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Creating a "Concrete" Spreadsheet

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students create a spreadsheet that calculate the amount of concrete needed to pour various concrete forms.
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Watershed Investigations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the components of a watershed and the factors that affect it. They read a topographical map and use geometry to determine the area of a watershed. Students estimate the volume of a body of water and perform runoff...
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The Circle's Measure

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore circumference and diameter. In this math lesson, students apply their knowledge of circumference and diameter to solve mathematical riddles. Students apply this knowledge to find circumference and diameter of various...
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Getting Familiar with Fractals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Internet to answer lab questions about fractals, and then construct fractals using the initial stage and iteration rule. They complete tables and generate rules for the "nth" term and create their own fractals.
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Similar Triangles

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders find the height of every day objects using techniques learned through postulates that allow triangles in a problem to be similar. They calculate the length of a missing side and solve proportions.
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Twenty-Five Measures of the Angles of a Triangle Problems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this triangle worksheet, learners calculate the measures of the angles or the sums of the measures of the angles in twenty-five triangle problems and hands-on activities.  The solutions are provided.
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Reading distance on maps

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete worksheets on reading the distance on maps in miles or kilometers. In this maps lesson plan, 8th graders use a calculator and ruler.
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2 Digit Subtraction Worksheets with Regrouping

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these subtraction worksheets, students will subtract single and double digit subtrahends from double digit minuends. Students will need to regroup to solve.
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The Price is Right, So Let's Make Change

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars estimate, calculate, and count back the amount of change needed from purchases made during small group activities.
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Puzzling Perimeters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use estimation, fractions and decimals to determine the perimeter of objects in the classroom. They are given a worksheet with a list of the items on it. The worksheet has columns beside each of the items for estimation and...
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Density - To Float or Not to Float? That is the Question!

For Teachers 8th
Students investigate how to find the density of fluids and solids using math. Students also learn how to find the density of regular and irregular shaped objects.
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Making Data Meaningful

For Students 7th - 9th
In this sample mean activity, students explore different ways "average" is used. Students use this information to find the sample mean of the height of a large class of students. Students find the mean, median, mode and range of two sets...
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Pi Day (March 14)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine the value of ? by measuring the circumference and diameter of circular objects such as soup cans, Oreo cookies, etc..
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Cooking a Few of my Favorite Things

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders publish a class cookbook of their own recipes. They explore the nutritional value of foods, calculate the measurements, and prepare a healthy recipe for the class.
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Number: Index Notation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of index notation. In this square root and cube root lesson, students examine number patterns as they complete a worksheet that requires them to calculate roots.
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Time To Measure

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders measure time and length. Through the use of video and technology, they explore key elements of measurement, such as units and conversion between units. They explore alternate units of measurement and apply measurement to...
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Orthographic Drawings

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the creation of three dimensional drawings. In this geometry lesson, students analyze and complete orthographic drawings. They Cabri software to manipulate and move the drawings around.
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Jumping Jaguars!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders accurately measure the distances they and their classmates jump. They determine the mean, median and mode of specific jumps. They are required to have two measurements for each classmate, one for standing long jump and one...
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Using Math to Build a Swimming Pool

For Students 6th
In this calculating dimensions of a swimming pool worksheet, 6th graders solve the areas, the five depths, the volume, the square meters of tiles, the cost of the tiles, and convert the measurements from standard to metric. Students...
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Measuring Supporting Structures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate the volume of the Pantheon's columns and estimate changes in weight given different parameters.
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Measurements

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders solve word problems involving real world situation. In this geometry instructional activity, 7th graders solve problems related to volume. They apply the formulas taught in geometry.
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Unit 7: Mensuration Mental Tests

For Students 6th - 8th
In this mental math activity, students calculate area, volume, perimeter, and convert units in two mental math tests of ten problems each. 
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STRETCHING SPRING

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars calculate the length, width, height, perimeter, area, volume, surface area, angle measures or sums of angle measures of common geometric figures. They create an equation of a line of best fit from a set of ordered...
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Math Practice Exam #2

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math practice exam worksheet, middle schoolers solve a total of 16 problems, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions, simplifying expressions, finding values of expressions, calculating volume, finding...