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Dude, Where's My Karma?

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students research various aspects of Indian culture. They create a Book of Knowledge about India. In a second activity they research the history behind any game. They make presentations and play the different games during Game Day.
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Equations in Motion: Design and construct a mobile

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students participate in a lesson plan that covers the concepts of solving equations and inequalities. To master the concept they must demonstrate visually and verbally how both sides of an equation must be balanced. They construct a...
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Chemical Reactions

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers use basic scientific concepts to complete the series of puzzles that are intended to increase science literacy and one activity has one name the type of chemical reaction that is taking place.
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Multiplying Integers

For Students 7th - 10th
In this integer worksheet, students solve fifty-seven problems that involve multiplying integers. Students also multiply coordinates from the given graph.
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Lasting Legacies of Ancient Greece

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Ancient Greece lesson plans can open up a world of information for students.
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The Renaissance Lesson Plans

For Teachers 5th - 8th
The Renaissance, Michaelangelo, DaVinci and the Divine Proportion offer Many Exciting Teaching Opportunities
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Lost in Translation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students reflect on the uses of mathematics in their daily lives and work in pairs to design brochures that make specific mathematical concepts clear and interesting to a popular audience.
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Babylonian Square Roots

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students are introduced to a method for finding square roots used by the Babylonian people of Mesopotamia. The method involves dividing and averaging, over and over, to find a more accurate solution with each repeat of the process.
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Fibonacci Numbers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate the Fibonacci sequence of numbers. Through the use of Fibonacci numbers in flowers, leaves, fruits, vegetables, pine cones, and other forms of nature; students explore how Fibonacci numbers occur in nature. Then they...
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Introduction to Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define experiment, outcome, event, and probability, and explain the formula for finding the probability of an event.
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The Final Word

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research biographies of Americans who advanced science. They create an obituary for the person to share what information they have gathered. They discuss the importance of the obituary as the "final word" of a person to...
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Mapping Data Made Manageable

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore how to select unbiased random samples as they choose report data to include on maps. They propose methods for choosing random numbers and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. They consider bias in science.
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Collision Course

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students measure the speed of moving marbles and use the results to calculate velocity and momentum. They analyze the events preceding a Japanese train crash.
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Do You Feel Lucky?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students calculate simple probabilities using mathematics then roll dice to test their predictions.
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2, 4, 6, 8 . . .What Do We Appreciate-Patterns, Patterns, Patterns

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students recognize patterns in a numerical sequence, create new patterns and predict outcomes to established sequences.
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Geometry In the Yard

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students are responsible for creating a border around a triangular garden spot, of which they know the measurements for two sides. They use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the third side and complete the garden.
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Hotel Infinity

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate the concept of infinity. They read a story, discuss the concept of infinity from the story, and create an illustration of the hotel described in the story.
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Plenty of Pythagoras

For Teachers 5th - 8th
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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Cartesian Coordinate System

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the Cartesian coordinate plane and plot points on the graph. They interpret coordinates for a point from the graph and give the ratio of rise over run for slope.
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More of Carrie's Cubes

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students solve a word problem that explores the shape of a cube and ways that part of it can be colored. They discuss the problem and analyze a Rubik's cube, explore the problem using a graph, and discuss the solutions as a class.
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President Jefferson's Cipher: Cracking the Code

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine the journey out west by Lewis and Clark. Using a cipher from President Jefferson, they solve a code he gave to the explorers before setting out on their exploration. They share his message with the class and state...
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Leading Lives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore a field of knowledge through the life of a leader in that field. They write a high-quality biography of the leader of their choice. In the end, publishing of the biography is completed on the Internet.
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Fossil Fuels and Its Effects On The World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the effects of a declining fossil fuel system would have on the world. They read the line graph and other information to answer questions about fossil fuels. Students use mathematics to analyze graphical data...
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Using Coordinate Geometry by Land, Sea and Outer Space.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers complete a table of values and plot points, as well as construct a graph on a coordinate grid. They construct two graphs on the same coordinate system, and identify the point of intersection. Students represent and...

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