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Curated OER
"Sir Cumference and the First Round Table" by Cindy Neuschwander
Students experiment with rearranging shapes to better visualize the Congruence and relationship of geometric shapes.
Curated OER
Build Your Dream Science Lab
Would your ideal science lab be filled with bubbling beakers and zapping Tesla coils? Or would it contain state-of-the-art computer technology and data analysis? Dream big with an innovative lesson that connects math and language...
Curated OER
Precision Tools
Young scholars discuss the appropriateness of using a specific tool to measure and define an object. After measuring the area of their classroom and the objects in it with the appropriate tools, they create a floor plan that makes the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Estimation of Parallelogram Area in Scale Drawings
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students estimate actual areas of parallelograms in scale drawings. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Constructing Scale Drawings
An urban planner needs your help in creating a scale drawing. Let's use our knowledge about scale factor, length, and area to assist. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Interpreting Scale Drawings
Students practice interpreting scale models, receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Proportions to Find Scale Ratios
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find a scale, ratio, or proportion given actual and scale dimensions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Proportions to Find Dimensions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson studnets find actual or scale dimensions using a given scale, ratio, or proportion. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Shaping the Future
Learners will utilize new found knowledge of architectural design and engineering to apply math and science skills in building a structure. By using interactive websites, they will create scale drawing plans and design and engineer a...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Movin' on Up"
Students will use their knowledge of scale factor to enlarge a picture to scale. They will then use PhotoStory to create a collage of their pictures. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Dance Performance: Position on a Map
This interactive website allows students to practice their map skills including scale factors on a map.
NASA
Nasa: Earth, Moon and Mars Balloons
In this lesson, students will construct a scale model of the Earth-Moon-Mars system.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Circles All Around Us
In this lesson, middle schoolers will estimate several dimensions of circles in everyday objects. Students will use the metric and customary systems for their estimations. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Search the Perimeter and Secure the Area
This lesson will not only help middle schoolers compare and contrast the concepts of area and perimeter, but it will also move toward the concept that area is maximized while minimizing perimeter with a square.