LESSON PLANS: Expect the Unexpected with Math®

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Free Math Materials
Make math fun and relevant while building core skills. Math teachers (grades 6–8) can reserve a spot to receive new Expect the Unexpected with Math® program materials for fall 2010. Developed by the Actuarial Foundation with Scholastic, this free, award-winning series provides dynamic, real-world content aligned with National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards. 
Deadline: June 30, 2010
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This series of fun math programs is designed to build and reinforce important math skills for students. Developed by The Actuarial Foundation with Scholastic, the lessons and printables provide real-world math for students to become successful in the classroom and beyond. See below for links to all individual lessons and printables in the series.

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Setting the Stage with Geometry (grades 6-8)

Skills addressed: Measuring perimeter, area, surface area, and volume.

Lesson 1: Perimeter and Area of 2D Shapes
Worksheet: Geometry Works! The Stage Takes Shape (PDF) 
Lesson 2: Surface Area of 3D Shapes
Worksheet: That Should Cover It! (PDF) 
Lesson 3: Volume of 3D Shapes
Worksheet: Pack It Up! What Will Fit? (PDF) 

Bonus Worksheets and Take-Home Activities

 

Conversions Rock (grades 6–8)

Skills addressed: Converting fractions, decimals, and percents.

Lesson 1: Fractions
Worksheet: Stardom: Just a Fraction Away (PDF) 
Lesson 2: Decimals
Worksheet: Rock to the Top with Decimals (PDF) 
Lesson 3: Percents
Worksheet: Show Me the Money with Percents (PDF) 

Bonus Worksheets and Family Take-Home Activities 
Bonus Worksheet 1 (PDF) 
Bonus Worksheet 2 (PDF) 
Bonus Worksheet 3 (PDF) 
Family Take-Home Pages (main PDF) 
Family Worksheet 1 (PDF) 
Family Worksheet 2 (PDF) 
Family Worksheet 3 (PDF)

 

Bars, Lines, & Pies (grades 4–6)

Skills addressed: Bar graphs, line graphs, and pie charts.

Lesson 1: Peering into Pie Charts 
Worksheet: Make a Paper Pie (PDF) 
Lesson 2: Bar Graphs: A Statistical Skyline 
Worksheet: Raising the Recycling Bar (PDF) 
Lesson 3: Looking Through Line Graphs 
Worksheet: Is That Trash You’re Wearing? (PDF) 

Bonus Activity 1: Recycling by the Numbers: It’s Easy as Pie (PDF) 
Bonus Activity 2: Water Conservation: What Are the Winning Numbers?... 
Bonus Activity 3: Tap the Math Facts Behind Bottled Water (PDF) 
Family Activity 1: Subtracting Waste = Adding Trees: Read All About... 
Family Activity 2: Water: How Much Do You Consume? (PDF) 
Family Activity 3: Energy Equations for the Future (PDF)

 

Shake, Rattle, & Roll (grades 6–8)

Skills addressed: Understanding probability through histograms, scatterplots, and tree diagrams.

Lesson 1: Shake It Up with Scatterplots 
Worksheet (PDF) 
Lesson 2: Histograms Manage a Flood of Data 
Worksheet (PDF) 
Lesson 3: Tune In to Insurance 
Worksheet (PDF) 
Lesson 4: Branching Out with Tree Diagrams 
Worksheet (PDF) 

Bonus Activity 1: A Roof Over Our Heads (PDF) 
Bonus Activity 2: A Map of Claims (PDF) 
Bonus Activity 3: A Bridge to the Future (PDF) 
Family Activity 1: Insuring for the Uncertain (PDF) 
Family Activity 2: Banking on Inflation (PDF) 
Family Activity 3: Planning for the Future (PDF)