+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Moving Straight Ahead

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students analyze the relationship between speed, time and distance. In this math lesson, students plan a school trip. Students determine the efficiency and cost effectiveness of a trip.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measuring Supporting Structures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate the volume of the Pantheon's columns and estimate changes in weight given different parameters.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Similar and Congruent Triangles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create and classify different types of triangles using an online geo-board. They explore the concepts of similar and congruent as they discover how to draw similar and congruent triangles.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What on Earth is Greater Than?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students compare things that are greater than, less than, or equal to, compare the Earth to other planets, and list planets from greatest size to smallest size.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tangram Tantrums

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars discuss tangram vocabulary, and act out slide, flip, and turn. They observe tangram puzzles on a web page, and solve their own tangram puzzles.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fun With Symmetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students manipulate shapes to find multiple lines of symmetry. They use color to visualize the lines of symmetry.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Silly Symmetrical Names

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in hands-on activities to introduce them to the concept of symmetry. They make a silly symmetrical picture out of their names after gluing them onto a larger sheet of construction paper. This is a really...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Terrific Tessellations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore tessellations that are found in nature and everyday objects. They observe the works of M.C. Escher. Students create their own tessellations using pencil and paper.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scale Me Down

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create scale drawings, and ultimately scale models, of real-world objects in this Math lesson about ratios, proportion, scaling factors, and cross products. The lesson includes ideas for cross-curricular extensions and is...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mathematical Models with Applications: The Sounds of Music

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use an electronic data-collection device to model the sound produced by a guitar string. They identify the graph of a periodic situation and use the graph to determine the period and frequency of sound waves.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Linear Systems

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this multiplication of vectors worksheet, students prove that the dot product operation is commutative. They normalize a vector so it has the same direction with a magnitude of one. Students use the angle formula to confirm...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Double Exposed Photographs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create double-exposed photographs, poetry, and multimedia presentations. In this artwork lesson plan, students explore cameras, poems, and other art forms to understand line, light, and other attributes that contribute to artwork.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Triangle Exterior Angles Theorem

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify the measure of missing exterior angles. For this geometry lesson,students define and apply the exterior angle theorem to solve problems. They use Cabri software to create different angles and make investigations.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fractal and the Dragon Curve

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners explore Fractal designs. For this geometry lesson, students observe the different polygons created in nature and relate it to math. They define polygons on planes and rotate polygons about a point.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fractals Rock: Investing the Fractal Tree

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the relationship between fractals and sequences. In this geometry instructional activity, students build a fractal tree. They investigate different career fields where fractals are used in the real world.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What You See Is Not Always What You Get!

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students estimate and calculate the distance of a shape. In this algebra lesson, students differentiate between a horizontal distance and it's reflected image. They measure the reflection and the point starting at the eye of the observer.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Equilateral Triangles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the attribute of equilateral triangles. For this equilateral triangle lesson, students examine a number of paper triangles to determine how they are classified. They determine how triangles are depicted in Navajo rugs.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sixth Grade Mathematics Test

For Students 6th
In this math worksheet, 6th graders complete multiple choice questions about number sentences, composite numbers, angles, and more. Students complete 30 questions.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mobile-ize

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, using a minimum of four space figures, create a mobile. They use a "Draw" program to first plan out their figure.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Properties of Fractals

For Teachers All
Students build a working definition of regular fractal, look carefully at the concepts of dimension and scale, and are introduced to logarithms. They solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial and error and using...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Properties of Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils build a working definition of a regular fractal, they measure the concepts of dimensions and scale, they explore the concept of a logarithm and they attempt to solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial and...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Mandelbrot Set

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the Mandelbrot Set. They are introduced to the concept of a complex number and function in order to motivate the discussion of Julia and Mandelbrot sets. Students investigate fractals and how they are built.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Irregular Fractals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the concept of irregular fractals. In this irregular fractals activity, students discuss how to find fractal dimensions through teacher led discussion. High schoolers calculate fractal dimensions of various fractals.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Arrangements of 2, 3, 4, and 5 Cubes

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students construct models of various tricubes, tetracubes, and pentacubes that are possible, classify n-cubes into different groupings, and draw these figures on isometric dot paper giving true perspective to what they visualize.

Other popular searches