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This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics activity designed for sixth graders. In this activity, students test different ways of assembling and packing dry wall hanger kits, using variability and measures of center to determine and argue for the most...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics activity designed for sixth graders. In this activity, students examine candy manufacturing processes to determine the most consistent process, building both math and decision making skills. Students will use "...

This resource provides a research article on five myths of girls participation in science and technology programs. The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE) program seeks to broaden the participation of girls and women in science, technology,...

This lesson, provided by the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has students work in pairs and as a whole class to practice using base ten blocks to represent whole numbers and decimal numbers. The expected total time for this lesson is 60 to 70 minutes. The...

Lesson Description: In this lesson, provided by the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, students learn about and create a Bill of Materials (BOM). Students should understand the following five objectives after completing the lesson: That all Bills of Material...

This 2-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on purchasing lumber for guitars. Activity learning objectives include: calculate total board feet of a guitar and cost for the species used and accurately measure lumber using inches. This resource includes the following sections:...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics activity designed for seventh graders. In this activity, "students use different measurement tools and create procedures to determine the dimensions of a set of 3-D printed geometric solids." Following that, they "...

This 15-page paper, from the Wisconsin Center for Education, presents the results of a study investigating whether adapting instruction to gender preferences can improve the attitudes of students and their performance in mathematics. The study found that there was no effect on performance based on...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, "students use a simulation to develop a procedure and collect data regarding the number of houses powered by a solar thermal power plant under different...

This paper, by Anthony Petrosino of the University of Texas at Austin, provides "a framework for thinking about the use of models and model-based curriculum in K-12 settings." Teaching with mathematical models for space and geometry, data, measure, and probability and uncertainty are all discussed.