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Properties of Special Parallelograms
Young scholars identify properties of parallelograms. In this geometry lesson, students label polygons as parallelogram or not. They define and label the properties of a kite.
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Recipes and Ratios
Learners use ratio and proportions to adjust recipe size. In this middle school mathematics lesson, students investigate Native American food and adjust the recipe size for said foods to the number of servings needed to feed the...
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Distance in Space
Sixth graders explore space science by measuring distances between planets. In this solar system activity, 6th graders view a Bill Nye video and discover the conversion between the metric system and imperial measuring systems. Students...
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Roman Numerals
Fourth graders examine the Roman numeral system. In this Roman numeral lesson plan, 4th graders study how the symbols used in the Roman numeral system correlate to counting numbers. They detail the uses of the numbers such as in dates,...
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Special Edition: World Space Congress 2002: The New Face of Space
Students experience and study how space offers expanding resources for commerce, science, technology and education. They view how advances in space can and do improve life on Earth. Each student views a geological exploration within this...
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Geometry: Helix-a-Graph
Students use geometry to create art. In this geometric graphing and patterns lesson, students create a helix-a-graph by plotting points on a grid that follow a certain pattern and analyze the drawing they created.
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Primates
Students explore different primates. In this primate lesson, students examine the various primates by engaging in crafts, dramatic play, singing songs, and games.
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Traditional American Indian Lodges
Students explore the mathematical properties of traditional American Indian lodges. They examine the effect of increasing sides of a polygon, calculate the surface area of prisms and cylinders, and construct a classroom size pyramid...
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Rocket Riot
Students form "companies" of 3-4 students and build bottle rockets for analysis and experiment. This lesson uses NASA's RcketModeler Version 1.2 rocket simulator to evaluate each rocket's flight.
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Perpendicular Segments in a Circle
High schoolers explore the concept of circles as they construct a circle using a program such as Cabri Jr. Learners construct a chord and a diameter that are perpendicular, then measure the bisected chord and notice that both sides of...
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Sight
Students discover how the sense of sight helps us recognize each other and explore color, motion and distance.
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A World of Symmetry
Young scholars identify lines of symmetry. In this symmetry lesson, students create objects and identify their lines of symmetry. They answer questions about lines of symmetry. Young scholars cut shapes out of cookie...
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Measuring the Earth
Students use principles of geometry to measure the circumference of the Earth. In this applied geometry lesson plan, students use mathematics to determine scientific information. They make measurements, calculate the central angle,...
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Trigonometry Triangles
In this trig worksheet, 11th graders investigate the 6 trigonometry identities and their cofunctions. They use them to solve trig problems as related to right triangles. There are 5 questions with an answer key.
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Native American Pebble and Pot Game
Students participate in a game using 12 manipulatives. In this addition and subtraction activity students play a game originated by the Native Americans and look at a number of items and calculate how many are hidden....
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Spinning Probability
Sixth graders study the concept of probability. In this probability lesson plan, 6th graders create spinners that match specific sets of clues. Students use their spinners and worksheets to explore and predict probability.
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Earth Day - Hooray
Students listen to the story, Earth Day - Hooray!, and discuss the story as it is being read. In this Earth Day lesson, students discuss incentives and penalties in regards to taking care of the Earth. This lesson plan also...
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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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The Geometry of Circles
Students review the parts of a circle, calculate the circumference and area of a circle, and create student-made tests on the geometry of circles using educational software.
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This Is My Home
Learners listen to a read aloud of Mary Ann Hoberman's A House Is a House for Me before discussing the meaning of habitats and the different types of homes that people live in. Next, they pretend to be architects and design a home for...
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Proportionality: Modeling the Future
Students explore and examine how patterns, measurement, ratios and proportions are utilized in the research development and production of airplanes. They meet a pilot from the Federal Aviation Association who describes the growth of air...
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Multiples of Patterns
Elementary mathematicians identify and share patterns found in multiplication. Through memorization drills and games, they identify the increments in which numbers increase when multiplying. Using a multiplication chart, learners...
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Measurement
Learners identify and categorize different problem situations or contexts using one of four measurements to solve the problem. Through guided and independent practice, they discover ways to determine which measurement to use when...
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Egyptian Hireroglyphs
Fifth graders identify the aspects of Ancient Egyptians and Heiroglyphs. They compare and contrast Egyptian Hieroglyphs with the decimal number system. Students recognize the decimal number system and compares to bases other than ten.