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Middle School Math

Browse our collection of middle school math lessons, which include engaging interactive games as well as short, standard-focused lessons.

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This collection of interactive self-paced math lessons aligns to the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics and is part of a larger "Math at the Core" collection on PBS Learning Media.

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Sense and Dollars

Teach students about personal economics using this fun and interactive website.

Cryptology Files

In this interactive lesson, students take on the role of cryptologists to decode clues using order of operations and evaluating multivariate algebraic expressions.

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The Big Sale

In this interactive lesson, students learn to recognize how math concepts, like rate and ratio, can be used in everyday situations.

Using Equations to Solve for Unknown Angles

This video lesson helps to build student fluency with equations and angles as they practice writing and solving equations in the form px + q = r.

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In this interactive lesson, students consider how fractional measurements relate to scale models, learn about alternate ways of expressing scale ratios, and demonstrate understanding of fractions and scale.

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Popcorn Picker: Volumes of Solid Shapes

In this interactive lesson, students make predictions and experiment with the volume of two cylinders made from the same size paper.

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Square-Wheeled Tricycle: Radius and Circumference

In this interactive lesson, students work with the radius of various circles to find the circumference and area. They are challenged to find the distance a square wheel travels around a track.

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Cooking with Bill Nye: Dependent and Independent Variables

In this interactive lesson, students focus on dependent and independent variables to make a predictions about boiling water with the lid on or off the pot.

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Linear and Exponential Growth

In this interactive lesson, students practice solving exponential problems, comparing graphs of linear and making their own graphs of linear and exponential equations.

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Pairs of Linear Equations

In this interactive lesson, students focus on solving systems of equations by visualizing the problem or writing expressions with the Visualize It! tool.

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Comparing Powers of 10

In this interactive lesson, students use powers of 10 to investigate scientific notation.

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Multiplying and Dividing with Negatives

In this interactive lesson, students practice finding the products and quotients of positive numbers, negative numbers, and fractions and then finding the solutions on a number line.

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Real-World Ratio and Rate Reasoning: How to Power the Skate Park

In this interactive lesson, students view and analyze a series of video clips from Cyberchase and complete an activity using area and ratio.

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Using Sampling and Statistics to Get Rid of the Trash in Perfectamundo

In this interactive lesson, students use sampling, multiplication, and fractions to determine the amount of trash for removal. Students also complete a sampling and data analysis activity.

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Analyze the Data: Big Bay

In this interactive lesson, students will represent the data that they collect in a double bar graph in order to make comparisons and analyze the factors leading to the problem.

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