CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Additive Inverses and Absolute Values Grades 8 9
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about additive inverses and absolute values.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Strength of an Electromagnet
Has anyone ever told you that you have a magnetic personality? Have you ever heard that opposites attract? These common phrases are both based on the properties of magnets and magnetic electricity. In this science fair project, learn how...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Active Transport
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] During active transport, molecules move from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration. This is the opposite of diffusion, and these molecules...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Telling Time With the Sun
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this activity is a very basic introduction to the tangent function and it's applications (such as measuring distances). Through this lesson, students will learn the definition of the tangent...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Number Smash
In this activity, students explore basic Algebra concepts and Number sense. They learn the definition of sign numbers, absolute value, and numbers of opposite sign.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Whose Land Is This? Conflict Between Native Americans & Settlers [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" designed to provide insights into the causes of the conflict between Native Americans and new settlers pushing west. Students will examine official...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Actions in the Short Run
Practice what you have learned about the short-run consequences of using fiscal and monetary policy in conjunction with each other or in opposition to each other.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 9: Romeo and Juliet
Students explore how patterns and contrasts in language (diction, imagery, figurative language) reveal central ideas in texts and develop various motifs (light vs. dark, dreams vs. reality, high vs. low, etc.) in Romeo and Juliet. They...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Let's Go Fishing for Positive and Negative Integers
This lesson will actively engage students in a fishing tournament that uses ordered pairs to catch fish. As students begin to catch the hidden fish, they will find a relationship between the integers in the ordered pairs. By identifying...
Quia
Quia: Analogies Jeopardy
A Jeopardy-style game to play while learning to identify word relationships with categories including Family, Places, Actions, Time, and Opposites. Students complete each question by typing the correct word to complete each analogy. The...
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Sons of Liberty
Learn about the Sons of Liberty, a secret, underground organization that was founded in Boston by Samuel Adams and John Hancock in July 1765 in opposition to the Stamp Act.
McREL International
Mc Rel: Whelmer #31 Activity: Static Charged 2x4s
A simple activity that investigates the basic principles behind static electricity. The activity is in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
NASA
Nasa Glenn Research Center: Rocket Car (Class Activity)
Students discover Newton's Third Law of Motion by constructing a rocket car.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Antonyms
This lesson defines antonyms, explains where to locate them in a dictionary and thesaurus, discusses why it is helpful to know antonyms, and provides examples. Offered in both text and audio formats.