Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Percent and Applications: Circle Graph

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students make, read and interpret circle graphs.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Understanding Line Graphs

For Students 4th
In this line graphs worksheet, 4th graders study a line graph with time and height and points A-D. Students answer four short answer questions relating to the line graph.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Comprehension of Word Problems" Using a Table

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice solving math problems by utilizing a data table. In this number sense lesson, 6th graders create a table using the numerical information about a fictitious farm's inventory. Students complete the empty segments by...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Turning the Tables: A Guide to Devising Your Own Story

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe and demonstrate how to decipher and organize the information in a math word problem and apply mathematical concepts to different story problems. They discuss the parts of a story problem, and write their own original...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Algebra Test Problem

For Students 8th - 10th
In this algebra test worksheet, students construct and interpret a Venn Diagram.  They determine the type of algebra problems designated in the Venn Diagram.  This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem.  The answer is...
Interactive
Curated OER

My Test Book: Reading Graphs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this online interactive math skills learning exercise, learners solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to read and interpret graphs. Students may view the correct answers.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Easter Bar Graph- A

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Easter math activity, learners first solve 13 problems with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Using the answers, students make a bar graph.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Your Tax Dollars at Work

For Teachers 5th - 12th
In order to understand how tax dollars are spent, young economists use given data and graph it on a circle graph. Circle graphs are highly visual and can help individuals describe data. A class discussion follows the initial activity.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

One Size Fits All, Part 1

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Can you tell how tall someone is just by looking at their feet? In this activity, young mathematicians measure their height, arm span, and foot size, graph their findings, and answer questions about how these measurements are related....
Lesson Plan
Illinois State Board of Education

Is It Linear?

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Math apprentices are introduced to the components of a linear relationship. In groups, they write story problems that incorporate this relationship and relates to the real world. They give their problem to the class for them to solve.
Interactive
Curated OER

Graphing of Functions Using First and Second Derivatives

For Students 11th - 12th
In this calculus activity, students solve problems using the first and second derivatives. They define the behavior of the function based on the derivative. There are 11 questions with an answer key.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Real World Math Book

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create their own story problem from an idea list and solve it. They draw a picture to help in solving their problem. Students build a diorama to illustrate their story problem. They work in class to solve story problems...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Play It

For Teachers 6th - 9th
There are a number of activities here that look at representing data in different ways. One activity, has young data analysts conduct a class survey regarding a new radio station, summarize a data set, and use central tendencies to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing Linear Equations and Inequalities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars discuss methods to solve equations and inequalities with one variable. As a review, they write Addition and Subtraction properties of equality and Multiplication and Division properties of equality. Students graph points,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding 10: Backwards and Forwards

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Help your young mathematicians completely master 10 by practicing one-to-one correspondence, number recognition, and recording numbers displayed. They make 10 with groups of two-different colored cubes and color in 10-frames to show how...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rainbows, Bridges & Weather, Oh My!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Explore how real-world applications can be parabolic in nature and how to find quadratic functions that best fit data. A number of different examples of modeling parabolas are explored including a student scavenger hunt, the exploration...
Activity
PBL Pathways

Potassium-Argon Dating

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Find the age of a fictional sample of rocks using a genuine approach. A well-designed lesson asks young mathematicians to use exponential modeling to analyze half-life. As a project-based learning activity, scholars communicate...
Activity
5280 Math

More or Less the Same

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Tell the story of the math. Given a graph of a linear system, learners write a story that models the graph before crafting the corresponding functions. Graphs intersect at an estimated point, allowing for different variations in the...
Worksheet
Kuta Software

Imaginary Numbers

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a learning exercise that takes all aspects of quadratic functions and incorporates imaginary numbers into the problems. The problems range from simplifying to graphing and solving by using a variety of methods with imaginary and...
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Conference Tables

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils analyze a pattern of conference tables to determine the number of tables needed and the number of people that can be seated for a given size. Individuals develop general formulas for the two growing number patterns and...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Quadratic Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Review the multiple methods of solving quadratic equations through an analysis of the discriminant. Scholars use the discriminant to determine the best solution method and then solve various equations. As a challenge, learners build...
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Party

For Teachers 8th Standards
Thirty at the party won't cost any more than twenty-five. The assessment task provides a scenario for the cost of a party where the initial fee covers a given number of guests. The class determines the cost for specific numbers of guests...
Unit Plan
Bowland

Alien Invasion

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Win the war of the worlds! Scholars solve a variety of problems related to an alien invasion. They determine where spaceships have landed on a coordinate map, devise a plan to avoid the aliens, observe the aliens, and break a code to...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Radical Equations

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Provide students with the skill for how to examine algebraic and graphical approaches to solving radical equations. Learners solve various radical equations involving square root and cube root expressions. They first solve...