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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Split Time: Real World Rate

For Students 6th - 8th
Dan has to run on a different track in the winter, how can he figure out his split time for the smaller track? This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about ratios to calculate the correct split time for the different...
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Direct Variation: Real World Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site contains lesson plans for a unit on direct and partial variation. It includes definitions, worked examples, exercises, and solutions.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Multiplying Fractions by Fractions: Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this exercise, students practice multiplying fractions by fractions word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Direct and Partial Variation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze and explore direct and partial variation. Comprehension is shown through solving real world problems. The two lessons have an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Direct and Partial Variation

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students analyze and explore direct and partial variation. Comprehension is shown through solving real world problems. The two lessons have an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Triangles: Targeted Math Instruction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students will learn how to apply the properties and characteristics of all triangles to solve real-world problems and identify and use the unique characteristics of right, isosceles, equilateral, acute, obtuse, and scalene triangles.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Average Rate of Change Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find and represent the average rate of change of a real-world relationship. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Algebra I: Sequences Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a verbal description of a real-world relationship, determine the sequence that models that relationship. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Algebra I: Writing Linear Functions Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a linear function that represents a real-world relationship that is given verbally. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Graphing Linear Functions Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Graph the line that represents a real-world relationship that is given verbally. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Area Word Problems Days 1 & 2

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Area word problems using a real world context pose new mathematical challenges for students to negotiate.
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Handout
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Inter Math: Interactive Math Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th
Each term of Intermath's interactive math dictionary contains a description and links to related terms, everyday examples, interactive checkpoint, more information, and challenges located in the left-hand column of the page. This...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Building a Dog Kennel Day 1

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders will be able to use strategies to solve real-world problems involving area and perimeter.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Halloween: Shopping

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario doing Halloween shopping. Those skills include solving money problems with addition and subtraction and understanding the value of money and coins.
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Lesson Plan
Intel Corporation

Intel: Fractions Made Visual

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students learn the importance of math accuracy and, more specifically, that knowing how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions make life easier for everyone. To help students come to this understanding, they are assigned to a...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Scientific Notation

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This animated Math Shorts video from UEN explains the term scientific notation and provides several examples in converting extreme numbers to and from scientific notation. It also demonstrates how to multiply numbers using scientific...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Piano Tuning and Balancing Equations

For Students 6th - 8th
Examine how one innovator is working to improve the way concert pianos are designed and tuned. This video focuses on the balance that needs to occur in an ideally tuned piano key and explores how David Stanwood calculated the balance...
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Area of a Triangle and Parallelogram Using Trig

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How can trigonometry be used to find the area of a triangle or parallelogram? Does the triangle need to be a right triangle, and how accurate can the results possibly be? The answers to these questions are found here along with several...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: a.apr Combined Fuel Efficiency

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this problem is to rewrite simple rational expressions in different forms to exhibit different aspects of the expression, in the context of a relevant real-world context, in this case, the fuel efficiency of a car. A-APR.D.6.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Food Miles: Absolute Values to the Rescue

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore the concept of absolute value in terms of distances traveled. This video focuses on a real world application of absolute value and visualizes the problem by graphing points on coordinate plane.