Unauthorized immigration is a complex and hotly debated topic. Class members read an article that examines the issues that motivate unauthorized immigration. Teams then assume the role of special interest groups and present their...

Which deal is best? Learners determine which of two companies has the best deal for a particular number of shirts. They begin by creating a table and equations containing each company's pricing structure....

How quickly do animals evolve? Can comparing different samples of the same fossil answer timeline questions? Scholars use virtual labs to examine fossils and learn about stickleback evolution. They compare pelvic morphology in lakes...

Take two steps back. Given 5/3 on a number line, the task asks pupils to determine where one goes. The activity is the most demanding in cognitive complexity of three tasks dealing with the placement of fractions on a number line.

Provide these templates as aids for pupils as they work to compose summaries of both stories and informational texts. The first two frames provide sentence starters to help learners structure their summaries and include all the necessary...

Looking for straightforward practice on simplifying radicals and imaginary numbers? Here are 20 problems to practice these skills and an answer key for the odd-numbered questions. 

In this complex logarithm worksheet, students complete complex logarithm problems. They identify image and pre-image sets, indicate the location of the solution in a complex plane and give examples of integers with given parameters. ...

In this properties of complex numbers worksheet, students list and explain the properties and operations used to compute the value of expressions. This one-page worksheet contains six definition questions and three equations.

In this complex numbers learning exercise, students complete proofs for complex numbers, sketch points which solve an equation, compute and sketch an Argand diagram. This two-page learning exercise contains five multi-step problems.

In this complex numbers instructional activity, 9th graders solve 10 different problems that include either adding or subtracting complex numbers. First, they determine the sum of the real components. Then, students determine the sum of...

In this point set worksheet, students explore definitions describing planar point sets. They use the definitions to describe examples of point sets. This two-page worksheet contains four problems and 15 definitions.

In this absolute value worksheet, students determine the absolute value of each complex number. Students complete 10 problems.

Your young architects use the Internet to research tall structures or sky scrapers to help in the design of their scale drawings. This is instructional activity one of three in which learners design, build, and test model skyscrapers for...

Students investigate the customs and habits of other cultures by reading letters from a Peace Corps Volunteer.  In this global customs lesson, students discuss how analyzing a culture is similar to analyzing art, no two people see...

To raise awareness of the complexity of the immigration debate, class groups examine facts about one aspect of life in a refugee camp and then, in a jigsaw activity, share what they have learned with their new group. Groups then...

The anti-busing movement in Boston is the focus of a instructional activity that asks young historians to examine primary source documents to identify the causes and consequences of busing pupils from one area of the city to another in...

Call him a reliable narrator! Ishmael is the focus of a lesson that asks readers to analyze the complex character of Herman Melville's narrator as he is introduced in the first chapter of Moby Dick.

Through a variety of physical and theoretical situations, learners are led through the development of some of the deepest concepts in high school mathematics. Complex numbers, the fundamental theorem of algebra and rational exponents...

What is a simple sentence? What about a complex sentence? Review simple, compound, and complex sentences with this nine-slide resource. Example sentences are presented, and a short writing opportunity follows. After showing this...

Sixth graders practice creating and solving number sentences on a calculator. They interact with number facts, their properties, algorithms and estimation. Each student recognizes inverse relationships of addition, subtraction,...

In this function worksheet, students map equations and identify three dominant characteristics. They evaluate functions of complex variables. This three-page worksheet contains approximately ten problems.

In this complex variable worksheet, students explore the functions of a complex variable. They map complex variables and solve complex inequalities. This three-page worksheet contains fourteen problems.

In this polynomial equation worksheet, students explore real fractional powers of complex numbers. This three-page worksheet contains examples, explanations and approximately seven problems.

For this polynomial equations worksheet, students evaluate roots and draw vector representations. This three-page worksheet contains four problems.