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Curated OER

Thanksgiving: Multiple Perspectives

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars examine different perspectives about Thanksgiving that include those of the European Settlers and the Native Americans. They read and discuss an article about Plymouth being "America's Hometown." They develop a landmark...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science Inquiry Lesson: Mapping Project

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Pupils explore the methods of creating maps. They create a map of Animas River Park using a compass and measuring tape, develop a single map from the team map sections, and devise another map of the Animas River Park using a GPS unit.
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Curated OER

An Academic, Economic, Cultural, and Political Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students reflect on how many board games they've played have African Americans, their culture or history incorporated within. They identify four street games and three card games that appeal to African Americans. They play the...
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Curated OER

Historic Cemeteries: "History Written in Stone"

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine grave markers in their local community. They identify how past generations contributed to life in their town. They discuss their feelings about death and how one is to act at a cemetary.
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Curated OER

Text as Texture Collage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concepts of rhythm, movement, contrast and texture. They practice using new vocabulary and work on creating a college after designing the arrangement. They self-evaluate their collage and critique their classmates...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Future Perfect Simple and Continuous Exercise at Auto-English

For Students 7th - 9th
In this future perfect simple and continuous tense learning exercise, students complete each sentence by adding a verb in either the future perfect simple or continuous tense.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Scientific Measurement and Conversion

For Students 8th - 12th
In this measurement worksheet, students review the rules of dimensional analysis and then determine if the 3 equations given follow the dimensional analysis rules.
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Curated OER

Circle the Earth - Explore Surface Types on a Journey around Earth

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use CERES percent coverage surface data with a world map in locating landmasses and bodies of water at Earth's Equator.
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Curated OER

Creating a National Park

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how national parks are created, operate and benefit society by creating a new national park for their state.
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Curated OER

Aruba Cloud Cover Measured by Satellite

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students analyze cloud cover over Aruba. They compose and submit written conclusions which include data, analysis, errors in data collection, and references.
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Curated OER

Greenhouse Effect

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars identify greenhouse gases. They explain why perfluorocarbons are a bad alternative to chlorofluorcarbons. They determine both the least and most influential greenhouse gases.
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Curated OER

Pendulum Motion Experiments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experiment with simple pendulums to determine the validity of an equation for all angles. Students discover the usefulnes and limitations of approximations in science. Using spreadhseets and a java applet, students observe the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measuring the Diameter of Our Star

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment to measure the diameter of the sun. In this astronomy lesson,  students construct a simple equipment to collect scientific data. They calculate the sun's diameter using a given formula.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Where Do Math Symbols Come From?

For Students 9th - 10th
John David Walters shares the origins of mathematical symbols and illuminates why they're still so important in the field today.
eBook
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Lewis Carroll: Symbolic Logic

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of a book "discussing the area of mathematics which studies the purely formal properties of strings of symbols." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Seeing Math: Function Analyzer

For Students 9th - 10th
The Function Analyzer allows learners to see the connections among three representations of a function: symbolic, area, and graphic. In addition, by allowing learners to change the value of four elements of a function - the coefficient...
Unit Plan
Other

Quick Math: Scientific Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
In this section, we will introduce another symbol for a fraction of the form and then we will use this symbol to write certain numbers in simpler form.
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Other

Jeff Miller: Earliest Uses of Symbols for Variables

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site explains how variables began and who were the first to use them.
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Other

Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Intermediate Algebra: Properties of Real Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
After finishing this tutorial, you'll be well versed in various properties of real numbers: identity and inverse properties, commutative and associative properties, and distributive properties. You'll also know about the various symbols...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man of Math

For Students 9th - 10th
What's so special about Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man? With arms outstretched, the man fills the irreconcilable spaces of a circle and a square- symbolizing the Renaissance-era belief in the mutable nature of humankind. James Earle...
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Radical Sign or Symbol

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about radical signs or symbols with this resource which offers detailed explanations and multiple examples. Subjects covered include bar length and radical expressions. Links to related topics.
Activity
Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: Removing Grouping Symbols

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains removing grouping symbols like parentheses, braces, and brackets. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems. Point this...
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Radicals

For Students 9th - 10th
MathWorld offers information on the radical symbol, along with information on radical identities. Lots of examples and illustrations.

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