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Houston Area Calculus Teachers

Area and Volume

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
An AP calculus lesson begins with an activity to determine the volume of a solid using a cross-section. Next, learners review the ways to find the area between two curves , as well how to find the volume of a solid created...
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Scaling Figures Two

For Students 5th - 8th
In this similar figures worksheet, students find the missing side of the larger figure when the smaller figure's sides are given. Students complete 4 problems.
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My Science Box

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate snails and their physical and behavioral characteristics.  In this investigative lesson students create a pie chart to show the results of their findings.
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Plant Systems

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine plant systems. In this life science lesson plan, students explore leaf and root systems on paper in a terrarium that they design and construct.
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Too Many Tamales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate Mexican holiday celebrations and compare them to American Christmas holidays. They conduct a Mexican Christmas Scavenger Hunt. The lesson uses a streaming video in order to engage students in the main objectives.
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Perimeter, Area or Volume?

For Students 5th
In this perimeter, area and volume worksheet, 5th graders solve 6 word problems, then tell whether they found perimeter, area or volume.
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Perimeter and Circumference

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students understand the definitions for perimeter and circumference and know the difference. They then go over sample problems as a class. Students use drill and practice skills to complete activity pages.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate how water goes from a solid to a liquid then back again.  In this experimental activity students conduct their own experiment and see how water changes form. 
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Multiplication Using Arrays

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Explore the concept of multiplication by using arrays. Classmates use arrays to gain a better understanding of multiplication. They break arrays apart to model the distributive property of multiplication over addition. The relationship...
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The Heart Stopper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Use the pump from a spray bottle to drive a model of the heart in action! In addition to modeling the function of the heart and blood vessels, aspiring anatomists also simulate arterial blockage. They compare the effects of increased...
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Volume and Density Worksheet

For Students 6th - 9th
All 20 of the problems on the worksheet involve the computation of cubic volume or density. As long as your young scientists can apply the appropriate mathematical formulas, they will succeed in solving these problems. They are not...
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Archimedes

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Archimedes worksheet, students complete and respond to 4 different problems related to different triangles. First, they find the midpoint of each side of a given triangle. Then, students connect the midpoints with the opposite...
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Constructions and Loci

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geometry learning exercise, students construct polygons and calculate the different angles formed by each shape. They construct circles, trapezoids, and rectangles and answer 20 questions.
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Basic Theorems and Proofs

For Students 11th
In this pre-calculus worksheet, 11th graders recall the three forms of the law of cosines and used it to solve problems involving triangles. They also write out the laws of sines and use those to solve problems with angles. There are 15...
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Midpoints and Bisectors

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geometry worksheet, students calculate the midpoints of polygons using coordinate pairs. They find the  angle bisector, altitude and median of the given triangles. There are 33 questions.
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Area and Perimeter of a Rectangle

For Students 5th - 6th
In this online rectangles worksheet, students find the area and perimeter of thirty-nine rectangles. Students check their answers on line as they go and receive their overall score online at the end of the worksheet.
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Three Scale Drawing Activities

For Students 7th - 10th
In this scale drawing worksheet, students complete three different scale drawing activities.  One activity is making a scale drawing, one involves answering questions from a given scale drawing, and one is a cross-number...
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Pythagorean Theorem and Triangles

For Students 11th
In this geometry worksheet, 11th graders solve problems with right triangles using the Pythagorean Theorem. They find the missing angle or missing side. There are 15 questions with an answer key.
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Data Management and Probability: Applications

For Students 8th
In this data management and probability applications worksheet, 8th graders solve 20 various types of probability problems. They find the mean, median, mode and range of various numbers. Then, students use the spinner illustration to...
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Right Triangle Trigonometry

For Students 12th
In this trig worksheet, 12th graders identify the angles of a tight triangle using sine, cos and tan combined with the given sides. There are 23 problems broken down in 4 sections.
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Making Cubes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore vocabulary associated with three dimensional figures.  In this transformations instructional activity, 3rd graders create two dimensional nets for three dimensional figures.  Students become familiar with...
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Calculating with Significant Digits

For Students 9th - 12th
For this significant digits worksheet, students are given the rules to finding significant digits when adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Students solve ten problems and express their answers with the proper number of...
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Area of Triangle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this area learning exercise, learners read and problem solve the area of 8 triangles. Students show their work on each problem on the learning exercise.
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Volume of Regular and Irregular Objects

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine patterns and relate to equations to solve math problems.  For this patterns lesson, 5th graders diagram, graph, use models and use tables to solve equations for real world problems.