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Lesson Plan
Pyro Innovations

Get into Shape

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Shapes are so fun! Little ones explore, identify, and create shapes using tangrams or pattern blocks. The activity is intended to stimulate critical thinking while engaging learners through play and shape identification. Each child will...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oral Language in Mathematics

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine fractions by descriptively writing about them. For this number sense lesson, 3rd graders read number sentences and compare fractions based on their size. Students explain fractions to a friend by writing a friendly...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Chain Letters and Pyramid Schemes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this statistics lesson, students analyze chain letters and draw conclusions of the outrageous amount of letters that would be mailed out if people really followed through. This is more of a thought provoking worksheet than problem...
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Mirror, Mirror I

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How do you see yourself? Young mathematicians consider whether it's possible to view their whole bodies in a mirror with a length that is half their height. They write a letter to a friend explaining their positions mathematically.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Family Letter and Activity: Cars, Trucks and Percents

For Students 4th - 5th
For this math worksheet, learners will take home a letter to their parents explaining that they are studying Chapter 10: Ratio, Proportion and Percent. Then students will complete a homework activity in which they ask family and friends...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

I Have A Friend Who

For Students 7th - 12th
In this friend learning exercise, students examine lists of likes and dislikes.  They use logic and elimination to determine why a friend likes some things rather than others.  This one-page learning exercise contains 1 problem.  The...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Mail

For Students 6th - 10th
For this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about sending a letter without the mailman opening the box. Students complete 1 problem.
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Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Use Cavalieri’s Principle to Compare Aquarium Volumes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners are designing a stunning new water feature for an aquarium, but they soon discover that more than just a pretty home for their fishy friends is required.  From calculating the volume of a composite shape through the abstract...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time for All Ages

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover time keeping by analyzing technological advances in history.  In this time lesson, 4th graders create and complete a KWL chart based on their research of a famous timekeeping invention, such as a sundial....
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Assessment
Balanced Assessment

Pen Pals

For Students 6th - 8th
It's always nice to hear from friends. Your budding mathematicians read letters from pen pals and convert customary measurements into metric units and vice versa. They also write letters to an imaginary pen pal using metric units.
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Curated OER

Relations and Graphs

For Teachers 2nd
Here is a simple, yet clever lesson on how to teach the important concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to. Pupils write their names down on grid paper - one letter per box. They compare their names and find a name that is...
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PPT
Curated OER

The Da Vinci Code: Math Fun

For Teachers 5th - 6th
A wonderful way to introduce or practice simple algebraic equations, where a variable is used in place of a number. Learners will work to crack the Da Vinci Code (as it is called) and replace letter variables with the "code" numbers to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Collaborative Communication Project

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a getting to know you database to share with e-mail pals. They follow friendly letter format to communicate with their pals and share math word problems with them. They compare their culture with that of their e-pal.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

One Step at a Time

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners investigate the customs and habits of other cultures by reading letters from a Peace Corps Volunteer.  In this global customs lesson, students discuss how analyzing a culture is similar to analyzing art, no two people see things...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Am I Seeing Double?

For Teachers All
Students explore symmetrical design and lines of symmetry.  In this fourth grade geometry instructional activity, students create their own symmetrical design and identify and label the lines of symmetry.  Students use one design to...
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Lesson Plan
Visa

Privacy Please: Protecting Your Identity

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What are the different ways we are susceptible to identity theft? Impress the importance of protecting personal information and privacy with this resource, which includes an excellent video clip, discussion prompts, and worksheets for...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mystery Cards

For Students 4th - 6th
For this algebra worksheet, students evaluate a set of 9 cards, each of which has one letter on it. They then use the 9 clues to determine which number is on the back of each card. For example, B x B = 25 and B + B = 10. Students can...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

For Students 1st - 3rd
Approach word problems using these straightforward addition and subtraction practice scenarios. Learners choose answers from a list, recording the corresponding letter next to each problem. Ten questions involve basic addition and...
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Lesson Plan
American Statistical Association

Chunk it!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Chunking information helps you remember that information longer. A hands-on activity tests this theory by having learners collect and analyze their own data. Following their conclusions, they conduct randomization simulations to test...
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Lesson Plan
McGraw Hill

Lesson 12: Absolute Mean Deviation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learn a different way to determine variability. An informative lesson provides directions on how to calculate the mean absolute deviation of a data set. Pupils use examples to learn the process and then practice finding the mean absolute...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Metric Cookies

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders convert English to Metric units.  In this converting English to Metric units lesson, 6th graders convert a cookie recipe in English units to Metric units.  Students write a letter to a pen pal in England where they convert...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Secret Message: Missing Factors

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this missing factor worksheet, students find missing factors in equations, then use a set of corresponding letters to find the "secret password." Answers are included on page 2.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Probability Word Problems

For Students 8th
In this probability instructional activity, 8th graders solve and complete 10 different problems that include word problems and probability. First, they determine the probability that the value of a roll will be less than a particular...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Sorting Names

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this sorting worksheet, students sort children's names into those with 3, 4, 5 and 6 letters using an organizer given. A reference website for additional resources is given.

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