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Middle School Mathematics Projects: Summer 2005

NOTE: The lessons listed below are currently in draft format, and are undergoing pilot testing by the participants of the summer workshops. We hope to eventually add them to the New Jersey teacher projects on NJPEP's activities page. Current NJPEP activities are based on NJPEP's template.

Comments and suggestions on the lessons will be addressed via the listserv at the email address: middlemath@listserv.state.nj.us.

Buena Graphing Information (2 period lesson); Comparing and Ordering Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Burlington Car Rental
East Orange Using Scale Measures
Elizabeth Survey; Decimals for Simple Fractions; Line Plots; Everyday Math Lesson 8.1
Freehold

Recycling Aluminum; Equivalent Fractions; ADDING TWO INTEGERS
Hammonton Time to Go; Time to Go Worksheet
Irvington Algebraic Expressions and Patterns; Patterns
Jersey City Sneakers; Selling Sneakers; Constructing a Number Line
Keansburg Percent Basketball; Fun with Calendars; The Hand Squeeze; Calendar
Lakewood Don’t Fence Me In!!!
Liberty & Jersey City Equivalency; Equations and Inequalities; Graph Creations; DECIMALS; Using Scale Measures
Long Branch Investigation- Linear Models; Testing Paper Bridges; Comparing Data Sets;
Middle Township Mystery Coin Problems;
North Plainfield Vegas Math; How Much is a Handful?; How Much is a Handful - worksheet; Hang ‘Em High
Orange Divisibility Tests; Divisibility Tests, Identifying Prime and Composite Numbers; Theoretical and Experimental Probability; Probability Chart; Algebraic Expressions and Patterns; Algebraic Expressions and Patterns - 2
Passaic Distributive Property Over Addition; Measures of Central Tendency; Making Cents of Percents; The Handshake Problem; Cell Phone Plans
Paterson Horizontal Displacement; Great Adventure Trip
Pemberton Doggie Diner Division; Rollerball; Rollerball Experiment; Rollerball Worksheet
Perth Amboy Adding and Subtracting Integers; Adding and Subtracting Integers-2; Lemonade Mix; Counting M&M’ s; Population Simulation-1; Population Simulation-2; Population Extension Activity; Population Simulation Worksheet
Plainfield Requesting a Reward; Packaging Blocks; Walking Rates; Walking Rates Plan (Excel)
South Plainfield Stereo; Percent of Change; Percent of Change Worksheet; Probability; Probability Worksheet; Data Analysis
Trenton, Elizabeth & Pemberton Question of Balance; Rising and Falling
Winslow Box & Whisker Plot; Counting Fractions; Evaluating Valuable Expressions & Solving Equations Using Mental Math;
Instructors! Bears in Space; Building Bridges; Leaping Frogs; Near and Far; Transformations on the Parabola; Parabola as a Function; Tiling and Covering; Rent-A-Car; Rent-A-Car Worksheet; Shipping Calculators; Extras for Experts; Variables and Inequalities Pre-test; Variables and Inequalities Worksheet