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8th grade fractions research
Million Dollar Project (Graphing, decimals, fractions, accounting and percents)
What would you do with a million dollars? How would you spend it?
In this project you've been left a 1 million dollar inheritance. The catch is you must first research and present how you will spend the money.
In the first part of the experiment, the students will fill out an accounting chart, where they will fill out an itemized chart displaying each item they plan on purchasing to complete their million dollar project. They will than be asked to put all those items into major categorie
Design A Zoo
This is a cross-curricular, project-based study of area, perimeter, volume, surface area and more. With real-life applications of design, research and cost analysis, your students will dive-in and get lost in their zoo! This resource is broken into three stages, and can be used in pieces as needed.Stage 1 focus: area and perimeterStage 2 focus: volumeStage 3 focus: surface area, multi-digit decimals, fractions and percentagesSum It Up focus: Focused questions that will assess if your student is
Plan a Dream Vacation - Rates & Unit Rates
This project is great for the start of learning about rates and unit rates. It allows students to plan a vacation within a budget, meanwhile stumbling upon real-life examples of rates and unit rates as they plan and research to complete their planning packet.
I used this project in my classroom this year. It not only introduced the student to real-world examples of rates (which made for great conversations in class), but it also allowed me to learn about their work ethic and strengths/weakness
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6th - 8th
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Spring Activity: Math with Planting Seeds!
Practice an abundance of math skills while planting seeds! Write fractions, use equivalent fractions, make common denominators, and even practice mean, median, and mode! This practices measurement and data analysis in conjunction with scientific observations and hypotheses. This is a fun, interactive activity that can link Math and Science to the real world! It can also be used as a starter for a school garden.Materials needed:- cups or planters- growing medium (potting soil, etc.)- Pea seeds-
Thanksgiving Dinner Party Math Project
Thanksgiving Thematic unit over real world math of proportions, fractions, and more. Students plan a thanksgiving dinner party and have to do some research along the way to make sure it all goes off without a hitch.
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6th - 8th
Proportional Reasoning in the Real World
When it comes to proportional reasoning, there is no better way to show students its importance than to go shopping! That's right, in this slide lesson, we illustrate how to apply our knowledge and understanding of proportional reasoning to increase our buying power!!!Use the slide to guide the students into launching their own investigation. The example provided is a starting point. This can apply to many other areas as well. Feel free to adapt to what is applicable.This would make an excel
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6th - 8th
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Life Project Power Point
I do this on Google Slides and share it with the class via Google Classroom. If you do not use Classroom, you can still upload to your Google Drive, share a view only link with the kids, and have them click "file" then "make a copy" so that they have their own copy. I usually introduce one slide a day on a class example slide. This project involves the kids finding out what possible careers they are interested in and good at, and then researching salary, prices of cars, homes or apartments, util
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4th - 8th
3D Editable Radial Diagram - Google Slide and Google Sheet files
With this 3D Editable Radial Diagram you can easily prepare your diagram presentations and you can use them in almost any activity. Be creative!Useful for any teacher that wants to explain and demonstrate what is a diagram, why and when people are using it. Radial Diagrams help you and your students visualize the results, learn fractions, etc.This is an editable Radial Diagram. You will get 1 Google Spreadsheet File and 1 Google Slide file. You will edit all the data in the Spreadsheet and you w
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
California Water Project
Students apply math as well as reading and writing anchor standards while learning about water distribution, usage, and conservation in California. Math topics include advanced arithmetic, number sense, rates and proportions, measurement, and algebra. ELA topics include research in addition to writing informative and argumentative essays. Sandra Kaplan's Depth and Complexity icons are identified.
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6th - 9th
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Math: Scope and Sequence for Fraction and Decimal Instruction
Understand why it is important to teach as the patterns present themselves in math.
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PreK - 8th
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