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Earthquakes: Sixth Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 6th
Young seismologists learn more about plate tectonics with a set of pre-lab, lab, and post-lab lessons plans on earthquakes. After exploring how waves travel through various materials, sixth graders record their observations and...
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Solving Inequalities

For Teachers 7th - 9th
What does translating points on a number line have to do with solving inequalities? Young mathematicians first learn about translations of points on a number line, and then use this information to solve linear inequalities in one variable.
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The Orphan of Ellis Island

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Everyone comes from somewhere. An interdisciplinary lesson on Elvira Woodruff's The Orphan of Ellis Island includes discussion starter and writing prompts for the novel, as well as a graphic organizer to help learners begin their...
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Measure of Spread

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the standard deviation. In this statistics lesson, students find the mean distribution and calculate the percent of deviation from the mean. They observe this change on the Ti calculator.
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Sampling Distributions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners analyze sampling from different population. In this statistics lesson, students define the meaning of sample sizes and what causes an increase or decrease. They graph their data on the Ti calculator and draw conclusion from the...
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The Giver

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders identify the different ideas, emotions that different colors represent the significance of color in real life. They examine the significance of the lack of color in The Giver and the movie Pleasantville. They develop...
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Peer and Self-evaluation in Spoken Tests: Tools and Methods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, each take a different role and are to either ask or answer questions. They explore how to effectively evaluate themselves and others.
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Asteroids Between Mars and the Sun

For Students 8th - 10th
In this asteroids of the solar system worksheet, students observe a diagram showing all the minor planets found in the orbit of Mars. Students answer 4 questions about the minor planets inside the orbit of other planets, they find the...
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Algebra: Reaching New Heights

For Teachers All
Students work in pairs to measure their arm span and height and record them on a class chart. The class works together to create a scattergram to display the data. Class discussion focuses on interpreting the scattergram.
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Fitting Periodic Functions-Distant Planets

For Students 7th - 9th
In this periodic functions worksheet, students use given data of the speed of a star and find the best fit periodic function that follows the trend in data. They determine the amplitude, offset phase and the formula for the angle. They...
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Energy, Work and Power

For Students 10th - 12th
In this energy, work and power learning exercise, learners solve 12 problems about circuits, electric motors, Ohm's Law and electric currents.
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Give Me A Break!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create and conduct a survey. In this broken bones lesson, students discuss if they've ever broken a bone and how a broken bone heals. Students generate questions for a survey on broken bones and healing time, conduct the survey...
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Now, what the heck is a NUMBER LINE again???

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
A unique approach to reviewing number lines and how to locate different values on them, this worksheet poses several questions that require written answers rather than calculations. You could use this as a note-taking guide when teaching...
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Tag It and Bag It: Archeology Lab Lesson

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice analyzing, collecting and categorizing artifacts. Using charts, they organize and interpret information about the artifacts they classified. They work together to create a graph to represent class totals and...
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Grasshopper Mark and Recapture (GMR)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students estimate the density of a population of insects (grasshoppers) at a given life cycle stage in a given type of habitat.
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Basic Algebra and Computers: Spreadsheets, Charts, and Simple Line Graphs

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners, while in the computer lab, assess how to use Microsoft Excel as a "graphing calculator." They view visual representations of line graphs in a Cartesian plane while incorporating basic skills for using Excel productively.
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Number Sense and Operations

For Students 8th - 9th
For this number sense and operations worksheet, students solve 15 different problems that include number lines and identifying various types of numbers. First, they solve a given equation and then check their work. Then, students find...
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Explore Learning - Mean , Median and Mode Gizmo

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders experiment with mean, median, and mode. In this online interactive mean, median, and mode lesson plan, 6th graders analyze the results of multiple experiments and after they work in groups completing the median, mode, and...
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Learning Lesson: Analyzing a Weather Map

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use weather maps to locate warm and cold fronts. They discover the different types of weather associated with these fronts. They also observe the weather in their local area.
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Chart problems involving car defects and customer service departments

For Students 7th - 10th
In this interactive learning exercise, students solve two problems using the charts provided.  Students must convey they are able to understand charts and how to read them. 
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Phone Button Boggle

For Students 7th - 9th
In this phone button boggle worksheet, students identify the number of math words they can find on a phone keypad according to given directions.  This one-page worksheet contains one problem.  Answers are provided.
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Graphing Parabolas and Circles

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students graph parabolas and circles. In this algebra lesson plan, students create a table of values and graph the coordinate pairs to create a graph. They graph a circle using the radius and center.
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Worksheet 25

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students state the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Then they evaluate the functions and test them against the theorem.
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Data and charts

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this data and charts learning exercise, students answer multiple choice questions referring to different charts about mountain heights, breakfast drinks, and more. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.