tags: 6th

Tags: powers of ten, algebraic analysis, 6.MD, percent change, HSF.LE.A.1,
tags: 6th
We found 366 post available for you

Nobel prize in physics 2013
Algebra Number Sense Science Ratio and Proportion
François Englert and Peter W. Higgs François Englert and Peter W. Higgs were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 for the theory of how particles acquire mass. In 1964, they...
Data and Probability mean standard deviation speed of light 6.RP 7.RP 6.SP 7.SP 6th 7th 8th HS S-ID

Really old

Number Sense Social Studies
 Tom Lehrer is a singer, songwriter, satirist, pianist and mathematician who has written some wonderful songs. In 1959 he wrote a song called “New Math”.  At that time, much of mathematics t...
6th 7th 8th HS binary octal hexadecimal bases enrichment number theory

California wildfire
Number Sense Geometry Science
Wildfires are burning in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Yosemite National Park.  In this activity we ask students to examine various maps of this California region, calculate distances us...
Data and Probability measurement scale 7.G.1 ratios 7.RP.3 5.NF 6.G.1 6th 7th 8th 5th area

Bits, bytes, and nibbles
Algebra Number Sense Science Ratio and Proportion
Clicking on the image will show it larger. I'm not very good at understanding how large my device capacities are and how big the files that I want to download are in comparison.  I decid...
Data and Probability conversion 6.RP 7.RP 6.EE.1 6.EE.2 7.EE 7.SP 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 5.NBT.2 8.EE.1 making an orderly list unit ratios HS.modeling HSN-Q HSS-CP.9

Crop circles
Algebra Geometry Art
  In the travel section of our newspaper this week, Wiltshire, England was a recommended destination to see Stonehendge and crop circles  ...........  crop circles? Many of the ...
art 7.G 8.G 6th 7th 8th 5th compass circles HSG

Methane math
Algebra Number Sense Science Social Studies Food
   Updated!  Carbon dioxide and methane are our two most prevalent human-contributed greenhouse gases.  This holstein cow is one of many huge contributors to our methane produ...
Data and Probability percents 6.RP 7.RP 7.SP percents of percents pie charts global warming methane flatulence greenhouse gas 6th 7th 8th HS climate change Earth day

Father's Day blueberry surprise
Number Sense Food Holidays
 Father's Day is coming up, and there is still time to have a tiny fraction review in the guise of celebrating Father's Day.This is a short activity that asks students to change the amounts in a ...
Fractions division father's day 7.NS.2 4.NF.4 5.NF.7 6.NS.1 6th 7th 5th 4th elementary

Ladder figuring
Algebra Number Sense Geometry
   Brian can't even go to his town's spring festival without seeing math. Let your class approximate the height or length of this ladder by using the relative size of the cars or the p...
estimation Pythagorean Theorem 6.RP 7.G right triangles 8.G 6th 7th 8th HS

Big gulp
Algebra Number Sense Science Food
Do you or your students love sugary drinks?  What if it were against the law to order a large sugary drink where you lived?  On September 13th, 2012 the New York City Health Department ban...
Data and Probability rates 6.RP 7.RP 7.SP large sodas healthy eating candy bar units 6th 7th 8th food Unit rate nutrition

Cicada swarmaggedon
Algebra Number Sense Science
Most of the life cycle of the Magicicada Septendecim is spent underground.  Then at 17 year intervals, these cicadas emerge from the ground, climb deciduous trees, molt into a...
patterns 6.NS.4 prime numbers cicadas life cycle magicicada septendecim biology 4.OA.4 elementary 6th 7th 5th 4th

Cruising
Algebra Number Sense Science Food Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
There have been a lot of cruise ship mishaps and disasters this year. While these are in the news, let your students consider how these floating cities manage their resources and which of their need...
proportion ratio measurement Unit rate Data food news 6.RP.3 7.RP.3 5.NBT.7 7.NS.3 6.NS.3 6th 7th 8th 5th MP6

Voyager on the edge
Algebra Number Sense Science Ratio and Proportion
The two Voyager space probes are in the news recently as they approach the edge of our solar system.  Scientist can tell that the Voyager's environments are changing.  They are receiving m...
Data and Probability proportion Fractions Unit rate rates 6.RP 7.RP 8.EE 6th 7th 8th 5th 4th 4.MD.C 5.MD.A astronomy 7.RP.3 unit conversion
Display 337 - 348 Of total 366