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Words for Algebra
Students rewrite word problems using symbols. In this algebra lesson plan, students relate algebra to the real world. They identify the correct steps to take when solving word problems.
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The Cost of Community Services
Students identify the types of services provided to citizens by local government and evaluate tax revenue versus the costs of delivering these services to developments. They evaluate the advantages of spatial relations to delivery of...
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Critical Consumerism
Students investigate the ways companies target the teenage demographic. In this advertising lesson plan, students discuss in focus groups what they like to buy. Students also complete a related worksheet.
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How Hot Is It?
Fourth graders practice estimating temperatures. They practice in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
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Real Estate Project
Students develop their dream house complete with a real estate ad. They examine actual real estate ads on the internet to compare their house.
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Shopping for Toys
Pupils pretend as if they have just won a $100 gift certificate to buy some toys and must try to spend as much of it as they can without going over.
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Give Me The C and D Canal!!!
Young scholars estimate the distance from Baltimore to Philadelphia via the water route before the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was built. Students study canals and how transportation and economic necessities dictate the building of a...
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Black Bayou Lake Measures Up
Pupils, in groups, estimate measurments and then select the tools needed and measure various items at Black Bayou Lake refuge.
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Best Practices of Technology Integration
Students participate in a lesson in order to practice using systems of equations in order to graph them. A cumulative project in the form of a brochure, web page, or interactive kiosk make this lesson more engaging.
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1-4 Study Guide Integration: Statistics Stem-and-Leaf Plots
In this statistical worksheet, young scholars organize given data into a stem-and-leaf plot. They then use their organize data to answer given questions. Students create two stem-and-leaf plots and answer five questions. An answer sheet...
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Planning and Money Management: Financial Plan
More planning goes into a budget than a high schooler thinks. Here, they learn about the expected expenses and incomes, along with outside factors such as natural disasters. Learners prepare their own budget and adjust it based on the...
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Tourist and Traveler Information
Pupils work with monetary exchange rates and the metric system as they simulate working to help tourists travel through Canada to Alaska.
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Looking into Eratosthenes' Radius of the Earth
Students, in small groups, research Eratosthenes and his calculations of the Earth's radius. They write a summary of the person, the experiments and his calculations to determine how accurate Eratosthenes was in his estimations of the...
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Charitable Giving
Charitable organizations and monetary donations to these organizations are the focus of the financial literacy lesson plan presented here. Learners explore how donations benefit both the organization and the people it serves. Each pupil...
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Make Your Fortune in Stocks
Fourth graders participate in a stock investment activity in which they research stocks to place in an imaginary portfolio. They invest $10,000 in a variety of stocks and track their progress using the Internet or newspapers.
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What is Credit?
Students listen to a guest speaker discuss credit, and what lenders look for when approving loans. They investigate savings and loans, banks, credit unions and finance companies to find out what A.P.R. they charge for certain items.
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Menu Mania
Students explore the concept of estimating by watching a video, and discussing the strategies for estimation. They estimate the costs for various menu items, then calculate the exact amount spent.
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Air Born
Students make wings that produce enough lift to fly a hand held styrofoam glider.
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Mathematics: Budgeting
Young scholars develop a month long budget. They use problem solving skills to adjust their budgets for unforeseen expenses. They use checks to pay mock bills.
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Catch As Catch Can
Students capture and observe insects. Using provided netting, students design and create a butterfly net. They study many types of insects and their benefits. After identifying insects caught, students complete a graph. Students write...
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Catch as Catch Can
Students investigate insects. In this insect analysis lesson, students catch insects using nets they make. They identify the insects they catch and create a chart to show the numbers and varieties. This lesson includes a vocabulary list...
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A Newspaper?
Sixth graders reinforce understanding of fractions through use of newspapers.
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Parks Design Project
Students explore two dimensional geometric figures. They explore the relationships and measurements of geometric figures. Students apply proportion and scaling. They design a city park for students and teenagers.