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1. Mathematical Reasoning Draw Conclusions and Explain Reasoning Sort and classify concrete objects (e.g., buttons, blocks, cookies) focusing on likenesses and differences (color, shape, size ) MST3.E.MR1A.KN.01 Count and compare sets MST3.E.MR1A.KN.02 ... MST3.E.MR1A.KN.03 Analyze Mathematical Situations Using Patterns and Relationships Recognize number sequences MST3.E.MR1B.KN.01 Understand the relationship between counting and repeating patterns MST3.E.MR1B.KN.02 Justify Answers and Solution Processes Understand the rationale for grouping or sequencing objects in a given manner MST3.E.MR1C.KN.01 Jump To Top Whole Numbers One to one matching of sets to demonstrate equivalence MST3.E.NN2A.KN.01 Know that the last number counted in a set indicates the total number for the set (concept of cardinal number) MST3.E.NN2A.KN.02 ... MST3.E.NN2D.KN.03 Fractions Know fractions are used in real-world situations MST3.E.NN2B.KN.02

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Grade levels: Duration: 1 Day Materials: The Digital Resource Video Library There are three programs to choose from: Real World Connections Across the School Curriculum " Great teaching techniques. I'm going to use this in my classroom. It will make math fun, and relate it to real life." Orange County, CA The Institute Faculty: Dave Hendry Description: These three institutes present strategies and resources for improving student engagement and achievement by presenting content (concepts and skills) within the context of applications in exciting real-world careers. is designed for mathematics and science teachers and will familiarize them with a variety of real-world applications for the topics of their curricula through a set of collaborative "mini-projects". "Hands-On Math & Strategies for Assessment" , for mathematics teachers, will train teachers to plan and deliver hands-on lessons within a real-world context that is guaranteed to spark interest and engagement. As a bonus, teachers will learn research-based and effective strategies for quickly and informally assessing understanding. "Real World Connections Across the School Curriculum"

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FREE NEWSLETTER advertisement free newsletter! tell a friend! contests software ... help Promotions Thursday, June 10 New Software Reviews: Clifford the Big Red Dog: Phonics Promotes letter and sound recognition, associating objects with words, word families, and rhyming. Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island Encourages girls to be independent problem solvers. Girls take on the role of the famous teen sleuth: exploring new places, questioning motives, collecting evidence and analyzing clues. Mia's Language Adventure: The Kidnap Caper A unique introduction to either or both Spanish and French. While solving a mystery, users play a series of games progressing from distinguishing sounds of letters and spelling words to deciphering simple dialogue. Best for kids with strong concentration skills. I Spy Fantasy Includes 54 riddles that players must solve by finding objects hidden in a scene. Best for children with longer attention spans. Mozart's Magic Flute The Music Game A fun and educationally valuable musical jigsaw puzzle that teaches not only music listening skills, but also provides dollops of contextually relevant (and interesting) history. Brother Bear A fun, quest-style game based on the 2003 movie of the same title. Best suited as a rainy days activity.

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Search Home Learning Building Skills Building Skills How to raise a child who loves math Kindergarten to 1st grade by Holly Hanke Here are seven activities you can do at home to instill a love of math: What's below: Be positive Use math every day Broaden the boundaries of math Ask questions ... Play math games around the house Be positive Don't let your own struggles with math influence how you introduce the world of numbers to your child. Since you were in school, our understanding of how to teach math has been completely overhauled; for example, teachers now emphasize making the connection between real world activities and math concepts. Children understand that math helps them develop good problem-solving skills. To them, learning math is actually fun. Use math every day Let your child see how important math skills are in your daily life and how frequently you use them. Ask for his help when you pay bills, measure a room for a new piece of furniture, or measure out ingredients for a recipe. Point out to him how doctors, pharmacists, builders, and astronauts all use math in their jobs. Each of these activities reinforces how useful math skills are in life. Broaden the boundaries of math Math isn't just about numbers. It's also about:

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English Mathematics Science Social Studies List of all modules (coming soon) Project Activities Mathematics Content Areas Guidelines Project Activities Interactive Projects Presentations ... Related Links The Geometer's Sketchpad Activities Exploring Characteristics of Triangles Students draw triangles and explore the classification of each using the measures of interior angles and lengths of sides. In the extension activities, the students further explore and generalize a formula for the sum of the interior angles of convex polygons. Constructions of Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles Students discuss the difference between drawing and constructing a triangle using The Geometer's Sketchpad. They will further develop constructions for both isosceles and equilateral triangles. In the extension activities, students will script the construction of a right triangle. The Pythagorean Theorem Students create both a visual and formal proof of the Pythagorean theorem, as well as view four additional geometric demonstrations of the theorem. These demonstrations are based on proofs by Bhaskara, Leonardo da Vinci, and Euclid. Students will value this activity more if they have already had some experience with the Pythagorean Theorem.

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English Mathematics Science Social Studies List of all modules (coming soon) Project Activities Mathematics Content Areas Guidelines Project Activities Interactive Projects Presentations ... Related Links The Geometer's Sketchpad Activities (version 4) Exploring Characteristics of Triangles Students draw triangles and explore the classification of each using the measures of interior angles and lengths of sides. In the extension activities, the students further explore and generalize a formula for the sum of the interior angles of convex polygons. Constructions of Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles Students discuss the difference between drawing and constructing a triangle using The Geometer's Sketchpad . They will further develop constructions for both isosceles and equilateral triangles. In the extension activities, students will script the construction of a right triangle. The Pythagorean Theorem Students create both a visual and formal proof of the Pythagorean theorem, as well as view four additional geometric demonstrations of the theorem. These demonstrations are based on proofs by Bhaskara, Leonardo da Vinci, and Euclid. Students will value this activity more if they have already had some experience with the Pythagorean Theorem.

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Related Sites GEMS Jr. K-12 Outreach @ WPI Summer Programs @ WPI Women in Engineering Organization (WIEO) The Real World: Test it out. July 18-24, 2004 GEMS is sponsored by a grant from the Intel Foundation. The Program Simply put, engineering is solving problems using math and science. Engineers make artificial organs and limbs; create robots to carry out tasks too dangerous for humans; devise ways to treat waste to keep it from polluting the environment; produce materials that are flame resistant; and improve the design of tools and toys we use every day. It's impossible to go through a single day without using something an engineer has helped to create. GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math and Science) is a hands-on exploration of engineering, math and science for young women. You will be able to learn more about potential careers in these areas by engaging in labs facilitated by a dedicated team of WPI faculty and students. Although labs change every year to accommodate repeat participants, in the past they have included comparing the quality of water from various sources and testing different techniques for making it potable, building a robot that responds to sound, and learning about the process of making artificial skin. In addition to labs, participants work in teams on a week-long engineering design project. Last year the project involved using a wheelchair to determine what tasks are difficult for a disabled person to accomplish. The teams then each redesigned their chair and presented the results, using CAD drawings, to an audience of their peers. This year's project will focus on a different aspect of how engineering helps people.

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Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0+. Click here for your FREE download. Experience USA TODAY Summer Schedule (The summer edition of the lesson plan provides activities and discussion questions that can be used with any USA TODAY. The regular edition of the lesson plan offers activities and questions that are tied to specific articles and graphics.) June 14-18 Summer Edition only June 21-August 6 Summer Edition Monday, Thursday and Friday Standard Edition Tuesday and Wednesday August 9-13 Summer Edition only Free Professional Development Click here for more information and to register. 3-hour course can be taken any time (24 hours a day) From any PC in the world with an Internet connection May be applicable for PD hours or CEUs.

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Math TODAY for Grades 7 to 12 FREE online educational math resources integrating USA TODAY content with Texas Instruments technology Dedicated to engaging students in timely, relevant, real-world information integrated with TI graphing technology. Click here to view photos of Math TODAY presentations at the Florida Education Technology Conference, January 2004. Activity resources include: Teacher activity guide - classroom management tips, objectives tied to TI graphing handhelds, activity extensions, cross-curricular applications and assessment tools Student activity handout - USA TODAY graphic and/or article, TI graphing handheld instructions and assessment questions Graphic transparency - large images of USA TODAY Snapshot or infograph for use with an overhead or multimedia projector Technology guide - quick guide to TI hardware and software solutions Math TODAY Activities Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0+

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IPL KidSpace All of the IPL Advanced You are here: Home KidSpace Math and Science Math ... Contact Us KidSpace Features Ask a Question Culture Quest Learning HTML Orca Search ... Story Hour KidSpace Subject Collections Reference The World Computers/Internet Reading Zone ... Fun Stuff Want to know more about geometry, arithmetic, algebra, or math in the real world? Need some help with your math homework? Or just want to play some math games? This is the section for you! Sub-headings: This section contains links to sites on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and other basic math concepts. Geometry For more information about triangles, circles, fractals, and other types of geometry, try the links listed here. Math in the Real World Math can be found all around you. The sites linked here cover such topics as money, measurement, and other uses of math in the real world. Money Measurement Resources in this category: AAA Math http://www.aaamath.com/ This site has hundreds of pages on basic math skills, with interactive practice activities associated with each of the concepts. You can browse the site's contents by grade level or by math topic, or you can look through the Inex of Exercises. Ask Dr. Math - Elementary School Level

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IPL KidSpace All of the IPL Advanced You are here: Home KidSpace Math and Science Math ... Contact Us KidSpace Features Ask a Question Culture Quest Learning HTML Orca Search ... Story Hour KidSpace Subject Collections Reference The World Computers/Internet Reading Zone ... Fun Stuff Math can be found all around you. The sites linked here cover such topics as money, measurement, and other uses of math in the real world. Resources in this category: Math in Daily Life http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/ Learn about the ways that you use math in your daily life. Math-Kitecture http://www.nycenet.edu/oit/math-kitecture/ Lean how to use your geometry skills to make floor plans of your classroom and other fun architecture projects! Mathematics of Cartography http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/ This site explains what maps are, mathematical concepts involved in creating maps, and the history of map-making. Mathletics http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webunits/math/sport.html Learn how math is used in baseball, basketball, football, and bowling. Online Math Applications http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4116/

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search options Thursday, June 10, 2004 Using Real-World Data Visit the Math Article Archive for more math-related content. Helping students understand and appreciate the value of mathematics is an important part of what teachers do. One means of accomplishing this goal is to provide students with mathematically meaningful activities that involve or grow out of real world situations. The Mathematics Teacher journal (a publication of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) helps provide resources of this type by publishing each month a Media Clips section. Media Clips include brief news clippings or ads with stories that involve mathematics. For example, in the February 2000 issue (page 120) a clipping from the St. Paul Pioneer Press featured a story concerning how the Federal Comunications Commission (FCC) is seeking ways to limit the profusion of telephone area codes. Accompanying this story were a series of questions addressing the mathematics that was embedded in this news report: what types of numerals are used for area codes, how many possibilities are there, and a mathematical error in the article. In the same section in the April 2000 issue, a brief graph concerning the world’s population reaching 6 billion from the USA TODAY newspaper was featured. A series of questions related to the graph are presented. Whether you use the Media Clips section or just keep your eyes (and mind) open to things you see everyday, the world is full interesting ideas to bring into your math class.

37. Developing Real World Simulations In Health Technology Math I wanted as many hands on activities as I could would allow the students to apply their math knowledge and enable them to get a realworld experience and http://www.vccaedu.org/inquiry/inquiry-spring98/i21pruit.html

Developing Real World Simulations in Health Technology Math by Donna Jo (D.J.) Pruitt from Inquiry , Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 1998, 6-12 Return to Volume 2, Number 1 Abstract Instructors at Southwest Virginia Community College believed that students in Math 126, Mathematics for Allied Health, needed more applied experiences in the classroom. Real-world simulations provided an avenue for active, contextual learning in what had been a traditional classroom. Station # 1 Situation: Mrs. Janice Kilroy is hospitalized for asthmatic bronchitis. She requests her "cough medicine" for a persistent, non-productive cough. In checking her medication administration record, you note that she has Tussend 15 ml q(every) 6h prn (as needed) cough. Pour 15 ml into the plastic medication cup. How do you know you have an accurate dosage? Station # 2 Situation: Mr. Bob Deskins has been admitted to your unit with a fractured left femur. He is complaining of severe pain. On his medication administration record, you note the following medications: Demerol (Meperedine) 100 mg. with Vistaril (Hydroxyzine)

38. Learning From Baseball a game of statistics, so the math opportunities are is the Exploratorium s collection of activities and descriptions There s lots of realworld physics at this http://www.teachersfirst.com/baseball.htm

window.document.form1.pagename.value = window.document.location; Learning from Baseball Updated: March 12, 2004 Whether it's time for spring training or the World Series, baseball offers lots of opportunities for learning. It's a game of statistics, so the Math opportunities are almost endless. It's also a national pastime with its own place in American history. Baseball also involves lots of special vocabulary, and some fascinating physics. TeachersFirst has collected samples of Baseball-related lessons from around the Web. We'll add to this collection as suitable new material becomes available. Enjoy! Baseball and Science The Science of Baseball is the Exploratorium's collection of activities and descriptions involving physics, biomechanics, and baseball. What makes a curve ball curve, anyway? How quickly does a batter have to react to hit a ball thrown at 95 miles per hour? There's lots of real-world physics at this site, and the presentation is engaging as well as instructive. The Physics of Baseball - The closest thing we've found to one-stop shopping for baseball physics, this site catalogs more than a dozen resources from simple explanations to Java applets that plot fly ball trajectories. You'll find lots of resources for building lessons or demonstrating principles. From the University of Illinois

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Bringing the Real World into the Classroom Education-business partnerships promote practical skills and creativity in mathematics and science classrooms. by Helen C. Mao High school teachers apply guitar-manufacturing concepts to classroom lessons. A middle school student and his classmates invent a new way of carrying books. Engineers work with elementary and middle school students to design, build, and market toys. Although these images may seem unconventional, they are growing more common as increasing numbers of businesses are becoming involved in mathematics and science education reform. A Call for Basic Skills The formation of education-business partnerships is one result of Goals 2000. These partnerships not only help cultivate real-world mathematics and science skills in the classroom, but also teach students how to apply these skills to their everyday lives. Learning through Invention One such education-business partnership is the FutureMakers Inventor/Mentor Program . Developed with the Business-Education Compact of Portland, Oregon, and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, the program helps Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington middle school teachers and their students work with business partners to create inventions that solve problems in the workplace. Aligned with national and Oregon state education standards in science, mathematics, art, social studies, and language arts, FutureMakers aims to show students how mathematics and science concepts underlie product development and invention.

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