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Curated OER

Up, Up and Away with the Montgolfier Balloon

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils construct hot air balloons. In this science instructional activity, students assemble their own balloon using tissue paper and glue. They time the duration of the flight, record data and calculate team averages.
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Curated OER

Block It: Using a Manipulative to Solve Math Problems

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice using visuals to solve math problems. In this math manipulative activity, students utilize pattern blocks to participate in a class game in which geometric shapes touch other player's pieces. Students gain points based...
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Curated OER

Making Rectangles

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students study rectangles. In this math lesson, students use numbers, measurements and geometry to draw rectangles of varying sizes.
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Curated OER

MOBILITY, Traveling Lightly: What’s My Footprint?

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students calculate their carbon footprint. In this environmental technology lesson, students listen to a lecture on climate change. Students brainstorm solutions to reduce environmental impact based on travel options. Students calculate...
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Computation and Picture Books

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This sample chapter from Hurst's book Picturing Math is an excellent resource for using picture books and activities for learning computation.
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Queen's Printer for Ontario

E workshop.on.ca: Effective Instr'n in Math, K 6: Multidigit Computation [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Volume 5 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for teach basic facts and multidigit computation to students in kindergarten through grade 6.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Computing Basic Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Computing data statistics by examining data patterns.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Teaching Guide: Intro to Js Animation Basics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teaching guide for the Intro to JS lesson on Animation basics.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Teaching Guide: Intro to Js Drawing Basics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Khan Academy's a teaching guide for the Intro to JavaScript lesson on Drawing basics.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Teaching Guide: Intro to Js Drawing Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a teaching guide for the Intro to JS lesson on Drawing basics. This lesson is the first time the student will see coding in action and write code themselves.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Computing Basic Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
Check your understanding of what simple statistics can be computed on a data set, in this set of free practice questions designed for AP Computer Science Principles students.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Basic Terminology and Concepts: Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
In this site from the physics classroom, kinetic energy is defined and discussed. The equation for its computation is also given and practice computation problems are given.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Statistics & Probability: Basic Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The mathematics resource investigates basic probability. Students learn about the topic through notes and examples. The tutorial consists of practice exercises to check for comprehension of the concept.
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Other

Understanding the Micro Processor

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides a basic understanding of the microprocessor. Very easy to read in outline form.
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Other

Mathematics Computation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site gives you math worksheets to save the teacher time and keep the students learning.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: How Do I Compute My Grade?

For Students 9th - 10th
Demonstrates how to figure out what you need on the Final to pass your course, given a typical grading scheme.
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Other

Usability: User Experience Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about user experience (UX) and how it focuses on having a deep understanding of users, what they need, what they value, their abilities, and also their limitations.
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Teaching Treasures Publications

Teaching Treasures: Year Five Math (Page 2)

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this interactive worksheet for practice or assessment of basic computation skills. Problems covering all four operations are included such as four-digit addition and subtraction and multiplication and division facts through twelve...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Percents 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty-eight problems present a variety of percent topics: percents as fractions, improper, and mixed numbers, percents as decimals, simple interest, and percent of increase/decrease. They are given with each step to the solution...
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Wyzant

Wyzant: Proportions Basics Worksheet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive quiz from WyzAnt of 20 proportions are presented for the students to solve and then check their answers. All can be computed with simple cross-multiplying.
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Google

Google for Education: Data Aggregation and Decomposition (Excel)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By using Microsoft Excel, students collect, decompose, and re-aggregate class data. Students use computational thinking skills by decomposing long lists of information and writing basic algorithms to help analyze data.
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Other

Project Happy Child: Times Tables Division Worksheets

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
50 basic division worksheets are available at this web site. They can be printed and used for a variety of practice purposes. Some helpful hints are included to avoid mindless practice that could quickly become counter productive.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Saxon Activity Center: Calculator Activity 5: Division [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A worksheet for practicing basic division facts and word problems using a calculator. Includes detailed examples. Acrobat Reader required.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Computer Programming: Advanced Js: Games & Visualizations

For Students 9th - 10th
After learning how to program in JavaScript and make basic drawings and animations, use that knowledge to make games and visualizations with this tutorial.

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