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National Humanities Center
Teaching The Great Gatsby: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar
The 41 slides in a professional development seminar model how to use close reading techniques to examine the many layers of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In addition to passages from the novel, slides provide biographical...
EngageNY
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 12
How can opinions slant facts? Workshop participants learn how to examine primary and secondary sources and identify the author's point of view. They also examine how visual art impacts the meaning and rhetoric of sources. Full of...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Reasons for the Seasons
A well-designed science investigation that has students examine and graph seasonal temperature data from cities at different latitudes. They describe trends they see, and explain what they think causes these trends. They then identify...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Trigonometry: Graphs of the Trigonometric Functions
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains how to graph each of the six trigonometric functions and determine the period, amplitude, phase shift, and vertical shift of each. There are example problems solved, problems for the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: 2 D Projectile Motion: Identifying Graphs for Projectiles
Match graphs with the correct scenario for the projectile motion by understanding velocity, acceleration, and displacement.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Going for the Gold
Second graders read and create graphs based on Olympic data for 2014.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
US Census Bureau
Us Census Bureau: Population Pyramid Graph for Canada
Graphs showing the population pyramids of Canada from the year 2018. Shows a comparison of males versus females.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Advanced Graphing and the Graph Math Menu
In this activity, students use the graphing capabilities of the TI-86 to graph different functions. They develop capabilities for analyzing a graph Using several of the items contained in the GRAPH MATH menu.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Graph Theory in Drama
Students use graph theory to create social graphs for their own social networks and apply what learn to create a graph representing the social dynamics found in a dramatic text. Students then derive meaning based on what they know about...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Growing and Graphing
Students visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of measure. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: It's a Connected World: The Beauty of Network Science
Students learn about complex networks and how to use graphs to represent them. They also learn that graph theory is a useful part of mathematics for studying complex networks in diverse applications of science and engineering, including...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Graphing Motion Lab
This lab was designed to generate some data that students can use when learning about simple graphing motion. Students will track the motion of a row boat as it moves through a course and then they will create a graph of the data that...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Graphing Motion Lab 2
This lab was designed to generate some data that students can use when learning about two stage graphing motion. Students will track the motion of a dragster as it accelerates and then moves at a constant speed and then they will create...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Basic Programming for the Ti 92 Plus
In this activity, students learn to program the calculator and create programs to solve simple mathematical problems.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: This Is for the Birds!
This activity enables students to practice various skills such entering lists, comparing data, and utilizing statistical terms on the graphing calculator.
US Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics: Create a Graph Tutorial
This tutorial walks students through how to create different types of graphs using the Create a Graph tool available on the website. Covers bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, area graphs, scatter plots, and dependent and independent...
Ohio State University
Osu: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle: The Sun: Earth's Primary Energy Source
Extensive article that discusses the first principle of climate science, i.e., that the Sun is the primary energy source for the climate system of the Earth. Presents five concepts for this principle and explains each, providing...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Topics in Pre Calculus: Basic Graphs
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains the graphs of the major mathematical functions. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems. Point this site out to...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens Plotting Sun Spots
In this activity, students follow in Galileo's footsteps as they examine the nature of sunspot cycles, define solar minimum and solar maximum, and graph data for a solar cycle. Then they will predict the next solar maximum and when the...
Other
Explaining the u.s. Trade Deficit
Discusses how the U.S. has been lowering its trade deficit. This paper is very detailed with information and graphs for the student who is familiar with global trade.
Other
Mega Mathematics: Graphs and Graph Theory
Contains a clear explanation of the basic terminology of graph theory. The useful for a first introduction to graphs and graph theory.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Evaluate Functions From Their Graph
Evaluate functions for specific inputs given the graph of the function. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Scientific Method Data Analysis/graphs
At the end of your experiment you should review all of the data you have collected. See samples of data analysis charts and graphs. Find out what makes for a good chart or graph using the self-grading rubrics.