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Survey Says: Graphing And Data Analysis (3rd Grade), Shayna Rosenthal, Courtney Gold

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This unit focuses on how we can better understand and address real-world questions through data analysis and inquiry. Students will learn to identify and use graphical representations in order to help them create their own graphing project. This unit is intended to be used in a 3rd grade classroom. It will take approximately 7 days to complete.

Data Displays [6th Grade], Melanie R. Webb

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This unit was created to cover the data displays portion of statistics and measurement standards. Students will create data displays correctly, and use their knowledge to decide which data displays works best for their data and why.

The students will focus to understand that

- Not every data display is appropriate for data given.

- Each data display has its own purpose.

- The way information is displayed can skew a person’s perception of it.

They will do this through representing numeric data graphically including dot plots, stem-and-leaf plots, histograms, and box plots, and using the graphical representation of numeric …

Why Do I Need Math? [7th Grade], Dory Lopez

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Understanding U.S. Coins To Spend And Save (1st Grade), Jordan E. Taylor, Eloisa Perez, Rebecca Zelaya

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This unit was designed for first grade to teach the value and relationships of U.S. coins. Students will be using their knowledge about coins to count money and make decisions about spending and saving.

Where’S My Home? The Case Of The Lost Digit – Place Value, Jennifer Yu

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This place value unit has been designed as a beginning of the year 3rd grade math unit. The purpose of the unit is to give students an understanding of numbers and how they are given a value. Students will understand that all numbers are made up of digits (0-9) and the position of the digits affect the value of the number. They will also understand that we order numbers to organize in everyday situations. Students will learn to read, write, and expand numbers. They will also learn to order numbers from least to greatest and greatest to least. They will …

Bamboo People—An Interdisciplinary Unit For High School, Mitzi Moore

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A summer assignment asks students to read the book Bamboo People, by Mitali Perkins, and complete assignments in every class that are connected to the book. At the beginning of the school year, teachers use the assignments to extend the learning and help students understand the major themes of the book (child soldiers, landmines, literacy, and service to others). A video conference with the author is planned, as well as interactions with people familiar with modern-day Myanmar/Burma. The culminating activity is to bring all the assignments together in one place by publishing a blog post.

Global Environmental Problems, The Isa Way, Mitzi Moore, Kathleen Pedder

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This unit asks freshmen to verbally advocate for an assigned policy option from an assigned roll, during a simulation in which they work in teams to influence a mock Presidential Advisory Panel on Environmental Issues. Learning the content (global environmental problems), researching, and collaborating to establish a position will take one month and be taught primarily through Biology and World Geography classes, with support from Math and Multimedia. They will also read Ishmael in English class, and extend their understanding of sustainability issues by taking a week-long field trip immediately following the simulation.

Rules, What Rules ? (Linear Equations, Y=,X/Y Tables, Graphing) [8th Grade], Catherine Risinger

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The students will be introduced to linear equations. The main understandings that I want my students to develop is that even though there are multiple ways to solve problems, each way and representation can convey the same information. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of linear equations by solving them using a situation, algebraically, graphically, and using a table. Students will be able to generate a different representation of data given another representation of the same data. Students will explore real world examples of linear equations and discuss when different representations of linear equations are better models to use even though …

Think Inside The Box: Using Tables To Understand Number Patterns [4th Grade], Kristen Lesher, Carrie Susong

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This two-week unit introduces students to more sophisticated number patterns and teaches students how to describe the relationship between two sets of data in a table. In the unit, students will identify patterns in everyday situations, record those patterns in the form of a table, and begin to use arithmetic expressions as well as other strategies to describe relationships between sets of data in a table. The performance task will ask students to create tables comparing age relationships. Students will describe the relationship between sets of data in each table using both written and verbal communication.

Math In/And Physics [11th-12th Grade], Penny Whetstone

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This unit is written to be taught during the first two weeks of the physics course. In any physics course, from conceptual physics up through graduate studies, there is a unique and significant dependence on the mathematical concepts and skills required to succeed in the course. A keen understanding of mathematics, as well as knowing how to apply the tools, is an important piece of the physics course. Math in/and Physics is designed to answer the question, “If this is a physics class, why do I have to do so much math?” The goals of this unit are designed to …

Probability And Statistics [7th Grade], Courtney Spickelmier

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In this 7th grade unit, students will be required to put their mathematical minds to work as they develop an understanding of both theoretical and experimental probabilities and as they learn to analyze and communicate data effectively. Students will use real life data to explore measures of central tendency and how different measures may lead to different conclusions about the same information. Through the performance assessment, students will collect and analyze data, choosing the best way to communicate their findings. Finally, students will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge of theoretical probability to make predictions and will test those …

Ratios And Proportions [6th Grade], Lisa Murphy

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In this unit students will be introduced to ratios and proportions. Students will have practice identifying ratios from pictures, graphs, models and word problems. Using these skills, students will then be able to identify proportional ratios and use ratios to describe proportional situations as well as to predict outcomes. To demonstrate their knowledge of ratios and proportional reasoning, students will complete a project assessment. The students will be given a recipe and then have to calculate the amounts of ingredients needed for various numbers of servings. The students will write down new versions of the recipes to be included in …

Fractions [6th Grade], Carol Von Hoff

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Fractions are part of a whole or part of a group (set). Fractions are equal to each other in different forms (example: ½ = 2/4). Fractions can be simplified.