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Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem-Solving Application: Use Integers

For Students 4th - 6th
In this problem-solving worksheet, students practice problem-solving 2 mathematical word problems involving integers and 4 key steps.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Dedicate one or two class periods to creating a class glossary of geometry terms. Many geometry terms also appear in our every day vocabulary, but they have very different meanings. For example, the word gross in geometry is very...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Number Lines

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the number line as an addition strategy. In this math lesson, 1st graders create a number line and use it to help them solve addition problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Number and Operations- Using Gift Certificates

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students apply number and operation skills to learn how to spend a gift certificate. In this mathematical reasoning lesson, students use base 10 blocks as money and calculate how much money they have.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Developing Problem Solving Skills

For Students 4th - 5th
In this mathematical operations activity, students read the word problems and use their problem solving skills to determine which mathematical operation to use the solve the word problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ease on Down the Road

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math quantities worksheet, students utilize a variety of strategies to strengthen their concepts between two quantities while experiencing family road trips. Students calculate miles per hour, cost of gasoline per gallon,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Word Clue and All About Me Problem Solving

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice solving word problems using highlighted strategies. In this word problem instructional activity, 5th graders brainstorm and  use words as clues that indicate the math operations that will be used to solve...
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Mathematics Vision Project

Quadratic Equations

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Through a variety of physical and theoretical situations, learners are led through the development of some of the deepest concepts in high school mathematics. Complex numbers, the fundamental theorem of algebra and rational exponents...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pattern Puzzles

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
A short video introduces place value in addition and subtraction. As a class, your students identify all even numbers up to one hundred and explain the pattern. They use addition strategies to fill in the missing numbers on the number grid.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nothing But Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Here is a fabulous lesson on problem solving in the mathematical world. In it, third and fourth graders get lots of great coaching on how to approach word problems, and how to best find a solution. They watch an episode of Reading...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Number Sense and Numeration: Multiples, Factors and Square Roots

For Students 6th - 8th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mathematical Magazines

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use ads from magazines to create data to be measured and apply the skill of estimation. They record the percentage of magazine ads that could be separated into different categories made by students through the use of logical...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investing for the Future

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders perform basic calculations for saving and investment strategies. they simulate the investment of $1,000 in the stock market and savings account. they determine which pays the greater dividend.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use logical arguments and inductive reasoning to make or disprove conjectures. After observing a teacher led demonstration, students discover that the deductive process narrows facts to a few possible conclusions. In groups,...
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Curated OER

Beaded Bracelet Multiplication

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice multiplying and dividing two and three digit numbers. In this Mathematical strategies lesson, 4th graders estimate products and quotients in appropriate situation and make connections about the relationships...
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Activity
Education Development Center

Creating Data Sets from Statistical Measures

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Explore the measures of central tendency through a challenging task. Given values for the mean, median, mode, and range, collaborative groups create a set of data that would produce those values. They then critique other answers and...
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Lesson Plan
Resources for Early Childhood

Making Math Meaningful and Enjoyable

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Your young learners will enjoy mathematics that is meaningful correspondence as they play their way to a deep mathematical foundation. Organized around the math standards, this appropriate sequence of conceptual, preschool...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation - Staci's New Car

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars study a shopping problem. They discuss strategies for determining the number of possible choices. They create a tree diagram and an organized list. Students analyze patterns and derive an equation for the multiplication...
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Lesson Plan
Ohio Department of Education

Writing and Comparing Numbers in Scientific Notation-Grade Eight

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Explore scientific notation in this mathematics lesson. Young mathematicians explore multiple representations of large number in scientific notation through the use of models, visual representation and expanded form. The lesson provided...
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Lesson Plan
MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Fabulous Fibonacci and His Nifty Numbers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Fibonacci numbers are not only found in the classroom but also in nature. Explore the concept of Fibonacci numbers through a series of lessons designed to gain insight into the mathematical reasoning behind the number pattern, and spark...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Body Awareness and Cooperation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students click an icon from hyper studio template and cooperate with others from group to a solve mathematical equation and then use their bodies to "build" the answer. They work cooperatively to complete tasks.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Algebra Tic-Tac-Times

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Use the strategy of working backwards to practice factoring polynomials and multiplying binomials in a game format. Play, and work to find which products combined with the available factors will result in the placement of four tokens in...
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Lesson Plan
Teach Engineering

Water Power

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young hydrologists observe a waterwheel which helps them investigate the transformations of energy that occur when the blades of a hydro-turbine are turning. They work together in pairs and pretend to be engineers who are building a new...
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Unit Plan
Indiana Department of Education

The Represented World: Communication—Packaging

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Challenge your classes to design and market a new product. Collaborative groups use geometry skills to create packaging for their products. Finally, they plan a marketing strategy to present to a marketing specialist.