School Mathematics Project
Resource Sheets
This extensive and far-reaching collection of worksheets puts a new twist on many basic concepts. Learners use multiplication to trace a path from one point to another, tile a plane by converting between improper and proper fractions,...
American Museum of Natural History
Planetary Mysteries
A website all about planetary mysteries—it's a one-stop-shop for all things, stars, planets, and space travel. Scholars read an astronomy overview to discover the page's big ideas, then choose from the plethora of resources, including...
Classics for Kids
A Composer Leads the Way
What song is playing? A music activity focuses on composers throughout history, their famous works, and the instruments in each piece. As pupils complete the instructional activity they play a short game to review music theory terms.
Scholastic
Citing Text Evidence
Could you go without your cell phone for 48 hours? Pose this question to your class and then read the article provided here. Pupils mark the text and and complete a graphic organizer that requires the use of textual evidence.
Penn Museum
Ancient History Math Mystery
Through several organized and attractive worksheets, your learners will make a deduction about tally marks and hieroglyphics to determine what they represent in the ancient numeral system. This is a well-designed, interdisciplinary...
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Henry Kissinger and Detente
How did relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China evolve between 1950 and 1970? Your young historians will complete a timeline of events with evidence that the relationship between these two great...
Curated OER
Reading Comprehension: Guinness Book of World Records
If your learners are curious about human achievement, superlatives, or esoteric trivia, the Guinness Book of Records is a way to tap into instrinsic motivation and relevance. Here's an informational reading that will grab their attention...
Read Theory
Analogies 2 (Level 6)
Activate analogy skills with a straightforward exercise. Learners complete 10 analogies, using the bridge sentences provided as support while they determine word relationships.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Oligopoly and Game Theory: Foundational Concepts
Practice what you've learned about oligopolies and the basics of game theory, such as Nash equilibrium, in this four-question exercise.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Game Theory
Practice what you have learned about finding Nash equilibrium, dominant strategies, and cartel outcomes in this exercise.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simultaneous Hermaphroditism, Egg Trading, and Prisoner's Dilemma
This is a five-question quiz pertaining to game theory in the passage "Simultaneous hermaphroditism, egg trading, and the Prisoner's Dilemma."
Other
Nicky Case: The Evolution of Trust
Surveys show that over the past 40 years fewer and fewer people trust each other. Why do friends become enemies and enemies become friends? Game theory can help explain our epidemic of distrust and how we can fix it. Play the game of...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S cp.b.9: Alex, Mel, and Chelsea Play a Game
Alex, Mel, and Chelsea play a game that has 6 rounds. In each round there is a single winner, and the outcomes of the rounds are independent. For each round the probability that Alex wins is $\frac{1}{2}$, and Mel is twice as likely to...
Space Telescope Science Institute
Hubble Site: Way Out!
Can you help a cow plot a path out of the Milky Way? This hilarious space game is for all ages and is offered by HubbleSite. Users may pick their level of expertise and can choose from novice, pretty smart about space, or an astrobrainiac.
Mathigon
Mathigon: Graphs and Networks: Map Colouring
This lesson focuses on map coloring and the problem of proving that 4 colors would work for all maps. Francis Guthrie had to color a map of counties in England. He observed that four colors seemed to suffice for any map he tried, but he...