Activity
Science Friday

Make a Model of a Home Made From Shipping Containers

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Build a scale model of a home built out of shipping containers. A hands-on activity has scholars watch a video about a home built from shipping containers and then design their own home. They build scale models of their designed homes...
Activity
Curated OER

Sunken Treasure

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
You've located buried treasure, now what? Explore how to use algebraic and geometric methods to determine where to place a recovery ship based on the location of the treasure.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ship Building in Action

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars define the purpose of several different types of boats. They develop a list of materials one would ideally use in the construction of a particular type of boat. Students work cooperatively in a group to decide what type of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Boat Hull Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Working in small groups learners develop three alternative boat designs. They discuss the rationale for the type of hull, propeller, location of ballast, and type of building material used in their design. They build their boat.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Networks and Matrix Arithmetic

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Doubling a network or combining two networks is quick and easy when utilizing matrices. Learners continue the network example in the second lesson of this series. They practice adding, subtracting, and multiplying matrices by a scalar...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Single Step Operations

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this single step operations worksheet, students solve word problems. In his short answer worksheet, students write answers to eight problems.