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Scholastic

Eric Carle Author Study

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learn all about Eric Carle, find out about his famous caterpillar, and try out related art, science, writing, math, and social studies activities. The resource comes with plenty of materials to support your instruction.
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Curated OER

Learning Unit: The Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Middle and high schoolers research the life of Pythagoras and the Pythagorean theorem. They write a short biography of Pythagoras and learn to apply the theorem in their study of right triangles.
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New Kids in The Hall

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners assess the role of statistics in determining those athletes chosen to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. They work in small groups to calculate, chart, and graph various statistics for different Hall of Fame members.
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Would You Like to Become a Millionaire?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students answer questions written by other teams about literature in an attempt to become "millionaires." In small groups they write a motivational introduction to their teams selected books, publish their questions as a HyperCard...
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Fish Eyes Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice counting and matching quantities using paper fish.  In this early mathematics lesson, students create a fake fishing pole and attempt to identify numbered paper fish they acquire from a bucket.  Students read...
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A Summer Reading List for Math Teachers

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Teachers can read through these math-related books for pure enjoyment.
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"Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students access web sites have classroom activity ideas for the book "Math Curse." They read what other students have written about their own math curses and try to solve word problems.
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Julia Sets, Complex Deterministic Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's an example of "What a 2 Dimensional Julia Set will look like using modern computers with their sophisticated graphical displays." Gaston Julia published his theories long before computers and as the site's author remarks, "What a...