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Math: Football Fever Fun
Students compile statistics from high school or other football team and construct a spreadsheet on which to record their findings. Using Chart Wizard to analyze the data, they construct charts and graphs for a visual display of the...
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Using Inverse Operations
Fourth graders demonstrate inverse operations by playing a card game. In this inverse operations lesson, 4th graders work in small groups with a deck of cards. Two players draw cards but do not look at them. The recording student...
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Polygon Quilt
Learners participate in a game with different types of polygons. They use triangles to create as many polygons as possible. They also review their colors by having different polygons be a different color.
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Musical Math
Students play a game of mathematical musical chairs, moving from desk to desk solving addition and subtraction problems.
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Equivalent Fractions
Pupils describe parts of a fraction and make equivalent fractions. They review parts of a fraction using a pizza, make equivalent fractions, and play the review game Fraction Fairway.
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Traveling the Career Paths 2
Students discover the six different career paths they could take and why each path is important. In this career choice lesson plan, students discuss different career paths using a visual poster. Students then play interactive games.
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Chart This!
Students collect and analyze data. For this middle school mathematics lesson, students collect data on three to four traits or favorites. Students analyze their data and create a chart of graph for each trait or favorite they researched.
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Rendering a Resolution
Students explore the concept of peace. In this International Peace Day instructional activity, students determine their reaction to a scenario that requires them to benefit themselves or benefit everyone. Students discuss the scenario...
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Fishing for numbers
Students participate in a lesson in order to reinforce the numbers 0-10, and will also allow the students to practice their counting. Number recognition and the understanding of number size (magnitude) is increased also.
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Noughts
Students try to figure out the strategies to the game Noughts. Students logic must play a part in the process of the game. Students apply the symmetries of regular polygons. Students devise ways to critically follow a chain of reasoning.
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Shape Stretch
First graders practice addition and subtraction concepts using gross and fine motor movement. Working in small groups, 1st graders play a game to practice their addition and subtraction facts through gross and fine motor movement...
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Less Than Zero
Students examine negative numbers by extending a vertical number line to include numbers less than zero. After playing a game, students watch a Cyberchase video in which the characters try to solve similar problems.
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Roll `Em!
First graders engage in using base ten blocks and dice for a fun engaging math lesson. They use a worksheet imbedded in this lesson as the game board to help them play this math game.
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Escape The Hangman
Seventh graders investigate the concept of probability. They use the game of hangman to create engagement and context for conducting the lesson. They create a spreadsheet with data that is given. Students make predictions based on data.
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Capacity Lotto
In this mathematical worksheet, students convert fifteen metric units of capacity and multiply and divide whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1000.
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Ima's Dream
Students compile a list of items on which a person can spend money, categorize a list of items based upon similarities, and solve mathematical problems based upon given scenarios.
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Super Darts
Students invent a new game using 2 rings, 4 darts, and a dartboard. They listen to the problem and brainstorm solving strategies. Students that finish early should try to invent their own super darts problem.
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Scrabble Problem
In this secondary mathematics activity, students use clues to determine each word and the correct placement of each word played in a Scrabble game. The one page activity contains one problem. Answers are not provided.
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A Fraction of the Cost
Students explore the concept of fractions with coin denominations. They play a game involving trading equal fraction parts to coin values, and complete a 'Fraction Circles' worksheet.
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Solving Equations Involving Linear Transformations of the Coordinate Space
Explore methods for solving linear systems with your classes and introduce learners to using matrices as a viable method. Scholars are able to recognize situations where matrices are the efficient method of solving. Application questions...
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Probability Plus
Students participate in a variety of activities to understand statistics. They collect and interpret data. Also students distinguish the difference between a population and a sample. They make inferences and create arguments using data.
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Modeling Addition: Commutative Property and Zero Property
First graders practice modeling addition. In this hands-on addition lesson plan, 1st graders are introduced to the Commutative Property of Addition and the Zero Property of Addition through modeling and the use of manipulatives. This...
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A Statistical Study of the Letters of the Alphabet
Learners gather appropriate information for simple statistical analysis. Then they will calculate probability working with a piece of literature that makes this lesson ideal for teaching across the whole curriculum.
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Probability: How Likely Am I to...?
Twelfth graders examine various ways probability is applied to daily situations. They use marbles and blocks to calculate the probabilities of picking certain colors. They also calculate the odds of picking a winning raffle ticket.