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Fractions in the Kitchen
Seventh graders use the World Wide Web for research, identify fractions found in everyday life by finding a recipe that uses fractions.
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Translating Transformations in Geometry
Students create an image using given coordinates and evaluate how the coordinates change when a slide or rotation takes place.
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Making Math Meaningful in March Madness
Students examine the statistics of March Madness, the college basketball tournament. They watch videotaped basketball games to collect data for further analysis using Word and Excel. They analyze the data in a variety of activities...
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The Seasonal Round and The Cycle of Life
Fourth graders are introduced to the concept of the seasonal round and how folklife traditions vary from season to season. They begin charting dates of personal interest on seasonal round calendars by starting with birthdays. Students...
Alabama Learning Exchange
It's Around There Somewhere! Perimeter, and Circumference
Explore the concept of building equations for perimeter and circumference. Learners use rulers to measure the perimeter of half a sheet of paper. Then fold the sheet of paper numerous times, each time measuring perimeter. ...
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Presidential endorsements: Newspapers decide
Twelfth graders collect, organize, evaluate and synthesize information from multiple sources in order to draw logical conclusions. They communicate this information using appropriate social studies terminology in oral, written or...
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Multiplying Polynomials
Help learners study polynomials. They will review how to multiply polynomials either by using the FOIL method if they are multiplying a binomial by another binomial, or by using the distributive property.
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The Use of Myths in Science
High schoolers are told stories, myths and legend to explain their world. After telling the tales and discussion them, students are assigned to write a myth that describes a familiar situation, such as why the school garbage cans are...
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The Use of Myths in Science
Students examine folk tales to determine the basis for scientific myths. They demonstrate through the discussion of the folk tales that the perception of the world has changed as new information is gained. They write their own folk...
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Buying My First Car
Students pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.
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Million Dollar Gift
Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.
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Math & Social Science
Middle schoolers are given data and are to calculate averages and yearly totals of how many cars travel the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. They also make a graph of the data.
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Conversions That Make Cents
Eighth graders practice calculating problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They estimate solutions to algebraic problems. They also graph their solutions.
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Number Properties - Know 'em, Like 'em, Use 'em
Ninth graders express mathematical properties through creation of advertising jingles.
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Solve Simple One-Step Linear Equation
Sixth graders solve one unknown number by using hands-on manipulatives after being introduced to the history of abstract mathematics through literature.
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Water - Planning for the Future
Middle schoolers explore and examine the increases and/or decreases for water user groups: irrigation, municipal, manufacturing, steam electric power generation cooling, livestock, and mining. They utilize percentage changes during their...
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Conjectures and Conclusions
Students draw conclusions and make conjectures given a specific scenario. In this geometry lesson, students model real life scenarios using properties of triangles. They model number facts and explain why the outcome is what it is.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Comparing Rational Numbers
Brush up on your math skills relating to comparing rational numbers then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Rational Numbers and Integer Practice
A lesson for students to practice adding integers, defining rational number, and placing rational numbers on a number line. Included on the page is videos and documents to help execute the lesson.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
Given a problem situation, the student will compare and order integers, percents, positive and negative fractions and decimals with or without a calculator.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of comparing and ordering rational numbers. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 3 Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
Use Glencoe's Math Course 3 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of comparing and ordering rational numbers. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Comparing, Order Rational Numbers
Practice comparing decimals, percents, fractions, and mixed numbers. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Cut the Knot
What's a Rational Number?
This question is answered by discussing and comparing rational and irrational numbers. For more advanced levels of Algebra, there are sections that discuss different lemmas of rational numbers and give their proofs.