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Middle school numbers laboratories
Similar Figures Lab
In this lab, students work through 12 stations. At each station, there are 2 similar figures. Students must find the length of a missing side on one of the shapes. Also included is a student worksheet on which students must write a proportion for each problem.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Ratios and Proportions Measuring Activity
This is a group activity for students to practice ratios and proportions as well as measurement skills. They will take turns measuring each group member's height, shoe length, and shadow length. They will graph height vs. shoe length and height vs. shadow length to determine which relationship is proportional.
You will need to have measuring tapes or other measuring devices available to each student group, as well as access to a sunny outdoor location.
Although data will vary greatly, an e
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5th - 7th
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MATH LESSON & MATH LAB on Really Big Numbers!
Most people can identify numbers in the millions, billions and trillions, but few people actually know the names for some really big numbers after that! This is a tried and true math lesson and lab that I have created and used for many years with my 7th and 8th grade classes. Students get a "kick" out of learning about really big numbers that they were never able to identify before now. They walk away feeling empowered and ready to share their knowledge with others! In the MATH LESSON, students
Grades:
5th - 10th, Adult Education
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Math Lab: Investigating Second-hand Smoke Using Inequality Symbols
This lab is great to use as reinforcement to newly learned lessons, or it can be used as a semester review! Honestly, this is one of my favorites!* Working with a partner, students use balloons to measure the volume of a single breath of air and apply their calculations to determine (mathematically) how much second-hand smoke they breathe when exposed!* In the process of making their discovery, students use the circumference formula in a variety of forms in order to find a radius, and ultimatel
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7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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CCSS:
Skittlescopics: An Edible Proportions Lab
This product is an edible lab using bags of Skittles, ratios and proportional reasoning. It includes the lab and directions and an Excel document to use to determine student accuracy. The product is by Mathink.
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5th - 8th
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Flipping Pennies to Gather Raw Data
This record sheet will help your students gather raw data in the form of heads or tails. Use this data to look for patterns and then add up the class data to compare to. Discussion topics include percentages, chance, and cause/effect relationships.
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2nd - 9th
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Statistics Math Lab
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This is a fun lesson that takes between 90-120 minutes. I have 45 minute periods and with my 6th graders in a class of 24, we were able to gather all of our data and have 10 minutes to spare. The next day, we finished the calculations and the visuals. Some worked faster than others, so some of the kids got to the reflection quest
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Number Line
Students are given a number line to put together and about 30 integers to place on it. This activity is to see students prior knowledge. Before any gluing takes place have a quick discussion and monitor student work to make sure all integers are in their correct location.
Afterwards, I had students like at least 4 things they noticed about the numbers on the number line.
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Grades:
6th
Class Schedule Unit Rate Activity
adapted from NCTM IlluminationsStudents learn about unit rate and time-distance graphs from their class schedules!
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Discovering Integer Subtraction Rules
The worksheet is built to use with NLVM colored chips manipulative. The instructions step students through using the online manipulative to explore the subtracting integers rule.
Grades:
6th - 8th
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8th grade Task Rotation for Fractions and Volume
This is a task rotation for my intro chapter to 8th grade math. I do a combination of fractions and geometry formulas. Give each station roughly 10 minutes to work on each problem. For station 3 it might help to pre tape the two cylinders to cut down on that time for students and to give them more time to work.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Grades:
8th
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CCSS:
Adding Integers Using Virtual Counter Chips Hands-On Lab
Using one of the manipulatives available in the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, students engage in a hands-on, student-centered math lab to learn how to add positive and negative integers.
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Grades:
7th
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