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Describing Motion-Speed

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Pupils study speed and learn how to calculate it.  In this investigative lesson students participate in an activity that shows them how to calculate speed then they fill out a worksheet.
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How Much Do I Need to Buy?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this perimeter worksheet, students solve five problems in which they calculate how much floor molding they need to buy for a living room. Students use the provided grid to draw the plan.
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Cruising the Internet

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students identify the parts of an engine using a graph. In this statistics lesson, students make a graph from their collected data. They calculate the volume of a cylinder using a line of regression and a scatter plot.
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Math: Football League Statistics

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine a soccer league final standings chart and then answer 12 questions based on the information provided. They calculate some answers in both fractions and percentages.
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Introductory Excel Lesson involving Problem Solving

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders analyze an introductory lesson for Microsoft Excel. They go step by step through the creation of a basic spreadsheet and the use of simple formulas in a problem solving format.
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Speedy Area

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate the speed, rate and distance. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the area and perimeter of polygons. They perform an activity with a CEENBoT and calculate the distance and speed.
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Sequences

For Students 11th
For this sequences worksheet, 11th graders solve and complete 10 different problems that include various sequence types. First, they find the term described in each sequence. Then, students evaluate using sigma notation. They also find...
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ExplorA-Pond:4th Grade Surface Area

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders estimate the surface area of a pond using the chance method and the estimation method. They complete a graph and a short report comparing the results of the two methods.
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Junk Food Math

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students use Skittles candies as they explore estimation and percentages. In this math lesson plan, students sort, count, and chart Skittles candies to learn about estimation and study percentages.
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Perimeter and Area of Irregular Figures homework 16.5

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this finding the perimeter and area of irregular figures worksheet, students review the steps for each calculation and solve the problems. Students solve both perimeter and area for seven problems.
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Mini-Metric Olympics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in the mini-metric Olympics. In this measurement lesson, 8th graders solve real-world problems that require them to calculate length, area, and volume in metric units.
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Estimating Pi as a Length

For Students Higher Ed
In this pi activity, students evaluate the curve of a quarter of a circle. They analyze the length of the curve, and explain that if the area under the curve is equal to pi, the length of the curve above is also equal to pi. Students...
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Atlatl Lessons Grades 4-12

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars examine motion and how to describe it qualitatively.  In this investigative lesson students see how aboriginal people were environmentally responsible. 
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Linear Graphs and Equations 5.1

For Students 6th
In these identifying coordinates on a grid, linear graphs, and equations worksheets, 6th graders draw the shapes and letter, complete a table and use it to draw a graph, calculate gradients of lines, determine equations of lines, solve...
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Slopes and Slope Intercepts

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars identify the slope of an equation using various methods. In this algebra lesson, students graph linear equations and calculate the slopes using the x and y intercept to solve the equations and graph the lines. They use the...
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Contact Angle. Interfacial Tension and Wetting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the contact angle of water on different surfaces. In this physics lesson, students calculate their percent error using a mathematical formula. They explain the advantages of using non-wetting surface for certain...
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Speed Machines

For Students 6th - 8th
For this science worksheet, students solve each of the word problems on speed machines using the formula given and rounding their answers to the nearest tenth. Students also fill in the boxes and use a calculator to determine how long it...
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Speed of Sound in Air

For Students 9th - 12th
For this speed of sound worksheet, students determine how fast sound travels in air using a tuning fork of known frequency, a graduated cylinder and hollow glass tubing. Students record their data and calculate the wavelength of a...
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Slopes, Slope-Intercept Form, Standard Form

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify the slope of an equation using various methods. In this algebra lesson, students graph linear equations and calculate the slopes using the x and y intercept to solve the equations and graph the lines. They use the slope...
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Energy of Waves

For Students Higher Ed
In this waves learning exercise, students use various formulas to calculate the wavelength, energy and frequency of waves. This learning exercise has 5 word problems.
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Coins Word Problems

For Students 5th - 9th
In this algebra worksheet, students calculate the value of coins. Students use algebraic formulas to solve the coin word problems. Examples are given for the students to reference.
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Speedy Trials

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate how forces affect the motion of an object. In this physics lesson, 5th graders calculate an object's speed using a mathematical formula. They discuss how force and mass affects the speed.
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Area Problems/ Triangles

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math activity, students find the area of each triangle that is described in the word problem. They calculate the area through using the formula of 1/2 Base X Height.
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Area of Triangles

For Students 10th
In this geometry activity, 10th graders calculate the area of right triangles using the Pythagorean Theorem combined with the area formula. There are 14 questions with an answer key.