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Adding fractions with unlike denominators/The numbers tell LCD: Students will be able to find the Lowest Common Denominator by using prime factors. They will then add the fractions. This method was developed for students who have problems guessing and checking.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics); By Wendi Keith.

I have, who has...?: A chain drill involving teacher made cards on the skills of adding and subtracting fractions, and equivalent fractions. This lesson can serve as a review for many math concepts.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics); By Sherry Russell.

Domino fractions: This is a review activity on the lesson of adding and simplifying fractions. This activity will provide a new approach to seeing a fraction and simplifying it, and the activity will allow students to set up and solve equations. This activity also works for subtraction of fractions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics); By Angelica Young.

Fractions: Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions can be confusing and even intimidating to many students. LEARN NC has put together a list of the best lesson plans and websites available to help your students learn about and be comfortable with fractions.; Format: bibliography/help

Grouping skills for mastery: In Math for multiple intelligences, page 4; Thematic planning helps relate mathematics to students' lives.; By Gretchen Buher.

See how they run!: The 100 meter dash: Middle level students will collect times as they run the 100 meter dash. These times will be depicted through various graphic representations (bar, circle, histogram). Times will be compared to current world records for the 100 meters. Students will decide which Math class ran fastest and support that choice in short essay form. They will also try to determine the faster gender based on the data collected.

This lesson plan is a unit filled with related lesson plans. One or two parts of this project could be completed as a stand-alone lesson, or the entire set of activities and extensions could be completed for an involved, integrated unit.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); By Holly Smith.

Perimeter and area around the North Carolina zoo: Students learn about perimeter, area and scale drawings of various geometric shapes. As they learn they apply their knowledge to different animal enclosures at the North Carolina Zoo. To gather information about design of animal enclosures the classes visit the zoo. The students then compile all they learned by creating a scaled drawing and model of an human habitation exhibit for a zoo.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Susan Hoercher.

Leap frogs tend toward the center?: Students learn the meanings of the central tendency concepts range, mean, median, and mode. They will make origami frogs, jump them across a track and record the length of their jumps and the total number of jumps across trials.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Erin Foerster.

1835 amendments to the North Carolina Constitution: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.3; Amendments to the North Carolina state constitution passed in 1835. Includes historical commentary.; Format: constitution

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