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Color Your World

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate the surface area of a room. In this math lesson plan, students estimate the cost to paint the walls. After watching the video, they compare traditional procedure of painting walls to new technology.
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Curated OER

Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers All
Students explore how the Pythagorean Theorem works and how to apply it.
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Curated OER

Planning a Garden

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research the World Wide Web to research and plan a garden for their school. They draw a scale model of the garden, determine the cost, and create a presentation to promote their garden plan.
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Measurement Investigations 2

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students complete a number of practical measuring investigations, with an emphasis on accuracy of measuring and communication of their findings. They examine how to measure by first becoming aware of the physical attributes of objects...
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Visualizing Multiplication

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders represent multiplication of a two-digit number by a two-digit number as the area of a rectangle with dimensions of the two factors. They find patterns for the number of different base ten blocks in a rectangle representing...
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Mixed Math Practice

For Students 11th - 12th
For this Algebra II/Pre-calculus worksheet, students find the area and perimeter of sectors of a circle.  The four page worksheet contains sixteen problems.  Answer key is included.
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101 Questions

Best Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What makes an equilateral triangle equilateral? It turns out it's much more than just the side lengths! Learners analyze four different triangles to determine the best equilateral triangle. They create a formula that they later use to...
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Curated OER

Real World Problems

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders solve real world problems.  In this solving real world problems instructional activity, 8th graders decorate a school cafeteria for a dance.  Students determine the number of balloons needed to put a balloon...
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Curated OER

Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geometry worksheet, students read a scenario and translate it using geometric concepts to find their answers. There are 15 questions with an answer key.
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Curated OER

Measurement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify and categorize different problem situations or contexts using one of four measurements to solve the problem. Through guided and independent practice, they discover ways to determine which measurement to use...
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Curated OER

Introduction to Fractals: Infinity, Self-Similarity and Recursion.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This lesson introduces students to the ideas involved in understanding fractals. They develop a sense of infinity, self-similarity and recursion and
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History and the Approximations of pi

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate Pi. In this mathematics lesson, learners discuss the history of Pi and determine how the approximation of Pi was discovered.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Dog Gone Again!

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Here is a real-life lesson plan! Learners must plan the dimensions of a rectangular fence to reign in a runaway dog. They survey what shape and size fence is needed and use formulas to find perimeter and area of the fence. They explore...
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Effects of Changing Dimensions Proportionally

For Students 9th - 10th
For this geometry worksheet, students describe the effect of a proportional change on the perimeter or circumference and area of the given circles or quadrilaterals.  The one page worksheet contains ten problems.  Answers are...
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Mathwire

Graph Each Ordered Pair - Five Worksheets

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
This resource is composed of five separate worksheets on ordered pairs. After plotting each ordered pair, learners label each point, connect the points to create a figure, identify the polygon type, find the perimeter and area of the...
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Balanced Assessment

L to Scale

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Explore the meaning of scale in relation to actual size through this activity. Young mathematicians examine scale models and determine their relationship to each other. They also find perimeter and area of each model.
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Balanced Assessment

Multi-Figures

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Apply concepts of scale and ratio to determine relationships in irregular figures. Learners determine the ratio of the perimeters of two figures composed of rectangles and circles. After, they apply similar concepts to find the ratio of...
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CORNER CABINET

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ninth and tenth graders calculate the length, width, height, perimeter, area, volume, surface area, angle measures or sums of angle measures of common geometric figures. They solve problems involving scale drawings, models, maps or...
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Puck's Girdle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders calculate the perimeters, areas, and volumes of everyday objects. They discuss the word problem involving Puck from the Shakespeare play "Mid-Summer Night's Dream," and invent and plan a method for solving the problem in...
Unit Plan
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Connecting Algebra and Geometry Through Coordinates

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This unit on connecting algebra and geometry covers a number of topics including worksheets on the distance formula, finding the perimeter and area of polynomials, the slope formula, parallel and perpendicular lines, parallelograms,...
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Circles: Geometry Review Worksheet

For Students 10th Standards
Tenth graders solve and complete 14 different geometry problems. First, they find the area and circumference of a circle with a given radius. Then, they find the area between a circle and an inscribed equilateral triangle given the...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Developing Formulas for Circles and Regular Polygons

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Formulas and procedures for finding the area and circumference are not provided on this handout, so it will be best used as a practice of already-acquired skills. It is a well-rounded assignment, however, as it includes diagrams,...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Overlapping Squares

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
The objective of this activity is to find the percent of the area of a two squares overlapping. Mathematicians find the ratio of area for the part that overlaps to the rectangle formed. The final answer is a percent as a rate per 100....
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Footprints: Take a Step into Estimation

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Compare sizes of student footprints with those of elephants and sauropod dinosaurs! Upper graders make estimations of the areas of irregular shapes; students use grids to make and explain estimates within low and high ranges.

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