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Horatio's Ratios

For Teachers 6th - 8th
View a PBS video entitled Horatio's Drive and explore Horatio's Ratios. Collaborative learners form groups to use Mapquest to determine distances covered. They generate the mathematical averages, ratios, and rates in order to calculate...
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Fire!, Probability, and Chaos

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Upper elementary and middle schoolers work with the concept of probability. They are introduced to the concept of chaos. Learners graph and analyze using a line plot, work with mean, and are introduced to the concept of variance.
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Fractions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use pattern blocks and fraction identification cards to create and identify fractions. In this fractions lesson plan, 4th graders identify fractions in a pizza, and make fractions with markers.
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Positive and Negative Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Pupils use blocks and markers to illustrate the processes of adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers. In this mathematics lesson, learners use Algebra blocks to demonstrate multiplying polynomials.
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Paying for Crime

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars participate in activties examining ratios and proportions. They use graphs to interpret data showing the government's budget for prisons. They present what they have learned to the class.
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Let's Make Fudge

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make fudge after reading fractional values in recipes and finding equivalent fractions to those presented in the recipes. They study measurement abbreviations.
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Quilting with Middle School Students: Using Proportionality to Develop Quilt Designs

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use quilt patterns to illustrate ratios. In this fractions instructional activity, students color quilt patterns using given fractions and ratios of colors. A finished "quilt" is assembled from the work of the students. This is...
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How Fast Is Your Car?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover the relationship between speed, distance, and time. They calculate speed and represent their data graphically. They, in groups, design a ramp for their matchbox car. The goal is to see who's ramp produces the...
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Texas History Math

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice math skills while they become familiar with Texas' Boom & Bust economy and the natural history of the east Texas Piney Woods.
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Sea Ice: Unscrambling the Egg Code

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students determine sea ice thickness, concentration, and floe size by reading egg codes.  In this sea ice conditions lesson plan, students color code a map based on prescribed criteria and use the maps to identify changes in sea ice...
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Reinforcing Fractions Using a Fraction Calculator

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students complete fraction word problems using TI-Explorer Calculators.
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Using Excel, the Internet, And Word To Create a Spreadsheet, Chart, And Instructions

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students improve data entry in a spreadsheet.
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Geometric Fractals and the Chaos Game

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners define fractals and patterns. They explore how a seemingly random process can result in a pattern. Students practice probability and fractions skills by playing the chaos game online.
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"Water is Life" Global Water Awareness

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine and calculate the percentage of potable water remaining on the earth. In this ecology and geography lesson, students brainstorm the main factors affecting water distribution. Students use mathematical problem solving to...
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2.0 "Water Is Life" Global Water Awareness Mini-Unit (Grades3-5)

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study the amount of potable water on the Earth. In this water lesson, students examine the amount of potable water as compared to all the water on the Earth. They discuss why many parts of the world do not have access to good...
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Measuring Cloud Coverage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Earth science by completing weather symbol worksheets. In this cloud identification instructional activity, students identify the different types of clouds in the sky and how they are formed. Students complete a cloud...
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Numbers Beyond Reason!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use the story of the discovery of irrational numbers to explore the different classes of numbers, the different ways in which numbers may be represented, and how to classify different numbers into their particular class.
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Who Wants to Carry a Million?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students, in groups, determine the volume of a box large enough to hold a million dollars. They calculate the dimensions of a bill and the volume of the money.
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Rhythm In Motion

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders work independently and with a partner to demonstrate proficiency of steady beat, meter and basic note values while creating written rhythmic patterns for class performance. State and National Standards are addressed.
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Whole Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student are assigned one of the sections on whole numbers. After reviewing the content, they teach their assigned sections to other class mates. They publish their findings on a PowerPoint slide show to use when they teach their section.
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How Has Math Evolved?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders pick a topic or person to research related to the history of mathematics. They brainstorm and create a concept map, using the multimedia software inspiration, about what they are researching and want to examine. They then...
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Proving For The Crew

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students write math questions that pertain to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  In this math instructional activity, students utilize resources in the classroom to help write mathematical questions and answers that relate to the Lewis and...
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Money Game

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders give change of one dollar.  In this decimal and fractions instructional activity, 4th graders receive fake coins and discuss what they could purchase with them.  Students go for a walk and spend one dollar and  get their...
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Eight Basic Elements of the Earth

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify the concept of an element and work with an idea that all of the millions of substances on the earth are various combinations of only 8 elements. They work with the Periodic Table of the Elements and symbols of the...

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