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Hurricane Tracking
Students access the Internet to find information on current hurricanes. They get locations, speeds, and air pressures and then plot the location of the hurricane on a hurricane-tracking map. They also access the FEMA website to solve...
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Using Negative Numbers
Sixth graders practice using negative numbers by completing number equations. In this math problem solving lesson, 6th graders discuss the different ways negative numbers can be used in a math problem and practice completing...
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Shopping Spree
Sixth graders examine currency by completing monetary equations. In this economics lesson, 6th graders participate in a numbers experiment where they roll a die and earn money based on their roll. Students compete for their...
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Darts Game
Third graders attempt to determine what the scores of the game in the problem could be. They work with basic multiplication facts to justify the solutions to a dart game and share all of the possible scores.
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Squirt
Fourth graders using the idea of "how many more squirts" fill a container to develop multiplicative thinking. They also investigate the idea of conservation of volume when working with oddly shaped containers. They attempt to use...
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Donut Dinero
Students set up a classroom currency exchange and explore the idea of bartering to get what they want. They create a monetary unit that is based on fractions and multiples of a standard unit, and compare this system to the U.S. monetary...
Curated OER
Fraction King Lesson Plan
Students combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Sixth graders use estimates and work on strategies for adding and subtracting decimals.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Adding, Subtracting, and Understanding Decimals
Students learn how to properly add and subtract decimal quantities.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting With Decimals
Sixth graders fluently add and subtract money with decimals using the standard algorithm.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: The Value of Education
The purpose of this task is for young scholars to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimal numbers in a real-world context. The weekly income earned by each person in the task is the median weekly income for their education level, but...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!
In groups of two or three, students decide on what to order at a pizza place given a set budget and a menu.
Hopelink
Hopelink: Using Your Checkbook: Eastside Literacy Program
Show your student how to correctly write a check, fill out a deposit slip, and use a check register. Introduce the concept of balancing a checkbook. Requires the ability to add and subtract decimals, sign one's name, write number words,...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Movie Tickets
In this task, 6th graders are asked to compare the buying power of $20 in 1987 and 2012 with respect to the cost of movie tickets. Aligns with 6.NS.B.3.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Multiplication, Division and Place Value, Part 1
Sixth graders are presented with a completed multiplication equation and are asked to use it to find the answers to seven other equations. To do this, they must use their reasoning and estimation skills. Aligns with 6.NS.B.3.