Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Area Under A Curve

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Calculus students use the derivative and integral to solve problems involving areas. They calculate the area under a curve as they follow a robot off road making different curves along the drive, using Riemann Sums and...
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Using Holiday Songs to Enhance Lessons

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Holiday songs can be fun and educational.
Activity
Rice University

Rice University: Let's Count!

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Let's Count is a website that offers opportunities to count lots of different sets of things. You can also view the same website in Spanish.
Activity
Genome British Columbia

Genome British Columbia: Dna Code Bracelet

For Students 9th - 10th
For this activity, students create a bracelet of beads using DNA code. Each letter represents an amino acid and is three beads. The authors suggest that even younger students would enjoy this activity, although older students will...
Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: See Our Progress [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"See Our Progress" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students planting a prairie garden in a vacant lot close to the school. TV reporters interviewed the students and took pictures of the garden for the news that evening....
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The Official George Crumb Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site, with sections devoted to his life, compositions, recordings, writings, and news. The news section has internet links, and the site has a search function!