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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Stock Market

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the loss and gain made in the stock market as they invest a sum of money and report the results as percentages instead of points.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fractions

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore fractions. For this math lesson, students use unifix cubes to model fractions. Students identify 1/3, 1/2, 1/4. 1/8, 1/10.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parting Ways

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students become part of the solution as they practice figuring percents. The number of men versus women present in the room and their heights can be used to form the basis of this investigation.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Grubby's Wacky Worms

For Students 3rd - 8th
Wicked and Digit must solve a fraction problem in order to free the CyberSquad in this video from Cyberchase.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Puzzle of the Amulet of Amagansett

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Wicked and Digit use what they know about fractions to figure out how many jewels are missing from the Amulet of Amagansett.
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Other

Shared Visions: Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A nice, but brief introduction to adjectives along with a few examples. Links are provided for other useful information, including comparative and superlative adjectives.