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Illustrative Mathematics

Margie Buys Apples

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
One of the most common, everyday applications of math is dealing with money. This single problem calculating how much change Margie receives is more involved than it appears at first glance. An understanding of how fractions and decimals...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

Bird Watching with Theodore Roosevelt

For Students 6th - 12th
If you can't go to the birds, bring the birds to you! An interactive lesson helps learners identify different bird types by sight and sound. Pop-ups provide information about the different birds and audio plays the sound each bird...
AP Test Prep14:50
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Flipped Math

Calculus AB/BC - Extreme Value Theorem, Global Versus Local Extrema, and Critical Points

For Students 10th - 12th
It is critical to find all the extreme points. Pupils analyze graphs in the presentation to determine whether there are points that are either maximums and minimums. Using derivatives, learners find out how to find critical points from...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Work and Power

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Assist your class with correctly calculating the values for force, work, and power as they determine the amount various activities require. They gather data and participate in a group discussion to compare results upon conclusion of the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

X-ray Spectroscopy and the Chemistry of Supernova Remnants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This link takes you to a comprehensive unit that delves into emission spectra and supernovas. There are four parts: How and where elements are created, electromagnetic radiation, spectroscopy, and the newest technology for studying our...
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Historical Thinking Matters

Spanish-American War: 3 Day Lesson

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Why did the United States choose to invade Cuba in 1898? As part of a 3-day instructional activity, your young historians will first develop working hypotheses to answer this question, then work with a variety of historical primary...
AP Test Prep8:02
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Calculus AB/BC - Connecting Differentiability and Continuity

For Students 10th - 12th
Despite what you thought, you can differentiate between continuity and differentiability. Using a short lesson, pupils learn how differentiability and continuity relate to each other. It provides three descriptions of when a function is...
AP Test Prep9:36
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Flipped Math

Calculus AB/BC - The Quotient Rule

For Students 10th - 12th
Some differentiation rules are just better to memorize. The ninth lesson in a unit of 11 presents the quotient rule to pupils for them to memorize. Learners use the quotient rule to determine the derivative of two quotients after seeing...
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test Book 2-Grade 8 (2010)

For Students 9th - 11th
Get ready for state testing with this resource, which focuses on listening and writing skills. While a complete description of the writing assignment is provided here, the listening portion is not included. You could use the graphic...
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Curated OER

Strategies for Organization and Elaboration of Personal Narrative

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Personal narrative writing is usually a favorite form of writing for youngsters because they get to write about a personal experience. The lesson here asks pupils to take a piece of narrative writing and improve it by following...
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Curated OER

Prepping for a World War I Test

For Teachers 10th
Review your WWI unit with this helpful resource. Young historians group up, complete a series of web-based activities, take a pop quiz, and examine the contents of a trunk considering items that would be most important during WWI. The...
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 2, Grade 4

For Students 4th
This 4th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet assesses listening skills. Testers respond to short answer questions and an open-ended essay question.
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 2, Grade 6 2005

For Students 6th
This 6th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet includes 28 multiple choice and short answer questions on a passage called, "About Me" that is not included.
Activity
DiscoverE

Nanosolutions

For Teachers 6th - 9th
There are a billion reasons to use the resource! Well, not quite. A demonstration using food color and water shows scholars the meaning of nano. An iterative process results in diluting the concentration of food coloring by one tenth...
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Cornell University

Catapults

For Students 4th - 8th
Ready, aim, fire! Launch to a new level of understanding as scholars build and test their own catapults. Learners explore lever design and how adjusting the fulcrum changes the outcome. 
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Scatter Diagram

For Teachers 8th Standards
It is positive that how one performs on the first test relates to their performance on the second test. The three-question assessment has class members read and analyze a scatter plot of test scores. They must determine whether...
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Comprehensive English Examination: June 2014

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Learners take their first step toward mastering test-taking by answering questions based on listening and reading comprehension. In addition to multiple choice questions, the examination includes two short-answer items and one essay. 
Assessment
Georgia Department of Education

Analytic Geometry Study Guide

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Are you looking for a comprehensive review that addresses the Common Core standards for geometry? This is it! Instruction and practice problems built specifically for standards are included. The material includes geometry topics from...
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Multiplying Binomials and Factoring Trinomials

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Two lessons for the price of one! Learners use algebra tiles to multiply binomials in the first lesson, Next, they use their knowledge from the first lesson to factor trinomials into two binomials.
Worksheet
Mathed Up!

Ratio

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Reinforce math skills with an eight-page exercise comprised of 15 problems covering the concept of ratios. 
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Comprehensive English Examination: June 2015

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Heroes rise from adversity. That theme forms the focus of the critical lens essay in a sample comprehensive English examination. The exam, which is part of a larger series of sample standardized tests, also includes two short response...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Western Civilizations, Chapter 12: The Civilization of the Renaissance

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
If you can't take your western civilization class to the Renaissance Faire, try this online resource to give them an idea of this era and others! While designed to accompany the Western Civilizations text, this tool can be utilized...
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Prestwick House

The Orphan Train

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What do a girl in foster care and a 91-year-old widow have in common? A crossword puzzle related to Orphan Train highlights some of the similarities the two characters share in the book. The puzzle pulls out key details from the novel to...
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Curated OER

Western Civilizations, Chapter 27: The Cold War: Global Politics, Economic Recovery, and Cultural Change

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Keep your scholars organized using this study plan and progress report tool, one of many great learning strategies featured in this online western civilizations resource! Although designed for use alongside the Western Civilizations...