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A McTrip Back In Time
Students pretend they are time-travellers and travel back to 1954 to a McDonald's Restaurant to see how prices have changed. They need to add and subtract money with regrouping.
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Fractions, Decimals and Percents
Students investigate the differences when using decimals, fractions, and percents. They focus on the process of using them in real problems and how to convert them from one form to another.
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Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Fractions, decimals, and percents all say the same thing! Show your classes how to convert between the three forms using visual and numeric representations. Then lead them to an understanding of scientific notation.
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Los Volcanes Mexicanos
Students conduct Internet research on Mexican volcanoes. They explore various websites, complete a website worksheet, answer questions in Spanish, and create a timeline of a volcano's eruptions.
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The Universe
Students describe what scientists mean by an "expanding universe" in their own words. They explain how scientists comprehend the universie is expanding. Students comprehend the vast scale of the universe. They comprehend how theory...
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Earthquakes and Volcanoes
In this earthquakes and volcanoes worksheet, learners use an on line source to answer questions about earthquakes around the world, the origins of volcanoes and the creation of lava tube caves.
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AC Phase
In this AC phase worksheet, students answer 24 questions about AC and DC voltages, phasor diagrams, sine wave graphs and Lissajous figures.
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Fractions and Ribbons
Sixth graders explore using inverse operations to solve decimal and fraction problems. In this decimal and fraction lesson, 6th graders prepare ribbon for a part and need to cut it in equal lengths. Students analyze the problem.
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Freckle Face
Students collect and record data. In this early data analysis lesson, students gather data about their partners face. As a class, the students use tally marks and pictographs to record the data and answer question about the information...
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Working with Integers
In this integers worksheet, students compare the pairs of integers and mark either less than or greater than to show which number is greater. The first two are done for the students. The second part of the worksheet asks the students to...
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Multiplying Decimals
Young scholars explore multiplying decimals. In this activity about decimals and multiplication, students follow steps to better understand the concept. Young scholars learn two different ways of multiplying decimals. Students maintain a...
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Changes in Force, Motion, and Energy
Eighth graders construct various machines and compare the work done by them.
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Oil Spill
Young scholars explore an important role of environmental engineers by studying the Exxon Valdez oil spill. They experiment with different strategies in order to clean up their own manufactured oil spill.
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Balloon Rockets
Learners, after reviewing and analyzing Newton's third law of motion, make balloon rockets and experiment with a variety of models. After the experiment, they chart the results and form conclusions. In addition, they compare/contrast...
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Understanding Hurricanes and the ER-2
Students study hurricanes; in particular, what they look like, how they are formed, how they are categorized, how they are named, and how they are tracked. They examine the science of hurricanes as well as the mathematics of hurricanes.
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Automobile-Accident Reconstruction
Students investigate an accident and relate it to math. In this trigonometry instructional activity, students measure the accident scene, the friction produced, and the speed from the skid marks. They create a poster of their findings.
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Zeros and Blackbirds
Fifth graders convert kilometers to miles and calculate the range that historical aircraft can travel. They choose destinations by distance that can be traveled without refueling.
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Percentages On A Grid
Fifth graders show percentages on a 10 x 10 grid. In this percentages lesson plan, 5th graders color in the squares to show a percent.
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The Dynamic Earth
Students use the Internet to investigate earthquakes and plate tectonics. In this plate tectonics lesson plan, students complete a web quest with multiple links and activity types relating to earthquakes and volcanoes. They connect the...
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Linear Systems
Students solve and graph linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students solve systems of equations using elimination and substitution. They graph their answer and identify the point of intersection.
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Using Integers to Show Differences
In this integer worksheet, students use integers to show differences in temperatures by solving 7 short word problems. They find the differences in 7 more equations.
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Using Integers To Show Differences
In this working with integers worksheet, students determine the change in temperature in each of 8 problems using integers. They use an integer line to find the differences in 5 problems.
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Using Inequalities to Problem Solve
Students explore inequalities. In this Algebra I instructional activity, students solve and graph linear inequalities involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. Students use inequalities to solve and graph real-world...
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Balancing
Learners use a balance to complete subtraction problems and weigh out the items they take away. For this subtraction lesson plan, students use a pan balance and record their equations.