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Monster Cars: Slope

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars examine how a rate is calculated from two points. Using battery operated cars, pairs of students measure time and distance. Afterward, they use this data to calculate the rate. Young scholars then plot four ordered pairs...
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Introduction to Slope

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students distinguish between positive and negative slope. They calculate the slope of various lines. Students identify and generate perpendicular and parallel lines base on their slope.
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Light Bounce

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners solve problems involving triangles. In this geometry instructional activity, students apply properties of triangles to find the missing angles and sides. They identify angles of parallel lines cut by a transversal.
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Angle Pairs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify different angle pairs. In this geometry lesson, students identify the different angles of two parallel lines cut by a transversal. They identify the interior and exterior angles.
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Of Mice and Men

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders successfully create a newspaper that reflects the Great Depression Era using texts and clues from the literary work Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Something Permanent by Cynthia Rylant and Walker Evans.
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Angle Action 1,2 and 3

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate angles through construction. In this geometry instructional activity, students use a protractor to identify the measurement of an angle. They identify angles cut by a transversal and two parallel lines.
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Do These Systems Meet Your Expectations

For Teachers 8th - 9th
This lesson plan is all about systems of equations and their graphs. Algebra learners create and solve systems of equation using tables and graphing. They identify the point of intersection of a system of equation, and discover what the...
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Checker Board Patterns

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Make these funky checker board patterns. They will not only add fun decoration to your classroom, but your pupils will be able to practice using simple geometry tools.They will use tools to make lines and circular shapes using a ruler,...
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Solving a System by Substitution

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Solving systems by substitution can be a challenging topic in algebra I. Here is a lesson that builds on students' understanding of intercepts to begin the process of substitution, and all work is reinforced graphically to build...
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Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator! Learners find common denominators in order to add and subtract rational expressions. Examples include addition, subtraction, and complex fractions.
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Human Coordinate Plane: An Array of Desks

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Use a kinesthetic activity to elucidate ordered pairs and coordinate planes. Arrange desks in a square array and distribute to learners cards with ordered pairs based on the locations of their seats. By having various groups of...
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San Francisco Symphony

By the Great Horn Spoon!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
By The Great Horn Spoon is a fantastic novel for introducing learners to life during the California Gold Rush. First, kids research and analyze American folk songs, then they connect to the text as they listen to symphonic pieces written...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Area of a Trapezoid

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here is a straightforward example of how to apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find an unknown side-length of a trapezoid. Commentary gives additional information on proving that the inside of the trapezoid is a rectangle, but is...
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Animal Farm: Allegory and the Art of Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Introduce your class members to allegory and propaganda with a series of activities designed to accompany a study of George Orwell's Animal Farm. Readers examine the text as an allegory, consider the parallels to collective farms...
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Exploring Geometric Patterns and Relationships

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore different geographic relationships in like drawing lines, rays, and parallelograms. This lesson could be used for review because it covers more than one concept. The students should have prior knowledge.
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Let the Light Shine Through!

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students display knowledge of line of symmetry by designing a geometric stained glass window pattern.
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Pythagorean Triples

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the mathematical concepts related to the study of The Pythagorean Theorem. They graph and review how to use a line segment to construct a triangle. Then using the theorem students calculate the length of the hypotenuse.
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Toothpick Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review primary colors and practice making straight lines. In this visual arts activity, students paint simple shapes as large as a toothpick, using specific primary colors. During the construction of the shapes students are...
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Sorting Nets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore sorting networks.  In this computer science lesson, students problem solve as they investigate a parallel processing sorting network. 
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As the Bird Flies

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate the properties of lines and congruent triangle theorems as well as apply geometric properties and relationships to real-world mathematical problems. Given two different scenarios, they examine maps that have been...
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Our Geometic World

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars walk around the neighborhood and identify various polygons and lines in buildings, nature and other objects. They design a building using various geometric patterns, shapes and lines. Students complete a descriptive...
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Math: A Geometric Neighborhood

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, as a final project, draw a picture of their ideal neighborhood on a sunny day. In addition to the sun, their drawings include homes, trees, streets, and selected objects. Each object in their drawing has a written description...
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Equations of Lines

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars define slope, and practice finding the slope of lines through given points. They determine the angle of inclination. Students find the relationship between the slope and the tangent of the lines. Young scholars determine...
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Huichol Yarn Painting

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the Huichol Indians and the art of yarn painting. They create their own yarn paintings in the Huichol style.

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