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6th grade algebra simulations
Budget Spreadsheet Project (personal finance & math skills)
A step-by-step project with detailed instructions on how to set up an Excel spreadsheet budget. Students will apply math skills in context of a real-life budgeting situation.
Students will create a budget:
-Based on their future career choice.
-Independently by following the instructions using an Excel Spreadsheet.
-Over the course of at least 2 class periods (typically students take at least 2.5 hours to complete this project).
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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CCSS:
Investigating the Spread of a Viral Outbreak
Students in grades 5 - 9 model the spread of an infectious disease under the entertaining theme of a zombie outbreak. One student unknowingly is patient zero and students simulate the spread of an airborne illness. This highly engaging activity covers health topics, nature of science, and math skills as students graph data in a line plot. Higher level students can be challenged to find the function of the exponential growth of the outbreak.
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Grades:
6th - 9th
"The Great Food Truck Project" - Rate, Proportions, and Percents Unit Assessment
A rates and proportions unit project, centering around the real-world use of percentages and rates. Students work with a small group to create their own concept for a food truck, including what food and drink options they would sell. Using inspiration for "The Great Food Truck Race" and "Sharktank" TV shows, students work to create a best-selling idea, that also showcases their own values as a "company".I hope to share more information and examples of how I use this project with my upcoming ye
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Scatter Plots Lesson - Discovery Lab
A great lesson to introduce scatter plots is by having your students participate in a discovery lab. They will get to see the topic and discover it on their own in an engaging collaborative activity.
This resource includes:
-Background Building Activity
-A Discovery Activity
-Reflections Section
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: Scatter Plots Activity Bundle
Order of Operations & Coordinate Plane Activity Escape Challenge Game
Looking for an engaging way to practice Order of Operations and Coordinate Plane Graphing? Upper elementary students LOVE escape room games! This activity includes 3 levels of challenge for the ALL fifth grade Operations and Algebraic Thinking standards. This allows you to effortlessly differentiate your instruction AND allows students at all levels to be successful! They are the perfect complement to your guided math workshop.Students will push themselves to solve challenging word problems and
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Statistics Mode, Median, Mean, Range Worksheet for Math or Psychology
What's in the Hand: Activity makes learning mode, median, mean, and range fun. You will need two packs of playing cards in order to use 10 different variations. I use giant clothes pins to hold a total of 9 cards for each station. Each student gets a worksheet and is assigned to a group of 4-5 students. Students will complete the first rotation by figuring the mean, median, mode, and range, and then rotate to each other station in about 5 min intervals. At the end they will answer the questions
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Solving Multi-Step Equations Interactive Lesson and Presentation
This interactive powerpoint presentation will get your students solving multi-step equations with ease, understanding the process of solving multi-step equations, and explaining multi-step equations to others. It is designed with special education students and other students who take more time to learn, in mind. When using this lesson and graphic organizer we went from about half of our students getting it, to about 95% of them being able to solve multi-step equations with ease.Supports 7th gr
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Solving Multi-Step Equations Partner Activities
Winter Olympics - Random Number Simulation with Experimental Probability!
This is a collaborative learning activity where students will apply Random Number Simulation to see if their country will receive a medal in the next 10 Olympics!
Students will enhance their technology skills while researching past Olympic wins and losses for certain events. After compiling the existing results, students will run a simulation to gather data about the future Olympics.
Once they have gathered the data, they will find the experimental probability for different outcomes.
This is
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
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FREEBIE - Templates: Group Generator, Name Chooser, Timer, Activity, ... etc.
This Smart Notebook file contains tools that are helpful to use in managing the classroom. A "Group Generator" tool allows you to generate as many groups as you wish. A "Word Chooser" tool allows you to pick on a student for an answer at random. A "Timer" allows to manage your class time effectively. Different type of timers are also included such as firecracker. Also, for those who are teaching probability, an interactive die, spinner, and card are also available in this template file.
Si
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Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Introduction to Rates and Proportions - Grocery Store Task
This activity is designed to introduce students to the concept of rates and unit rates, through a simulation-style grocery store activity. With a small group, students are given a grocery list, a “$20 bill”, and open access to five “grocery store aisles”. Students will travel the aisles with their “families” while shopping for their dinner ingredients. They have only $20 to spend, so they must find how much only 1 unit of each item costs, as they do not want to overspend. Using their receipt
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Editable Drag and Drop Addition/Subtraction Algebra Tiles Manipulatives
Inspire engagement with virtual manipulatives. The editable Google Slide Algebra Tile manipulatives is an easy access activity to virtual learners and teachers. Users can model and save additive inverses, zero pairs, subtracting negatives, and overall integer addition/subtraction. This activity can be modified to meet students and teachers needs for virtual learning. Activity is aligned well to Common Core 7th grade Number System unit. An integer number line from -10 to 10 is included as w
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Save the Hikers (Grades 6-9) Pre-Algebra to Algebra
This lesson activity is an educational game that teaches:
1) How using the distance formula is important in a very real life situation and,
2) How to optimize a network of path from the inside of a triangle to its vertices.
2 Versions of the game are provided. One for students just learning to use the distance formula and the second for student's who wish to cooperate and find the shortest distance between 4 points.
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Grades:
6th - 10th
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Using Variables in Math- Special Education
This activity is designed for the visual needs of special education students. The pictures relate to Georgia but can be used in other states. There are pictures, numbers, word problems, and 3 leveled worksheets Low, Medium, High. We use this in centers, as whole group, small group etc. The concept is using variables in math at its most simplistic level. This an editable powerpoint.
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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All About Equations
This 46-slide Smart Notebook lesson incorporates vocabulary, thinking maps, equation modeling, one-step equations, and two step equations. It is interactive and provides opportunities for your students to demonstrate their understanding by interacting with the board activities.
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
FREE VERSION - Additive Inverse & Zero Pair Ninjas for teaching Integers
Do you need an interactive, fun, and engaging way to teach integers, zero pairs, or additive inverses? This PowerPoint is your answer, and will allow students to visually see what is happening when you add integers. It uses "good" and "bad" ninjas to demonstrate concepts of additive inverse and zero pairs.
If your student is not understanding how to add or subtract integers, please give this a try. Your students will love it! Mine do!
This is the free version where you are limited to 10 ninjas
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Force Balance - Understanding Force & Gravity :Purely Digital Lab for Classrooms
This ActiveLearningLabs Lab is a purely digital two-day (one hour per day) STEM lab in which students will engage in a real-life situation and master the concepts of Force and Gravity to solve a real-world problem.With a single license, you can run the lab for up to 5 classrooms. Before purchasing the lab, click on this link to run the lab for yourself without needing to create an account - https://activelearninglabs.com/lab-details/ed2b3bc5-f6d4-4a0c-a745-32fa29a2b6e9?source=tpt and click on "P
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS2-2
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Algebra resources - STEM and SCRATCH
A great way to teach students the basics of algebra, using visual representations, tables and number patterns.
Included are several activities and booklets on how to train students to use a table and look for number patterns to 'make a rule'.
There are also lots of activities on Scratch (you will need to download it for free from here - https://scratch.mit.edu/scratch_1.4/ ) that reinforce concepts and will inspire student to create their own visual representations. If you press A on most of t
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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Skyping with the Math Properties
Students will need to create scripts to "teach" a friend about the properties of math via Skype. Students will have a mock Skyping experience as they read their scripts. Enjoy!
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Demonstrate Ordering Numbers with an Animated Excel File
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of Ordering Numbers from whole numbers, integers, positive rational, rational, and real numbers. Self-correcting quiz format that automatically generates a new set of numbers. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
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Let's Celebrate Pi Day! 3.14
This is a full lesson to celebrate Pi in Math! The lesson includes the lesson plan with CCSS and objective, photo of the activity being performed, direction sheet with chart to fill in for students, and a question sheet for closure.
Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th, for 3-14. The students have fun proving Pi for circles.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Demonstrate Basic Statistics Plots with an Animated Excel File
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of Basic Stem-n-Leaf plot, Box and Whisker plot, and Frequency plot. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Expressions & Equations: Scientific Notation
Students will perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific notation are used. They will use scientific notation and choose units of appropriate size for measurements of very large or very small quantities.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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CCSS:
Demonstrate Compare Basic Statistical Graphs with an Animated Excel File
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of comparing basic statistical graphs such as XY-scatter, Line, Column, Bar/Histogram, Area, and Pie, with the ability to select Ribbon, 3-d Column, 3-d Bar, 3-d Area, or 3-d Pie. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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