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    Equality Explorer - 6th Grade intro to solving
      
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
    
      
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          Title
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        Equality Explorer - 6th Grade intro to solving | 
      
      
        
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            Description
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          This lesson plan and accompanying activity sheet is intended to help 6th grade math students consider the meaning of an equals sign as a balance or equality statement. The activity involves using additive inverses to make zero and isolating a variable. | 
        
      
      
        
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            Subject
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          Mathematics | 
        
      
      
        
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            Level
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          Middle School | 
        
      
      
        
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            Type
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          Guided Activity | 
        
      
      
        
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            Duration
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          60 minutes | 
        
      
      
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          Answers Included
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        No | 
      
      
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          Language
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        English | 
      
      
        
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            Keywords
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          6th, balance, equality, equations, math, one, one-step, solving, solving steps, step | 
        
      
      
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          Simulation(s)
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        Equality Explorer (HTML5) | 
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
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          Author(s)
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        Trevor Gibson | 
      
      
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          Contact Email
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        jtrevorgibson@gmail.com | 
      
      
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          School / Organization
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        Middle School Teacher | 
      
      
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          Date submitted
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        6/20/19 | 
      
      
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          Date updated
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        6/20/19 |