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Other (math) cultural activities for Microsoft Word
Black History Month Project for Math and Science
This documents provides an outline for a Black History Month Project which includes a biography and a presentation. This project can easily be modified for Women's History Month and National Hispanic Heritage Month. Students are given an outline and a suggested list of persons to study. Students are also given their choice of multiple modalities for their media presentation.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: MLK Day/Black History Month Bundle.
Black History Month Project for Math and Science Rubric
This documents provides a rubric for a Black History Month Project which includes a biography and a presentation. This project can easily be modified for Women's History Month and National Hispanic Heritage Month. Students are graded on 4 categories which are worth a total of 5 points each. The project is worth 20 points and can easily be converted to a percentage by multiplying by 5.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: MLK Day/Black History Month Bundle.
Destination...Art
This is a fun online activity integrates art and math that allows for students to plan a fictional trip to experience art. There are links to help them budget and plan for their artistic adventure.
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9th - 12th
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Mathematics of Hidden Figures (2017) Movie Viewing Guide:Summary/Questions/KEY
"Hidden Figures" is a 2017 biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi. The movie is based on the true story of three African-American women mathematicians - Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson - who worked at NASA and played crucial roles in the early years of the United States' space program.Set in the 1960s during the height of the Space Race and the Civil Rights Movement, the film follows these talented women as they face racial and gender discrimination while working
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Applied Mathematics: Movie Viewing Guide BUNDLE with KEYS
Food Desert
Discuss the food desert and its implications using reading comprehension checklists. Great for teaching research skills, teaching students how to use guiding questions, and how to brainstorm. Length of article makes it perfect for modeling, group completion, and individual completion to take place without changing articles or topics.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
The Trek to Mount Olympus
The Trek to Mount Olympus is a math mini-unit requiring students to plan a trip to Mount Olympus. Students will need to find flights, convert dollars to Euros, calculate the cost of gas, locate various cities in Greece, etc. There are five missions that students will need to complete:
Mission #1 - Background Information
Mission #2 - Travel to Athens
Mission #3 - Fun in Athens
Mission #4 - Trip to Mount Olympus
Mission #5 - Exploring Greece
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Presidents and Money Book
1/2 size book pages
Each president that is on a piece of money.
Each page has a picture of the president the money the are on, the presidents birthday, what president they are.
* The pages look out of wack on the preview but you should be able to fix them once you purchase and download the book.
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
Culturally Inclusive Math Infographics
This is a collection of eight infographics that depict the math discoveries of different cultures around the world. This can be used as a lesson activity or classroom decoration. It is a great way to help all students feel pride in their ancestor's mathematical achievements and understand that math is a universal tool.
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Not Grade Specific
Dreidel Game for Fun and Ratios
Here is a great way to practice ratios, have fun and learn about another culture. Great to use at Hanukkah time or any time of the year. This worksheet and class chart teaches the students how to play dreidel and then instructs them to practice finding and writing ratios as they play. Dreidels are available inexpensively on the internet, and you only need one per group of students.
Grades:
5th - 8th
On the Way to School Companion Worksheet
This is a great cross-curricula activity for teachers which includes Mathematics, Language Arts, and Social Studies. This worksheet is a companion to the movie, "On the Way to School" which follows four students from around the world as they travel to school. Using this worksheet, students will compare and contrast the lives of the four students with the lives of their own by calculating the rate of travel and writing a description the obstacles of their commute. Document is editable and acti
Grades:
5th - 8th
Change can be good!
Child will cut and paste the objects in sequential order , in the way that they change. Children can also see how change can be good in the way that things are different but they grow and get better.
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PreK - 2nd
Writing Project: Mathematician of the Day (Any Level)
This is a short writing project (utilizing the internet) that is applicable to all students in middle school through higher education. Students explore the history of one mathematician and answer questions about his/her life and work. There is also a fun question where they can classify the mathematician as a "Cool Dude" or a "Math Nerd."The document is presented in a word format so that you can make changes to the due dates, points earned, etc. The rubric points can also be adjusted according
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Letter To Families Today is “Show and Share Tuesday”
Good morning Preschool Families today is “Show and Share Tuesday” please allow your learner to bring a backpack-sized item from home for Show and Share today. We use titles for the days of the week, to remind children about past, present, and future concepts. This strategy also promotes defining our Class Community Rules, as they are learning what responsibility means by remembering to bring an item from home or wear wacky socks on Wednesday etc.
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PreK - 3rd
Drapeaux Tally Chart
Use this tally chart to help students learn about French-speaking countries. This is also a great way to teach shapes, colors, numbers, and to build Math skills. Combine the three pages to make a larger poster for a center/
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Not Grade Specific
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Early childhood art lesson plan on fall colors and round shapes
This lesson combines seasonal fall colors, shapes and seasonal foods for pre-preschoolers. It also helps build their vocabularies, which will come in handy on Thanksgiving. Since the foods are listed and defined for students in this lesson, it is a segue to another art lesson. That said, here is a subtle way to introduce healthy eating.
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Grades:
PreK - K
Design Challenge
The following document is an overview of what I call ‘design challenges’ for students in grades 6th grade to college. The challenge demonstrates student collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving. All are 21st century skills. The challenges can be as few as 15 students to as many as 400 students. When I first did this challenge, it was for 400 students and I rolled out the challenge school-wide in Advisory. It was a great culture builder, spoke to our Project-Based curriculum, and em
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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