Lesson Plan
University of Georgia

Using Freezing-Point Depression to Find Molecular Weight

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Explore the mathematical relationship between a solvent and solute. Learners use technology to measure the cooling patterns of a solvent with varying concentrations of solute. Through an analysis of the data, pupils realize that the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math Can Be Electrifying

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore how math can be used to calculate and analyze how electricity causes air pollution. Students design a campaign to educate family members on ways they can save electricity. They create a graph that compares two electric...
Interactive
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GeoGebra

All For One, One For All

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Will someone please constrain those pets? Pupils create two constraint equations on the number of cats and dogs for a pet sitter. They choose specific points and determine whether the point satisfies one or both constraints. The...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Heat Transfer and Heat Capacity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It's time to increase the heat! Young chemists demonstrate heat transfer and heat capacity in an activity-packed lab, showing the transitions between solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of materials. Individuals plot data as the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet Gr4: Linear Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
In this linear equations instructional activity, students solve 24 short answer problems about slope. Students find the slope of a line given a table, graph, two points, and the intercepts.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Gra[hing Linear Equations

For Students 9th
In this Algebra I activity, 9th graders use the slope and y-intercept to graph a linear equation and fill in a table with the coordinates of the five points plotted.  The seven page activity contains fourteen problems.  Answers...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Data Analysis and Measurement: Ahead, Above the Clouds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore and discuss hurricanes, and examine how meteorologists, weather officers, and NASA researchers use measurement and data analysis to predict severe weather. They plot points on coordinate map, classify hurricanes...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fishing for Points

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners explore the concept of ordered pairs. In this ordered pairs lesson, pupils list the ordered pairs of a graph in the shape of a fish. They use their calculator to translate the fish using lists, then translate the fish left,...
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Approximating a Line of Best Fit

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
You may be able to see patterns visually, but mathematics quantifies them. Here learners find correlation in scatterplots and write equations to represent that relationship. They fit a line to the data, find two points on the line, and...
Interactive
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GeoGebra

Too Big, or Not Too Big

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Determine whether the point is just right. The interactive allows participants to input a constraint equation. Pupils pick a point and determine whether it is too big, not too big, or just right for the constraint. Using the graphing...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Polynomials

For Students 8th - 9th
In this worksheet, students solve and complete 32 various types of problems. Included are problems on simplifying polynomials, factoring, graphing equations by plotting points, and simplifying expressions using the rules of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Functions and the Vertical Line Test

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars examine functions and function notation. They use computer activities to discover how to graph functions, and conduct a vertical line test. Students describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Sum of Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Collaborative learners will see the geometric addition of functions by graphing the sum of two graphed curves on the same coordinate plane. This task then naturally flows into giving learners the algebraic representation of the curves...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Peanut Butter is Better Than Yours!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of statistical data. In this statistical data instructional activity, students read an article about the dangers of peanut butter to those who are allergic. Students perform a taste test of two different...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plotting Grids Using Battleship

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students coordinate grid points on X and Y axises to plot a physical location. The game of "Battleship is used to present first hand knowledge of this skill.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lines, Lines, Everywhere

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore linear equation suing real life scenarios. In this algebra lesson, students find the slope and intercept of a line. They create table of values to plot their graph and draw conclusions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Line Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this algebra worksheet, young scholars describe the relationship between a line graph and its data. They define the reasons line graphs are used and discuss increasing and decreasing lines. There is one involved questions, requiring...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who's got the fastest legs?

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students use a stopwatch to collect information for a scatterplot.   In this fastest legs lessons, students collect data through the taking of measurements, create and find a median number. Students develop an equation and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing Parabolas and Circles

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students graph parabolas and circles. In this algebra lesson plan, students create a table of values and graph the coordinate pairs to create a graph. They graph a circle using the radius and center.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigating Linear Equations Using Graphing Calculator

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars investigate linear equations using the Ti-Calculator. For this algebra lesson, students graph lines and identify the different quadrants on a coordinate plane. They identify ordered pairs used to plot lines.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Straight Line Graphs

For Students 8th - 9th
In this math worksheet, students plot lines on a graph paper when given the equation for the line in slope-intercept form. They tell the values of the slope and the y-intercept. Students find the x and y intercepts and plot three lines....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry: Translations and Reflections

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Group work and participation is used to perform a specified translation or reflection. In this geometrical translation lesson, small groups of pupils are each given a shape to plot on a coordinate grid. Each shape is then translated or...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Inquiry Unit: Modeling Maximums and Minimums

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young mathematicians explore the maximun area for patio with the added complexity of finding the mimimum cost for construction. First, they maximize the area of a yard given a limited amount of fence and  plot width v. area on a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Model Air Plane Acrobatics

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your young airplane enthusiasts will enjoy this collaborative task of graphing an airplane's distance from the ground as it flies in a perfect circle. They will discover that they have graphed a sinusoidal function that comes from the...