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Tools for Integrating Math and Engineering: Weighin' In

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners collect and analyze data on a fictional cereal company's products. In this measurement lesson, students collect data from cereal boxes (weight, volume, surface area, etc.) to determine if the boxes labels correctly inform...
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Curated OER

Rectangular Prisms (F)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this finding the volume and surface area of rectangular prisms worksheet, students observe the figures with their dimensions in centimeters and apply the formulas to solve. Students solve 3 problems.
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Curated OER

AP Calculus Test Chapter 7

For Students 12th
In this calculus worksheet, 12th graders determine the areas bounded by curves and the volume of the solids of revolution. The two page worksheet contains a combination of ten multiple choice and free response questions and is to be used...
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Curated OER

Towers of Steel

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
This instructional activity starts with geometers discussing how to find the volume of a cone and pyramid, using what they know about the volume of a cylinder or prism. Then, using the formulas, they calculate the...
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Curated OER

Living on the Edge

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students calculate the volume of polyhedrons. In this algebra lesson plan, students are asked to solve a complex problem. They identify the length of the edges and the volume of the shape.
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Curated OER

Air Engine - Air Races

For Teachers Pre-K
Students conduct an experiment about air volume, density, and pressure. In this air lesson, students discuss air, and how it moves. They make predictions about what will happen during the balloon and string experiment. They document the...
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Curated OER

AP Calculus Practice Exam 2008

For Students 11th - 12th
In this calculus practice exam worksheet, students solve 16 multiple choice problems. Students find derivatives, points of continuity, area, rates, etc.
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Curated OER

Mini Exam on Calculus

For Students 11th - 12th
In this calculus worksheet, students differentiate equations and calculate rate of change. They find the area and volume under a curve. There are 18 questions on this test.
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Curated OER

A Package of Pringle

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Here is a problem-solving instructional activity that has learners take the role of a packaging expert to design an inexpensive means of packaging a potato chip. It could benefit from having more specific detail about the instructional...
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Curated OER

Worksheet 12: Area of Regions

For Students Higher Ed
In this area of regions worksheet, students find the area of regions bounded by graphs. They evaluate integrals for the volume of solids and integrate functions. This three-page worksheet contains approximately 25 problems. This is a...
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Curated OER

Measurement Investigations 2

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students complete a number of practical measuring investigations, with an emphasis on accuracy of measuring and communication of their findings. They examine how to measure by first becoming aware of the physical attributes of objects...
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Curated OER

Task: Grain Storage

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Farming is full of mathematics, and it provides numerous real-world examples for young mathematicians to study. Here, we look at a cylinder-shaped storage silo that has one flat side. Given certain dimensions, students need to determine...
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Curated OER

Glasses

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Provide your class some practice with the dimensions of geometric figures. Here you have a set of three different-shaped, stemmed drinking glasses with diameters and heights provided. Math-minded individuals calculate the volume of each....
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Curated OER

Seeing and Feeling Sound Vibrations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Groups rotate through a series of stations and work with a partner to observe sound waves. Children describe sound in terms of pitch, volume, and frequency. To apply their new knowledge, the class considers how these observations can...
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Kenan Fellows

Sensors in Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency monitors sensors to track air pollution and set clean air standards. Enthusiastic young scientists use similar sensors to gather data in their area and then apply the gas laws and conservation of...
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Mt. San Antonio Collage

Quadratic Equations and Their Applications

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Show high schoolers there is more to quadratic functions than just formulas and parabolas. Connect the math to realistic application problems with a resource that has learners consider such situations as a ball hit in the air, the...
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Science Geek

Measurement of Pressure and Temperature

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
We all have standards and scientists are no exception. Presentation covers standard temperature, standard pressure, temperature conversions, and absolute zero. It explains pressure using pascals, mm of mercury, atmosphere, and torr, then...
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Curated OER

The X-33 and the X-38

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore the relationships among the lengths, areas, and volumes of similar solids. They also discover what effect doubling the dimensions of a figure has on the resulting area.
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Curated OER

Measurement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify and categorize different problem situations or contexts using one of four measurements to solve the problem. Through guided and independent practice, they discover ways to determine which measurement to use...
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Math Mammoth

Customary and Metric Measurement

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Through a series of worksheets, mathematicians practice with various concepts of measurement. Conveniently, the 6 pages are easily broken up for individual assignments, and seem to progress in difficulty. Math concepts include drawing...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Pennies, Pennies and More Pennies

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Learners determine the number of pennies needed to fill a room.  In this pennies lesson plan, students work in groups to determine the number of pennies needed to fill a room.  They compute the probability of the head of a pin...
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NOAA

What Little Herc Saw

For Teachers 7th - 8th
See the underwater world through a different pair of eyes! Middle school marine biologists identify deep-sea organisms by examining images taken by an ROV from the Okeanos Explorer. After determining what creatures lie beneath the...
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New York City Department of Education

Designing Euclid’s Playground

For Teachers 10th Standards
Create a geometric playground. Pupils work through a performance task to demonstrate their ability to use geometric concepts to solve everyday problems. The accompanying engineering design lessons show teachers how the assessment works...
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Curated OER

"How Much?" Contest - Measurement

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars work with measurements of length, area, and volume capacity of a liquid. They watch a teacher demonstration of both English and metric units before they estimate and take actual measurements of assigned items a three...

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