Kim Abrams
Kim Abrams has 17 years teaching experience in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; 8 years in 5th grade gifted education and 9 years teaching 6th grade Math and Science (gifted and regular classes). She was awarded Teacher of the Year from Jefferson Middle School in 2004-05 and was nominated to compete for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) in 2008. She holds a BS in history, K-6 teaching certificate, middle school science and math certification, and gifted education certification.
Resources created by Kim Abrams
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- Biologists: Working with probability
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.7
- In this lesson for grade six, students will use theoretical probability to predict genetic outcomes, and will understand how mathematical probability is used in biological careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics and Science)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
- Food service professionals: Working with fractions
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.2
- This lesson for grade six demonstrates how an understanding of fractions is important in the food service industry. Students will use operations with fractions to determine how many recipes to make for a given scenario.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
- General contractors: Working with area
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.10
- This activity for grade six combines math, art, and writing, as students design a floor plan for a house and use calculations of area to arrive at a cost estimate.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
- Home renovation: Working with area
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.9
- In this lesson for grade six, students will work together in cooperative groups using the internet to calculate the cost of finishing a basement.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
- Law enforcement careers: Working with decimals
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.1
- In this lesson for grade 6, students will perform basic math operations with decimals and will understand how math is used in law enforcement careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Guidance and Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
- Marketing careers: Working with scale drawings
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.6
- This activity for grade six combines math, art, and writing, as students create a scale drawing of a toy car and reflect on how math can be used in marketing careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
- Medical careers: Working with probability
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.8
- In this lesson for grade six, students will use probability to predict the likelihood of occurrence of two unrelated health conditions and will understand how math can be applied to careers in mathematics.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
- Meteorologists: Working with data analysis
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.4
- This lesson for grade six introduces students to careers in meteorology and engages them in meteorological data analysis.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.Edited by Julie McCann.
- Phi: The divine proportion
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.5
- The "divine ratio" is valued by designers, artists, and architects because of its interesting and and unique properties. In this lesson for grade six, students learn about this ratio and use it to create a work of art.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
- Sales careers: Working with percents
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.3
- In this lesson for grade six, students will understand how to perform operations with percents by using commission rates for various sales careers to calculate salary.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
