Lesson Plan
American Statistical Association

How Random Is the iPod’s Shuffle?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Shuffle the resource into your lesson repertoire. Scholars use randomly-generated iPod Shuffle playlists to develop ideas about randomness. They use a new set of playlists to confirm their ideas, and then decide whether the iPod randomly...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Graphs

For Students 9th - 11th
Print and use this useful unit on basic algebraic functions, domain, range, and graphing. Tasks include, illustrating simple functions with a graph, and identifying the domain and range of the function. This twelve-page packet contains...
Activity
Noyce Foundation

Digging Dinosaurs

For Students K - 12th Standards
Build a function to solve problems rooted in archeology. A comprehensive set of five lessons presents problems requiring individuals to use functions. The initial lesson asks learners to find the possible number of dinosaurs from a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Practicing the Chain Rules

For Students 10th - 12th
For this calculus worksheet, students solve problems using the chain rule to take the derivative and solve the function. There are 6 questions which require the students to find the correct strategy to solve the equations.
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Curated OER

Worksheet 22 - Functions

For Teachers Higher Ed
For this function worksheet, students use functions to identify an electron traveling along a path. They examine the velocity vector and compute the directional derivative. This two-page worksheet contains six multi-step problems.
Activity
PBL Pathways

Medical Insurance

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Design a plan for finding the best health insurance for your money. Learners compare two health plans by writing and graphing piecewise functions representing the plan rules. Using Excel software, they create a technical report...
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Picking Apples

For Teachers 8th Standards
Getting the best pick of the apples depends on where to pick. The short assessment presents a situation in which class members must analyze a real-world situation to determine the cost of picking apples. The pricing structures resemble...
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Linear Relationships

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
There's just something special about lines in algebra. Introduce your classes to linear equations by analyzing the linear relationship. Young mathematicians use input/output pairs to determine the slope and the slope-intercept formula to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Write Function Rules Using One Variable

For Students 5th - 6th
In this function rules activity, students solve the problems by finding the output numbers using the given inputs in the function table. Students solve six problems that contain one variable.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Algebra Nomograph

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Investigation of a nomograph teaches students to determine the rule of a function by examining the input and output values.  Students use a nomograph on their Ti-Nspire to determine the function rule.  Students make a scatter...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trig Transformations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate trigonometric function.  In this Algebra II lesson plan, students explore functional notation and transformational graphing of trigonometric functions. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Doubling Your Money

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your young financial geniuses explore the Rule of 70 as they analyze the exponential function that models the doubling time of investments.
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Rugs

For Teachers 8th Standards
The class braids irrational numbers, Pythagoras, and perimeter together. The mini-assessment requires scholars to use irrational numbers and the Pythagorean Theorem to find perimeters of rugs. The rugs are rectangular, triangular,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Matter and Motion 3

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
For this matter and motion worksheet, students solve 3 different types of problems that relate to the chain rule for multivariable functions. First, they find the rate of increase of the volume of a can and the rate of increase of the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Worksheet 12: Functions

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
For this math worksheet, students are given 7 problems in which they differentiate, figure rate of change, determine value, and prove formulas.
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Curated OER

Parabolas and Inverse Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your Algebra learners will explore what equations are functions or not functions and how to alter the domain to produce a possibility for the relations being a function with a limitted domain.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Derivatives Using Lists

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners explore lists and determine the derivative for that list. They use regressions to discover equations. 
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Flipped Math

Calculus AB/BC - Derivatives of cos(x), sin(x), e^x, and ln(x)

For Students 10th - 12th
The shortcuts are not just for polynomial functions. Pupils learn the derivatives of the two basic trigonometric functions, cosine and sine. The video provides the derivatives for exponential and logarithmic functions. Learners work...
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Council for Economic Education

Satisfaction Please! (Part 3)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Understanding the US government's role proves very important in the American economy, especially for consumers. Scholars learn about how varying government agencies help them when facing an issue. The third and final resource in the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Differentiating Special Functions

For Students 11th - 12th
In this differentiating special functions worksheet, students solve and complete 5 various types of problems. First, they differentiate each of the given functions. Then, students complete the table using a calculator and plot the points...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

In and Out Function Problems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders solve In and Out function problems. They analyze a chart and discuss the steps to solving the functions, and discuss the patterns and complete the charts. Students then create a book of repeating patterns using magazines,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Algebra: Variable and Functions (Homework 21.4)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this algebra worksheet, students complete 4 function tables. Students plug in the different values for x to complete the y sides of the charts.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Arithmetic Patterns

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Pupils experience math functions as they practice their addition and subtraction skills, and fill in each table based on a given rule. There are two columns in each of the four tables. The in column is already completed and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Divisibility Rules Using Scientific Calculators

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Young learners apply divisibility rules to determine if a number is a factor of another number. They discuss what numbers are factors of another number and identify patterns using divisibility rules.