Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Regular Tessellations of the Plane

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Bringing together the young artists and the young organizers in your class, this lesson takes that popular topic of tessellations and gives it algebraic roots. After covering a few basic properties and definitions, learners attack the...
Handout
Thomson Brooks-Core

Complex Numbers

For Students 10th - 12th
A straightforward approach to teaching complex numbers, this lesson addresses the concepts of complex numbers, polar coordinates, Euler's formula, De moivres Theorem, and more. It includes a practice problems set with odd answers...
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Measurement

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Build a basic understanding of units of measure and create a great foundation for your learners. The activity gives a complete overview of everything measurement, from types of measurement to rounding to conversions — it has it all! 
Assessment
Bowland

Bunting

For Students 6th - 8th
How much fabric is necessary for bunting? Scholars use given dimensions of triangular bunting (hanging decorations) to determine the amount of fabric necessary to decorate a rectangular garden. The task requires pupils to consider...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Conditions for a Unique Triangle—Three Sides and Two Sides and the Included Angle

For Students 7th Standards
Building on the previous lesson in the 29-part series, the ninth lesson asks individuals to construct a triangle given specific criteria. First, they are given three specific side lengths, followed by two sides and the included angle....
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Rotations in Radians: Clock Conundrum

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Pupils use an interactive clock to set specific times. They apply math to an everyday task as they determine the measure of the angle formed by the hands in degrees and in radians. 
Activity
Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

Valentine’s Counting and Color Sorting Activity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Reinforce the concept of one-to-one correspondence with a Valentine's Day-themed counting and color sorting activity. Scholars sort foam hearts by color—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple—then count and place them on a number...
Activity
Curated OER

Measure the Gardens

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Understanding arrays is very similar to understanding the relationship between multiplication and area. Give your third graders an opportunity to practice identifying area models that relate repeated addition and multiplication. They...
PPT
Curated OER

Multiplication and Division - Rules to Help!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Introduce mathematicians to multiplication and division and how they are related. This brightly-colored, bold-font PowerPoint breaks down the concepts for first-timers. A page each is dedicated to multiplying by 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, and 10,...
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Illustrative Mathematics

The Intersection of Two Lines

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here is an introduction to solving simultaneous linear equations. Start by drawing a line through two points. Create a second line which goes through the intersecting point. Background knowledge of how to find the equation of a line and...
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Curated OER

Latitude

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your young geologists generate a graph given a table of values from the context of latitude and percent of the earth's surface north of that latitude. The questions in the activity then focus the learners to a deeper understanding of the...
Lesson Plan
Math12

Conditional Probability

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Conditional probability can be a confusing concept. A straightforward lesson provides reasonable examples of conditional probability, and models the most effective ways to reinforce the more complex parts of the lesson.
Activity
Teach Engineering

Sliders (for High School)

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Slip sliding away. Groups investigates the two types of friction by running an experiment that allows them to calculate the coefficient of static friction and the coefficient of kinetic friction. The experiment uses a box, a...
Worksheet
Mathed Up!

Place Value

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Reinforce the concept of place value with an eight-page practice exercise equipped with 18 problems for scholars to show what they know.    
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Formulas

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Help learners understand the benefits of rearranging a formula. Scholars practice rearranging formulas for specific variables. They also analyze formulas to understand one variable's effect on the other. 
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Interest and the Number e

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Mary, Mary, quite continuously, how does your money grow? Uses examples to examine the difference between simple interest and compound interest, and to take a look at different rates of compounding. Learners explore what would...
Lesson Plan
University of Nottingham

Modeling Conditional Probabilities: 2

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Bring the concept of conditional probability alive by allowing your classes to explore different probability scenarios. Many tasks have multiple solutions that encourage students to continue exploring their problems even after a solution...
Activity
Noyce Foundation

Poly-Gone

For Students K - 12th Standards
Investigate polygons from rectangles to triangles to octagons. Each level of the five-problem series targets a different grade level. Beginning with the level A problem, learners examine the relationship between area and perimeter by...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponential Terms Raised to an Exponent: Exponential Sliders

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Discover the pattern of exponents through an interactive lesson. Young mathematicians manipulate sliders and watch the result as they change the base or exponents in an expression. The tutorial shows them the simplified expression and...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Greatest Common Factor Using Lists

For Students 6th Standards
By creating a list of factors for two numbers, it is easier to see the greatest common factor. Each question in an interactive resource asks pupils to identify the greatest common factor for the numbers 24 and 36 in several...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Determining the Equation of a Line: Trip Functions

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Let the function drive the activity. The interactive displays the odometer on a car for a trip. Pupils determine and interpret the slope of the situation. Then, they find a verbal description of the equation of the function.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Expected Value: Game of Chance

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Determine whether the payoff is worth it. Pupils calculate the expected value of a game with three different payoff levels. Each level has a different probability of winning money. The scholars find the expected payoffs for each...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Sets: Bikes or Boards?

For Students 6th - 8th
Do people ride, slide, or do both? Pupils use an interactive Venn diagram for the numbers of people owning bicycles, owning skateboards, or both. An interactive provides questions for them to answer using the diagram.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Empirical Probability: Scoring

For Students 6th - 8th
Learners use an interactive to determine the probability that a soccer player will score a goal. Given data over the course of several days, they determine probabilities for several different situations.

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