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Sieve of Eratosthenes

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers and number systems. They comprehend the meaning of operations and how they relate to each other.
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The Numbers Get Larger

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine how to use mental strategies for addition and subtraction. They look at part/whole strategies for multi-digit problems and define which one would be best used for a particular problem. They use tens frames to solve...
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Let's Take a Trip!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders plan trip for family of four, and choose best travel plan by studying maps, considering different routes, and visiting Web sites to get airline and travel schedules.
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Activity #8 Simulation of Oil Spills

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment to simulate an oil spill and identify the characteristics of oil in water. They evaluate the effectiveness of various cleanup methods. They discuss the how to clean up an oil spill, and what causes oil...
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Gator Pie, Anyone?

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to a story, manipulate flannel board figures, and cut soft cookies and paper plates into equal parts.
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All About Ratios

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the use of multiplication and division of whole numbers to solve problems including equivalent ratios and rates.
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Using Basic Operations in Word Problems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars review basic operations and use them to solve word problems. In this word problems lesson, students review basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Young scholars then...
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Square Numbers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use square tiles to help them explain the concept of square numbers.
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Let's Go Consumer Shopping

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders rotate through various centers designed to practice consumer math skills. They complete a task card at stations simulating consumer transactions that would take place at toy store, grocery store, restaurant or school store.
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Subtraction and Addition Word Problems Made Easy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create addition and subtraction word problems for a partner to solve using marbles. They explain whether the problem is an addition, subtraction, "take away", "have and need", compare or "what is the rest" type problem.
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Discovering Perimeter

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders apply perimeter measurement to items found in newspapers and calculate the cost in terms of feet or yards. They share answers and explanations with classmates.
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The Three Pigs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders design and construct homes for the three pigs. Each of the homes is made and filled with patterns that we explore. They continue a sequential pattern and describe a rule for this.
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Ten in the Bed

For Teachers 1st
First graders share the story "Ten in the Bed". They rewrite the story so that the initial character is calling others to bed. There was one in the bed and the little one said, "Come to bed, come to bed." There were two in the bed and...
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The Number Partner

For Teachers 1st
First graders study number pairs and identify number pairs that sum to numbers from 10 to 30. They use number pairs to solve addition and subtraction problems. They make sensible estimates and check the reasonableness of answers.
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Money for starters

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students compare the values of coins and paper money. They read prices, read and write any 2-digit number. They model and explain addition calculations with a sum of up to 20.
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Skip it to multiply it

For Teachers 1st
First graders make sensible estimates and check the reasonableness of answers. They make up, tell and record number stories up to 9 about given objects. They skip count in twos, threes and fives.
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Go Figure! Using Percents in the Real World

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders solve sales tax problems.  In this solving sales tax problems lesson, 6th graders find the sales tax on various items.  Students are given a list of expenses that a family spent on vacation before taxes. ...
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The Hundreds Board

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils explore the concept of multiples and use a hundreds board to add numbers and then graph them. Afterward, they use the sieve of Eratosthenes to identify prime numbers and discover how numbers change when you add or subtract by ten.
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Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!

For Teachers 5th Standards
Fifth graders practice using money in everyday situations. They use their addition and subtraction skills as they work in cooperative groups to solve problems involving decimals.
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Math Lesson Plan: Handprint Counting by 5's

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
A handprint worksheet is provided to help youngsters practice skip counting by 5s. As a follow up, you could have little ones gather into groups to skip count their own fingers by fives.
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Multiplying and Dividing Integers/Relay Race

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Give your class a list of multiplication and division sentences that contain both positive and negative integers. Have them analyze them to see if they can discover the pattern with the signs. From these patterns, help them develop the...
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Number and Algebra: Again and Again

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students use a given spreadsheet to investigate an iterative process by changing the variables. They design their own spreadsheet to investigate the iterative process.
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Unifying Unlike Denominators

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students play roll of fictional radio disk jockeys. They allocate their daily program time into fractional time slots for the playing of specified catagories of music and commercial advertisements.
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Rules of Exponents

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students solve problems involving exponents. Through a teacher led discussion, students explore the rules of exponents and create cards with "x's" on them. Given a division problem, students lay out "x's" to represent the numerator and...

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