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School Food Waste

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students see how much food is thrown away at their school each day. They utilize a survey form imbedded in this plan to organize their research. They use the information gathered to make some suggestions about how to decrease food waste...
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"Pigs Will Be Pigs" by Amy Axelrod

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students add, subtract, and multiply amounts of money.
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Eating on a Budget

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students are "given" $25.00 to spend at a restaurant. Using the Internet, they must "order" a complete 4 course meal while staying within their budget.
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Chart/Graph

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create a class survey, place the data in a spreadsheet and graph the information.
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Lagoon Lake

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars develop skill in using co-ordinates. Up to eight cardinal points of the compass are used making this a useful activity in simple map and grid work. They utilize educational software to gain practice.
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Squirrel Challenge

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students utilize The Nature Park Adventure educational software program to Introduce Modelling, Including the Estimation of Angles.
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Tunnel Traps

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify shapes that match specific shape descriptions involving a range of geometric terms and correct polygon names. They utilize a mathematics educational software program to gain practice.
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Problem Solving

For Students 5th - 6th
In this problem solving worksheet, students solve and complete 4 different types of word problems. First, they determine the responses to various questions as described. Then, students find the amount of an item needed to complete...
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Concept: Percent ... A Special Fraction

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this percent worksheet, young scholars review and study what percent means, what percent strips are, making sense of percents and estimating percents. Students complete ten word problems.
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Saving Lists

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the TI-73.  In this middle school mathematics instructional activity, students explore a program which will hold data collected with a CBL/CBR.  The instructional activity provides step-by-step programming...
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Using the TI-GRAPH LINK

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the use of the TI-Graph Link.  In this middle school mathematics lesson plan, students explore the transfer of data from the TI-73 to the computer and vice-versa using the TI-Graph Link.
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Unlocking Whole Numbers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate three kinds of remainders, use computers and counters division mats to explore equal groups. In pairs, 5th graders solve problems at the computer. Notepad is used by the students to explain symbols, grouping,...
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Base 10 Rounding

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students build two, three, and four digit numbers using base ten blocks and round those numbers. In this rounding numbers lesson, students work in pairs and build numbers using base ten blocks.
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Properties of Lines - Parallel and Perpendicular

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify parallel and perpendicular lines in the alphabet. In this line properties instructional activity, 6th graders use the letters of the alphabet to show parallel and perpendicular lines. Students open a Geogrid Mat on...
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Finding the Salt Front

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss definitions of estuary, salinity, and the salt front. They listen as the teacher explains the Hudson River Miles and ways the upriver and downriver sections relate to the north and south. Students graph the salt front...
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Riddles

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this riddles learning exercise, students answer each of four mathematical riddles with one of the words provided from the word bank.
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Percentages

For Students 4th - 6th
In this percentages learning exercise, students problem solve five mathematical word problems associated with percents and percentages.
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The Code

For Students 4th - 6th
In this the code worksheet, students study, review and calculate which of six codes is the correct one to enter a computer with a top secret scientific breakthrough in it.
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Break-Even Analysis Worksheet

For Students 10th - 11th
In this analysis worksheet, students solve accounting problems when provided with variables to be used in computations. Using data provided, students must answer questions showing they understand key terms such as fixed and variable costs.
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Fuel the Brain

Represent Fractions and Make Different Representations of the Same Fraction

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Understanding fractions and how big or small each fraction represents is key to solving these story problems. Determine how much pizza was eaten by two different people by asking your mathematician to use their fraction knowledge!
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Explore the Transformations of Linear and Absolute Value Functions Using Graphing Utilities

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils explore the concept of transformations.  For this transformation lesson, students use an applet that is an interactive absolute value graph applet.  Pupils manipulate the applet to examine the change in the function and...
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Bubble Gum Chemistry

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the concept of graphing data. In this graphing data activity, students determine the percentage of sugar in bubble gum. Students graph type of gum vs. sugar percentage. Students create a table of their data.
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Symmetry: Theory, Reality and Art!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of geometric symmetry. In this geometric symmetry lesson, students walk around their school and take pictures of objects that demonstrate symmetry. Students use Microsoft Paint to draw the lines of symmetry...
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Polygons All Around Us!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of polygon properties. In this polygon properties lesson, students draw polygons with different numbers of sides such as pentagons, octagons, hexagons, etc. Students identify different geometric shapes in the...

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