Percent Increase and Decrease Quiz

Skittles Math Lab! Converting Fractions, Decimals, and Percents!

Created by

This is a fun and yummy way to apply conversions of fractions, decimals and percent. All you need is a bag of skittles per group and this Math Lab handout!

3rd - 7th

Applied Math, Math

Chewing Gum Post-Lab Questions Percent Composition

Created by

Linh-Thuy Vu

Math & Science. Inquiry based learning. Learning percent composition through chewing gum and comparing mass before and after. A fun and interactive way to introduce concepts such as: molar mass, percent composition, empirical formula, etc. Bundle sale with rubric.

5th - 12th

Chemistry, General Science, Numbers

Also included in: Chewing Gum Lab Questions and Rubric Bundle Percent Composition

Math Lab - Sorting Candy - Common Core 6.RP.1, 6.RP.3c, 6.SP.3, 6.SP.4, 6.SP.5

Created by

Mrs Kara Ekstrom

Ratios, Fractions, Decimals, Percents, Reducing Fractions, Mean, Median, Mode, Line Plot, Circle Graph This activity has it all! Students bring in a bag of candy containing individual pieces (different colors), collect and analyze data, and then graph their results. This goes well with Survey Assignment (could be given for Homework the night before) http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Survey-Your-Friends-Fraction-Decimal-Percent-ActivityHomework-Assignment

5th - 7th

Math

M & M Math and Science Lab

Created by

Charity Marshall

A lab activity that combines the scientific method with creating graphs, changing fractions to decimals, to percent with M & M's.

5th - 7th

Basic Principles, Decimals, Fractions

Candy Probability: Discovery of EXPERIMENTAL vs. THEORETICAL Probability

Created by

My Dogs Ate My Homework

Middle Schoolers LOVE probability! This is a GREAT lesson around Halloween when the kids are already hyped up on sugar and want to 'talk' to their classmates. This activity allows the students to DISCOVER the differences between EXPERIMENTAL and THEORETICAL probability and connect it to everyday experiences. The probability lesson lends itself to fractions, decimals, percents, data collection, rational & irrational numbers, statistical graphs (box and whiskers, frequency tables...), measures

5th - 9th

Fractions, Math, Statistics

Modeling Percent of Moon Illuminated Science Math Lab Activity

Created by

Mrs Lyons

Overview In this activity students will create a mathematical (graphing) model of the lunar phases. They will use metric measurement skills to determine percentage representation of moon phases and develop a graph of the lunar phase. Then they will analyze the graph to make predictions. Student Learning Objectives: • Measure accurately using a metric ruler • Calculate percent of moon surface illuminated • Organize and graph data Standards Alignment: • Middle School Science (6-8) Next Generatio

5th - 12th

For All Subjects, Math, Science

Math Lab : Ratios and Proportions

Created by

Shalon Johnson

6.4 B Applying Qualitative and Quantitative reasoning to real-world problems involving ratios This or That ? Part One:Students will ask their fellow classmates a This or That? Question (ie: Coke or Pepsi? / McDonalds or Burger King? / Jordans or Nikes? ) They will turn it in to a ratio of this to that and describe it in both qualitative and quantitative terms and create 3- 5 proportional ratios. On Part two of the Lab, students will create a part to whole ratio and convert it in to simplified

5th - 7th

Applied Math, Math

Graphing Unit

Created by

Mrs. W

This unit contains 5 separate graphing activities. In the first activity, student create a bar graph of the depths of different oceans and answer follow-up questions. In the second activity, students collect tally colors of m&ms and use this data to create a bar graph and answer questions. In the third activity students create a bar graph of the diameters of the planets and answer related questions. In the fourth activity, the laboratory activity, students record the temperature of hot water as

3rd - 9th

Basic Principles, Graphing, Science

Skittles Lab: Scientific Method

Created by

MissVLovesTeaching

This is a lab guessing the amount of skittles in a bag and the amount of each color skittle. This lab uses the steps of the scientific method. Students collect data, create a table, and create a graph.

1st - 6th

Math, Science