How do reverse transcriptase inhibitors work? Young virologists examine the function of azidothymidine, a drug doctors use to treat HIV patients, during a hands-on modeling activity. Groups create a strand of DNA from an HIV RNA strand...

Your entire class works together to create an illustrated insect field guide. The intent is that they venture outside of the classroom, find a critter, and then research it using reference materials, insect books, and the Internet for...

Scholars crave practical application. Let them use the different models of a quadratic function to plan the size and shape of a school playground. They convert between the different forms and maximize area.

Transform your classroom into a fully functioning weather station with this series of hands-on investigations. Covering the topics of temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and cloud formation, these activities engage young...

Humans love to communicate and they do it in so many different ways. The class investigates how people have used new inventions and technological innovations to communicate. They are divided into groups of three or four and given...

Make the move toward incorporating more technology in your classroom and help to prepare your class for the professional world. Here is a resource that describes the Common Core standard while incorporating technology and English...

If you have ever injured your shoulder, you know it takes a while to improve your arm's range of motion. In this real-world example, young mathematicians gain insight into the world of physical therapy while they analyze a case study...

How do doctors fight a virus that's constantly mutating? Show science scholars how we fight HIV using one of its own most fundamental processes through a thoughtful demonstration. The lesson focuses on how protease inhibitors prevent HIV...

Give your learners a leg up in their study of engineering. Groups design and create a prothestic for a leg. They test out their designs for strength, stability, durability, and comfort.

Setting financial goals is a common occurrence in middle school that your learners can practice using this activity. They will be able to solve for how many hours Seth needs to work to save up for a skateboard, helmet, and trip. The...

A great resource for your unit on Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Small groups conduct research about related topics (list included), write papers, present PowerPoint slide shows, and take a student-created test. Fill in a few...

Students write a paragraph predicting what the book is about after viewing the front cover. They are given a copy of the Story Parts Maps, students are explained each story part. Students are explained that they most take notes on the...

Students color-code a schematic of a cell and its cell membrane structures. Then they complete the "Build-a-Membrane" activity found at http://learn.genetics.utah.edu. This reinforces their understanding of the structure and function of...

The resource consists of a table of indefinite integrals of functions. Formulas for elementary functions, trigonometric functions, exponential functions, and hyperbolic functions are included.

Students teams design and build shoe prototypes that convert between high heels and athletic shoes. They apply their knowledge about the mechanics of walking and running as well as shoe design (as learned in the associated lesson) to...

This site explains the natural log and its integral. Includes examples.

This lesson puts integration to work. Lessons include integral, derivatives, antiderivatives, and indefinite integrals. The Trapezoidal and Simpson's Rules are highlighted. The examples are enhanced using Live, Math and Scientific...

In Spanish. This interactive unit visually presents the concept of the definite integral and its properties.

In this activity, students examine functions defined by a definite integral. They create tables and graphs for integration functions. They understand the foundation of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.

In this activity, students learn and explore how Indefinite integrals are used to find the antiderivative of a function. They also learn that Definite integrals can be used to find the area bounded by a function and the X-axis. From...

This activity sets up a spreadsheet that lets students enter functions in the first column, and then calculates the integral in the second column with boundaries determined by the student. It also shows the symbolic integral with...

The topic summary outlines trigonometric functions. Some topics reviewed are derivatives of trigonometric functions, sine function, trigonometric identities, and indefinite integrals of trigonometric functions. The resource consists of...

This site has the definition of average of a function by using integrals. The site also contains the proof of the mean value theorem which may be viewed one step at a time. There are links to related exercises whose answer is shown one...

Proves that the cos and sin functions form an orthogonal set, as it applies to Fourier series.