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Coal Supply and Demand

For Teachers 5th - 10th
A hands-on simulation perfect for an economics lesson, young learners investigate the availability of different sources of natural energy (coal, natural gas, oil, solar, and nuclear) and how this availability affects their cost....
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Curated OER

Mathematics: A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine school yearbooks from 1950 to the present. They count the number of male and female teachers and administrators. They compile date and extrapolate changes in job trends.
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Curated OER

Clean up the Money!

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this money instructional activity, students fill up a grid with coins and then roll dice to get ordered pairs and take the money of the ordered pair that they roll. Students then add up their money in the end and see who wins.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Estimating With Fire

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Watch the damage from a forest fire in this interactive simulation activity that challenges learners to estimate the burn area using different approaches. Learners are given a worksheet to track the different burn patterns and practice...
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EngageNY

Applications of Congruence in Terms of Rigid Motions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Corresponding parts, congruent parts, congruent corresponding parts—what does it all mean? The resource challenges pupils to identify corresponding parts for pairs of figures. It uses examples of figures that undergo rigid...
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Visa

Allowances and Spending Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Help youngsters understand how to manage small amounts of money by discussing an allowance and the difference between spending, saving, and giving.  
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Yummy Math

Sweethearts Candy

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Sweethearts® candies are a beloved Valentine's Day treat—so much so that eight billion hearts are produced every year around the world! Learners use number sense reasoning and critical thinking to solve nine word problems about the...
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Teach Engineering

Energy Efficiency

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Using the resource is probably the most efficient way to learn about efficiency. The 18th installment of a 25-part Energy Systems and Solutions unit has pupils investigate energy efficiency through discussions and associated activities....
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Spring Scale Engineering

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
After examining how a spring scale works, teams work together to design their own general measurement device. Reading material provides background information, but there is no part of the procedure in which learners handle an actual...
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American Statistical Association

Spinners at the School Carnival (Equal Sections)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Spin to win a toy car. A fun activity has pupils use a spinner in which three of the equal sections represent winning a toy car, and the fourth section represents no car. They record the number of wins after certain numbers of spins,...
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American Statistical Association

Spinners at the School Carnival (Unequal Sections)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Everyone's a winner. Scholars analyze a spinner with five unequal sections, three of which represent winning a toy car and the other two represent winning a toy truck. They conduct an experiment to estimate the number of toy cars and...
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Bowland

How Risky is Life?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
"Life is more risk management, rather than exclusion of risks." -Walter Wriston. Scholars use provided mortality data to determine how likely it is a person will die from a particular cause. They compare the data to the perception of the...
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Balanced Assessment

Batting Orders

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A baseball coach has more than 700 billion decisions to make before a game even starts, and in this resource individuals calculate the number of ways a coach can make a batting lineup. The first question places nine players out of nine....
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Balanced Assessment

Legos

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How many ways can you arrange two six-hole Legos? Scholars practice their understanding of combinations as they investigate this question. As they create a plan, they develop a specific definition of a combination.  
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Concord Consortium

Mystery Dice

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Dice aren't typically mysterious devices, but these dice are anything but typical. Scholars try to come up with dice that match given information on the relative frequency when they roll them a certain number of times. They must then...
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Kenan Fellows

Balancing Equations Using Matrices

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Matrices help solve systems of equations in chemistry, computer graphics, circuitry, probability, and more. The second lesson in a seven-part series focuses on using matrices to balance chemical equations. Pupils rely on the Law of...
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Curated OER

Probability Review

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts related to probability. They review the key properties of statistics involved in the measurement of probability that includes mean, median, and mode. The lesson includes...
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Curated OER

Dice Counting

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this math worksheet, students practice recording the numbers when combined while throwing one to three dice. The sheet is a teacher's guide.
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Curated OER

Dice Counting Flashcards

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this math activity, students use the created flashcards to practice counting the numbers found while rolling dice. The sheet is a teacher's guide.
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What's the Chance?

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students conduct probability experiments with dice and coins. They watch a video for a variety of situations where calculating the probability is complicated by total number of possibilities. They solve problems presented in the video.
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Misconceptions in Mathematics: Misconception 21

For Students 5th - 8th
For this mathematics misconceptions worksheet, students examine examples of math mistakes pertaining to probability and explore the reasons that the examples are incorrect.
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Curated OER

Complement of an Event

For Students 9th
In this probability worksheet, 9th graders solve 10 different problems that complement a particular event. First, they determine the probability of landing on a sector that is not black after spinning the spinner. Then, students...
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Curated OER

Tree Diagrams

For Students 8th - 9th
In this tree diagrams activity, students solve and complete 10 different problems that include creating tree diagrams. First, they toss a coin and roll a die simultaneously to determine the outcomes with a tree diagram. Then, students...
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Curated OER

Alpha- Bits

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this probability worksheet, students solve 8 word problems that pertain to possible outcomes and probability of drawing alphabet letters from a bag.

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