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Surveying New Territory

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore recent research linking economic status with student behavior. They design their own studies that investigate how different variables are related to student performance in particular subject areas.
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"The Rajah's Rice: A Mathematical Folktale from India" adapted by David Barry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use large numbers and learn exponential representation and explain patterns and relations of powers of 2.
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A Game of Chance

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore probability through cooperative group activities and interactive video technique.
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The Language of Mathematics

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students integrate the language, concepts and skills of math into the daily routine and classroom environment. They think mathematically by participating in short, daily, individual, small group, whole group and transitional activities...
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Using the Distributive Laws and Factoring

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students solve the problems for the algebraic expressions using the skills of factoring and applying the distributive law.
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Which Are Possible?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students solve 4 story problems in which 4 answer choices are given. More than one answer could be correct. Students choose the possible correct answers.
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Expressions Involving Variables

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice translating verbal expressions into algebraic expressions. In this introductory algebra lesson, 6th graders practice writing written/verbal sentences into algebraic expressions and vice versa. Students also review...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Using Expressions and Equations

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders analyze expressions and equations. In this algebra instructional activity, 6th graders write algebraic sentences and solve for an unknown in a one-step equation. This instructional activity uses the formulas for the...
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Prime and Composite Numbers with use of manipulatives (Elementary, Mathematics)

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students learn what prime and composite numbers are. They learn how to identify them by working in a group and demonstrating an understanding of one work problem with 100% accuracy using the manipulatives provided.
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WHY DO SOME THINGS FLOAT WHILE OTHERS SINK

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore how density can cause things to sink or float by experimenting with a jar, oil and corn syrup.
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WHAT HOLDS US TO EARTH?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students they imagine they are Galileo and try to duplicate Galileo's experiments and results.
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Estimating Large Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students experience large numbers by estimating the number of grass blades in a field. They work in small groups to determine numbers of blades of grass in a small area of a field and apply that to determining the total number of blades...
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Mr. V's 'Math Awareness Game'

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students play a math game to reinforce math skills. They calculate a problem, if they have the card with the correct answer, they hold that card up. All incorrect cards go to the student holding the correct answer or the teacher.
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Math Awareness Game

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in a math game. In the game, any math problem is allowed as long as the answer is between 1 to 100.
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Creating a Bar Graph with a Graphing Program

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students use the S'COOL data base to create a bar graph.
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Timing the Transit of Venus

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students calculate elapsed time and look for patterns.
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Archaeobotany

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study pictures of seeds and the conditions in which they grow during their study of archaeobotany. They infer ancient plant use by looking at archaeobotanical samples. They determine the change of plant use by interpreting a...
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Toothpicks and Timber

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students problem-solve how to log five acres. Working in pairs, they construct models of logging sites before and after the trees are harvested. they paint their models and include other environmental details.
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Maximizing Lumber Cuts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners examine how lumber companies use each tree to the fullest extent. They practice using a saw blade in which they cut a piece of wood in different configurations to see which cut can waste the least.
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Forces on the Human Molecule

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners conduct several simple lab activities to explore the five fundamental load types that can act on structures: tension, compression, shear, bending, and torsion. In this activity, students play the role of molecules in a beam...
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Properties of Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners build a working definition of a regular fractal, they measure the concepts of dimensions and scale, they explore the concept of a logarithm and they attempt to solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial...
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Irregular Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study and research irregular fractals and construct a few based on their research. Students practice pattern recognition skills and plane geometry skills calculating dimensions on the Fractured Pictures activity.
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Miles Of Smiles

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners investigate basic mathematical properties to solve multiplication and division problems. They solve word problems that are part of the lesson. Students are required to give written or oral justification for how they solve each...
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Probability

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the probability of single events. Given a bag of marbles, they discuss and find the probability of single events. In groups of two, 6th graders complete additional activities, predicting the probability. Students...

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