CK-12 Foundation
Sample Spaces and Events: Triple Spin!
Scholars determine the number of possible outcomes when a spinner is spun three times. They start with the case of one spin and build up to the case of three spins.
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Spinning in Circles
In this secondary mathematics instructional activity, students determine the speed at which we travel a circle around the axis of the earth and around the sun. The one page instructional activity contains one problem. A solution is...
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Chance Experiments with Equally Likely Outcomes
Take a deeper dive into equally likely probabilities. Pupils build upon their understanding of probability by determining sample spaces and outcomes. Individuals work with sample spaces and determine outcomes that are equally likely....
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Probability - Worksheet
Middle schoolers solve and complete four various types of problems. First, they list all the possible orders completed. Then, pupilscomplete the table and show all the outcomes of throwing a coin and spinning a spinner. They also use a...
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Winning Spinners
Winning a spin game is random chance, right? Pupils create a table to determine the sample space of spinning two spinners. Individuals determine the probability of winning a game and then modify the spinners to increase the probability...
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Principles Of Flight: Wings That Spin
Students discover how flight is possible. For this physics lesson, students investigate the properties of a blimp and gyro-copter, comparing rotating wings and fixed wings of aircraft. Students create their own model aircraft...
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Spaceship math Multiplication 1-12
In this multiplication worksheet, students solve 40 problems where they find the product where the factors are the numbers 1 through 12. Space is provided at the bottom of the page to record a goal, the number of problems complete and...
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Exploring Data
Bring the sun to your class! Young scholars analyze actual solar wind data in the second lesson of a five-part series. Their analysis includes speed, temperature, and density data.
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Probability
In this probability worksheet, students solve and complete 32 different problems that include the probability and outcome of various events. First, they use the sample space for tossing a pair of dice to determine the probability of each...
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Tree Diagrams
In this tree diagrams activity, students solve and complete 10 different problems that include creating tree diagrams. First, they toss a coin and roll a die simultaneously to determine the outcomes with a tree diagram. Then, students...
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Fill- In Multiplication Grid Problems 30% Open
In this multiplication worksheet, students fill in a multiplication chart with products from the factors 1 to 12. The chart is 70% filled in and students supply the remaining products.
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Pulsars and Simple Equations
In this pulsars activity, students read about the spin rate of pulsars and they are given two equations that predict the spin rate in the future of these two pulsars. Students solve 6 problems related to the given equations and determine...
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Marble Game
Pupils determine the theoretical probability of winning a game of marbles. Individuals compare the theoretical probability to experimental probability for the same game. They continue on to compare two different probability games.
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How Big Are Earth, Sun, and Moon?
Third graders draw what they believe is in space on a dry erase board. In groups, they are given a beaker half filled with water and they add a teaspoon of oil, observing the different layers that form. To end the instructional...
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Race to the Top
Here is a game that will help your young mathematicians practice number recognition and writing numbers. Played with a spinner or dice, individual learners or a pair will play this fun number game. They will roll the die or spin the...
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Using Algebra
Sixth graders explore mathematics by completing equations in a math notebook. They will collaborate in small groups to complete different algebra problems and write their work down in a notebook, which they show their teacher. Then they...
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Planet Structure & Interior
Students compare Jupiter and Earth. For this Earth and space studies lesson, students compare the composition of Earth and Jupiter and analyze how the composition affects the rate at which the planets spin.
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Gravity - The Glue of the Universe
Learners explore physics by conducting a class experiment. In this gravitational force lesson plan, students define several scientific terms associated with force. Learners utilize a styrofoam cup and marbles to simulate a satellite...
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Present Hunt
In this game learners move around a game board by spinning a spinner and moving to the next place on the board whose shape matches the one they spun.
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Probability
In this probability and statistics learning exercise, learners determine the probability of a series of independent event occurring. The one page learning exercise contains a combination of four multiple choice and free response...
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Dynamic Data Range, Mode, Median, and Mean
In this lesson, Dynamic Data Range, Mode, Median, and Mean, students play a game while figuring range, mode, median, and mean. Students spin for their task, figure the mode, mean, median or range of a row of numbers and gain a space on...
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The Color Spinner
In this probability worksheet, 4th graders look at a spinner and figure out the odds of the spinner hitting each space. They answer 9 short answer questions.
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The Martian Dust Devils
For this martian dust devils worksheet, students use images of a dust devil captured by NASA's Spirit rover to calculate the distance the dust devil traveled, the speed, and its acceleration or deceleration.
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The Ant and The Turntable-Frames of Reference
In this frames of reference worksheet, students solve 5 problems given the details of a journey an ant takes from the center of a CD ROM to its edge. Students draw a scaled sketch of the turntable showing the motion of the ant from...