- Rocket High (SMILE) - Elizabeth Kelly, Pilsen Community Academy
A lesson for grades 7-8 designed to reinforce students' measurement skills by having them manipulate a launcher to create specific angles, introducing them to the concept of tangents. From the Recreational and Creative Math section of a collection of
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- Rules of Sign Change (SMILE) - Joel P. Zuger, Chicago Metro High School
A lesson for grades 7-8 designed to teach students to understand the operation of plus and minus signs during arithmetic operations. From the Algebra and Trigonometry section of a collection of almost 200 single concept lessons by the Science and Mathematics
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- State Internet Search: A Mathematical Introduction To State Reports - Laura Himmel; SCORE Mathematics
As a mathematical introduction to their state reports students complete a two-day assignment that involves critical thinking, reasoning, graphing, and locating information on Web sites. Aligned to the California State Standards. From the Schools of California
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- The Stock Market Game (SMG2000) - Securities Industry Foundation for Economic Education (SIFEE)
The Stock Market Game (SMG2000) is an electronic simulation of Wall Street
trading, designed to help students and adults understand the stock market, the
costs and benefits involved in decision-making, the sources and uses of capital
and other related
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- Surfing Amusement Parks - Susan Rose; SCORE Mathematics
Your parents have given you the choice of going to any one of five amusement parks in California. They have asked that you choose one with an entrance fee that is the median price range. Surf the Internet to find how much it will cost for your family
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- Using Diagrams in Problem Solutions (SMILE) - Angel L. Torres, Peabody School
A lesson for grades 7-8 designed to teach students to use tables, graphs, and diagrams to obtain information; and to construct tables, graphs, and diagrams to collect data. From the Patterns and Logic section of a collection of almost 200 single concept
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- What In The World Would You Have? - Ric Cooley; SCORE Mathematics
Students use the Internet to calculate rates of exchange from U.S. currency to other countries, learning to understand conversion techniques. Aligned to the California State Standards. From the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators SCORE
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- What on Earth is Greater Than? - Ric Cooley; SCORE Mathematics
Students use deductive reasoning skills to compare and place in order planets according to size. Aligned to the California State Standards. From the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators SCORE Mathematics Lessons.
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- Wired Math - Dean Murray, Soo Go, Jamie Pearson; University of Waterloo (Canada)
A free website created for students and teachers by a teacher for the University of Waterloo. The online games, drills, "follow up exercises," and answers
address topics common to middle grades on every continent. Also availalble from http://www.wiredmath.ca/
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- Zeros and Blackbirds - Francie Caraker; SCORE Mathematics
Do you yearn to be high in the sky and far far away? This math lesson allows students to convert kilometers to miles and calculate the range that historical aircraft can travel. Aligned to the California State Standards. From the Schools of California
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