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Curated OER

Where Is The Juice?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the component's of Ohm's Law. In groups, they practice their problem solving skills by reviewing problems solved earlier. They participate in activities that help them gather information on the importance of...
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Curated OER

Skyscraper Capers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss skyscrapers and listen as the teacher introduces the project. They use the Internet to perform research on one skyscraper. Students use information they gather to create a brochure of their building . They create an...
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Curated OER

Is Organic Food Worth the Extra Cost?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate the amount of pesticide residue in selected foods for two pesticides and determine if these levels are safe. They read an article about a research study looking for metabolites of these pesticides in children. Finally,...
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Curated OER

The Delta Flier

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students make calculations in order to construct a kite in the shape of an isosceles right triangle. In this kite lesson plan students calculate altitude of their flying kites using a formula.
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Curated OER

Determining the Age of Fossils

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the concept of radioactive dating. In this radioactive dating lesson, students investigate how to determine the ages of fossils and rocks as they learn about half-life radioactive decay.
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Curated OER

Germination

For Teachers K - 4th
Students observe the growth of a seed, and describe the seed's germination.
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Curated OER

Classification: Dichotomous Key

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explain the classification process of organisms. In this biology lesson, students practice writing the names of organisms scientifically. They answer the dichotomous key and discuss answers as a class.
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Other

Study.com: Graphs in Discrete Math: Definition, Types & Uses

For Students 10th - 12th
This lesson will define graphs in discrete mathematics, and look at some different types. You'll also see how these types of graphs can be used in some real-world applications.
Website
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: World's Most Extensive Mathematics Resource

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
MathWorld provides a huge mathematics encyclopedia detailing the concepts of geometry, algebra, calculus, discrete math, number theory, and other math topics--complete with formulas, diagrams, examples, and references for thorough...
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
MathWorld.com shows many types of discrete math graphs and provides links to related topics.
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Mathigon

Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an introduction to the study of probability. It tells the story of two of the greatest mathematicians, Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, who used coin tosses of heads or tails to determine who paid the bill. It led to the...
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: Predicting the Future

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on probability theory for predicting the outcome of flipping a coin, and then flipping it multiple times.
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: Monty Hall

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the Monty Hall game where you select one of three doors. It explains your odds based on your choices.
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: Casino Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the probability and casino games such as Roulette which consists of a wheel with the numbers from 1 to 36 colored in red and black, as well as a green 0. A ball rolls around the outside and randomly lands on one of...
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: True Randomness

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on randomness; it explains that what we often think of as random is only random because we do not have the tools to make better predictions. However, true randomness does exists -- at the very foundations of matter. A...
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: What Are Probabilities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on probability, a number between 0 and 1 which describes the likelihood of a certain event. A probability of 0 means that something is impossible; a probability of 1 means that something is certain.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring Sets Through Math Related Book Pairs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
After reading two math-related books, students investigate their home and school environments to find examples of objects that come in sets and then create their own books on sets.
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Other

Math I Ly: Discrete Mathematics in the Real World

For Students 10th - 12th
This resource provides short descriptions, with links to longer explanations, of examples of discrete mathematics as applied to our everyday lives and as used in important and interesting research and corporate applications.
Activity
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Discrete Mathematics Topics List

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough list of topics in the study of Discrete Mathematics. Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Point Lattices are three of the many areas given in-depth explanations here. Many of the links contain discussions of the topics that both...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Matematica Discreta

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. Overview of discrete math and various related topics. Also discusses the theories and mathematicians behind finite math.
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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: The Fundamental Counting Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a tutorial on the fundamental counting principle that includes many examples and sample problems.
Website
Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Problem Solving Database

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Need some challenging problem-solving work for your students in the following areas: Discrete, Geometry, Numbers, and Code Breaking? This is the place for an enormous database of problems aimed at high school age students. They are...
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Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: An Approach to Calculus: Continuous Versus Discrete

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains the the notion that calculus is the study of continuity. This page is mostly discussion of the difference between a continuous quantity and a discrete quantity. Point this site out to...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Challenge New Color of Money

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will read about the changes in the "new money" and then create a graph to represent various combinations of currency produced. This activity provides an excellent example of discrete, real-world data.

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