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Review of Algebra Topics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in a lesson that is intended to review topics of Algebra.They investigate the concepts of percent and solve problems. Students also solve equations that involve percent of change.
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Jeopardy Math Review

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play a Jeopardy type game to review math concepts. They review five topics: Number Sense, Fractions and Whole Numbers, Geometry and Measurement, Decimals and Percents, and Algebraic Thinking.
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Mathematics Within: Algebraic Patterns

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of using proportions to compare quantities while also practicing calculations for foreign exchange rates. They develop the skill of solving for unknown quantities of money while using an algebraic equation.
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The Cuisenaire Four-Pan Algebra Balance: Limitations and Suggestions

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students illustrate the concept of balancing equations using a Four-Pan Algebra Balance. In this balancing lesson, students visualize why it is necessary to add or subtract the same quantity on both sides of an equation when solving...
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Mathematics-Algebra II

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate relations and functions. In this algebra instructional activity, 10th graders perform or research real life situation involving functions. This assignment can be used as a year end project.  
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Three Squirrels and a Pile of Nuts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students solve word problems using a spreadsheet, strategies, and algebraic variables. They disuss the given problem, which can be printed, write the unknowns, and employ the strategies into a spreadsheet. Students then use Microsoft...
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The Graph of the Equation y = f(x)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Math language? Set notation is used in mathematics to communicate a process and that the same process can be represented as computer code. The concept to the loop in computer code models the approach pupils take when creating a solution...
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Introduction to Logarithms

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Build on pupils' understanding of inverse functions by connecting logarithmic functions to exponential functions. This activity allows individuals to see graphically the inverse relationship between an exponential and logarithmic...
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"A Slice of the Cone"

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Here is a set of lessons that explore conics in a number of different ways. Starting with modeling how a conic is produced by the way a plane cuts the cone, to solving complex word problems, algebra learners progress through a series of...
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The Remainder Theorem

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Time to put it all together! Building on the concepts learned in the previous lessons in this series, learners apply the Remainder Theorem to finding zeros of a polynomial function. They graph from a function and write a function from...
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The “WhatPower” Function

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The Function That Shall Not Be Named? The eighth installment of a 35-part module uses a WhatPower function to introduce scholars to the concept of a logarithmic function without actually naming the function. Once pupils are...
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Representing, Naming, and Evaluating Functions (Part 1)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Begin the discussion of domain and range using something familiar. Before introducing numbers, the lesson uses words to explore the idea of input and outputs and addresses the concept of a function along with domain and range. 
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Money Maters: Integers are Integral!

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
A thoroughly-written lesson plan and a plethora of worksheets about integers comprise this resource. Neophyte number crunchers learn to recognize integers, add and subtract them, and apply the concepts to the designing of a personal...
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Margin of Error When Estimating a Population Proportion (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Error does not mean something went wrong! Learners complete a problem from beginning to end using concepts developed throughout the last five lessons. They begin with a set of data, determine a population proportion, analyze their result...
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Polynomial Division

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How do you apply the traditional division algorithm to polynomials? Here is an Algebra II lesson that extends the use of the division algorithm to polynomials. After establishing the concept of long division, synthetic division and the...
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Solution Sets to Simultaneous Equations (part 1)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How are systems related? Build on your pupils' previous knowledge of solving systems of equations by introducing systems of inequalities. Learners explore similarities between systems of equations and inequalities to make a strong...
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Piecewise Linear Functions: Extending Stories to Graphs

For Students 8th - 10th
Using this resource, scholars develop graphs that model situations by showing change over time. They answer 15 questions based on information from charts that show growth in weight. They extend the concepts to an assessment section of...
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Equivalent Rational Expressions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Rational expressions are just fancy fractions! Pupils apply fractions concepts to rational expressions. They find equivalent expressions by simplifying rational expressions using factoring. They include limits to the domain of the...
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Four Interesting Transformations of Functions (Part 1)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Understanding how functions transform is a key concept in mathematics. This introductory instructional activity makes a strong connection between the function, table, and graph when exploring transformations. While the resource uses...
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Distributions and Their Shapes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What can we find out about the data from the way it is shaped? Looking at displays that are familiar from previous grades, the class forms meaningful conjectures based upon the context of the data. The introductory lesson to...
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Measuring Variability for Symmetrical Distributions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
How do we measure the deviation of data points from the mean? An enriching activity walks your class through the steps to calculate the standard deviation. Guiding questions connect the steps to the context, so the process...
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Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Need a unique approach to adding and subtracting polynomials? A helpful math lesson approaches the concept by relating polynomials to base 10. It encourages pupils to see each term as having a specific value, and therefore,...
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Normal Distributions (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
From z-scores to probability. Learners put together the concepts from the previous lessons to determine the probability of a given range of outcomes. They make predictions and interpret them in the context of the problem.
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Solution Sets to Equations with Two Variables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Can an equation have an infinite number of solutions? Allow your class to discover the relationship between the input and output variables in a two-variable equation. Class members explore the concept through tables and graphs and...

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