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Finding the Average Temperature
Students calculate averages. For this average temperature lesson, students collect data and use their problem solving skills to calculate average temperatures.
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Out of This World
Students are introduced to the solar system and its place in the universe. They begin to grasp the idea of very large numbers by estimating and computing how long it take the class to make a million x's.
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Don't Burst My Bubble
Students practice using measuring techniques by examining bubbles. For this geometry lesson, students utilize mathematic formulas to discover the circumference and diameter of soap bubbles they blow. Students practice...
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Taste the Rainbow
Young scholars practice estimating and graphing by utilizing Skittles. In this statistics instructional activity, students complete worksheets based on the likelihood of a certain color of skittle coming out of the bag. Young...
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Mining
Student pretends to be a research scientist for a mining company. They work in a laboratory that investigates methods of getting useful minerals from rocks. They complete experiment using chocolate chip cookies.
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Plenty of Pythagoras
Using a twelve foot knotted rope, students form a 3-4-5 right triangle. Following a discussion of observations about the lengths of the sides of the triangle, students use grid paper, scissors and a centimeter ruler to draw and measure...
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Using Geometric Shapes To Make Patterns
Sixth graders explore the use of shapes to create geometric patterns. they start with a simple example of dividing shapes in half to create two new ones. This can be extended to creating intricate patterns.
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Hands On: Draw Views of Solid Figures
In this drawing views of solid figures practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Cross That Bridge
Students create paper bridges. In this geometry and architecture lesson, groups use legal paper and paper clips to design a bridge that will hold 100 pennies. Links to mini-lessons exploring stability of different geometric figures and...
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Prime and Composite Numbers
Sixth graders identify prime and composite numbers and complete an activity problem. Given a 100 chart, they follow directions to create a prime number chart. In groups, 6th graders play a "Prime Take Away" activity to reinforce prime...
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Leveled Problem Solving Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
In order to be able to multiply and divide decimals properly, students need to be provided with a variety of ways to practice this skill. In this basic worksheet, students practice how to multiply and divide decimals using word problems...
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Leveled Problem Solving Circumference of a Circle
In this geometry worksheet, 6th graders solve 6 word problems in which they find the circumference of items that are circles. They find the circumference of items such as a basketball hoop, a cereal bowl, and a circular frame.
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Balloon Ball Bounce
Students explore the rebound of balls. In this energy conversion lesson, students explore the physics behind the rebound of various types of sports balls. Through the experimental design process using balloons, students investigate and...
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Color Your World
Students calculate the cost of painting a room. In this surface area lesson, students create a scale model from provided dimensions of a bedroom. Groups use area formulas to find square footage, from which materials and labor costs are...
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Cartesian Coordinate System
Students explore the concept of the coordinate plane. In this coordinate plane lesson, students graph points on the coordinate plane using an applet. Students graph functions using an applet. Students play a Maze Game where they must...
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Charles Lindberghs's Flight to Paris
Young scholars practice map skills. In this map skills instructional activity, students locate the cities of New York and Paris on a map. Young scholars read about the flight made by Charles Lindbergh in May 1927 from New York to Paris....
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What Are We Listening To?
Students gather data from a web site on number of music albums sold by genre for the last two years. They convert these figures to fractions, decimals, and percents, and display the results in bar graphs and pie charts.
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A Statistical Look at Jewish History
Students complete their examination over the Jewish Diaspora. Using population figures, they discover the importance of percentages in exploring trends. They use their own ethnic group and determine how it is represented in the United...
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Perimeter and Area of Complex Figures
In this perimeter and area of complex figures practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Subtract Mixed Numbers
For this subtracting mixed numbers practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Leveled Problem Solving Comparing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
In this problem solving worksheet, 6th graders solve 6 word problems in which they compare fractions and mixed numbers. They write the answers as improper fractions, determine which of the fractions is the greatest, who ran the fastest,...
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Median and Mode
In this median/mode worksheet, students solve 6 problems, using a table of students and their heights in centimeters. Students find median, mode, outliers and arrange data from least to greatest.
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Leveled Problem Solving Rational Numbers and their Properties
In this rational numbers and their properties worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Perimeter and Area of a Rectangle
Sixth graders fill out worksheets to find the perimeter and area of rectangles. In this perimeter and area lesson plan, 6th graders color in the area and measure the perimeters.