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Polynomials: Addition
Students add polynomials both vertically and horizontally. For this algebra lesson, students practice adding polynomials. The included worksheet has 27 problems, and includes the answers. To access the worksheet, the teacher will need to...
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Integers
Students perform order of operation using integers. In this algebra lesson plan, students apply properties of integers as they add, subtract, multiply and divide integers. They work in groups to complete a RAFT assignment.
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Number Sense
Eighth graders participate in a lesson that is concerned with reviewing basic math concepts using the four operations. The activity is composed of a math game that is played by them.
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Millennium Bridge
Students read and plot coordinates in all four quadrants and state where a shape will be after translation. They explore the concept of translation using a a four quadrant grid of the of River Tyne running through all 4 quads. In...
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Bullying and its Effects
Eighth graders discuss bullying in an interpersonal skill building lesson. After researching the effects of bullying and discussing ways to handle bullies, they create a skit showing situations related to bullying, the...
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Coordinate Connections
Sixth graders complete several activities that involve coordinates and graph paper. They visualize and identify geometric shapes after applying transformations on a coordinate plane. Finally, 6th graders draw and label a coordinate...
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Static Electricity
In this static electricity instructional activity, learners complete nine questions about electron charges, coulombs, potential energy, voltage and the Van de Graaf generator.
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Hurricane Predictions
For this hurricane worksheet, learners analyze and interpret a hurricane graph. They complete 5 short answer questions that follow.
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Now, what the heck is a NUMBER LINE again???
A unique approach to reviewing number lines and how to locate different values on them, this worksheet poses several questions that require written answers rather than calculations. You could use this as a note-taking guide when teaching...
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Cubes
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders figure out what the smallest integer is that can be written as the total sum of 2 cubes. There is an answer key.
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Working with Integers
In this integers worksheet, learners compare the pairs of integers and mark either less than or greater than to show which number is greater. The first two are done for the students. The second part of the worksheet asks the learners to...
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The Quadratic Formula
In this quadratic formula activity, learners use the quadratic formula to solve given problems. Examples and explanations are given at the beginning of the activity. This one-page activity contains 20 problems. Answers are provided at...
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Division Equations
In this division worksheet, students solve algebraic problems containing fractions. This one-page worksheet contains 11 problems. Answers are provided. This worksheet may be completed on-line or produced in printed form.
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What Have We Done?
Students investigate the effect of dams on the ecosystem. In this environmental instructional activity, students read case studies on the Aswan Dam and the Colorado River Basin and construct a T-chart to compare the effects on the region.
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Immigration to the Golden Land: Jewish Life in America
Students examine waves of Jewish immigration during three time periods and analyze a variety of primary sources, including letters, memoirs, and laws, to gain insight into both the American immigrant experience and American society...
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Unit Plan On Quadratic Equations
Young scholars explore a variety of ways of solving quadratic equations. Students choose from graphing, factoring, finding square roots, completing the square and using the Quadratic formula. They ponder in the end on polynomial equations.
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Beaver, or not?
Students study the role of the beaver in Illinois during the 1800's and how overtrapping cause the near extinction of the beaver colonies in Illinois by 1900. Students role play various people in 1945 who have an opinion about the...
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Math: Currency Exchange Rates
Sixth graders apply the division and multiplication of decimals to convert dollars to various international currencies. In a travel simulation activity, they convert money, distance, and temperatures. During their "trip," students...
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Composition of the Atom
Learners investigate the structure of the atom and its composition. In this atom structure lesson, students find the area of cut out circles and drop pens into the circles. They count the number of marks in the circles and relate their...
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The Chinese Expulsion Act of 1880
Students examine the Chinese Expulsion Act of 1880. In this History lesson, students explore the issues of immigration and exclusion surrounding the Chinese Expulsion Act. Students will use a variety of primary sources to write an essay...
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Which Car Should I Buy?
Learners use gas mileage of different cars to create T charts, algebraic equations, and graphs to show which gets better mileage. In this gas mileage lesson plan, students use the graph to see which car they should buy.
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Myth Mixer
Your class can organize and present information. Theyselect and synthesize material then guide a reader therough the text. They make different types of contributions to groups, adapting their speect to their listeners and the activity. A...
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Wherefore Art Thou, Albedo?
In the sixth lesson in a series of 21, scholars use NASA data to graph and interpret albedo seasonally and over the course of multiple years. This allows learners to compare albedo trends to changes in sea ice with connections to the...
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Review of Ionic and Covalent Compounds and Transitioning from Ionic to Covalent Compounds
Here is a unique assigment: compare and contrast ionic and covalent compounds in an extensive data table and then analyze Lewis dot structures in antoher. Three columns are to befilled in: "characteristic or feature," "applies to ionic...