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Curated OER

The Value of Education

For Teachers 5th Standards
The real value of education is highlighted in more than one way on a worksheet designed to not only add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, but also to address the correlation between higher pay...
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Bytes Arithmetic

Geometry Pad+

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Graphing paper, pencil, ruler, protractor, and compass, all get replaced or supplemented with this dynamic geometry application. Here, you can create, move, and scale many different shapes, as well as, explore and change their properties...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Anna in D.C.

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The amount of tax and tip on a restaurant bill is a common example used in percent problems. Here, learners only know the total amount paid, and they need to figure the itemized amounts. Solutions using a ratio table, using knowledge of...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Setting Goals

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Setting financial goals is a common occurrence in middle school that your learners can practice using this activity. They will be able to solve for how many hours Seth needs to work to save up for a skateboard, helmet, and trip. The...
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Jim Noble, Richard Wade & Oliver Bowles

Pyramid Model

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Seeking to derive the formula for the volume of a square pyramid, geometry learners construct six square based pyramids that, when pieced together properly, form a cube. Two short videos demonstrate the relationship...
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CPM

How to Recognize the Type of Graph from a Table

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Linear, quadratic, and exponential functions are represented only by their table of values in this simple, well-written worksheet. Learners decide the type of graph represented based on the differences in the function values....
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National Security Agency

Are You Game? A Lesson Connecting Fractions and Probability

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Exactly how fair are the board games children grow up playing? Young mathematicians investigate this questions as they work their way through this five-lesson series on basic probability. 
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Visa

Credit

For Teachers 7th - 11th Standards
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a credit card? Don't miss this important life skills and financial literacy lesson, which focuses on consumer responsibilities, creditworthiness, and establishing a credit history.
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Mathematics Vision Project

Structures of Expressions

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
This comprehensive unit investigates transformations of quadratics, having learners follow "Optima" through the development and growth of her quilting business. Deftly weaving the story into the mathematical mechanics, the unit gives...
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Mathematics Vision Project

Similarity and Right Triangle Trigonometry

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Starting with similar triangles and dilation factors, this unit quickly and thoroughly progresses into the world of right triangle features and trigonometric relationships. Presented in easy-to-attack modules with copious application...
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Mathematics Vision Project

Circles and Other Conics

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Through a variety of hands-on activities and physical scenarios, this far-reaching unit leads learners through an exceptionally thorough exploration of circles and parabolas as conic sections. Geometric construction techniques are used...
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Mathematics Vision Project

Module 1: Getting Ready Module

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
This fabulous resource is a must-have for any algebra teacher's arsenal of lessons. Developing the idea of equations and use of variables from basic physical scenarios, learners gain valuable intuition in the structure and meaning of...
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Mathematics Vision Project

Module 7: Connecting Algebra and Geometry

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
The coordinate plane links key geometry and algebra concepts in this approachable but rigorous unit. The class starts by developing the distance formula from the Pythagorean Theorem, then moves to applications of slope. Activities...
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Mathematics Vision Project

Module 4: Linear and Exponential Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Sequences and series are traditionally thought of as topics for the pre-calculus or calculus class, when learners are figuring out how to develop limits. But this unit uses patterns and slopes of linear functions in unique ways...
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Mathematics Vision Project

Module 8: Modeling Data

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Statistics come front and center in this unit all about analyzing discrete data. Real-world situations yield data sets that the class then uses to tease out connections and conclusions. Beginning with the basic histogram and...
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Introduction to Inverse Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Ready to share the beauty of the inverse function with your classes? This algebra II activity guides the discovery of an inverse function through a numerical, graphical, and an algebraic approach. Connections are made between the three,...
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Fort Bend Independent School District

Data Analysis - AP Statistics

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
What better way to study survey design than to design your own survey! Bring a versatile data analysis project to your AP Statistics class, and encourage them to apply the practices from their instructions to a real-world survey...
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Achieve

Task: Storage Sheds

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Bridge the gap between mathematics and Career Technical Education. Pupils research the cost associated with building storage sheds and analyze possible profit. They build scale models and determine if building and selling the sheds is a...
Worksheet
Achieve

Stairway

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
It's the stairway to learning! Scholars research all aspects of building a staircase. Using information from building codes, they write and graph a system of inequalities to analyze the constraints. The completed project is a scale model...
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Achieve

Corn and Oats

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
How much land does a parcel hold? How much fertilizer does it take for a field of corn? Pupils answer these questions and more as they apply ratio reasoning and unit analysis. 
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Achieve

Spread of Disease

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Viruses can spread like wildfire, and mathematics can model the speed of infection. Given a function, scholars analyze it to describe the spread of a disease within a stadium. Learners find the initial number infected and the maximum...
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Achieve

BMI Calculations

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Obesity is a worldwide concern. Using survey results, learners compare local BMI statistics to celebrity BMI statistics. Scholars create box plots of the data, make observations about the shape and spread of the data, and examine the...
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Achieve

Ivy Smith Grows Up

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Babies grow at an incredible rate! Demonstrate how to model growth using a linear function. Learners build the function from two data points, and then use the function to make predictions.
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Graphing Exponential Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Once you know how to graph y = b^x, the sky's the limit. Young mathematicians learn to graph basic exponential functions and identify key features, and then graph functions of the form f(x) = ab^(x – h) + k from the function f(x) = b^x.

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