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The prime team: Students will learn their prime numbers by creating and manipulating their own Sieve of Eratosthenes.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Lori Bradley.

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 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 Mathematics); By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.

Fruit Loops with fractions: This activity provides access to using visual and hands-on practice in solving problems with fractions. By using cereal, each individual student will be able to work individually and as a group in using different methods of working with fractions, and practice their skills in addition, multiplication, division and subtraction. A prior knowledge of the basic multiplication tables and common multiples will be very advantageous in working through this activity.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Deanne Davis.

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.

Discovering Pi: This lesson introduces students to Pi through the discovery method of instruction. Students practice simple measuring skills to discover the relationship between the circumference and diameter of circular objects (Pi).They will be able to use this concept to find the circumference of any circle when the diameter is given.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Betty Shell.

Understanding Rational Numbers and Proportions: Students use real-world models to develop an understanding of fractions, decimals, unit rates, proportions, and problem solving. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5–7 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Travel in the Solar System: This lesson, from Illuminations, affords students the opportunity to think about two aspects of the time required to complete space travel within the Solar System. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Sports Numbers: Students participate in activities in which they focus on the role of numbers and language in real-world situations. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Next Billion: Students predict when the world's population will reach 7 billion. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Making your own product game: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students review strategies for playing the Product Game. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Magic Squares: This lesson, from Illuminations, explores magic squares from both a historical and mathematical perspective. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

A Lunch-In Affair: Students apply previous learning to decision-making that involves purchasing and preparing at least a five-item menu. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Football finances: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students analyze pictures of football stands to make estimates related to attendance at the Super Bowl, and then they make estimates about the television audience. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Fair division: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about an interactive algorithm that can be used in the resolution of conflicts surrounding the division of rooms and rent among roommates. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics and Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

The factor game: In this Illuminations lesson, students play the Factor Game, which engages students in a friendly contest where strategies involve distinguishing between numbers with many factors and numbers with few factors. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Create an address number: Grades 5-6: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students look for all the possible solution sets for a mathematics problem involving a three-digit house number. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Commutative rectangle: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students investigate the concepts of identity, inverse, commutativity, and associativity using a geometric model. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Classic Middle-Grades Problems for the Classroom: Students work in groups on classic problems that can be represented and solved in several ways. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Airport Numbers: Students participate in activities in which they focus on the role of numbers and language in real-world situations. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics