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Mammoth Sunflower Problem
Students discuss the directions on a package of seeds. They open the package, count the seeds, and determine the planting requirements for the seeds.
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Cherries Are Positive, Lemons Are Negative- Part 2
Third graders, in groups, subtract integers by following Cherries are Positive, Lemons are Negative. They discover the rules for subtracting integers by using cherry heads and lemon heads.
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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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Let's Share Equal Parts
Students practice creating parts of a whole by using educational software to illustrate their learning.
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Parting Ways
Students become part of the solution as they practice figuring percents. The number of men versus women present in the room and their heights can be used to form the basis of this investigation.
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Charting The Progress of New Horizons
Learners explore the long distances and timescales involved in space travel. They track the progress of the New Horizons spacecraft and access the New Horizons website to discover the distance of the spacecraft from the Sun, and then...
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Ordering Parts of a Whole
Students review and discuss the task to be completed and how the rubric is used to evaluate it. They each get 6 paper rectangles, 3 of one color and 3 of another color. They cut the rectangles in half two different ways. They repeat the...
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Time For Breakfast
This unit encourages students to assess the validity of a set of statements and then plan and carry out investigations to find out whether the statements are true. Students then carry out statistical investigations of their own.
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My Dogs
Students use the properties of multiplication to solve problems. They recall the basic multiplication facts as well as write and solve problems that involve whole numbers.
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Comparing Candy Bars
Eighth graders identify that a ratio is a comparison of two numbers and that a proportion is an equation that equates two ratios. They identify the extremes and means of proportions, as well as the product of the extremes equals the...
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Discovering the Area and Perimeter of Triangles
Eighth graders identify how to find the area and perimeter of rectangles and triangles. They discuss their understanding of area and perimeter and how the two concepts are applied in the real world. Finally, 8th graders determine the...
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Handling Data: Probability
Fourth graders find and justify probabilities and approximations. In this repeating experiment, 4th graders complete a worksheet after rolling die and tossing coins to determine outcomes.
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Better Lesson: Strategies for Dividing Fractions Day 2 + Show What You Know
What strategies do you have for dividing fractions? How do you divide 1 2/3 by 1/3? Students apply all that they have learned about dividing with fractions to divide mixed numbers by fractions for a second day.
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Better Lesson: Dividing Fractions by Fractions
What do you get when you divide 1/4 by 1/2? What does your answer actually mean? Students continue building their skills and strategies in order to divide fractions by fractions.
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Better Lesson: Strategies for Dividing Fractions
What strategies do you have for dividing fractions? How do you divide 1 1/8 by 1/4? Students apply all that they have learned about dividing with fractions to divide mixed numbers by fractions.
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Better Lesson: Dividing Fractions
Developing a concrete and conceptual way to divide fractions helps students understand the "why" part of the process.
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Ohio Department of Education: Models for Dividing Fractions [Pdf]
This resource consists of a detailed, hands-on lesson plan for dividing fractions using manipulatives such as fraction bars.
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Better Lesson: Dividing Fractions Within Word Problems
This lesson completes the conceptual understanding of dividing with fractions by using it with real life problems.
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Better Lesson: Dividing Fractions Stations
Computing with fractions allows students to develop a strong number sense
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Fractions in Everyday Life, a Recipe
Math Forum offers this exciting lesson to help students with multiplying and dividing fractions through a recipe made in the classroom.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Modeling Multiplication and Division of Fractions
Detailed lesson plan for multiplying and dividing fractions using visual models such as a number line or fraction bars.
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Better Lesson: Fraction by Fraction Division
Sixth graders will be able to model division of fractions by another fraction. Students will be able to divide a fraction by a fraction using the standard algorithm.
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Better Lesson: Multiplying With Fractions
Sixth graders will use their understanding of multiplying fractions and apply it to dividing fractions which is a key component in common core. Included in this lesson are a closing activity, a link to a website for area models, and a...
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Better Lesson: Review 7: Painting Tables Dividing With Fractions
How do you visually represent dividing with fractions? When you have a remainder, what does it actually mean? Students look for patterns and create algorithms for dividing with fractions.
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