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Too Big or Too Small?
ORC# 3313
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http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L252
Resource Type:
Content Supports -- Activities and rich problems
Discipline:
Mathematics
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Grades 3–6
Professional Commentary:
This lesson features three activities to promote number sense with large numbers, fractions, and decimal operations. In the first activity, students use proportional reasoning to determine whether $1 million in $1 bills would fit in a suitcase and how much it would weigh....
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How Many Valentines?
ORC# 5836
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http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/valentines/hand...
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Content Supports -- Activities and rich problems
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Mathematics
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Grades 6–8
Professional Commentary:
There are 28 students in your classroom. On Valentine's Day, every student gives a valentine to each of the other students....
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Area and Volume in 3D -- Can't Have One Without the Other!
ORC# 9709
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http://www.ohiorc.org/orc_documents/orc/RichProblems/Discovery-A...
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Mathematics
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Grades 5–8
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Every 3-dimensional solid has both a volume and a surface area. Students explore the relationships between volume and surface area by constructing different solids from a given number of cubes....
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Boxes and Cats: Statistics From the Beginning
ORC# 9710
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http://www.ohiorc.org/orc_documents/orc/RichProblems/Discovery-B...
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Mathematics
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Grades 5–8
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Q. Why is a box like a cat? A. Both have whiskers....
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Can You Really Get There From Here?
ORC# 9711
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http://www.ohiorc.org/orc_documents/orc/RichProblems/Discovery-C...
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Content Supports -- Activities and rich problems
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Mathematics
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Grades 7–12
Professional Commentary:
You are at an airport on the West coast of a long, narrow country. The country extends lengthwise to the East coast, and there are intermediate airports lined up along the way....
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Coin Flips
ORC# 9713
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http://www.ohiorc.org/orc_documents/orc/RichProblems/Discovery-C...
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Content Supports -- Activities and rich problems
Discipline:
Mathematics
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Grades 5–11
Professional Commentary:
In this inquiry activity, students are asked to determine whether a sequence of heads and tails was obtained by flipping a coin or by just making up a sequence of H's and T's. This investigation can be a starting point for exploring basic ideas of probability....
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Data Analysis -- Leading Digits
ORC# 9714
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http://www.ohiorc.org/orc_documents/orc/RichProblems/Discovery-D...
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Content Supports -- Activities and rich problems
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Mathematics
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Grades 6–12
Professional Commentary:
How many of the numbers in a set of data have a leading digit of 1 and how many have a final digit of 1? An extension of the problem and a complete discussion of the underlying mathematical ideas are included....
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Finding Areas Using Maps
ORC# 9716
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http://www.ohiorc.org/orc_documents/orc/RichProblems/Discovery-F...
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Content Supports -- Activities and rich problems
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Mathematics
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Grades 6–8
Professional Commentary:
Students find the area of a natural feature, such as a lake or forest, using a map and the scale of the map. A discussion of the underlying mathematical ideas is included....
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How Much Grout?
ORC# 9717
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http://www.ohiorc.org/orc_documents/orc/RichProblems/Discovery-H...
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Content Supports -- Activities and rich problems
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Mathematics
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Grades 6–8
Professional Commentary:
Suppose you have some square ceramic tiles that you will lay for a floor. When you put them down, you will leave a little space between them to fill with grout....
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How to Fix an Unfair Game
ORC# 9718
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http://www.ohiorc.org/orc_documents/orc/RichProblems/Discovery-H...
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Mathematics
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Grades 7–12
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Michelle and Jim wager on picking colored chips out of a bag. In the bag are two black chips and one red one....
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