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Mary Carr

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Coordinate Grid Picture Bundle

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Environmental Math Mini-lessons Bundle

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Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Footprints

By Mary Carr

Designed to increase students’ knowledge of greenhouse gases and how they relate to warming, the desired outcome of this lesson is for each student to identify something(s) that (s)he can do to reduce his/her carbon footprint. Fairly simple review

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Math, Environment, Earth Day

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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$Scientific Notation and Water Conservation - Environmental Math$

Scientific Notation and Water Conservation - Environmental Math

By Mary Carr

Scientific notation with very large and very small numbers is practiced while learning about water conservation in this environmental mini-lesson. Students will consider the ways in which they and their families use water, examine sources of water

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Numbers, Environment, Earth Day

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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$Environmental Math Mini-lessons Bundle$

Environmental Math Mini-lessons Bundle

By Mary Carr

Perfect for Earth Day, or any day, this bundle of mini-lessons is a great tool for teaching about caring for the environment. It combines five of my lessons (also available separately): :: Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Footprints :: Surface Area,

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Math, Environment, Earth Day

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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$14.00

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$The Costs of Bottled Water - Environmental Math$

The Costs of Bottled Water - Environmental Math

By Mary Carr

This lesson is about raising some of the issues involved with the use of bottled water, with a few math calculations to drive the points home. Includes printable information sheet on the production, use, and disposal of plastic water bottles. The

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Math, Environment, Earth Day

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

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$Surface Area, Best Buy, and Precycling - Environmental Math$

Surface Area, Best Buy, and Precycling - Environmental Math

By Mary Carr

This lesson is about raising awareness of Precycling by examining cereal box packaging in terms of surface area and best buy. Students will calculate surface area of the packages to determine which is most efficient with its packaging, as well as

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Math, Environment, Earth Day

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

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$3.00

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$Data Collection, Graphing, and Analysis of Vehicle Idling$

Data Collection, Graphing, and Analysis of Vehicle Idling - Environmental Math

By Mary Carr

This mini-lesson is all about raising awareness of the environmental harm done by idling one's vehicle. A printable sheet is included with information on gas consumption and harmful emissions as a result of vehicle idling. The associated math

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Math, Environment, Earth Day

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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$4.00

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Every Day Is Earth Day Matching Game

By Mary Carr

Encourage good citizenship as students learn things that they can do to help the environment. Kids enjoy playing this matching (Concentration) game. #weholdthesetruths #kindnessnation Twenty pairs of cards consisting of matching text and picture

Subjects:

Environment, For All Subject Areas, Earth Day

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

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The Benefits of Trees with Coordinate Grid Activity - Environmental Math

By Mary Carr

Using a coordinate grid, students place trees and shrubs around a house to maximize the energy efficiency benefits of the plantings. They will learn other benefits of trees as well. This mini-lesson aims to get students to think about the trees in

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Graphing, Environment, Earth Day

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

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Scientific Notation Calculations - Water Use Around the World

By Mary Carr

Practice multiplication of very large numbers using scientific notation and rounding. Data is given for the per capita water usage in a variety of countries around the world, along with the countries' populations. Students calculate each country's

Subjects:

Math, Other (Math), Environment

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Math teacher, grades 6 - 8; Mathletes Coach; Coordinator, Math and Chess Clubs; Northrop-Grumman TEAACH program participant (2 years) and presenter (1 year)

MY TEACHING STYLE

I am big on making cross-curricular and career connections to the material that we're learning. I try to make math relevant to everyday life and I like to make learning fun.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Earthwatch Educator Fellowship, 2011; "Most Influential Teacher", 2012

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.S. Medical Laboratory Sciences (Medical Technology); Master of Public Health; Master of Arts in Teaching with Endorsements in Math, Science, and Social Studies

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am a committed environmentalist. I participated in an Earthwatch Institute fellowship, Climate Change at the Arctic's Edge, in Churchill, Manitoba in 2011. I had the privilege of working with 11 other teachers from across the U.S. and an international climate researcher in a part of the world that is absolutely fascinating. While in the Churchill area I saw a polar bear and beluga whales up close. Awesome!