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How Many Wives?
Students explore how religious texts are often used to establish cultural norms and rules of behavior. Through research and discussion, students explain how religious texts can be open to interpretation. Students can apply their research...
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Food Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students show their knowledge of properties of objects as it pertains to sorting and creating patterns. In this food pyramid power lesson, students show their ability to use whole numbers in different representations by appling...
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Metric Units of Capacity - Problem Solving 12.8
In this units of capacity worksheet, students read the word problems and solve the problems finding the metric units of capacity for each. In the 'use data' problem, students use the recipe to help them solve the problem.
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Classroom Supplies
Challenge young mathematicians to buy classroom supplies by staying within the means of a $1,000 budget. The mathematical activity provides learners with the opportunity to decide what items from the supply list would benefit a class of...
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Does Sunlight Effect Leaf Size?
Students make estimates and then measure leaves for accuracy. They calculate the area of the leaves by drawing an outline on graph paper and counting the squares. They compare the leaves exposed to sunlight to those that are in constant...
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Hunt the Fact Monster
In this Fact Finder instructional activity, students access the Internet to a specific site to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Countdown Challenge: Multiplication by 10s
For this multiplication by 10s worksheet, 5th graders solve and complete 30 different problems that include multiples of 10. First, they complete the problems in the first section by multiplying each number given times 10. Then, students...
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Metric Units of Capacity - Homework 12.8
Upper graders convert liters and milliliters, choose the better estimates of capacity for objects, and choose the better unit to measure capacity. They solve eleven problems.
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Fractions, Decimals, and Percents: Post Test
Usethis fractions, decimals, and percents learning exercise to have your charges answer multiple choice questions about fractions, decimals, and percents in number and word problems. They complete 10 questions total.
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Talk About Alcohol: How Much Alcohol is in a Drink?
Introduce your class to alcohol content. In order to become aware of the varying strengths of alcoholic drinks, class members complete a chart and plot a bar chart with the results. They make observations about the results.
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Explorations for the Area Probability Applet
Math whizzes use the area probability applet to manipulate the size of the circle and the rectangle to explore the probability that a point in the rectangle is also in the circle.
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How Deep Do They Dive
Students calculate and graph the diving depths of various types of whales. They cut out and glue whale pictures on a worksheet to represent the diving depths for five whales, and discuss how people use graphs to communicate.
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The Candy Factory Problem
For this word problem worksheet, high schoolers solve 1 word problem in short answer format. Students determine the amount of candy to put in ten bags to fill any order between one and one thousand.
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Subtraction
In this problem solving worksheet, 4th graders solve the answers to 5 subtraction sentence word problems. Students write their equations and answers in the boxes provided.
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Math Skills: Conversions
In this conversions worksheet, students use metric unit conversions to solve fifteen word problems that involve converting from one unit to another.
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Home Energy Audit: Measuring Energy Worksheet
In this measuring energy worksheet, students calculate the annual cost to run an appliance for a year. They determine how much energy and money can be saved by replacing light bulbs with fluorescent lights and they read electric meters...
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Metric System
Students solve problems using the metric system. In this algebra instructional activity, students convert between the metric system and the Imperial system. They use these two systems to solve real life problems.
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Investing Money
Sixth graders participate in an simulated investment activity. They examine the purpose of different types of investments before they predict which will be the most successful. Finally, they simulate investing $1,000 in stocks, $1,000 in...
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Scale of Organisms
In this scale activity, students use the SI system to compare the sizes of some of the smallest and largest organisms on Earth. This activity has 7 problems to solve.
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Percentages Introduction
In this percentages learning exercise, students color 25% of 100 small squares blue, 35% red and 30% yellow. Students figure out how many squares they have left and then what percent of the 100 squares are left. Students then work out 5...
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Carbon Dioxide Increases
In this atmospheric carbon dioxide worksheet, students use a graph of the Keeling Curve showing the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide since 1958 to solve 6 problems. They determine the rate of increase, the find the percentage of...
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Dorm Problem
In this algebra worksheet, students solve a word problem figuring out how many rooms there are in dorm with an odd number. This worksheet contains an answer key.
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Unit Conversion 2
In this unit conversion worksheet, students solve 10 problems using conversion factors to find their answers. They express their answers using scientific notation with the proper number of significant figures.
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Solving Problems with Mixed Numerals
In this math worksheet, students apply the skills of different operations in order to solve the 10 word problems that have mixed numerals.