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Curated OER

Notes to a Mathematician

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders analyze the likelihood of simple events.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Can We Observe Genetic Variation Within a Species?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students observe intra-species variation by completing standard microbial streaking procedures. They collect data from which they draw observations and complete a worksheet.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

French Braid Quilts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create a lap-sized quilt top using a French Braid method. Lesson is written with two time frame options and has step by step classroom instructions as well as suggested homework.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making a Food Web and Learning About Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the difference between a food web and food chain. They also examine the importance of the sun in a food web and food chain. Students understand what happens when you remove parts of the chain.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

From Riches to Rice

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders identify and locate Africa, the United States, the Original 13 colonies, and the region of West Africa on a map. They list examples of culture and African American culture. Students link the culture of West Africa with the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders show combinations for $1.00. In this dollar combinations lesson, 2nd graders use nickels, dimes, and quarters to model and count combinations equaling $1.00.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Use Measurement

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this measurements worksheet, learners read the word problems and use the measurements within the problem to solve the six word problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stink-O-Rama

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in activities that require them to follow clues. In this clues lesson, students do different activities that involve looking and thinking about clues to get them to their answer.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Division of Fractions: Using Fraction Strips

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Model division by a fraction using fraction strips. This video focuses on modeling division of a whole number by fractions.
Interactive
Toy Theater

Toy Theater: Fraction Strips

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use these colorful fraction strips to model fraction relationships and solve mixed fraction problems.
Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Fraction Strips [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
An activity to recognize and label the fraction. You will need the following materials: glue, scissors and the included fractions strips template.
Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Make Your Own Fraction Strips [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
An activity to work with fractions. Materials needed: sheet of legal size paper (81/2"x 14"), ruler, scissors, pencils and crayons.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Finding Equivalent Fractions

For Teachers 6th
Using number lines and fraction strips helps students become familiar with benchmark fractions, equivalent fractions, and comparing fractions.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Folding Strips of Paper

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is to provide students with a concrete experience they can relate to fraction multiplication. Perhaps more importantly, the task also purposefully relates length and locations of points on a number line, a common...
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Mobius Strip

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Mathworld.com through Wolfram Research, gives a thorough look at the Mobius strip. Pictures, charts, and formulas are also provided.
Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Rational Numbers Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This hands-on lesson plan discusses and explores rational numbers. Students construct personal fractional strip kits and use them to compare fractional amounts and investigate equivalence. The lesson plan includes instructions,...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Subtracting Mixed Numbers

For Teachers 4th Standards
A lesson focused on subtracting mixed numbers using fraction strips and an interactive fraction pad.
Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Exploring Equivalent Fractions [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
Use fraction strips to explore equivalent fractions.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Your Father's Nose

For Students 9th - 10th
After constructing a frame with a mirror made of horizontal strips, explore what your face would look like if it was made up of half of someone else's.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: 8 Ways the Original 'Star Trek' Made History

For Students 9th - 10th
When "Star Trek" premiered on NBC in the fall of 1966, it promised "To boldly go where no man has gone before." More than half a century later, it has done just that. The original "Star Trek," which lasted for only three seasons, birthed...
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Other

The Distillation Group: An Overview of the Distillation Process

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about the basic process of industrial distillation. There is also a photo gallery to view real-world distillation plants.

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