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Scale Me Down
Students create scale drawings, and ultimately scale models, of real-world objects in this Math lesson about ratios, proportion, scaling factors, and cross products. The lesson includes ideas for cross-curricular extensions and is...
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Understanding Power using Kirchhoff’s Rules
Twelfth graders cite real life applications of Kirchhoff's rules. In this physics lesson, 12th graders calculate current, power and voltage using Kirchhoff and Ohm's laws. They explain the different components and uses of transformers.
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Navigation Across the Seas
Pupils examine nautical navigation and discover the differences between nautical charts and other types of maps or charts. Students practice setting a course, taking a bearing, and dead reckoning. This gives pupils an example of how...
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Mini-Metric Olympics
Eighth graders participate in the mini-metric Olympics. In this measurement lesson, 8th graders solve real-world problems that require them to calculate length, area, and volume in metric units.
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Graphic Novel Writing Workshop
Khaled Hosseini’s video “Using Real People and Events” motivates learners to reflect on their own experiences and to use those experiences as the basis of a graphic novel that expresses a universal truth. The richly detailed plan...
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Connecting Math to Our Lives
Students participate in an online interactive forum to explore how math is used in their families and communities. They design games to submit to other students online, and identify and organize data to solve the problems from other...
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The Physics of Tools
Young scholars investigate the nature and work of simple tools and mechanics.
They explain how each simple machine can be used in real world applications. They explore levers, balance beams, windlasses, wedges, gears, ocarinas,...
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Flower Vases
Which vase holds more water: a cylinder, sphere, or cone? Figure out which should be used for your sister's birthday bouquet with this practical word problem.
Teach Engineering
Fun With Nanotechnology
Introduce your class to nanotechnology applications with three demonstrations that showcase scientific principles related to ferrofluids, quantum dots, and gold nanoparticles. Groups will work more closely with these applications in the...
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What's Math Got To Do With It?
Students explore numbers, computation, ratios, proportions, probabilities, statistics, and money in this six lessons unit. Practical applications in the real world are emphasized through an interactive approach to math in these lessons.
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Math Club Worksheet #20b
In this math worksheet, students complete a maze that they are given going from left to right. Students complete 1 maze total.
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A Story With Order Of Operations
Young scholars investigate the use of The Order of Operations using a story. The solution of the story correlates with using the same thinking involved in the application of the Order of Operations. This brings the concept into real...
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Geometry Jeopardy
Young scholars identify the pattern in a problem. In this geometry lesson, students make predictions, collect and analyze data. They apply the idea of scales and measurements to the real world.
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Math Cross--Puzzle #4
For this single digit addition, subtraction and multiplication worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle as they solve twenty-eight addition, subtraction and multiplication math problems.
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Math Cross--Puzzle #15
In this weeks/days and money worksheet, students fill in a crossword puzzle as they solve twenty-eight addition, subtraction and multiplication math problems connected to weeks/days, pounds/ounces and money variations.
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Math Cross--Puzzle #16
In this rounding worksheet, students fill in a crossword puzzle as they solve twenty-eight addition, subtraction and multiplication math problems.
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Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Dastardly Disguiser
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery about 'The Case of the Dastardly Disguiser. Students read the story and find the total number of disguises.
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Is That a Plan? Problem-Solving: Using Diagrams and Models
Student solve problems using a flow chart. They solve real-world problems by using a diagram or model. They create their own diagrams for problem-solving. They explain how they drew the diagram and solved the problem.
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Math Word Problems: Olympic Medals
In this Olympic medals problem solving worksheet, students use data from an Internet link to help them solve 10 math word problems.
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Using Key Words to Unlock Math Word Problems
Young scholars act as math coaches to solve word problems. In this math word problems instructional activity, students brainstorm key words in math operations, create flash cards to review relationships between words and operations,...
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Individualized Lesson for Student C
Students explain how to solve an algebraic word problem using correct grammar and punctuation. In this math and writing lesson, students are given a word problem and must write down directions to solve it.
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The Game is Afoot - A Study of Sherlock Holmes
Mystery is an exciting genre for young readers to investigate. The plots are so intriguing! Here is a series of lessons featuring Sherlock Holmes stories that invite learners to enter the world of the mystery genre. Based on what they...
Illustrative Mathematics
Ice Cream Cone
Every pupil with a sweet tooth will be clamoring for this lab and analysis, particularly when they're allowed to eat the results! Volume and surface area formulas for cones are developed from models, and then extended to the printing of...
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Greenhouse Management
Who knew running a greenhouse required so much math? Amaze future mathematicians and farmers with the amount of unit conversions, ratio and proportional reasoning, and geometric applications involved by having them complete the...