PBS
Earth’s Ever-Changing Surface
The Grand Canyon formed between five and six million years ago, but is it still changing? Scholars explore 10 sites in the United States, including the Grand Canyon, to better understand the geoscience processes that formed these...
California Department of Education
Consonance and Dissonance: Creating Intervals for Emotions (CTE)
How are music and emotion related? Using lesson plan two of four from the Changing One's Tune: A Music Therapy STEM Integrated Project Series, scholars explore the connection between the two topics. They learn to recognize different...
Cornell University
Let’s Raise Lacewings
Young entomologists explored beneficial insects and how they help control pests in the first lesson of the series. Now class members take a close look at the lacewing, which is a beneficial insect.
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Child Safety
Explore reading comprehension and child safety in this young adult literacy lesson. High schoolers practice using context clues to figure out word meanings after observing a teacher model this process. They read an article about child...
American Press Institute
Introductory News Literacy
Aspiring journalists learn about media literacy, journalism, and the press. Units come complete with handouts, assignment rubrics, notes, and extension suggestions. Each unit also comes with a list of vocabulary words and learning...
Odell Education
Reading Closely for Textual Details: Grade 6
Close reading doesn't mean to literally read text close to your face, but rather to pay attention to particular details in order to develop a deep and purposeful understanding of text. The first part of a five-part resource provides an...
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MVT for Integrals
Students identify the meaning of the Mean Value Theorem. In this calculus instructional activity, students solve problems using the definite integral. They calculate the average value of a function.
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The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Properties of the Definite Integral
Students discuss the importance of fundamental theorems in math. In this calculus activity, students define the fundamental theorem of calculus and discuss why it is so important they understand it. They work problems to model how this...
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Integrals with Even Powers of Secant and Tangent
Students integrate integrals that involve even powers of tangents and secants. They work several problems that require the use of integration, and the identity tan^2x+1=sec^2x. Students use integration by parts for the first integral....
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Lesson #100 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Area Under the Curve
Students explore the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and apply the properties of definite integrals to solving equations. As a class, they explore formulas to use in evaluating integral yields in regions above and below the x-axis....
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Integrals with Odd Powers of Secant and Tangent
Students discuss what integrals can be taken that involve secants and tangents. They use a list of ten samples, and discuss each of them. Students use trig substitution using trig identities (tan^2+1=sec^2x and tan^2x=sec^2x-1). They...
California Department of Education
Instruments of Change: Making a Simple Stringed Instrument (CTE)
What materials and skills does a person need to build a simple working instrument? With the first of four lessons from the Changing One's Tune: A Music Therapy STEM Integrated Project series, scholars learn about the basic structure of...
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Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book Lesson
Dr. Seuss's ABC Book is used to help young readers distinguish between the letters of the alphabet and their letter sounds. After a discussion reviewing the letters that are vowels and consonants, the book is read to the class. Then, the...
United Nations
The UN: Working for Us All
The United Nation's role in world diplomacy is critical, but its enforcement is limited. Using activities such as role plays and simulations, classmates consider the role the UN plays in world peace keeping. The unit plan includes five...
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Integration by Parts
Students explore integration by parts and use it to solve equations. In this calculus instructional activity, students sing a song about integration, and practice solving equations using integration by parts twice. They solve integrals...
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Integration By Parts and Quiz on Basic Integration Formulas
Students solve integrals using integration by parts. In this calculus lesson, students review problems using integration by parts, repeated integration by parts and constant integration. They take a Quiz after they solve review problems.
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Integrals with Secant Powers of Secant Tangent
Twelfth graders integrate trig functions with even powers. For this calculus lesson, 12th graders apply their knowledge of trig functions to help them integrate tangents and secants containing even exponents. They integrate the integrals...
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Piecewise Linear Integral
Young mathematicians solve and graph piecewise functions in this calculus lesson. They integrate linear functions containing restrictions and graph their answers using the TI.
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The Definite integral and Area Under a Curve
Students define integrals and explore how they relate to the areas under a curve. In this calculus lesson, students solve word problems relating curves and integrals. They sing a song to help them remember the formula for the area under...
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Integrals with even Powers of Sine and Cosine
Twelfth graders define integrals and solve equations with trig functions. In this calculus lesson, 12th graders integrate integrals with sine and cosine powers. They discuss what method to use based on even or odd exponents.
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Integrals involving Trig Substitution
Students define integrals and list the trig values. In this calculus activity, students integrate functions using trig substitution. They solve integrals containing sums and differences of squares.
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Integration Involving Inverse Trig Functions
Students review the steps for integration and solve equations using integration by parts. In this calculus lesson, students apply their knowledge of integration to inverse trig function. Students review their trig and inverse trig...
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Evaluating Definite Integrals with Substitution
Students evaluate and define limits using substitution. For this calculus lesson, students apply the use of Integrals to explore Newton's law of Cooling. They solve rate and temperature problems using Integrals.
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Integration By Parts
Twelfth graders define integration by parts and solve integrals. In this calculus lesson, 12th graders integrate functions using the product rule. They work example problems with the teacher before doing it on their own.