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Greenhouse Management
Who knew running a greenhouse required so much math? Amaze future mathematicians and farmers with the amount of unit conversions, ratio and proportional reasoning, and geometric applications involved by having them complete the...
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More Tools for Teaching Social Skills in School
Put an end to wasted instructional time with this lesson on responsibility and preparedness. After completing this series of activities young scholars will learn the importance of these social skills not only in the classroom, but at...
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My Foot and the Standard Foot
Young mathematicians put one foot in front of the other as they learn how to measure length in an elementary math lesson. Using paper cutouts of their own feet, children measure classroom objects as they discover the importance of...
Illustrative Mathematics
Voting for Three, Variation 2
Here is another opportunity for math students to apply reasoning to solve real-world problems with ratios. The ratio of the number of votes for two candidates is provided. Your class is asked to use this ratio and information given about...
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LO: To Solve Fraction Word Problems
What a terrific way to review fractions! Learners answer 20 word problems involving fractional amounts. This is a great way to connect classroom knowledge to real life. Be aware that this was written in the UK, and so there are no dollar...
Federal Reserve Bank
Your Credit Report
What is your credit score? How do you find it? Help your pupils answer these questions and more. They will access their free credit report and then analyze its meaning.
Charleston School District
Negative Exponents
What happens if the exponent is negative? The resource takes a look at a problem two different ways, with one resulting in a negative exponent. The approach provides an explanation of how to evaluate negative exponents.
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Least Common Multiple and Greatest Common Factor
Find the common denominator between prime factors, factor trees, and the distributive property. Scholars learn to find the least common multiple and greatest common factor of pairs of numbers. They rotate through stations to connect...
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Instantaneous Rate of Change of a Function
Pupils draw the graph of a door opening and closing over time. They graph a given function on their calculators, create a table of values and interpret the results by telling if the door is opening or closing and evaluate the average...
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Reading Comprehension: "Wild"
Develop reading skills in your middle school classroom with this short reading passage. Consider assigning your class a reading strategy to practice as they read the selection. Ten reading comprehension and vocabulary-in-context...
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Grade 5 Standardized Test Prep
Here you'll find a great sampling of practice standardized test questions organized into four sections: ELA, mathematics, social studies, and science. Help your learners become familiar with the types of multiple-choice questions...
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Dental Impressions
What an impressive task it is to make dental impressions! Pupils learn how dentists use proportional reasoning, unit conversions, and systems of equations to estimate the materials needed to make stone models of dental impressions....
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Properties of Matrices
A TI-nspire lesson plan to find determinants of matrices using calculators. The class follows along in this step by step activity to explore operations on matrices. They will mostly be multiplying and at the end of the lesson plan they...
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Addition and Subtraction
In this addition and subtraction worksheet, students analyze a math sentence such as: 16+2 = 12-6. Students solve the problems on each side of the equal sign, and mark "true" if the answers are the same and "false" if they are different....
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Percent Word Problems
In this online worksheet, students will solve 10 problems involving percents. Answers can be accessed by clicking hint or check.
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The Derivative as a Limit
Students investigate derivatives. In this calculus lesson, students investigate the derivative as a limit through the use of the TI-89.
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Complex Roots: A Graphical Solution
Using their Ti-Nspire to determine the solutions of parabolas, young scholars explore the concept of complex roots. Students determine if parabolas have real or complex roots. Young scholars determine the the axis of symmetry and the...
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Dependent Events Probability
For this probability worksheet, students determine the probability of dependent events. This one-page worksheet contains 4 multi-step problems. Answers are provided in this online worksheet.
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Matching Quiz: Chapter 4 vocabulary
In this literacy activity, students define the vocabulary terms found on the left side with the definitions given on the right using the subject of reproduction.
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Chapter 8 Vocabulary: Geometry
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students match the vocabulary word to its proper definition. They identify words such as symmetry, scale factor, coordinate plane, rotation, reflection, and translation.
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Multiplication: Scramble
In this multiplication activity, students complete a word scramble with words having to do with time. Students complete this for 12 words.
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What Time Is It?
In this telling time instructional activity, students match seven clock faces with the sentence that states the time. On this page there are times shown to the nearest five minutes.
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What Time Is It?
For this telling time in words worksheet, students examine 4 clocks and match them to words that describe them best. The choices are: o'clock, half past, quarter past and "a clock." Note: The last choice is confusing; there should...
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Match the Clocks to the Correct Time
In this telling time worksheet, students analyze the time on 7 clocks and match them with the correct time which is expressed in words. Times are to the nearest five minutes.