Activity
PBL Pathways

What Should Have Happened on Gilligan's Island?

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale ..." Gilligan's Island is a classic that spans generations and offers a problem-solving opportunity for scholars. Take a project-based learning approach to examine the population of the island....
Lesson Plan
Howard County Schools

Constant Rate Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Question: What do rectangles and bathtub volume have in common? Answer: Linear equations. Learn how to identify situations that have constant rates by examining two different situations, one proportional and one not proportional.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Money Work For You

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students differentiate between saving and investing money. In this algebra lesson, students compare different investment options, recognizing the risks and rewards of investing and integrate investing into their financial planning.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparing Investments

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Money, money, money. A complete lesson that makes use of different representations of simple and compound interest, including written scenarios, tables, graphs, and equations to highlight similarities and differences between linear and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exponents

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve exponential problems using exponential properties. In this algebra lesson, students discuss the meaning of exponents, and bases raised to different powers. They explore exponential functions using a computer.
Assessment
Curated OER

Dental Impressions

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
What an impressive task it is to make dental impressions! Pupils learn how dentists use proportional reasoning, unit conversions, and systems of equations to estimate the materials needed to make stone models of dental impressions....
Lesson Plan
Education Institute

Four Mathematics Lessons for Grade 9

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
These four lesson plans build algebra skills for working with numbers in exponential form and for examining triangles. Be aware that in the text, scientific notation is referred to as index notation and the laws of exponents as the laws...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plant a Seed of Kindness

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students perform acts of kindness.  In this character lesson, students cut out seed shapes and write down their acts of kindness on them.  Students place the seeds on a bulletin board where they "plant" them below the grass line.