Curated OER
Follow That Graph
Students investigate the graphs of six trigonometric functions. They discover how changes in the equation of the basic function affect the graph of the function.
Curated OER
Speed + Graphing = Winners!
Fifth graders take addition timed tests every day for a two week period. Using the data from the timed tests, they create a bar graph using Microsoft Excel computer software, a personal bar graph using graph paper and colored pencils,...
Curated OER
Virtual Field Trip/ Gasoline Cost
Students complete a word problem to determine the cost of gasoline per mile of their virtual field trip. They determine the travel time and gasoline costs for two routes and record the information on a data sheet. They check their work...
Curated OER
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Students create a design for a school garden. In this garden design lesson, students analyze what plants grow best in their school's climate and work in teams to design a garden. Students measure the existing space, determine the...
Curated OER
Free Printables: Place Value
In this place value worksheet, students cut out the 10 arrows on the page, each of which contains a number between 0 and 9 and then three 0s after that number. The students then insert a decimal in the right spot to make the correct...
Curated OER
Food Web Relationships
For this food web worksheet, students create a food web matrix and answer short answer questions about the food chain according to the matrix. Students complete 7 short answer questions.
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Celebrate The Four Seasons
Young scholars investigate cause and effect and compare and contrast how recurring cycles are evident in multiple aspects of their education. They answer questions in the chosen field. Students model each aspect by interpreting,...
Curated OER
Communities at Work
Students explore how people function together in small communities to reach a common goal.
Curated OER
Electrical motors
Pupils investigate and experiement with a 9-volt motor. They will use the connecting wire and battery pack to discover fans.
Curated OER
Dinosaurs---Read All About Them!
Students read all about dinosaurs. In this biology lesson plan, students examine how to use library research as integral part of scientific research.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: English Bus: Pattern and Function
Help John the bus driver with his payments. Do you know enough about patterns and functions?
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Fashion Store: Pattern and Function
Molly organizes her clothes in a pattern using functions.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Soccer Stadium: Pattern and Function
Carlos wants to learn about calculating with decimals before his soccer practice starts. See if you can help!
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: School Bus: Pattern and Function: Number Patterns
Students will play a variety of learning games to explore and practice number patterns.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Soccer Stadium: Pattern and Function
Enrique plays soccer. Can you help him find patterns?
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Soccer Stadium: Pattern and Function
Students will explore patterns through interactive activities.
Other
The Actuarial Foundation: Math Academy: Can You See It in Nature? [Pdf]
Students will build, extend, describe, predict, graph and generate rules for patterns and functions designed to help students understand the connection between geometric and numerical patterns (younger students) as well as between...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Truck Stop: Pattern and Function
In Pete's truck stop there are trucks loaded with numbers. Help him find the missing numbers for his customers!
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Patterns in Nature
In this video segment [3:25] from Cyberchase, a plant expert shows Bianca the patterns and symmetry found in nature.
PBS
Pbs: Creating Numerical Patterns With Rules: Bianca Functions in the Wild
In this Cyberchase video, Bianca and her friend go camping and soon realize that Bianca has left the food at home. They find a vending machine in the woods, but it doesn't dispense the food that corresponds with the numbers Bianca...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Running a Function Machine
The connected machine is a single function that takes an input, runs it through the network inside and produces an output. You control a network of function machines along with the input and the operation performed by each machine to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Reading a Thermometer
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns how to read a thermometer as they try to keep their chocolate sculpture from melting.