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What is the Importance of Developing Job Skills?
Financial literacy is the way to teach! The class works in small groups to discover the relationship between education and income level. They use their math and problem-solving skills to complete two different activities. They work out a...
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Quadratic Equations and Their Applications
Show high schoolers there is more to quadratic functions than just formulas and parabolas. Connect the math to realistic application problems with a resource that has learners consider such situations as a ball hit in the air, the...
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Math News
Young writers design and publish a newsletter with articles that demonstrate knowledge of mathematical concepts. They explain mathematical procedures and basic operations in a news article format. Next, they compile several articles to...
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Examples of Social and Emotional Learning in Elementary Mathematics Instruction
A 12-page document lists an abundance of math-related activities that boost social and emotional topics; self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making.
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Sunshine Math- 3
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 8 problems in which real life math applications are used. Included are questions pertaining to number sentences, expanded form, patterns and sequences, perimeter and probability.
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Sunshine Math- 3
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 8 varied word and story problems. Included are greater than/less than, multiplication and division, perimeter, patterns and money.
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Sunshine Math- 3
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 8 varied problems that include basic operations, logic, fractions, mental math, area, and ordered pairs.
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Sunshine Math- 1 Venus, XIII
For this math applications worksheet, students complete 7 varied questions that include: adding money, counting, estimation, symmetry and reasoning.
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Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, XI
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 7 story problems that include: estimating, money, patterns and calendars.
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Sunshine Math- 4 Jupiter, IV
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 8 varied problems that include: temperature, possible outcomes, calendar, volume, averages, basic operations and reasoning.
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Sunshine Math- 3 Mars, III
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 8 varied problems that include: elapsed time, basic operations, money, patterns and reasoning.
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Sunshine Math- 5 Saturn, VI
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 8 problems pertaining to probability, patterns, coins, order of operations, graphs and equations.
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Real World Math Book
Fourth graders create their own story problem from an idea list and solve it. They draw a picture to help in solving their problem. Students build a diorama to illustrate their story problem. They work in class to solve story problems...
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Cafe Money Problems
You can use this resource to concoct any number of real world math problems. Three of the slides contain cafe menus with item prices. Mix and match any of the items to create your own math problems, where learners can add, subtract, or...
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An Application of Linear Equations
Just how far will the Facebook post go? Lead a discussion on how to manipulate the sum of a geometric series to figure out a formula to find the sum at any step. The plan contains an alternative to the discussion with more accessible...
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The Economics of National Craft Month
Combine National Craft Month and economic math while producing some imaginative, innovative crafts.
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Money Problems: Pounds and Pence
Teaching youngsters how to handle money is a great way to bring math to life. This series of problems encourage learners to use problem solving strategies such as, underlining, and circling information to solve. Note: This resource was...
Illustrative Mathematics
Eratosthenes and the Circumference of the Earth
The class gets to practice being a mathematician in ancient Greece, performing geometric application problems in the way of Eratosthenes. After following the steps of the great mathematicians, they then compare the (surprisingly...
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Half Math Quilt
Help your third graders become familiar with equivalent fractions for one-half by having them create a quilt. They will use triangles to create a quilt of equivalent fractions over a period of 6 days. As they create the quilt pieces they...
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What We Do Adds Up
With so many tons of trash going into landfills each year, your environmentalists can calculate how much the average person is tossing away. This activity has a series of questions not only requiring math, but a conscious thought of how...
TED-Ed
Pixar: The Math Behind the Movies
When will we ever use this? A Pixar movie maker explains to students how math is used in the creation of animated films. The movie maker discusses the importance of coordinate planes, transformations and translations, and trigonometry.
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Real World Math: Unexpected Events
Ready to delve into personal finance? Learners discover how to organize a check book register. They practice debits and credits in a math game involving the register they set up. While they gain valuable practical knowledge, they also...
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Real Life Math
Students have the opportunity to represent real-life situations mathematically in order to become familiar with part-to-whole relationships. In this real life math lesson, students study windowpanes and describe their shape and total...
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Making Savvy Consumer Choices
It's never too early to learn about grocery budgeting. Middle schoolers delve into the world of consumer math with a lesson that focuses on both healthy choices and real-world math applications. Groups work together to form a grocery...
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