Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Risky Business

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video on AIDS, HIV and the ways in which HIV is spread. They discuss ways to avoid contracting HIV and participate in a simulation that shows the growth of a communicable disease.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Statistical Look at Jewish History

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students complete their examination over the Jewish Diaspora. Using population figures, they discover the importance of percentages in exploring trends. They use their own ethnic group and determine how it is represented in the United...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Web Quest on "How to Write a Mystery."

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners complete a Web Quest on How to Write a Mystery. They listen to or read a short mystery story and discuss its elements. They write an outline of a mystery story using all of the elements.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geography of the Harbor

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars study estuaries and their boundaries.  For this investigative lesson students locate an estuary on a map and use nautical and topographical maps. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Bigger they Are . . .

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students do a variety of data analyses of real-life basketball statistics from the NBA. They chart and graph rebounding, scoring, shot blocking and steals data which are gathered from the newspaper sports section.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Identifying Points in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 6th - 9th
For this ordered pairs worksheet, students identify 6 ordered pairs given a coordinate plane.  Students list the ordered pair given the graph.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Summary Scramble

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils write summaries that contain the main ideas and the most significant details of a reading selection. For this language arts lesson plan, students first play a game in which groups compete against each other to put the summary of a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fairytale Favorites

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students access George MacDonald's Fairytales website, read exerpts of pre-selected tales, select their favorite and communicate that information via the internet to another class.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make and use observations of Laetoli footprints to provide clues to life in the past. They collect and analyze data to study the relationship between foot length and body height.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Read Line Plots (Data With Fractions)

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Practice reading and interpreting data that is graphed on line plots. The data graphed includes fractions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints....
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Fractions on the Number Line

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Plot and spot fractions on the number line. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints. CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.1 Standard 2. Understand a fraction as a...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Sand Babies (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this engaging lesson, students use a variety of measurement strategies in creating their own Sand Babies. Students explore standard and non-standard measurements, area, data collection and analysis, and graphing. Adaptations are...