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American Statistical Association
Chunk it!
Chunking information helps you remember that information longer. A hands-on activity tests this theory by having learners collect and analyze their own data. Following their conclusions, they conduct randomization simulations to...
Balanced Assessment
Larger, Smaller, In-Between I
Determine the level of understanding of decimal and fraction values within your classes with a resource that provides pupils with opportunities to practice with decimal and fraction concepts.
National Humanities Center
Teaching Emily Dickinson: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar
Three of Emily Dickinson's poems, "I like to see it," "Because I could not stop for Death," and "We grow accustomed to the Dark," provide instructors with an opportunity to model for class members how to use close reading strategies to...
Cornell University
Thinking with the Eyes
Objects are larger (or smaller) than they appear! Scholars use a laboratory investigation to explore the difference between resolution and magnification. The activity allows them to calculate the size of the field of view of their light...
For the Teachers
Sequence Plot Chart
Your kids can identify the plot sequence of a short story, but what about an informational article? Have them examine the chronological order of events in informational texts with a lesson on the sequence of events.
Aquarium of the Pacific
Rainbow Water Stacking – Density and Salinity
Create layers of water. Pupils investigate different densities of colored water caused by salinity by trying to stack layers of water. Scholars compare two water samples to determine which is the most dense. As the class members work...
Inside Mathematics
Winning Spinners
Winning a spin game is random chance, right? Pupils create a table to determine the sample space of spinning two spinners. Individuals determine the probability of winning a game and then modify the spinners to increase the probability...
University of Colorado
Phases of Charon
Pluto, although no longer considered a planet, has five moons. Pluto's moon, Charon, is the focus of a resource that describes how the moon is viewed from the surface of Pluto. Photos help individuals see how Charon would look at...
Illustrative Mathematics
Invertible or Not?
Two for one—create an invertible and non-invertible function from the same data. The task presents a function table with missing outputs for the class to use to create two functions. One of the functions should have an inverse while the...
EngageNY
Writing, Evaluating, and Finding Equivalent Expressions with Rational Numbers
Groups write and evaluate expressions for various phone plans and scenarios to find which is the best deal. They then compare different approaches to writing expressions for the same scenario and discuss the concept of equivalent...
Balanced Assessment
Smaller, Larger, In-Between
Build a solid understanding of rational number relationships by asking class members to use various skills to order decimals, fractions, and numeric power expressions. Using the resource, they find that the fractions do not have an...
PBS
Working with Coordinate Planes: Assessments
It's time for scholars to show what they know about coordinate planes with a collection of three assessments. The exams' objectives include plotting points on a single grid, measuring using the distance formula, and identifying...
Curated OER
Order of Operations
Ninth graders investigate the order of operations. In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders explore the rules of arithmetic and algebra as they review and practice simplifying increasingly complex numeric expressions using the order...
Raytheon
Line Up In Order
In this fractions instructional activity, students make each of the 12 fractions a mixed number. Students also make four fractions into improper fractions. On the next pages, students write down six equivalent fractions for the given...
Curated OER
Positive and Negative Numbers
In this positive and negative numbers instructional activity, 4th graders compare 3 and -4, put 5 numbers in order from least to greatest, locate 5 numbers on a number line, fill in 6 missing numbers in a set of numbers and answer 1 word...
Curated OER
Using -er and more, -er suffix/more
In this using -er and more worksheet, learners determine the comparative form of words to fill in the blanks. Students write ten answers.
Curated OER
Charge and Mass Worksheet #1
In this charge and mass worksheet, high schoolers complete a table by indicating the atomic number, the number of protons, the number of neutrons, the number of electrons and the mass number in given elements and isotopes. They compare...
Primary Resources
Ratio and Proportion
Here you will find an excellent presentation for introducing or reviewing ratio and proportion. Pupils are introduced to some terms associated with ratios and proportions. Next, they are given examples to work with in order to gain solid...
Curated OER
Comparing and Ordering Fractions
Students compare and organize different fractions. In this fraction lesson, students use wax paper divided into squares to represent fractions. Students put them in different orders based on their value to complete their mathematics...
Curated OER
Number and Number Relations: Lesson 2
Fourth graders participate in using the terminology of more, less, between, compare, and order. They compare whole numbers and use the symbols for <, >, =. They order whole numbers and practice with problems where they use this...
Curated OER
The Number Line
Eighth graders investigate the order of numbers and how they are located on the number line. They also review the symbols used to compare quantities in order to decipher simple expressions and graph them on the numberline.
Curated OER
Comparing Numbers - How Many More
In this number comparisons worksheet, learners count the objects in each group and compare the numbers. Students write how many more pictures there are in the 25 problems.
Curated OER
Comparing Numbers
In this comparing numbers worksheet, students apply their math skills as they respond to 18 questions that require them to compare double digit numbers.
Curated OER
Compare the Numbers
In this online interactive math worksheet, students compare the 2 listed numbers and determine whether they are greater than less than, or equal to one another.