Math at Saguaro National Park

Saguaro with multiple arms

NPS Photo

A collection of lesson plans intended to teach math using saguaros and everything else that lives in the Park!

 

 

High School

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  The Curious Saguaro

  Lesson plan for students learning basic Algebra

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  Sunny the Saguaro

  Lesson plan that looks at finding the volume of a saguaro

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  Nurse Trees and Saguaros

  Lesson plan intended to expose students into working with Excel and graphs

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  Saguaros and Clinometers

  Lesson plan for students learning trigonometry

 

Middle School

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  Dividing Fractions Using Saguaros

  Lesson plan for students learning about fractions.

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  Understanding Percent Using Buffelgrass

  Lesson plan for students learning percent.

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  Circles and Saguaros

  Lesson plan for students learning volume, surface area, and circumference of a circle

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  Statistics and Saguaros of Section 17

  Lesson plan for students learning basic statistics