Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Usage and Conservation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate water usage at school and at home. They use graphs and tables to evaluate water usage. Students describe possible water conservation measures. They use graphs and tables to relate data as part of a written report.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wildlife Sampling-Capture-Recapture

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders simulate the capture-recapture method of population sampling using beans. In this biology lesson, 7th graders calculate the total population of beans in the bowl. They assess whether this method is reliable or not.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Roll `Em!

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in using base ten blocks and dice for a fun engaging math lesson. They use a worksheet imbedded in this lesson as the game board to help them play this math game.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aldridge Sawmill - The Story in Numbers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice math skills while becoming familiar with Texas' "Boom & Bust" economy and the natural history of the east Texas Piney Woods. They utilize worksheets and websites imbedded in this plan.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Team Puzzles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in co-operative teams of four to complete a puzzle. Each student initially works independently, and then the team jointly puts together the four shapes they have individually made, to complete the puzzle.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aldridge Sawmill - The Story in Numbers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders view overhead maps of Texas, explore history of Aldrige Sawmill, and practice math skills while becoming familiar with Texas' "Boom & Bust" economy and natural history of east Texas Piney Woods.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Perform Accounting Functions

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students practice performing various accounting functions. Given analysis records, they prepare cost and revenue analysis based on specific criteria. They complete handouts and review their answers as a class. They also discuss the...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identify Unit Fractions

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Identify unit fractions when given a visual or a context. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video tutorial, receive hints. CCSS.Math.Content.3.G.A.2 Partition shapes into...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Converting Fractions of a Unit Into a Smaller Unit

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Note that in each of these problems we are given a set of a specified size and a specified number of subsets into which it is to be divided. The questions ask the student to find out the size of each of the subsets. Students are not...
Interactive
Visual Fractions

Visual Fractions: Identify With Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this interactive site from Visual Fractions to practice identifying numerators and denominators using a number line. You will be given a point between 0 and 1 to name as a fraction.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Halves and Fourths

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this exercise, students practice identifying halves and fourths. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.