National Park Service
The Battle of Stones River: A Contrast in Leadership Styles
US Commanding General William S. Rosecrans led the Union soldiers and Confederate Commanding General Braxton Bragg led the rebel army at the Battle of Stones River. Young historians compare how the leadership styles of these two...
Curated OER
Writing a Business Letter to Compare and Contrast
Students compose business letters. In this writing skills lesson plan, students use the business letter format as they note cause and effect relationships between the weight epidemic in the United States and changing menus in American...
College Board
2001 AP® Calculus AB Free-Response Questions
Take a closer look at the exam. Released items from the 2001 Calculus AB exam allow teachers and pupils to view how the exam presents questions. Scholars use the questions to prepare for the test and compare their responses to the...
College Board
2008 AP® English Literature and Composition Free-Response Questions
Scholars are challenged to create essays comparing two poems in which the authors discuss fears and concerns about dying and life passing by too quickly. Two other essay questions ask writers to analyze literary elements and characters...
College Board
2004 AP® Statistics Free-Response Questions
Provide some practice showing the work. Pupils work through six free-response questions that require them to show their work. They use their knowledge of statistics to develop solutions to problems within context. Scenarios range from...
Radford University
Box-and-Whisker Activity
Think inside the box. Working in small groups, pupils design a study to answer comparing two data sets. Team members collect data and construct box-and-whisker plots and analyze them to prove or disprove their hypothesis. They develop...
PBL Pathways
Lake Pollution
Explain the timing of a lake cleanup to the EPA using calculus. A project-based learning opportunity has learners compare rate functions to compute a total change. Their solutions explain the time needed to rid a lake of pollutants.
Math Learning Center
Fourth Grade Assessments and Scoring Checklists, Common Core State Standards
Find out how your class is progressing in math with a set of assessments. Learners finish a baseline assignment to assess where they are beginning the year and then work on tests with increasing difficulty as the year progresses.
Curated OER
Comparatives
In this comparatives worksheet, students choose the correct comparative form of the adverbs and adjectives. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
Curated OER
Figuring and Comparing Percents
In this figuring and comparing percents activity, students solve 4 problems by figuring out the percents of two numbers and comparing them.
Curated OER
Compare Numbers to 200
In this number comparison worksheet, 2nd graders compare two and three digit numbers to 200 in 6 word problems. They compare up to four numbers in each problem.
Curated OER
Compare and Order Integers
In this comparing and ordering integers practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
Curated OER
English Exercises: Comparatives and Superlatives
In this online interactive English learning exercise, students respond to 33 fill in the blank questions about comparatives and superlatives. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Z-Scores
Young scholars solve problems by identifying the percent of area under the curve. In this statistics lesson, students discuss z-scores as they calculate the different percentages under the bell curve. They calculate the standard deviation.
Curated OER
English Exercises: Comparatives and Superlatives 2
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 9 fill in the blank questions about comparatives and superlatives. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
English Exercises: Comparative or Superlative
In this online interactive English skills worksheet, students respond to 8 fill in the blank and multiple choice questions about adjectives. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Comparing
In this number sense worksheet, 3rd graders compare numbers. Using the greater than, less than, or equal to signs, students complete 20 problems with numbers in the ones and the tens place.
Curated OER
Noetic Learning Math Worksheet - Practice Makes Perfect
Fourth and fifth graders solve four problems in which two decimal numbers to the tenths place are compared. They identify which number is larger.
EngageNY
Describing Distributions Using the Mean and MAD II
The 11th lesson in the series of 22 is similar to the preceding lesson, but requires scholars to compare distributions using the mean and mean absolute deviation. Pupils use the information to make a determination on which data set is...
Curated OER
An "Average" Golf Score
Ninth graders investigate mean, median, and mode. In this mean, median, and mode lesson, 9th graders research gold data for the top ten scores in two golf tournaments. Students make tables and graphs of the data. Students determine...
Curated OER
Eco Points Score Card
Students play a game in which points are assigned to daily activities which require fossil fuels or electricity. They compare the impact their energy and transportation choices have in everyday life.
Curated OER
Comparing World Religions
Sixth graders participate in a lesson of comparing the religions of the world. They conduct research using the essential questions provided in the lesson. There is a rubric for the writing assignment for assessment.
Curated OER
Comparatives and Superlatives
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate adjective/adverb in sixteen sentences that make each one grammatically correct.
Inside Mathematics
Archery
Put the better archer in a box. The performance task has pupils compare the performance of two archers using box-and-whisker plots. The resource includes sample responses that are useful in comparing individuals' work to others.