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6th grade applied math cultural activities
5th Grade Math Project | Math Around the World | 5th Grade Decimals & Fractions
5th Grade Math Project! Project based learning! Differentiated math enrichment project! Learn about geography and countries around the world while solving math problems aligned to the standards! Great for distance learning! Digital version included compatible with Google Drive!Math Around the World is a great way to keep your students engaged as they practice and apply their fifth-grade math skills and strategies! This project is a great end-of-the-year cumulative project! It also works well as
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5th - 6th
Puzzles/Riddles/Brain Teasers Daily
Grow your students’ problem solving and critical thinking skills with these Daily puzzlements for your students. It is a fantastic way to engage your students in collaboration and critical thinking.These animated Google Slides are great for online, in-person class learning and/or communication. This is an awesome way to keep your audience engaged and allows students of all levels to access. Also a great resource to share with parents to encourage/engage students in reading at home. This packet
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K - 6th
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Christmas Tree and Christmas Present Angles Project
This is a fun holiday activity or project that students love completing. In this activity, students will apply their skills of drawing and measuring angles to create a Christmas tree or a present by following the instructions. This download comes with 3 different levels of this project/activity, so that students can work at their own levels. You will need to provide protractors for your students, but a sheet grid paper is included after the 3 levels of the project. I would recommend printing
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4th - 6th
Investigating Ratio & Proportion Using the Art of Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawrence was perhaps the preeminent painter of the Harlem Renaissance. During his lifetime, he produced among the most striking works that depicted everything from the northern migration of African Americans during the 1920s, to the daily life of the community in Harlem. His paintings incorporate many mathematical ideas, including patterns and geometry, as well as ratio and proportion.This activity makes use of a portion of his 1945 painting The Shoemaker to analyze Lawrence's use of disto
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5th - 9th
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS - NOT SO COMMON CENTS, Teaching guide 4 investing money
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS - NOT SO COMMON CENTS, Teaching guide 4 investing moneyAbout the book:Dive into this book all about money: How to make it, to manage it, and how to save it and how to multiply it! Offering a wealth of information on all things money, this jam-packed book will teach kids all the skills they need to pay the bills, from budgeting basics to principles of saving and interest, to ways to think like an entrepreneur, and so much more!See sample pics for more details.14 pagesPlea
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5th - 12th, Staff
2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Collaborative Math Team Project (Middle School) 2021
Celebrate the Tokyo Summer Olympics with a math project geared for middle school students! This project is created for groups of four students to work as a team and on their own. Once groups are chosen, students will choose a country to research and follow. Topics covered include ratios, unit conversions, algebraic expressions, bar graphs, Microsoft Excel, area, perimeter, mean average, percents, web search, and fraction/decimal conversions. Students will need Internet access either at school or
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6th - 8th
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The Patchwork Path: Shape Classification Introduction
This lesson is a great opener or introduction lesson for classifying 2-dimensional shapes and integrates literacy into mathematics. Students will review and discuss important vocabulary related to shapes including: perpendicular lines, parallel lines, acute angles, right angles, obtuse angles, and more. Students will read, "The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom" and then identify shapes, lines, and angles they see in the patches.At the end, students will have an opportunity to create their
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3rd - 8th
40 Welcomes, quotes and interesting facts about Math to start your class
Transform your learning environment with my meticulously crafted Welcome Slides designed to elevate the essence of your classes. As a dedicated middle school teacher, I understand the significance of every precious minute in the classroom. That's why I've curated a collection of inspiring quotes and fascinating math facts, seamlessly integrated into the Welcome slide, setting the perfect tone as students enter the class. It is important to keep engaging your students from the moment they step in
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6th - 12th
Middle School Math and Science - Noah's Ark
Are you looking for a STEAM based project that is unique and appropriate for middle school? Look no farther!My Noah's Ark Project includes an abundance of activities that will satisfy every one of the categories of STEAM--and then some!For example,Science - Studying animals, eating behavior, storage and preservation of foods, meal planning and recipe development. (Biology, Zoology, Food Science, Nutrition, and more)!Technology - Students can study what may have been involved with storing the foo
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Noah's Ark Elementary, Middle School, and High School Project Bundle
Division Family (UAE Version)
This helped me a lot with grade 5 students to memorize the steps of division. For those teaching in the UAE, your students will find it appealing because of the incorporation of the UAE heritage in it.I hope you like it!Please review and comment!!
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2nd - 8th
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Understanding Fractions
Fractions can be so confusing for students, so we created this video to explain everything students need to know about fractions. Numerators, denominators, whole numbers, parts of the whole. We cover it all in this catchy song and engaging video.
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3rd - 6th
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The Trek to Mount Olympus
The Trek to Mount Olympus is a math mini-unit requiring students to plan a trip to Mount Olympus. Students will need to find flights, convert dollars to Euros, calculate the cost of gas, locate various cities in Greece, etc. There are five missions that students will need to complete:
Mission #1 - Background Information
Mission #2 - Travel to Athens
Mission #3 - Fun in Athens
Mission #4 - Trip to Mount Olympus
Mission #5 - Exploring Greece
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5th - 9th
Virtual Field Trip: Place Value Around the World Bundle
This bundle is a complete lesson product that has students engage with tall "things" throughout the world as a part of a large numbers or place value unit. Students are asked to research (building computer skills) various "things" to find out their heights, their locations, and a fun fact. This includes everything from mountain ranges to roller coasters. Students then analyze their findings by answering questions, and then compare the numbers to each other using a math sentence frame and the <
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5th - 7th
Marilyn Monroe Lego Designs inspired by Andy Warhol Pop Art
You will LOVE how these Marilyn Monroe Lego Designs look! There are 15 versions of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe Pop Art image designed for legos. Each design is one 10" x 10" lego plate which is 32 bricks by 32 bricks. I usually have 4 students working on one design collaboratively each following the design from one corner to the middle.View how the Museum of Modern Art displays their Marilyn Monroe images from Andy Warhol here.The resource includes images and tips for how I display the finished
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2nd - 12th
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Unit Rate Smart Shopping Activity
This activity has students simulate shopping for themselves while also practicing the skill of unit rates. Students are asked to firstly identify if they are shopping for a single person household, or a family, and the store at which they are going to shop at. Students then are prompted to set a budget (may benefit from adult support with this task.) This allows them to differentiate their experience, potentially aligning with their post secondary goals. Students are then asked to fill out a cha
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6th - 9th
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Math Activity Passport
Get students excited to complete assignments by rewarding them with stickers in their very own passports upon activity completion. This is also a great way to quickly check who has done certain tasks.NOTE: The Preview File is for a Computer Science class, and the real file is a lot bigger with more passport pages, but you'll be able to see how to edit the front and back covers. The Math Activity Passport has math-themed pages (not tech graphics). THE GOALTo quickly create a personalized Math cl
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Testing Solutions to Equations Self-Guided Learning (CRT)
This is a great self-guided introduction to equations. Students loved working on this in groups as they began to explore equation basics. Additionally, a culturally responsive real world connection is drawn to the ethics of police violence. Students are more likely to remember something when there is a relevant connection, especially when that connection sparks debate. I have given this activity to middle schoolers from 6th to 8th grade, and it is always fascinating to hear their reflections, as
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Expressions and Equations Bundle (Days of Products!)
Social Justice in Middle School Math #3
This is the third worksheet of word problems for middle school math that highlight some of the social justice issues that are being addressed around the country. This particular worksheet is predominantly percent and proportion problems. See my two previous worksheets for other math topics. Math teachers should not and cannot stand by and let Social Studies and ELA teachers discuss social justice. Students should hear the facts from all teachers, and be educated so that each student can form his
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Social Justice in Math BUNDLE--NEW
Virtual Field Trip: Place Value Around the World Google Slides
This product is an editable student facing lesson slide deck that has students engage with tall "things" throughout the world as a part of a large numbers or place value unit. Students are asked to research (building computer skills) various "things" to find out their heights, their locations, and a fun fact. This includes everything from mountain ranges to roller coasters. Students then analyze their findings by answering questions, and then compare the numbers to each other using a math senten
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Virtual Field Trip: Place Value Around the World Bundle
Virtual Field Trip: Place Value Around the World Handout
This Google Document resource is a handout that has students engage with tall "things" throughout the world as a part of a large numbers or place value unit. Students are asked to research (building computer skills) various "things" to find out their heights, their locations, and a fun fact. This includes everything from mountain ranges to roller coasters. Students then analyze their findings by answering questions, and then compare the numbers to each other using a math sentence frame and the &
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Virtual Field Trip: Place Value Around the World Bundle
Crepe recipe math
Students use a recipe for crepes to practice halving a recipe. Students also find the radius and diameter of a circular crepe and pan given the area of the plate that it has to fit on.
I use this in a 7th grade foreign language exploratory course.
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6th - 9th
FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR STUDENTS CRYPTOGRAM
FINANCIAL LITERACY IS A GROWING TOPIC FOR OUR STUDENTS. THIS IS GOOD FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITY.
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5th - 12th, Staff
Surface Area - Bento Box Performance Task
The following document contains the "Bento Box Challenge"Students are given the length, width, and depth of a bento box and must calculate how much it will cost per square inch to build the bento box. Students put their knowledge of surface area and net models to the test in this group recommended performance task. Students must work together and constantly check in on each others reasoning and calculations while also improving their group and team work skills.
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6th - 9th
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Using Percents and Proportions to Teach Electoral College (ANSWERS)
These are the answers to the project posted here. There's an embedded excel file with a sortable table with all the percentages. I typed in lots of tips for extending the project and enriching discussion e.g. per capita calculations, the origins of the electoral college, an article link, etc. Project description:The question that will loom over the course of students' lifetimes: What should we do with the Electoral College? To construct a position on this question, students must objectively
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6th - 8th
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