Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Find the Angle

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
This a fun problem for young geometers to play with while gaining important insight into deductive reasoning. Some will find the answers very quickly, others might take a less direct path, but all will use their knowledge of the sum of...
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Signs and Symbols to Acquire Language

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students utilize deductive reasoning to decipher unfamiliar words and sounds. They acquire high-frequency words by viewing street signs and playing phonics games. Students This lesson is intended for students acquiring a foreign language.
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Where are Grandma's Teeth?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students practice using prepositions and deductive reasoning. In this preposition game, students work in groups to determine where Grandma has lost her dentures. Students eliminate places as clues are revealed.
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Points equidistant from two points in the plane

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young geometers apply their deductive reasoning skills and knowledge of proving triangles congruent in a task that asks them to prove if a point lies on the perpendicular bisector of a segment, then it is equidistant from the endpoints...
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Comparing Edible Communities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the components of a community by creating analogies between aspects of a community and ingredients within a recipe. They view and discuss pictures, write analogies, and generate a product from a recipe.
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Problem Solving: Steps and Strategies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore the concept of problem solving strategies. In this problem solving strategies lesson plan, students discuss methods for solving problems such as re-reading a problem, stating the facts, drawing a picture and so on....
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Iterating Linear Functions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use a spreadsheet to investigate data. In this algebra lesson, students collect and graph data on a coordinate plane. They explain properties of a linear equation both algebraically and orally.