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Baseball Math Lesson Plans - Batter Up!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
The game of baseball provides many opportunities for mathematical learning.
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Design, Grow, and Ponder in a Garden

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A garden can inspire students to make mathematical connections.
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Scaling Down Art

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students change the scale of a work of art using ratios, percentages, and proportions. While this is technically an art lesson, there is quite a bit of mathematics involved in converting to the correct scale.
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Area of the Lawn Project

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students calculate simple area calculations in real-life situations. They determine simple wage computations. They use critical thinking skills. They demonstrate their ability to use writing in order to express mathematical thoughts and...
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Patterns and Possibilitiies

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners gain an understanding of the value and importance of patterns in mathematics. Through video, interaction and hands-on activities, students identify concrete and abstract patterns incorporating logic and deductive and inductive...
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The Six Faces of Garbage

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the mathematics of surface area to approach the problem of garbage pollution from the classroom. After watching a video, students construct replicas of cereal boxes and compute their surface area.
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TE Activity: Don't Crack Humpty

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students perform mathematical calculations to design safety device or enclosure to protect an egg as it is rolled down a ramp at increasing slopes.
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African Americans in Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the careers of prominent African Americans in science, mathematics, and technology. They use The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences website, which includes profiles of past and present African Americans...
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The Great Depression: Eating on a Shoestring

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the realities of feeding a family on a very limited budget by comparing the cost of living in the 1930s to the cost of living today. Using primary documents and technology to make the comparison, they identify the impact...
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Filling the Glass (Water, Air, and Fractions)

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students predict which of two glasses is 1/2 full using visual estimation, height measurement, and liquid measurement methods. Mathematical equations to accurately solve the problem are determined and verified.
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New York State Testing Program

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this state testing worksheet, students solve problems on a variety of topics studied throughout the year.  They find the median, solve algebraic equations, solve proportions, simplify expressions, find percents, and complete...
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Working with Algebraic Expressions

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Learners understand that algebra is a branch of mathematics that uses symbols or letters to represent unknown numbers in problems. They also understand the definition for an algebraic expression. Make sure to click on the Download the...
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Convert among decimals, fractions, and percents

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders convert among decimals, percents, and fraction with and without a calculator.  In this seventh grade mathematics lesson, 7th graders explore strategies that help them to remember how to perform the needed operation...
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Math Words with Multiple Meanings

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners of many ages use the Visual Thesaurus to help them understand the language of math. They work in groups to explore the multiple meanings of common math terms. Pupils come up with examples of the words in mathematical and other...
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Problem Solving Techniques

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners develop a pattern for problem solving. They gain confidence in their ability to solve problems and are introduced to mathematics help online.
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Fractions PowerPoint

For Teachers 5th - 8th
After a class review on the basics of fractions, learners discuss the importance of integrating technology and mathematics. They then produce a PowerPoint about fractions. The required elements of the presentation are included in the plan.
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Lesson Exchange: Polygons (Middle, Mathematics)

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners discover the relationship between the sides of a polygon and the number of diagonals that can be drawn from one vertex, the number of triangles that those diagonals form, and the sum of the interior angles of that polygon.
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Applied Consumer Mathematics

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math activity, students focus upon integrating technology and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Writing Expressions

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Practice writing algebraic expressions from written phrases. The objective is to consider two seemingly similar phrases, write them as algebraic expressions, and then simplify using the order of operations. Learners are challenged to...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Extending the Definitions of Exponents, Variation 1

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Scientist work with negative integer exponents all the time. Here, participants will learn how to relate negative exponents to time and to generate equivalent numerical expressions. Learners will apply the properties of integer exponents...
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Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students participate in a game which requires them to complete timed math activities to reinforce basic math concepts.
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Pokemon Are Smart and Healthy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students play a dodge-ball type game (with bean bags) as they perform a number of mental math and physical challenges.
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Molas

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders apply their prior knowledge of the Principle of Balance to create a paper mola. Students examine a variety of molas, which are fabric works of art made by women in the country of Panama. To arrange the composition of the...
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Student Created Math PowerPoint Review

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders will create an Interactive PowerPoint presentation to help their classmates review for the chapter test. The project will consist of the students creating 10 questions, with one question corresponding to each section of...

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