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Rome and the Roots of Western Civilization
Western civilization was built upon many Roman ideals, beliefs, and political constructs. Share the foundations of western society through the legacy left by Roman culture. Each slide provides examples of Roman roots that have affected...
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Common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Sixth graders identify word parts, such as prefixes, suffixes, and root words by cutting and pasting. After a lecture/demo, 6th graders utilize worksheets imbedded in this plan to gain practice working with these parts of speech.
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Square Roots and Real Numbers
For this square roots and real numbers worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 12 different problems that include types of numbers. First, they find each square root, rounding to the nearest hundredth. Then, students evaluate each...
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Square Roots
Students differentiate between perfect roots and rational roots. In this algebra lesson, students perform operation using roots. They add, subtract, multiply and divide rational expressions.
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Why Roots, Stems, and Leaves are Important
Young scholars use the Internet to research the importance of leaves, stems and roots to plants. They participate in a hands-on experiment to identify the functions of different plant parts.
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Plant Roots
Learners discover the purpose of plant roots and how they move water through a vascular system. They conduct an experiment using colored water to observe the movement of water through the roots and stem of a plant in a controlled...
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Up From The Roots
Students review prefixes and root words then complete a Root Words worksheet. An answer sheet is provided with the instructional activity.
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Rational, Irrational and Square Roots
Seventh graders identify rational and irrational numbers and then, estimate the square root of numbers that are not perfect squares. They then identify what the radical is and differentiate between that and a division symbol clearly....
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Topic: Roots of Real Numbers
In this algebra 2 worksheet, students simplify the roots of real numbers. There are 18 roots to simplify on this worksheet, but there are no lines on which to write the answers.
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Square Roots and Exponents
Eleventh graders solve problems with roots and exponents. In this algebra lesson plan, 11th graders use the properties of powers to help them multiply, add, subtract and divide exponential functions. They take the square root of rational...
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Algebra 1: Simplifying Radicals
After discussing the difference between rational and irrational numbers, the class pratices simplifying, adding, and subtracting radical expressions. They play a game which involves passing around cards until they have matching hands of...
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Better Vocabulary Through Derivatives
Learners create a word tree poster that illustrates the way a root word can serve as the basis for many related terms. Although designed for a Latin language class, the concepts here could be used with any class study of Latin or Greek...
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Adding by Dividing
Cell-ute the cell! Examine how surface-to-volume ratio relates to cell size through hands-on exploration, observe cell division under the microscope, and collect data on the stages of cell division in an onion root tip. Learners pull it...
CK-12 Foundation
Newton's Method
Does the accuracy of the first guess make a difference down the line? Learners investigate the effects of the iterative process of finding roots, using Newton's Method. By moving the initial guess of a root on a graph, pupils observe the...
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Oklahoma's Roots and Leafy Greens
Students explore valuable food sources. They examine vegetable that have roots and leafy greens that we eat. They also discuss the various used for the leafy greens of vegetable plants. Students create a carrot necklace using carrot slices.
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Roots and Zeros
In this roots and zeros worksheet, 11th graders solve and complete 9 different problems. First, they state the number of positive real zeros, negative real zeros, and imaginary zeros for each function. Then, students find all the zeros...
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Developing an Understanding for Square Roots
For this algebra worksheet, students discover properties of squares while making squares with a Geoboard. There are two charts to complete and 15 questions.
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A.13: Algebra 1
For this square roots worksheet, students solve an algebra problem involving square roots and then determine which of the options is closest to the correct answer to the problem. There are 8 problems on this page.
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Worksheet #12: Simplifying Radicals
In this radical worksheet, students simplify radicals by identifying the root, and rationalizing the denominator. They complete 40 multiple choice answers.
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Match Prefixes/Suffixes
Here is a prefixes and suffixes learning exercise in which learners take a root word from column one and add a prefix or suffix from column two to make a word. They make five words.
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'Hastings' and the English Language
Follow the development of the English language from its Anglo-Saxon roots. Various Germanic, Roman, and French words helped form our English vocabulary and are incorporated into this quiz. See how well you know the beginnings of English...
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Vocabulary Building
A fabulous language arts lesson has readers focus on the vocabulary in the key words, expand and build new vocabulary, and practice three grammar concepts. They recognize key words as they relate to communicating at work. Pupils build...
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Unlocking New Words: Partner Presentations
Following extensive modeling about how to apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to learn new words, partner teams create brief word presentations to teach new vocabulary to the class. Preselect words from upcoming social studies,...
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Sum and Product of Roots 6-5
In this quadratic equation worksheet, students list the general quadratic equation form, formula for sum of roots, and formula for product of roots. The then learn how to write a quadratic equation given its 2 roots. Students use these...
