Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Researching Researchers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use accessible technology to explore active research projects currently taking place, choose a current research project to study and create a presentation using the information that they have gathered.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Magnificent Mandalas

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners examine the principle of radial symmetry and apply it to an original mandala design. They draw a design using organic and geometric shapes, repeating the design symmetrically around the paper.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Opening Time Line Project

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners create a time line of their life starting at birth and each year after that up to their current age. They write and illustrate one important thing for each year, and place their time lines on poster board.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Putting Together History Puzzle Pieces

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learners attempt to put puzzle pieces together with no prior knowledge. This activity shows students at the beginning of the year that history is like a puzzle, there are often missing pieces, and many ways the pieces can turn to look...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

LEGO Mini-Golf

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Young scholars work together in teams to build a LEGO golf course. They build holes with sensors on them for the golf balls. They answer questions about their project to end the lesson.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Peak Performance

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students design and build a car that is capable of traveling across the floor quickly, and also up a steep ramp.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Variation 2

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use previously completed graphs. They discuss what the graph tells them. They discuss height, and discuss the range of the class height. Students graph data of their height with a bar graph, and repeat with eye color.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Action at Plate Boundaries

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils diagram the spreading of the ocean floor. In this earth science lesson plan, students read an article on plate boundaries of the ocean. Pupils are expected to diagram the oceanic convergent boundary, and give a...
eBook
Other

Math Ed Page: A Proposal for Early Math Education

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A chapter from a book on mathematics instruction for elementary students. Henri Picciotti explains why instruction in number sense, function sense, and symbol sense is important. He offers sample plans for operation sense.
Interactive
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Trig Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th
Investigate the cosine, sine, and tangent ratios of trigonometry using this interactive Learn Alberta math resource. Students will use these ratios to determine a right triangle's unknown side or angle. Be sure to follow the link to the...
Interactive
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Trigonometry (Video Interactive)

For Students 6th - 9th
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at how trigonometry is used in making sure that airplanes land safely at airports. The accompanying interactive component gives students practice in using trigonometric ratios, namely...
Website
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Increasing and Decreasing Functions

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
This website explores different types of functions such as increasing, decreasing, constant and one-to-one. Students are provided with example problems as well as vocabulary.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Practice: Recognize Functions From Tables

For Students 7th - 9th
A practice question to test students knowledge of function.
Website
Other

Increasing, Decreasing, Maximum and Minimum Functions

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
This site provides a portion of a textbook that explores increasing and decreasing functions. Students are provided examples and then have practice problems they can attempt to master the concept.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Function Notation Word Problems

For Students 7th - 8th
Interpret expressions with function notation in terms of the context that the function models. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Evaluate Functions

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Evaluate functions for specific inputs given the formula of the function. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Writing Function Rules From Equations

For Students 6th - 8th
In this exercise, students practice writing function rules from equations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a video, get hints, or try questions repeatedly.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Recognizing Functions From Tables

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this exercise, students practice recognizing functions from tables. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a video, get hints, or try questions repeatedly.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Comparing Exponential, Quadratic, and Linear Functions

For Students 6th - 8th
Analyze the numerical and graphical representations of functions. This interactive exercise focuses comparing linear, quadratic, and exponential functions and their graphical representations after completing a table to calculate ordered...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Mid. School Math: Graph Non Linear Functions

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students will compare functions by graphing the functions and describing the patterns in the graphs.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Range of a Function

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Learn about Range of Function with this reference guide. Detailed explanations and examples are given.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Middle School Math 2: Graphing Functions

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students will graph the function and find the unknown value in the given ordered pairs.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Swing Thing Activity Math and Science in Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity serves as a follow-up to Activity 10 in the Explorations book, Math and Science in Motion: Activities for Middle School by Chris Brueningsen, Elisa Brueningsen, and Bill Bower (Texas Instruments Incorporated, 1997).
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Other

New York State Education Department: Eighth Grade Math, Book Three (2006) [Pdf]

For Students 7th - 9th
Part three of three; The March 2006 8th grade Math test from the State of New York. The test is 12 open-response questions dealing with topics such as algebra (solve for a variable, write function rules), geometry (translations, parallel...

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