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Intel

Choreographing Math

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Leaners investigate families of linear functions through dance. They choreograph dance moves to model nine unique linear functions of their choosing. Using their dance moves, teams create a video presentation complete with music and...
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Curated OER

Finding My Pathway

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the acquiring of skills necessary to make informed career choices. They examine the type of language that should be acquired for communication in the workplace. They also have...
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9/11 Memorial & Museum

Exploring Afghani Culture through Literature

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Hosseini Khaled's The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns are the anchor texts in a semester-long course that explores Afghani culture and traditions.
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Curated OER

Review of Literary Devices

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders review literary devices. They use both fiction and nonfiction texts to review metaphor, simile, alliteration, imagery, symbolism and personification. This lesson plan has a scripted guide for the teacher to follow.
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Curated OER

Review of Personification and Alliteration

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners review personification and alliteration. In this literary devices lesson, students use personification and alliteration in a sentence. Learners draw a picture reflecting personification.
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Curated OER

Maximize It!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils design a rectangular box without a lid that has the largest possible volume using the supplied sheet of centimeter graph paper. They work in groups to construct different size boxes to determine the largest possible volume and...
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Curated OER

MP3 Purchase Plans

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Use algebra to solve real world problems. Mathematicians practice use of graphs, tables, and linear functions to solve a problem regarding mp3 purchase plans. They work in groups to solve the problem and present their findings and...
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Curated OER

My Four to Six Year Plan (My Personal Plan of Study)

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine what they need to do to meet their career goals. They design a four to six year plan for the classes they need to take in high school after listening to high school mentor tell about their experiences with this...
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Curated OER

Exploration of Post-Secondary Options

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders comprehend the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community. They discuss how they are life is going to be different this year? Students listen to Alumni of the school come back...
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Curated OER

Guetemala's Changing Forest

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compare their local ecological zone to the tropical rainforest. In this natural ecology lesson, 8th graders complete an activity about the differences in ecological zones. They compare their biome to the Guatemalan...
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Curated OER

You Kiss By the Book

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Shakespeare's use of poetic conventions, examine the first meeting between Romeo and Juliet and gain experience in close readng and the interpretation of verse structure and imagery.
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Curated OER

High School Bag Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design a bag that they would personally use to carry needed items to school. In this bag design lesson, students observe real bags and assess needs and wants for a new bag. Students brainstorm design solutions and render their...
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Curated OER

Mapping My Pathway

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create career portfolios, speak with the school counselor, and develop and educational plan. Individually, 8th graders discuss career options and how an educational plan can assist them in future goals. They explore...
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Curated OER

Classifying Functions

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders sort different types of functions including rational, periodic, exponential, polynomial, quadratic, logarithmic and linear using "function cards." The functions are displayed in multiple representations including...
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Curated OER

Review for the Algebra One SOLs

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students review the standards for Algebra I. Using the text, they discover two problems that match each standard and solve them showing all steps on paper. They create a PowerPoint slide for each problem and go through the correct...
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Curated OER

Review of Personification and Alliteration

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars study personification and alliteration in various fiction texts. In this literary devices instructional activity, students use various texts to identify the literary devices of personification and alliteration. Young...
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Curated OER

Poetry Voices

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate the performance aspect of poetry by reading, writing and discussing poetry pieces.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Alike and Different

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students compare and contrast objects and are introduced to a Venn Diagram. In this alike and different lesson, students make observations regarding properties of objects. Students classify object and build ideas about variables....
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Domain and Range From Graph

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Given the graph of a function, determine its domain or range. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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Analyze Math

Analyze Math: Domain and Range of Basic Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learners examine a table of domain and range for basic functions. The tutorial includes the domain and range of algebraic, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, hyperbolic, and logarithmic functions.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Coordinate Planes and Domain and Range

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will analyze ordered pairs to help understand the relationship between the domain and range of relations. They will then be able to summarize their learning experiences through a...
Activity
Analyze Math

Analyze Math: Unit Circle and Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The free mathematics tutorial explores the unit circle and trigonometric functions. The tutorial consists of definitions and examples with solutions. The interactive applet allows students to investigate domain, range, and asymptotes of...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F if Your Father

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This is a simple task which has students analyze functions where they assign a father to each student. It addresses the idea that not all functions have real numbers as domain and range values, and the issue of when a function admits an...
Activity
Analyze Math

Analyze Math: Graphs of Basic Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The trigonometry tutorial explores the graphs of the basic trigonometric functions. The interactive tutorial investigates the range, domain, and asymptotes of the functions. The activity has several examples with detailed solutions.