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Chaos
Students explore the concept of probability. In this probability activity, students use a applet that demonstrates chaos and probability of spread for a forest fire. Students also play applets about the Game of Life and Rabbits and...
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Rock the Boat
Second graders play a spelling game. They draw a card that shows two ways to divide a word into syllables. They are to choose which one is divided correctly, either A or B. They move along the game board as they choose correct answers.
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Tangram Toil
Fifth graders find fractional parts of a whole. In this tangram lesson plan, 5th graders are given a tangram manipulative and must put the pieces together to form a square. Students determine the fractional value of each of the tangram...
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Internet Field Trip on Fractions and Geometry
Students take an Internet field trip to research fractions. ESOL strategies include using pattern block manipulatives and pairing ESOL and non-ESOL students on computers.
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Second graders use blocks to show the addition and subtraction of fractions with common denominators. They identify the steps in these functions and complete a worksheet.
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Fractions: Pie
Learners use a pie (circle) to study fractions. They create their own fraction problems and demonstrate to their classmates how to solve the problems. They discuss ways they use fractions in their daily lives.
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Can I Be Swayed?
Young scholars identify loaded words and examples of bias in print media. They describe how media can be used to manipulate public opinion. Students identify examples of interest groups that use media to sway public opinion in order to...
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Properties: Commutative, Associative, and Identity
Students explore the concept of addition and multiplication properties. In this addition and multiplication properties lesson, students create a foldable with the properties commutative, associative, identity, and distributive written...
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Even and Odd Numbers
First graders use patterns in order to identify and recognize even and odd numbers.
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Fractions in Shapes
First graders explore fractions with manipulatives. In this fraction lesson, 1st graders use paper foods such as sandwiches and pizza in order to find halves, thirds, fourths, eighths, and more. This lesson is divided up into 3 tiers...
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Sorting By One Atrribute
Students use different color items to sort by color and different attributes of the manipulatives given to them. In this sorting lesson plan, students also write a journal entry or draw a picture of their activity.
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Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography
Young scholars perform basic operations in modular (clock) arithmetic. Students encode and decode messages using shift and affine ciphers. Young scholars apply their multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction skills.
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The 1 That Got Away
Students explore number properties. They using multilink blocks to explore doubling of the numbers and explore the patterns to investigate 2 to the power of n and how it is written. In addition, they usse the 100s board, number line and...
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Crafty Fractions
Fourth graders study fractions. In this fractions lesson, 4th graders define fraction-related vocabulary words. Students use beads to study fractions. Students draw shapes to study fraction equivalency and brainstorm fractions they use...
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Hello, Fractions!
Third graders discover fractions through the use of pattern blocks, literature, website activity and making a fractional pizza.
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Ping Pong Soccer
Seventh graders demonstrate basic soccer concepts using hand-eye coordination and a paddle and a ping pong ball. In small groups, they play a traditional game of soccer, but with each student using a ping-pong paddle with the object...
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Teach Your Friends Polynomials
Young scholars investigate polynomials. In this ninth or tenth grade mathetmatics lesson, students teach their peers the steps to adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and factoring polynomials. Young scholars create a PowerPoint...
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Symmetry that is Basic and Beautiful
Students explore lines of symmetry. In this symmetry lesson, students divide and combine shapes along basic lines of symmetry. Students explore symmetry in real life objects.
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Pop-A-Top Math Game
Students play pop-a-top math game to practice solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.
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Pizza Fractions
Students investigate relationships among fractions and use cut out pizzas and fraction circles to compare equivalent fractions. They exchange fractional parts of construction paper pizza circles to use as many different fractional parts...
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Counting to One Hundred
Students practice their oral counting skills using a hundreds chart and pennies as manipulatives.
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Snuggle Up To Pattern Blocks
Learners view and discuss a video about the use of pattern block shapes to form pictures. They, in groups, form garden and quilt designs using pattern blocks and then decorate the room with their art.
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Building Word Problems
Sixth graders study addition and subtraction facts. In equal groups, they play a race game to correctly solve addition and subtraction problems. Using a PowerPoint presentation, the teacher demonstrates how to write word problems and...
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Multiplication Stories
Second graders solve various multiplication math word problems involving cars and people, fish and fish bowls, and tables and table legs. They write and solve multiplication story problems related to whole numbers, addition, subtraction,...