CK-12 Foundation
Polygon Classification in the Coordinate Plane
Classify this resource into the "Use" pile. Scholars use an interactive coordinate plane to plot polygons given coordinates for the vertices. They use properties to classify each polygon and answer a few challenge questions regarding the...
CK-12 Foundation
Inductive Reasoning from Patterns: Greeting with Handshakes
Greet this resource like an old friend. An interactive has users investigate the number of handshakes required for a group to greet each member. A set of challenge questions ensures that learners have a solid understanding of the...
CK-12 Foundation
Angle Pairs: Angle Measurements
As one changes, so does the other. Scholars use an interactive to see how changes in the measure of one angle of a complementary or supplementary pair of angles affect the measure of the other angle. They answer a set of challenge...
CK-12 Foundation
One-Step Equations Transformed by Multiplication/Division: Dividing Plums
Be sure to use this plum resource. Scholars apply an interactive to find the number of plums each friend receives after plum-picking. They see how the interactive relates to one-step equations.
CK-12 Foundation
Mental Math for Addition and Subtraction Equations: Marble Bag Collector
Don't lose your marbles as your learn about addition and subtraction equations. Pupils investigate the relationship between addition and subtraction by using an interactive. They drag different color marbles into a box and identify the...
Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Measure for Measure
How does your class measure up? Young scientists create a scale drawing of the JOIDES Resolution in a collaborative activity. The lesson incorporates mathematical principles with deep-sea exploration to focus on enhancing measurement...
CK-12 Foundation
One-Step Equations and Inverse Operations: Additive Inverse
Reinforce properties while solving equations. Learners often ignore properties even as they try to apply them. A well-designed lesson emphasizes the role of additive inverses when solving equations.
CK-12 Foundation
Input-Output Tables for Function Rules
Make the abstract a bit more concrete with an interactive that asks learners to slide an input value through a function to determine the output. Changing the slope and y-intercept allows them to see the how the output values change.
CK-12 Foundation
Input-Output Tables for Function Rules
How does changing a graph affect the function? Learners watch the changing input-output table as they adjust the location of the line graph. Questions prompt them to complete a table of values and determine the function rule.
CK-12 Foundation
Function Rules for Input-Output Tables: Whats My Rule?
What's the rule that makes it true? A virtual function machine generates output values as learners submit the input values. Their job is to analyze the inputs and outputs for a pattern and write a function rule.
CK-12 Foundation
Function Rules for Input-Output Tables: Function Machine 2
Model function operations using a function machine. An interactive lesson has learners determine the patterns of a double function machine. They use the patterns to write functions and make connections between the inputs and outputs.
CK-12 Foundation
Function Rules for Input-Output Tables: Function Machine 1
Challenge your classes to find the pattern of a double function machine. After recording the outputs of both machines, learners identify the pattern and the corresponding function. Both patterns involve adding/subtracting a constant.
CK-12 Foundation
Function Rules for Input-Output Tables: Function Machine!
Watch as a function machine converts an input to an output. Learners determine the work applied by the function machine to write a function rule. Questions accompany the function machine animation to guide individuals to conclusions.
CK-12 Foundation
Function Rules for Input-Output Tables: Tickets at an Arcade
This is the ticket to learning about function rules! Using online manipulatives, scholars build a table of values and then answer questions about the related function. They examine the relationship between the input and output values and...
CK-12 Foundation
Function Rules for Input-Output Tables: Soda Sugar Function Table
Examine the relationship between the input and output variables in a table of values. As learners build an input-output table using online manipulatives, they begin to identify patterns. They answer questions about these patterns and...
CK-12 Foundation
Linear Equations: Deep Dish Pizza
Explore the volume of solids with a real-life connection. Learners calculate the volume of a deep-dish slice of pizza to determine its price. They model the slice as a part of a cylinder and create a formula for calculating the cost.
CK-12 Foundation
Properties of Real Number Addition: The Secret of Subtraction
Learners sometimes struggle to understand the concept of adding and subtracting integers. Help them see the why behind their answers using the interactive number line. The values change as individuals adjust the number line for each new...
CK-12 Foundation
When to Use the Distributive Property: Rational Expressions
Discover how the distributive property applies to division. As learners change numeric values within an expression, the simulation calculates its value. Challenge questions lead individuals to realize the power of distributing the...
CK-12 Foundation
Distributive Property: Catching Fireflies
Model the distributive property with jars of fireflies! An interactive animation has learners manipulate the number of jars of fireflies to determine the number caught. Accompanying questions ask scholars to consider the multiplication...
CK-12 Foundation
Rational Numbers in Applications: Pizza with Friends
Explore the application of fractions in a real-life situation. Learners manipulate an interactive simulation to model a given scenario. They find fractions of fractions and explain the importance of the part-to-whole comparison.
CK-12 Foundation
Visual Patterns: Building the Queen's Tower
A resource fit for a queen. Scholars recognize and continue a pattern in towers people are building for a queen. They write and use an algebraic expression for the number of tiles in the towers.
CK-12 Foundation
Intersecting and Parallel Lines
Sometimes line segments just refuse to meet. Young mathematicians connect houses on an interactive map using line segments. They must then determine whether these line segment pairs are intersecting or parallel.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Scale Factor
Does doubling mean everything doubles? Learners adjust the scale factor between two rectangles. Using the calculated measurements, pupils investigate the ratios between the lengths, perimeters, and areas of the rectangles.
CK-12 Foundation
Functions that Describe Situations: Manny's Mang-o-gurt
How much does it cost to add more mangos? An interactive allows users to see how the price of frozen yogurt changes based on the number of scoops and the number of slices of mango. Learners then answer a set of challenge questions about...