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Mathematics at the Mall

Link: http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessonplans/6-8/mall68/index.html

Overview: In the following lesson, students participate in an activity in which they develop number sense in and around the shopping mall. There are two activities in this lesson. The first is appropriate for grades 3 - 5 and the second for grades 6 - 8. Both grade-level activities deal with size and space, estimation, measurement, and applications involving percent. This NCTM Publication-Based Lesson Plan is taken from an article entitled "Mathematics at the Mall," by Francis Fennell, that appeared in Teaching Children Mathematics, January, 1998, vol.4, no.5, pp. 268 - 74.

• Cataloged: 2005-12-05
• Publisher: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Source: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

This resource is cataloged under:

• Conforms To: NCTM Standards
• Educational Type: Activity
• Educational Type: Curriculum
• Educational Type: Curriculum support
• Educational Type: Lesson plan
• Grade level: Elementary
• Grade level: Middle school
• Language: English
• Network/channel: Technology Applications for Learning: develop or access curricular content
• Network/channel: Technology Applications for Learning: design or deliver instruction

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