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The Fraction Race

For Teachers 3rd
The students participate in a game involving a hula hoop and basketballs. After each student participates in the activity, they write their game score in fraction form using the points they earned over the points possible.
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Fitness Math

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in physical fitness activities. They role a dice and perform the activity associated with the dice number. Activities include push ups, toe touches, curl ups, jump rope, jumping jacks, sit-ups, and shooting a...
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Sports Math

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in a variety of sports related problem solving equations that involve fractions, decimals and percents. They explain the relationships and equivalences among integers, fractions, decimals and percents with a...
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Mavericks and Measurement

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the measurement formulas for area and perimeter in real-life situations. In this area and perimeter instructional activity, students design a bed and arrange furniture in a hotel room using area and perimeter formulas for...
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The Basketball Tournament

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students estimate how many games are played if six teams play each other once. They investigate their own way and discuss possible strategies they might use. They then share their findings with the class.
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Curated OER

Scale Basketball

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss scale diagrams and maps as well as the use of spreadsheets to find the best scale to use in a model before practicing scale and ratio problems on their own.
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Curated OER

Let's Play Some Ball!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils review horizontal and vertical shifts of a parabola and how they effect a specific quadratic formula. They play a basketball review game in which they try to find the right quadratic equation for a given problem in order to earn...
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Computing Mean, Mode and Median

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders collect data on basketball player's heights and determine the mean, median, and mode for the data.
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Making The Height

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders apply estimation techniques to determine how high any one basketball player can jump.
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Parabolas in Flight

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students utilize a trajectory formula in order to discover the physics of a thrown ball.  In this physics lesson, students videotape the trajectory of a thrown ball or basketball shot and analyze the action by breaking the video down...
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Arc of Ball To Make Basket

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils examine the mathematical relationship in scoring a basket. They observe the arc of the ball as it travels to the basket from different points on the floor.
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Understanding Proportions and Scale Drawings

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Proportions are ratios found using multiplication or division. Middle schoolers solve measurement problems, find a figure's missing dimension, and find the distance between two points. Resource features four lesson plans with detailed...
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NTTI

What Size Is It Anyway?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A fabulous plan on teaching basic concepts of measurement to young learners. Pupils use nonstandard units to measure length, practice using a ruler and a yardstick, compare the length of two objects, and perform estimations of length....
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Shaquille O'Neal Hand & Foot Span

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
If Shaquille O'Neal wears a size-20 shoe, how big are his hands? Learners will use the average ratios of foot length to hand span to calculate the hand span of Shaq, but first, they have to collect the data! They will measure their peers...
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Scatter-Brained

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. They create a scatterplot. Additionally, they determine the line of best fit and investigate the slope of the line. Multiple resources are provided. An excellent resource!
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Comparing Data Displays

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
There is so much more to data than just numbers, and this resource has learners use three methods of comparing data in a multi-faceted lesson. The 21-page packet includes a warm-up, examples, an activity, and assessment for a complete...
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Willow Tree

Data Sampling

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Some say that you can make statistics say whatever you want. It is important for learners to recognize these biases. Pupils learn about sample bias and the different types of samples.
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Volume of Solid Figures

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Learners calculate volume using the correct formula and the correct unit. They explore different prisms, spheres, cubes, and cones as they calculate volume and relate it to depths in oceans.
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EngageNY

Linear Equations in Two Variables

For Teachers 8th Standards
Create tables of solutions of linear equations. A lesson has pupils determine solutions for two-variable equations using tables. The class members graph the points on a coordinate graph. 
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EngageNY

Describing a Distribution Displayed in a Histogram

For Teachers 6th Standards
The shape of the histogram is also relative. Learners calculate relative frequencies from frequency tables and create relative frequency histograms. The scholars compare the histograms made from frequencies to those made from relative...
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Exploring Scale And Ratio

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students measure the actual size and distance of the solar system using scale and ratio. They watch and discuss a video, create a distance-scale solar system model, and compare the scale sizes of planets to their actual sizes.
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Balloon Math: A Game for All Levels

For Teachers K - 8th
Here is a game that combines exercise with math skills. In this mathematics and P.E. instructional activity, learners hold balloons that have a number written on them, and for a set time do not let the balloons hit the ground. They must...
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Tennis Ball Tubes

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students determine whether the height of a tennis ball tube or the distance around the tube is greater, or whether they are the same. Using the formula for the circumference and diameter of a sphere, they discuss the word problem, and in...
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Scholastic

Extension Activity Building a Healthy Classroom Community

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Workout buddies aren't just for adults! Learners discuss the benefits of 60 minutes of physical activity each day and generate ideas for how they can accomplish this by working toward a goal with friends.

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