, conducting analysis, and stating and applying the rule for probability.
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Mapping Natural Disasters
Students use Cartesian coordinates to plot current natural disasters. They relate location of natural disasters to their specific major project countries. Students tie in geometry within this lesson as connected to spatial relationships...
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Algebra/Geometry Institute: Area, Circumference, Perimeter
Pupils solve area problems. In this area, circumference, and perimeter lesson, students solve area and perimeter problems using standard and metric units of measure. They identify the best customary unit of measure for a given...
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Introduction to Slope Fields
Students plot slope fields. In this introduction to slope fields lesson, students plot 12 slope fields for given differential equations.
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Roping Quadrilaterals
Students explore with quadrilaterals. In this roping quadrilaterals lesson plan, students work in cooperative groups to play the game, "Question, please!" in order to identify, describe, compare and classify quadrilaterals. Students...
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Sequences and Linear Equations
Students identify the formula to find the nth term. In this algebra lesson, students finish a pattern and identify missing parts in a sequence. They write an equation given a partial sequence.
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Linear Sequences and Terms
Young scholars identify the nth rule for each sequence. In this algebra lesson, students finish the pattern or sequence and find the missing term. They relate patterns and sequences to the real world.
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Constructing and Solving Linear Equations
Young scholars construct and solve linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students solve equations and graph lines using the slope. They identify the different parts of an equation including the leading coefficient.
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Constructing and Solving Linear Equations
Learners solve linear equations In this algebra lesson, students create linear equations using integer coefficients greater than one. They graph their solution on a coordinate plane.
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Equations, Formulas and Identities
Students rewrite word problems using the correct symbols. In this algebra lesson, students find the trigonometric identities and use them to solve problems. They write equations for the trigonometric ratios.
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Generating Points and Graphing
Students create a table of values to help them plot. In this algebra lesson, students plot their points on a coordinate plane creating a graph. They observe and analyze linear functions.
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Creating a Spreadsheet
Students create a spreadsheet using ICT. In this algebra lesson, students collect and graph their data using a spreadsheet. They find solution to a given problem using trial and error.
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Approximate Solution to an Equation
Students solve equations through trial and error. In this algebra instructional activity, students first estimate their answers and then calculate it to check their work. They solve problems involving roots and integers.
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Calculations with Negative Numbers
In this algebra worksheet, learners solve algebraic equations by addition with negative numbers. There are 3 questions with an answer key.
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6: Adding with Negative Numbers
In this adding negative numbers instructional activity, students solve three multi-part short answer problems. Students add negative integers. Students evaluate addition and subtraction expressions for given values.
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Similar Figures
Your class will use a TI calculator to drag vertices of rectangles and triangles to observe what happens to ratios of pairs of sides within each figure. They will apply the definition of similarity to identify similar shapes. The lesson...
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Bag the Beans
Students are exposed to a wide array of concrete representations to help develop a foundation for the higher abstract ideas associated with mathematical inquiry. In this lesson, students will work with manipulatives (beans) to create and...
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Balancing Equations and Using a Pyramid
Sixth graders complete worksheets and make journal entries to interpret mathematical expressions about the pyramids. For this equality by balancing equations lesson, 6th graders participate in groups or by themselves to complete...
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Toothpicks, Gumdrops, and Polyhedrons
Sixth graders use toothpicks and gumdrops to make prisms and pyramids. This helps them explore the relationship betweeen faces, vertices, and edges.
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Bats: Fact and Fiction
Students describe the characteristics and behaviors of bats. After viewing a video, they explain how bats use echolocation to navigate and how they find their young within a group. They list four misconceptions about the animal and...
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Population Genetics, Selection, and Evolution
The Hardy-Weinberg principle states that alleles and genotypes remain constant in the absence of evolutionary influences. Scholars complete a simple hands-on activity applying the Hardy-Weinberg principle to sample data. They observe how...
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Medieval Mathematicians and Whimsical Windows
Third graders demonstrate their mathematical knowledge of symmetry and reflection using congruent geometric shapes while working as an artist and mathematician looking at a medieval-styled stained glass window.
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Bag the Beans
Students work in pairs to sort several beans into different piles according to a rule they make up. They use manipulatives to solve complex mathematical problems.