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Calculating Sales Tax
Observe and demonstrate how to calculate state sales taxes. Learners create a sales tax chart by calculating the sales tax amount and tax inclusive retail price for school store items, then calculate the subtotals, sales tax amounts, and...
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Understanding the Bush Tax Cut Plan
The class examines the new tax cut plan proposed by President Bush. They practice calculating income tax rates and interpreting the data. Then they research topics that are of interest to them related to taxes.
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Triangles
In this math worksheet, students answer 3 questions about an equilateral triangle. Students then answer 3 questions about isosceles triangles. Students then calculate missing angles on isosceles triangles.
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Number Sense and Numeration: Multiples, Factors and Square Roots
A great resource for any math teacher covering multiples, factors or square roots; this worksheet walks young mathematicians through the logic behind factoring and square roots with a systematic set of problems which gradually increase...
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Agriculture and the Government
Students study the government's involvement in the U.S. A's food production and make connections relating to farm programs. In this historical agriculture lesson, students read content and research significant information....
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Science: Lead Shot and Waterfowl
Students examine data to investigate the impact of lead shot pellets on waterfowl populations. They graph their findings and discover how lead in ingested by birds and poisons them. As an extension, students research legislation and...
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Ornithology and Real World Science
Double click that mouse because you just found an amazing instructional activity! This cross-curricular Ornithology instructional activity incorporates literature, writing, reading informational text, data collection, scientific inquiry,...
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Back-To-School Shopping
Fifth graders estimate the prices of items to be bought for back to school. They use catalogs and/or advertisements to research the cost of each of the items. They use problem solving strategies and a spreadsheet template to determine...
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You Can BANK on This! (Part 2)
This is part two in a four-part instructional activity on banking and personal finance. In this instructional activity, learners analyze whether or not they have made a good purchase, then discuss how to make an informed decision about a...
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Counting Clovers
For this math worksheet, students match numbers 1-12 with the correct number of clovers. The worksheet also includes extra clover cards for counting and creating more sets.
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Dilations with Matrices
Math whizzes explore dilations. They use matrices to perform dilations centered at the origins of triangles and investigate the effect of scale factor on the size relationship between the pre-image and the image of a polygon. A link to...
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Dilations in the Plane
Tenth graders investigate dilations and explore the dilation transformation before investigating the properties of a dilation using Cabri Jr. Young scholars extend the concept of dilatation to the coordinate plane.
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Savers & Borrowers: Financial Markets in the United States
Investigate the current financial market and have your class explore savings, borrowing, financial markets, mutual funds, and the stock market. This four-part lesson is designed to help young scholars become knowledgeable and informed...
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Aerospace Engineering
Twelfth graders examine the physics of rocket flight. They build and launch model rockets to measure their performances.
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Manipulatives Make Abstract Math Concepts Concrete
Using math lessons that include manipulatives can help cement learning.
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Probability Games and Activities, Unit 10
Looking for tangible ways to practice probability with your class? Through 4 activities, students practice with experimental probability, using math to make educated guesses, then testing it through physically completing the experiment....
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Math Investigations 2
Young mathematicians practice measuring and graphing skills while working in groups to measure objects found in the classroom. Using their measurements, they create one bar graph displaying the lengths and another displaying the widths.
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Earth Day Number Sense
Elementary schoolers count and order objects using numbers 1-300. They bring recyclable items from home. Students group the items, skip count by 2's, 3's, and 5's, and arrange the items on a number line. Recyclable plastic bags are put...
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Math Crossword Puzzle +3
Crossword puzzles make great worksheets! Here, learners solve 11 one-digit addition problems. They use their solutions to solve a math crossword puzzle.
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Math Crossword Puzzle x 7
Here is a valuable math activity. Young mathematicians solve ten multiplication problems and then write the products as words to solve a crossword puzzle. All of the facts are from the seven times family.
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Math Crossword Puzzle x 4
In this math crossword puzzle, learners answer questions pertaining to multiples of four. They write the correct number beside the problem and then spell the answer in the crossword puzzle. This one-page worksheet contains ten...
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Math Crossword Puzzle +2
Here is another terrific math crossword puzzle activity. Learners solve 11 addition problems, then use their solutions to solve a math crossword puzzle.
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Math Mountain Families Challenge
This worksheet requires finding the missing number in the equation using addition and subtraction. Students solve four problems. A key is provided.
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Application of Matrix Multiplication
The class explores a real-world application in which the data represents rental prices of beach condos. They problem solve by multiplying matrices to determine the cost of each property in each season. Several scenarios are presented in...