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Cannot Buy Me Love
Students investigate the concepts that are related to finance and how it is used in the world. They take part in activities that are focused around the use of a spreadsheet while using a T-chart to simulate a ledger of credits and debits.
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Maps
Students figure out the mileage from one state to another using a map. In this map lesson, students look at the scale factor and turn it into a fraction. They measure the distance between two cities and use the proportion to find the...
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Mathematical Magazines
Students classify and tabulate the type of advertisements found in a collection of magazines. Determination is made on what percent of the total number of ads each type represents. They present their results orally and in a graph.
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Concentration Practice
In this concentration worksheet, students determine the molality, mole fraction, and the percent by mass for the given solution. This worksheet has five problems to solve.
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New Cars? Selecting and Financing
Twelfth graders determine probabilities of real-life events such as life expectancies, winning a lottery ticket, and the break-even premium. They deduce what percent of markup is. Students are able to compare terms for financing a car...
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Worksheet 26
In this math worksheet, students use the polar coordinates to find the Euclidian coordinates. Then they compare points on the coordinate plane.
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Remote Sensing
Ninth graders participate in a variety of activities designed to reinforce the concept of light and the electromagnetic spectrum. They research and analyze data from remotely sensed images. They present their findings in a PowerPoint...
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Percent Worksheet #2
In this percentages activity, students calculate the best strategy for finding a certain percentage of ten different numbers. Students show each step of their work.
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Topics in Math
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students explore a variety of topics in mathematics including simple interest, perimeter, area, volume, translating words into symbols, percentage problems and mortgage calculations. The fourteen...
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Percentages Level 2
In this math worksheet, students solve the word problems in order to solve the problems using percentages. They apply the percent proportion.
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Tools for Integrating Math and Engineering: Weighin' In
Young scholars collect and analyze data on a fictional cereal company's products. In this measurement lesson, students collect data from cereal boxes (weight, volume, surface area, etc.) to determine if the boxes labels correctly inform...
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Ratios and Proportions
For this ratios and proportions worksheet, learners complete several activities that advance their understanding of proportions and ratios. Students solve six equations and five word problems.
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Percentages
In this percentages instructional activity, students study the information and examples on a one page text. Students then solve 14 problems in which decimals and percentages are converted. Students also convert percentages to fractions.
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How to Make Histograms
Students collect data and plot it using a histogram. In this statistics instructional activity, students interpret histograms. They find the frequency, percents and density.
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Wetland Adaptation
Students participate in a simulation to investigate the impact of the wetland environment on the migration of birds. They discuss the patterns of migration they took and why they avoided certain wetlands.
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Wetland Adaptation
Fourth graders study the impact of the wetland environment on the migration of birds.  They  make a list of the important reasons on a large piece of paper to be posted in the classroom and point out the biggest wetland in the state (The...
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Chaos
Learners explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students use a applet that demonstrates chaos and probability of spread for a forest fire. Learners also play applets about the Game of Life and Rabbits and Wolves,...
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Solving Math Word Problems
Learners use five word problem solving skills to solve a variety of math word problems.  They observe the teacher modelling the five steps, and in small groups complete two worksheet word problems.  Students read the problem, find the...
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Are Taxes "Normal?"
Students explore the concept of normal distribution. In this normal distribution activity, students find the normal distribution of taxes in the 50 US states. Students make histograms, frequency tables, and find the mean and median of...
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Handwashing
Young scholars experiment in order to determine proper ways to disinfect hands to prevent the spread of infection.
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Pi Day (March 14)
Fourth graders determine the value of ? by measuring the circumference and diameter of circular objects such as soup cans, Oreo cookies, etc..
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Tangram Fractions
Students explore tangram puzzles. In this tangram fraction lesson, students read Grandfather Tang and then practice solving tangram puzzles. Students identify fractions of the pieces of the tangram puzzles and then create a design using...
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Rent and owner's major payments
Students retrieve and map census data to determine the average rent and owners' payments made throughout Canada. They find out how many people are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing.
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Fickled Fractions
Young scholars explore which fractions are made real in our world. They also show the relationship of cross multiplication and equivalent fractions To reinforce fraction skills.