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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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How Do Airplanes Stay off the Ground?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students use balloons and string to duplicate Bernoulli's Principle of wing shape and its affect on liftoff.
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Geometry Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars use the digital camera, identify geometric shapes (in nature as well as man-made), and gain a better understanding of geometric vocabulary. They search for and recognize geometric shapes in unusual settings
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Fun Ideas for Getting A-Round in Math CIRCLES

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students see circles in real life and have fun with them
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Introduction to Graphical Representation of Data Sets in Connection with Nuclear Decay

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars record data, make observations, and share in experimentation and discussion of numerical experiments.
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Timing the Transit of Venus

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers calculate elapsed time and look for patterns.
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Area graphics for 7th graders

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students randomly select dimensions for three geometric shapes (square, right triangle and circle). From the graphs they compare and contrast the graphical results of each shape.
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"it's All in the Cellar"

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the process of constructing a site plan map at archaeological sites. They discuss the process of mapping techniques and calculation of percentages, create a plan site map of a cellar at Jamestown, and calculate...
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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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Reflection of Light With Two Plane Mirrors- Double Mirrors Placed at a Number of Angles

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students place two plane mirrors at different angles to experiment with reflection. They make kaleidoscopes and periscopes.
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Where Does Radon Come From?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the differences between the three types of rocks and how radon can escape from the rocks themselves. They analyze other sources of radon in the environment. They work together to complete an activity and worksheet.
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Effect of Daylight Hours on Human Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners determine the average hours of daily sunlight for each month of the year by constructing a bar graph. They develop a understanding of how the amount of daylight hours varies by month and how that affects both temperature and...
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Water and Land 207

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine maps of different projections, mathematically calculate distortions, and note the advantages and disadvantages of each map. They study the different maps and transfer the map to graph paper.
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Sports Bag

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students determine an efficient layout of the pattern pieces needed to make a sports bag with given dimensions and specifications. Given a word problem, data set and a diagram, students evaluate the information they have available and...
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Tangram Perimeters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together to make figures out of tangram squares. In groups, they calculate the measurements they need and apply the Pythagorean Theorem. They complete a worksheet solving equations using the theorem and review their answers.
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Spaghetti Measure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students receive a copy of a "Spaghetti Measure" task sheet along with the scoring rubric. Students preview the task and the rubric prior to starting the task. tudeThey determine the circumference of a circle of spaghetti that will...
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Area of Parallelograms

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders review the process of finding the area of a rectangle and complete a couple of examples as a class. They discuss what a parallelogram is and what the formula would be for finding its area. They listen to an explanation...
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Modular Houses

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students, working in pairs, are presented with the problem. They are asked to design modular houses using four cubic modules, all the same size, which touch each other on complete faces. They must draw each of their houses on isometric...
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What do Bison Eat?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the three major categories of food eaten by bison. In groups, they collect examples of grass and forbs and press them. They complete a chart of the percentages of each type of food the bison eat in a day. They...
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Earth: the Apple of Our Eye

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Young scholars dissect an apple to model the percentage of land on Earth that can be used as a food-producing resource. They use fractions to determine the habitable and agriculture area of the apple.
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Painter's Area

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students demonstrate geometric relationships of finding area of rectangles and squares. They apply determine the quantity of paint needed to cover the area by using the concept of quantity.
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Letters to the Man in the Moon

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students write and communicate mathematically with their classmates. They discuss the mathematics that it took to allow us to conquer space and land on the moon. They sketch a plaque they would leave on the moon.
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Space Shuttle Statistics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
young scholars are the opportunity to enhance their computation skills using real life statistics associated with the Space Shuttle. Skills emphasized include working with fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, comparing...
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Tessellations: Identify Common Shapes That Tessellate

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore tessellations. They are shown a selection of shapes. Students identify shapes that tessellate and justify their answer. Students create their own tessellation.

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