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Popping Up Percents!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers find percents and unit price using popcorn.
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Comprehension of Word Problems

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students demonstrate how to solve multiplication word problems. In this problem solving lesson, students read examples of multiplication word problems and are taught how to use repeated addition to solve the problems. This strategy is...
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How To: Count Coins and Bills

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discover the names and values of different monetary denominations. In this money lesson, students examine the different combinations that money can be added in to find specified amounts. The students complete worksheets based on...
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POPCORN SCIENCE!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in groups to define what popcorn is, what kinds of popcorn they eat, and hypothesize what happens when popcorn pops. They also weigh, pop and weigh their popcorn again, measuring how many popcorn kernels they started with...
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Snack Sack

For Teachers 1st
First graders, after exploring agricultural products that can be considered snack foods, experience the concepts of ratio and probability. They analyze and record their class experience after dealing with the following snacks: peanut...
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Monitoring Math with a Statistical Spreadsheet

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use a spreadsheet to compute landmark statistics of a math quiz. This lesson can be ongoing throughout the school year and it integrates mathematics curriculum and technology in a simple format for student use.
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Mississippian Gardens

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research and plan a Mississippian garden.  In this Native American history lesson, students work in groups to research crops used by Native Americans in the Mississippian Period and use the information to plan and create an...
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Buzzy, Buzzy Bee

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students simulate honeybees pollinating flowers. In this pollination instructional activity, students role-play the process of pollination over the course of several seasons. Students graph results and share their graphs with the class.
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Geometry and Spatial Sense

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate geometric shapes in 2 and 3 dimensions.  In this geometry lesson, students create a model chocolate factory working in groups and using an actual cake.  Students take a quiz about measurement equations dealing with...
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Lines of Fit

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students analyze graphs. In this algebra lesson, students find the line of best fit, using scatter plots. They calculate the sale of popcorn as it relates to the price. They then analyze the graphs for positive, negative and no correlation.
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Compare and Order Whole Numbers and Decimals

For Students 4th - 5th
Here is a comparing and ordering worksheet in which learners read and solve six problems in which decimal and whole numbers are ordered and compared.
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Order of Operations and Simplify

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate a lesson using the Order of Operations. The lesson has good instructions to carry out the lesson. The language is user-friendly for the average educator. They also use a Math writing journal to integrate...
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Model Subtraction

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this early childhood math practice learning exercise, students show the stories with counters and record the numbers in order to solve 6 subtraction story problems.
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Count Dimes

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this early childhood math practice instructional activity, students use problem solving skills to solve 6 story problems that require them to count coins.
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Using Basic Operations in Word Problems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review basic operations and use them to solve word problems. For this word problems lesson, students review basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Students then complete an...
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Multiplication by 10

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars practice their multiplication skills using recipe math. In this multiplication lesson, students complete the popcorn ball recipe worksheet using multiplication to solve. Young scholars watch a video about the topic and...
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What Makes Popcorn Pop?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students experiment with making popcorn to discover what makes it pop. They cook various types to survey which brand gives the highest volume of corn.
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Math #3 Problems at the Ballpark

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine charts to answer questions. They develop their own database.
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Number Sense

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice rounding 4 digit numbers using place value concepts. For this estimating sums and differences lesson, 1st graders explore clustering, rounding, and front end estimation as methods for rounding decimals.
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Trail Mix

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, given the price of different ingredients, make a trail mix of five different items without exceeding their budget of five dollars. They choose between pretzels, M&M's, twizzlers, popcorn, etc,. Each student practices...
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Energy Consumption

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate the power consumption of household objects by using a classification sheet.  In this energy conservation lesson plan, students read through a list of household items and tools and organize them by predicting which...
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Addition and Subtraction in Center Time

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete center activities as they practice their addition and subtraction skills. They listen to Rick Walton's, "How Many, How Many, How Many" before playing games, and completing addition and subtraction worksheets at...
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JoJo's Circus: 100 Days and Counting and Hoop Happy

For Teachers K
Students watch an episode of JoJo's Circus on the Disney Channel. While viewing, they note how many things they see represented by the number 100. As a class, they practice counting numbers by tens and end the lesson by dancing to music.
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One Hundred Things

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners practice estimating by handling items in groups of ten. They visualize how much space 100 items, such as pennies, peas, or beans, will take up after holding 10 of them. Students measure the difference in volume between 10 and...