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National Security Agency

Partying with Proportions and Percents

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Examine ratios and proportions in several real-world scenarios. Children will calculate unit rates, work with proportions and percentages as they plan a party, purchase produce, and take a tally. This lesson plan recommends five...
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Beyond Benign

Ecological Footprint

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
How does your lifestyle measure up in terms of your ecological footprint? Young ecologists examine their impact on the planet using an insightful online calculator. A short quiz asks users to rank the size of their homes, their energy...
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Curated OER

Conversion Tables

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Here are some practical conversion scenarios for scholars to figure out. They examine an example table converting cents to dollars before completing two of their own. For the first, learners convert weeks to days. Some of these are done...
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Bowland

Alien Invasion

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Win the war of the worlds! Scholars solve a variety of problems related to an alien invasion. They determine where spaceships have landed on a coordinate map, devise a plan to avoid the aliens, observe the aliens, and break a code to...
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Civil War Trust

Map the Civil War

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Mapmaking was a very important element in successfully planning attacks on enemies during the Civil War. Guide pupils through the process of pacing to find the average length of their steps, measure the distance between one object...
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Science Matters

Richter Scale

For Teachers 6th Standards
The 12th instructional activity in a series of 20 opens with a demonstration of exponential functions using pasta. This concept is connected to the Richter Scale, which is also an exponential function. Scholars compare the exponential...
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Curated OER

Decimals Decide Olympic Champions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
The class discovers how a decimal can make all the difference in the Olympics. As they learn about decimal place values, they compare and contrast data and demonstrate decimal values using manipulatives.
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Curated OER

Fuel Cell Experimentation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
With rising oil prices and increasing concerns over global warming, the pressure is on for engineers to develop alternative sources of energy. Among the new technologies being developed are hydrogen fuel cells, which young scientists...
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Baylor College

Lungometer

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Life science learners construct lung-o-meters from gallon-sized milk jugs and then measure their lung capacities. For older students, have them graph the vital lung capacities of each person in the class. Cross-curricular pieces are...
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Bowland

My Music

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Scholars investigate how the tempo of music affects heartbeats. Groups  develop hypotheses about music and its connection to heartbeats before carrying out an experiment. They analyze and present data from their investigations.
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Science Matters

Peanut Energy

For Teachers 6th Standards
How do humans get energy since they aren't mechanical and can't photosynthesize? Learners explore this question by relating potential energy in food to human energy levels. Scholars measure the change in mass and a change in...
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Curated OER

Finding Percentages

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Here is an approach to calculating percent with 16 practice problems to solidify the skill. Two examples demonstrate dividing by 100 to get one percent and then multiplying by the percentage in question to get the solution. Learners find...
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Curated OER

Problems!!!

For Students 5th - 8th
In this word problems worksheet, students read word problems about one person telling the truth and one telling a lie and they figure out which is which. Students complete 4 problems.
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Balanced Assessment

Confetti Crush

For Students 6th - 8th
In the first part of a middle school assessment task, learners analyze a given statement about the amount of confetti revelers throw at Times Square on New Year's Eve. The second part of the task requires learners to identify objects...
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Curated OER

Range, Cluster, Gap and Outliers

For Teachers 6th - 9th
There are a number of activities here where learners collect and record data, as well as, activities where the likelihood of an event happening is calculated given the experimental probability. Young statisticians organize information...
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Utah Education Network (UEN)

Statistics

For Students 6th Standards
Find the value in analyzing data values. Statistics is the focus in the fifth of seven installments of the 6th Grade Math series. Individuals learn to examine dot plots, histograms, and box plots by considering the shape, mean, median,...
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Curated OER

Food Math

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students brainstorm healthy food choices. In this health science lesson, students calculate how much of each food group they need daily. They plan a menu based on the "MyPyramid for Kids" food guide.
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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Health Science: Back to Basics

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
This lesson focuses on unit conversion, proportions, ratios, exponents, and the metric system. Discuss measurement with your math class and demonstrate how to solve several health-science word problems. Give learners a chance to visit an...
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Curated OER

Sextant Solutions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore ways a sextant can be a reliable tool that is still being used by today's navigators and how computers can help assure accuracy when measuring angles. This activity will show how computers can be used to...
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Curated OER

Discovering Pi

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders measure circumference and diameter to the nearest eighth of an inch, record measurements on a spreadsheet, and use the internet to complete a "scavenger hunt" of facts concerning pi.
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Curated OER

Solving Problems with Angles

For Students 4th - 6th
Upper elementary math whizzes complete word problems having to do with measurements of angles. They complete 10 multiple choice problems.
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Curated OER

Acute Triangles

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners study acute triangles. They measure angles using a protractor, then classify the triangles as either right, obtuse, or acute. Everyone creates a design for a Navajo rug using only acute triangles.
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Curated OER

Does Sunlight Effect Leaf Size?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students make estimates and then measure leaves for accuracy. They calculate the area of the leaves by drawing an outline on graph paper and counting the squares. They compare the leaves exposed to sunlight to those that are in constant...
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K6 Math

Complementary and Supplementary Angles #1

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Learners are given one angle measure, and then determine the corresponding supplementary or complementary angle. A reference web site is given for additional activities. This assignement can be adapted to demonstrate that angle measure...

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