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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Length and Perimeter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore tessellations and the spatial concepts used in creating them.  In this tessellations lesson plan, 3rd graders rotate, reflect and transform shapes to create tessellations.  Students become familiar with...
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Curated OER

Plotting Temperature and Altitude

For Teachers 10th - 12th
students convert the temperature readings from degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit. they predict and create a graph of what the graph of altitude (x-axis) versus temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (y-axis) might look like.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Making Cubes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore vocabulary associated with three dimensional figures.  In this transformations lesson, 3rd graders create two dimensional nets for three dimensional figures.  Students become familiar with describing two...
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Curated OER

Go the Distance

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students work together to build lego cars. They make predictions about how fast they believe the cars will go. They record their observations and discuss their results.
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Curated OER

Cost Calculations Lesson Plan

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students analyze data using graphs and equations. In this algebra instructional activity, students calculate the cost of lumber, convert price per foot to price per piece, solve equations using addition and subtraction and give exact...
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Curated OER

Building A Nation

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students build their own nation in groups where they create a name, flag, declaration of independence, form of government, mathematical layout, and more. In this nation lesson plan, students also provide a scale drawing of their nation...
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Curated OER

Scaling Our School

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice estimating the length and height of buildings at their school. They then compare their estimations with the actual heights or lengths. Each student then builds a scale model using ratio to translate the "real"...
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The Global Warming Debate and the Arctic Ice Cap

For Students 7th - 10th
In this global warming and the Arctic ice cap worksheet, students use two graphs showing data about the amount of Arctic sea ice between 1950 and 2006 and the percent of people surveyed that believe the Earth has gotten warmer over the...
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Curated OER

Precalculus Worksheet 8.3

For Students 10th - 12th
In the precalculus worksheet, students compute vectors and angle directions from given equations. They read and interpret information from three word problems to determine direction, speed, and the velocity vector in navigation problems.
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Curated OER

Let's Graph It!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students graph the height of others in centimeters and inches, find the slope of line in order to calculate the conversion factor between centimeters and inches.
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Curated OER

Can You Carry a Tune in a Bucket?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use water filled pipes to play a tune and consider the mathematics behind the sound waves. In this sound wave activity, students play a tune with water filled pipes. They create a mathematical model to evaluate the wavelengths...
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Scatterplots and Regressions

For Students 8th - 9th
For this scatterplots and regressions worksheet, students solve 6 different types of problems related to graphing scatterplots and interpreting regressions. First, they create a scatterplot from the given data coordinates and then,...
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Curated OER

Fermi Detects Gamma-Rays from Messier

For Students 10th - 12th
In this power law function worksheet, students use data from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space telescope to apply the power law function to physical phenomena. Students use a graph to solve four problems.
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Curated OER

To the Moon

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Pupils explore circumference manipulating Moon Pie wrapper. In this geometry lesson, they manipulate snack wrappers to find circumference, diameter, radius and distance.
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Curated OER

Algebra: Mirror, Mirror on the Universe

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students assess how algebra, telescopes, space exploration and optics are so important in astronomy. They encounter studies on the Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Deep Field and how algebra helps to determine the effects of contamination...
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Curated OER

Topic: Math, Chemistry, and Food

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners listen as the teacher tells the story of Sisyphus rolling the stone up the mountain. Students prepare two batches of jello, one with fresh pineapple, and one with canned pineapple. While the jello is setting, learners work on...
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Curated OER

Applied Science -- Science and Math (3B) Pre Lab

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Set up stations around your science lab to introduce youngsters to different equipment. They examine a beaker, graduated cylinder, ruler, balance, and thermometer. The said worksheet is not included, but you will find a few useful tips...
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The Farther Away You Are, The Faster Away You Move

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore linear relationships. The lesson uses science to develop an understanding of the expanding Universe. There are 3 Labs, only 2 of which are required. Lab C is an enrichment for higher level classes.
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Albert Shanker Institute

Economic Causes of the March on Washington

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Money can't buy happiness, but it can put food on the table and pay the bills. The first of a five-lesson plan unit teaches pupils about the unemployment rate in 1963 and its relationship with the March on Washington. They learn how to...
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Curated OER

Forces and Graphing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners analyze graphs to determine relationships between variables and rates of change. They determine the basic concepts about static reaction forces. They determine the slope and equation of a line.
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Curated OER

My Peanut Butter is Better Than Yours!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of statistical data. In this statistical data instructional activity, students read an article about the dangers of peanut butter to those who are allergic. Students perform a taste test of two different...
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Curated OER

Reading Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice plotting functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane, see several categories of functions, including lines and parabolas, and read a graph, answering questions about the situation described by the graph
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Curated OER

Reading Graphs

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students plot functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane. They explore lines and parabolas. Students analyze graphs and answer questions about the information presented on the graph using an online program.
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Curated OER

What Are The Chances

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students calculate the probability of an event occurring. In this probability lesson, students differentiate between independent, dependent or compound events. They find the range of the data.