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Chocolate Puzzles #2

For Teachers 2nd
A series of math puzzle worksheets are embedded in this simple plan which has learners solve mathematical calculation, and follow a coloring key in order to come up with the word, "chocolate." All of the puzzles are embedded in the plan....
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Weekly Math Challenge

For Teachers K - 5th
Students solve a new math challenge every week. In this math center activity, students explain the process of solving the weekly challenge. Students are assessed on what is included in their challenge notebook. Students earn rewards for...
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Puzzling Clue Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students play a matching, puzzle-like game designed to help them review and practice a given subject matter.
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Jump Rope Math

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice grade level math skills. In this math instructional activity, students solve math facts on index cards and collaboratively arrange them in numerical order on a jump rope. Correct order earns the team a chance to...
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Operation: Math

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use critical thinking skills about math operations and practice using previously taught math skills. They solve a puzzle where they have to replace an * with the correct operation to complete the number sentence.
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Pattern Puzzles

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
A short video introduces place value in addition and subtraction. As a class, your students identify all even numbers up to one hundred and explain the pattern. They use addition strategies to fill in the missing numbers on the number grid.
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Curated OER

Math Magic

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students complete math calculations together as a group. They participate in activities in which they practice basic math skills. They work together to complete two math puzzles.
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Education World

Pumpkin Puzzler

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Light the Halloween festivities with an exercise that connects math, physical science, and language arts. After watching a demonstration of a burning candle, learners use division, multiplication, or algebra to determine how many boxes...
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MATH:MULTIPLICATION: APPLIED

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders utilize links to practice multiplication of a two-digit number by a two digit-number and division of three-digit numbers. Solve word problems taken from everyday life. Includes interactive online games, worksheets, and...
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A Puzzle a Day Provides Practice That Pays

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students complete a variety of daily enrichment puzzles designed to encourage critical thinking skills, while developing and reinforcing math and language arts skills.
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Identifying Similar Triangles

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Math whizzes work with angle sums and exterior angles to figure out the measure of other angles. This particular publication provides comprehensive support in the form of an anticipatory activity, questions designed to prompt discussion,...
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Exploratorium

Exploring Tessellations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Looking for a good lesson on tessellations for your elementary schoolers? This one looks to be quite good! Pupils discover that a tessellation is any pattern of repeating shapes that cover a surface without overlapping or leaving any...
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PBS

Garden Grade 6 Area and Perimeter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Engage young mathematicians in applying their knowledge of area and perimeter with a fun geometry lesson. Through a series of problem solving exercises, children use their math knowledge to design different-sized garden plots that meet...
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Sudoku Puzzle

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students complete a Sudoku puzzle using their math skills. After listening to the rules of Sudoku and observing a demonstration, students use the process of elimination and other methods to complete puzzles. They explore how the...
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Area, Perimeter Word Puzzle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students measure planes and solids. In this geometry lesson, students find the area and perimeter of different polygons.They complete a word puzzle to review their vocabulary words.
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Using Positive and Negative Numbers in Context

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Measure the temperature of your math class with a temperature-based instructional activity on adding and subtracting rational numbers. The thermometer serves as a vertical number line for learners as they work together to solve a...
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CK-12 Foundation

Finding and Defining Parts of a Polynomial Function Graph

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
So many things to remember when graphing polynomials and this guide gives a helping hand to do so. The packet goes through examples and explains things like critical values, end behavior, and multiplicities. There are image links and...
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American Statistical Association

Happy Birthday to . . . Two?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How many people do you need in a room before two likely share the same birthday? Scholars consider this puzzle by analyzing a set of data. They ponder how to divide the data and determine the proper size of a group for this event to...
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Locating and Ordering Equivalent Fractions on the Number Line

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Elementary schoolers work to develop a deeper understanding of fractions. They use a handout about various gold pieces and attempt to divide them evenly. Then they watch a video clip that watched the CyberSquad solve the gold puzzle....
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Make Your Own Shape Puzzles

For Teachers All
Students create their own shape puzzles. They practice putting puzzle pieces together so they fit correctly. They classify and sort the different shapes as they finish the puzzle.
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Puzzled?

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice identifying simple geometric shapes. As a class, they discuss positional words and review the words for simple shapes and their characteristics. They work together to create their own puzzle using the shapes.
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Today is Monday - Calendar Math

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice memorizing the seven days of the week and keeping them in order.  In this calendar instructional activity, students read aloud the book Today is Monday by Eric Carle, and create their own calendar style book using...
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Tangram Puzzles

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners explore the origin of tangram. For this algebra lesson, students form different shapes and figures using tangram. They solve for the area of different shapes without using any geometric formulas, but the idea of tangram being...
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It All Adds Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice addition and thinking skills by solving number puzzles. They exercise their addition skills in order to fill in missing numbers so that all columns, rows, and diagonals add up to the number in the squares along the...

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