Center for Applied Linguistics
Practical Applications of Fractions, Percents, and Decimals
Young architects are prompted to design a playground in assigned groups. Using a 10 x 10 grid. Your fifth graders will apply their knowledge of fractions, percents, and decimals to the real-world task of designing a playground. Students...
Dick Blick Art Materials
Start with a Circle...
The Golden Ratio. The Divine Proportion. Yup. It's math and art blended into one colorful activity. Young artists combine colored tissue paper circles and parts of circles to create geometric patterns. As a bonus, kids get to figure out...
Curated OER
Is There A Formula for People?
Learners explore proportions which are typical of the human body. Given a list of classic proportions from earlier centuries, students work in pairs to test the validity of the proportions. Pupils share their personal measurements. ...
Curated OER
Stress, Strain and Hooke's Law
Students study Hooke's Law and stress-strain relationships. In this spring lesson plan students create a strain graph in Microsoft Excel.
Curated OER
Wind
Young scholars build an anemometer and measure wind speed. In this wind speed lesson, students build an anemometer using the student instruction sheet. Young scholars visit the Alaska windspeed website and look up the wind speed...