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Factoring Trinomials
Students factor trinomials using algebra tiles and blocks. In this algebra lesson, students complete a trinomials station activity. They work backwords to find their answers and discuss their steps in a group.
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What Do We Do With A Dirty Bomb?
Students examine composition of dirty bomb and its possible effects on a city, and investigate simulations of such an event; students use computational and problem solving skills to assess damage and prepare report proposing solution to...
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Are You Balanced?
Balance scales create a strong visual of how an individual prioritizes one's self alongside their commitments to the community, school, and home. Scholars complete a graphic organizer then discuss their findings with their peers. A...
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Handling Data: Representing Date - Online Version
Here is an online lesson plan on data representation. In it, learners access websites embedded in the plan which lead them through a variety of activities around data representation and statistics. The activities are quite good, and...
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I Wonder How Fast Manduca Grows...
Middle schoolers create a graph showing the growth of their manduca since it hatched. They make their own predictions about how it will grow. They answer questions to end the lesson.
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WHAT IS THE POPULAR COLOR?
Fourth graders graph cars according to their colors. They complete the graph including a title, scale, x-axis, and y-axis. Students collect the data and choose the type of graph to be made.
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Mmm, Mmm, M&M's
Here is another version of the classic M&M math lesson. For this one, upper graders utilize the ClarisWorks Spreadsheet program in order to document the data they come up with from their bags of M&M's. After making their initial...
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School Yard Waste
Fourth graders examine the types of garbage that they collect on the playground. They collect the information in a spreadsheet and create a graph that displays the number of types of trash found. They design and monitor a playground...
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Regents High School Examination GEOMETRY 2009
The University of New York Regents High School Exam for geometry from August 2009 is comprehensive in scope with 38 questions over 22 pages. Geometers can assess their mastery of core content with a combination of multiple choice and...
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Elementary Statistics in Life
Students examine newspapers for graphs. They collect and sort data that is of interest to them. They enter data into a database and make comparisons using the information.
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Building Understanding of Rate of Change/Slopes Using Alice
Students explore slope as a rate of change. In this eighth grade mathematics instructional activity, students investigate real-world problems to determine rate of change and transform it into a linear representation, thus determining...
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Fire Wars
Your class can practice collecting and analyzing data. They extrapolate information and derive data from fire season statistics. They also choose the most appropriate format to display collected data.
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The Bread Shop
In this pie chart activity, students use the pie chart graph to count the money Adam made in the Bread Shop. Students complete 10 questions.
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John's Trucking- Counting the Miles
In this graphs worksheet, students analyze a pie graph showing miles driven by three truck drivers in a week. Students fill out a chart in which they calculate total miles driven.
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How do We Treat Our Environment?
Seventh graders explore the concept of collecting data. In this data collection instructional activity, 7th graders survey others about their environmental habits. Students graph their data.
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Candy Fractions
Second graders complete math activities with donated seasonal treats. They estimate, count, sort, name and graph bags of treats. They can eat treats when finished.
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Ice Cream Scoop
In this data display worksheet, students write 6 flavors of ice cream on pieces of paper. Students choose papers one at a time and keep track on a tally sheet. Students make a bar graph of the results.
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Building Towers with Number Cubes
In this building towers with number cubes worksheet, 2nd graders build number cube towers by rolling a dice, then complete a data chart to compare the number of cubes in each tower.
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Fore!
In this golf activity, students fill in data in a chart about 6 tournaments and answer short answer questions about it. Students fill in 18 spaces in the chart and answer 2 questions.
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Lines of Best Fit
Young scholars explore the concept of line of best fit. For this line of best fit lesson, students find lines of best fit in examples about riding your bike home from school and dentistry. Young scholars find two data points and find the...
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Percent of a Number
In this percent worksheet, students complete problems such as changing percents to decimals, filling in percentage charts, and more. Students complete 8 problems.
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Budgeting (Part 1)
Students examine why a budget may be helpful. In this budgeting lesson, students graph how they spent money during the past week. They discuss the benefits of creating a budget and explore the difference between wants and needs.
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Cool Times with Heat
Learners work with thermometers to complete problems about temperature. They investigate cooling patterns, how location affects temperature, and what happens when water having different temperature is mixed. They measure temperature in...
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How Sharp Is Your Memory?
Students play a memory game as they explore reasoning. For this algebra lesson, students identify concepts using pictures and words. They model real life scenarios using hands on manipulatives.