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Maximize Your Product

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils complete multiplication problems in real life situations. In this multiplication lesson plan, students complete 2 digit problems in a "Carnival Candy" problem.
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Polygons, Pingos, and Themokarst! Oh MY!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete activities to learn about the common land features in Alaska. In this land study lesson, students study an overhead for permafrost features. Students define ice wedge polygons, thermokarst, and pingos. Students also...
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Inquiry Cube

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate geometric shapes. In this geometry lesson plan, 5th graders classify and group shapes and patterns by likeness. They investigate patterns based on clues from their peers.
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Build a Weather Vane

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners construct a weather vane using their knowledge of some geometric shapes. In this weather lesson, students work in pairs to create a weather vane in order to measure wind direction. Learners follow precise...
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Railroad Tracks

For Teachers 5th
Ahhh the vanishing point! Sounds ominous, but it's not. Fifth graders analyze the use of perspective in Renaissance art. They practice using linear perspective to draw railroad tracks that seem to go on forever. Tip: Make this...
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Words Can Hurt: King Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore stereotyping. In this moral and character development activity, students share reactions to a T-chart displaying what boys can do and girls can not do. Martin Luther King's accomplishments are discussed, and students...
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Investigating Scale Factors with the Geometer's Sketchpad

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use Geometer's Sketchpad to examine the scale factor when in is applied to the length of a figure's sides. They look at how the scale factor affects the side lengths, perimeter, and area of the figure that result. They work with...
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How Sharp Is Your Memory?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students play a memory game as they explore reasoning. In this algebra lesson, students identify concepts using pictures and words. They model real life scenarios using hands on manipulatives.
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George and Sam Save for a Present

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop their algebraic thinking by recognizing a variety of patterns using concrete objects, numbers, tables, and pictures. In this George and Sam Save for a present lesson, 3rd graders communicate their mathematical...
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Alphabet & Number Books for Young Children

For Teachers 1st
First graders create either an alphabet or number book using Kid Pix software. For this alphabet and/or number unit, 1st graders design a themed alphabet and/or number book using the Kid Pix software over the course of three weeks....
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Tower of Hanoi Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate the Legend of the Tower of Hanoi and complete mathematical problems related to the legend. They play the Tower of Hanoi game online in order to discover the number pattern involved. They solve problems using the...
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The Distributive Property

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students review how to solve problems using the Distributive Property of Mathematics. They solve problems using the paper and pencil method and then use the graphing calculator to discover the property over addition while making a visual...
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Number Patterns

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify number patterns. In this number lesson, 2nd graders find the rule or pattern in a group of numbers and continue the pattern using the rule. They create their own number pattern by making their own rule. 
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Shopping Basket

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study the origins of the items in a typical shopping baskets. They investigate how raw materials are processed into products that are purchased when shopping.
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Exploring Geometric Probabilities with Buffon’s Coin Problem

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Scholars create and perform experiments attempting to answer Buffon's Coin problem. They discover the relationships between geometry and probability, empirical and theoretical probabilities, and area of a circle and square.
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Lucky Number

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students use data from simulations to make theoretical generalizations. They discuss possible relationships between several given events and gain understanding about their own mathematical intuition about likelihood.
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A Good Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the contributions of philanthropists. In this philanthropy lesson, students watch "The Gift of All: A Community of Givers." Students then read biographies of philanthropists and create PowerPoint presentations about the...
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Weather Observation Journal

For Teachers K - 4th
Students record weather for a period of one month. In this weather lesson, students observe weather for one month on a large pictograph. Students record clouds, wind, temperature and any other weather conditions they observe. Students...
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Sea Ice: Unscrambling the Egg Code

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students determine sea ice thickness, concentration, and floe size by reading egg codes.  In this sea ice conditions lesson, students color code a map based on prescribed criteria and use the maps to identify changes in sea ice...
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Build a Weather Vane

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders measure wind direction. In this weather lesson, 3rd graders build a weather vane from a straw, skewer, spool, and flag. Students measure wind direction using their weather vane.
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Touch and Discover

For Teachers K - 4th
Students identify the physical properties of items using the sense of touch. In this touch and discover lesson, students describe items.  Students sort items using a Venn diagram.
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Climate Change

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students compare weather data and draw conclusions. In this climate change lesson plan, students determine whether data collected over a period of ninety years shows a warming trend. 
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Nuts for Counting

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe, predict, and count in this nutty lesson featuring boiled or parched peanuts. They use a worksheet to record the actual number of nuts.
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Belongs, Doesn't Belong

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover the rule used to sort a set of data into two sets, those data that belong according to the rule and those data that don't belong. Students participate in a game to determine the rule. They discuss strategies for...