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One Hundred Hungry Ants (Multiplication and Division)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore factors of numbers from 1 to 50. They gain practice with basic facts and multi-digit multiplication problems. Students practice the commutative property. They discover the link between multiplication and...
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Number Tick Tack Toe: Multicultural Awareness and Appreciation Adaptation

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students focus on this activity would be differences in ability and disability. Some of the students in the class do very well in this activity and often, or always, win in the games of Number Tick Tack Toe; other students struggle and...
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Charting the Weather

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners research and conduct non-experimental research, such as journals, the weather channel and the internet, to collect and record data for analysis on weather conditions in the United States and abroad. They identify, pronounce and...
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Length Lotto-Teacher's Notes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students convert metric units of length, specifically meters, centimeters, and millimeters. In this lesson of converting measurements, students participate in various games which require them to put the measurements in order or convert...
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Values

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in a class auction to determine their values. In this health and math lesson, 5th graders list the top ten most important things in their lives, then the teacher introduces the idea of a values auction. Students...
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Thinking About Credit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the use of credit such as installment purchases and credit cards. In this credit lesson plan, students learn the vocabulary associated with credit usage such as mortgage, credit report/score, and debit cards. They...
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College Costs are on the Rise

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine college costs in different states. In this college cost lesson, students create a table and determine the average cost of college for the states listed. They organize the data into measurement categories. Students create...
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Probabilities for Number Cubes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of probability.  For this probability lesson, students roll a six-sided number cube and record the frequency of each outcome.  Students graph their data using a frequency chart and keep tally marks...
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Order of Operations

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the order of operations.  In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders explore the rules of arithmetic and algebra as they review and practice simplifying increasingly complex numeric expressions using the order...
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Connections

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a musical composition, a drawing, or a 3D structure to show how math connects to other subjects. In this math and other subjects lesson plan, 5th graders present their presentations to the class and explain the...
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Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore simple patterns.  For this mathematical thinking geometry lesson, students repeat clapping and snapping patterns, and determine what comes next in sound and movement patterns.  Students recite "Hey, Diddle,...
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Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover the Pythagorean Theorem.  In this discovering the Pythagorean Theorem instructional activity, students measure the lengths of various triangles to the nearest centimeter. Students record their measurements in a...
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Math and Money

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore personal finance.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students investigate banking, income tax, and the cost of living.  The lesson includes two bonus lessons on graphing their personal spending habits...
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Graphing Surveys and Analyzing Data

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students analyze data and graph the results of their surveys. In this statistics lesson, students create graphs using excel to make graphs to be able to better observe their data. They conclude how great we as unique individuals.
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Colonial Currency

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders develop a common currency. In this colonial currency lesson, 5th graders exchange beads, rice, coins, and paper bills for goods and services. Students explore web tools to research ways colonists used money, even if it was...
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Dividing by 4's

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore math functions by completing problem solving activities. For this division lesson, 3rd graders utilize the division strategies acquired earlier to divide multiple digit numbers by 4's. Students complete problems on...
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Freckle Face

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students collect and record data. In this early data analysis instructional activity, students gather data about their partners face. As a class, the students use tally marks and pictographs to record the data and answer question about...
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Food Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students show their knowledge of properties of objects as it pertains to sorting and creating patterns. In this food pyramid power lesson, students show their ability to use whole numbers in different representations by appling...
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Let the Rain Come Down!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders construct a bar graph comparing local precipitation to that of the Yucatan. In this graphing lesson, 2nd graders will use conversions and problem solving strategies.
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The Stock Market: High School Economics

For Teachers 12th
High school economists learn about the stock market in a project where they "buy" and track stocks. The author of this resource reports it is the high point of her 12th grade economics course, but no resources are attached. After viewing...
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Lemonade Business Stock Market Intro

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils role play as business owners in order to learn about how certain aspects of business works. In this 3rd - 6th grade lesson plan, students experience creating and running their own business, including earning profits and...
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Exploring Literature and Weather through Chirps

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore and experience information about temperature changes by using crickets' chirps to calculate the temperature. The data is applied to formula and the temperatures are calculated.
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"Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explain everyday uses of numbers and relationships of numbers.
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"Bats on Parade" by Kathy Appelt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine numbers and try to find a pattern in their relationship. They write an algebraic expression for the nth term.

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