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Lesson Description:  This lesson is the sixth of nine lessons from the Vocational Math: Contextualized for Construction course that was taught at Madison Area Technical College. During this lesson students work in groups, followed by whole class discussion, on volume problems contextualized for...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics and finance activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, "students use linear systems of equations to explore the finances of funding and building a power plant using different insulation materials."...

Lesson Description: This lesson is the fifth of nine lessons from the Vocational Math: Contextualized for Construction course that was taught at Madison Area Technical College. This lesson is a contextualized application for Pythagorean theorem, starting with students working in groups to create...

This 9-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, is a math activity on scale length, frequency, and string tension. This resource provides some background information on string tension and includes a list of learning objectives, an activity description and directions, activity answers, and ten...

Lesson Description: This resource is the eighth lesson in a series of nine from the Vocational Math: Contextualized for Construction course that was taught at Madison Area Technical College. This lesson introduces students to the concepts of % slope, pitch per foot, and total fall in the context of...

Lesson Description: This resource is the last lesson in a series of nine from the Vocational Math: Contextualized for Construction course that was taught at Madison Area Technical College. In this lesson, students are introduced to the idea of creating even spacing and apply this concept to a...

This collection of videos is part of a series of lessons on math provided by DeafTEC. Gary Blatto-Vallee, a math and science instructor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, guides viewers through a variety of mathematical exercises in this DeafTEC video series. All lessons are fully...

This page from DeafTEC presents a list of resources on teaching math to deaf students. Resources include Word Problem Analysis Template, ASL/Math Dictionaries, Math signs, Math Concept Description in ASL, Math Lesson in ASL, a best practices at the secondary level presentation, and more

This 8-page paper, written by Carlon G. Ami, describes the results of mathematics tests administered to student participants of the 2001 Summer Bride Program at the University of New Mexico. This program used techniques such as small group instruction to improve mathematics scores. By the end of the...

This resource is a 3 Act Math lesson created by mathematics teacher Dan Meyer. Each Act includes a video or an image, and a set of questions. The first video shows Dan and his friend on a beach walking towards a taco cart. During the lesson students guess who will reach the cart first.