Teach Engineering
Service-Based Engineering Design Project
Do some good for the community while learning about engineering. Groups complete a service-based engineering design project over the course of five weeks. The resource provides guidance on how to conduct the project and help pupils get...
Partnership for Educating Colorado Students
Mayan Mathematics and Architecture
Take young scholars on a trip through history with this unit on the mathematics and architecture of the Mayan civilization. Starting with a introduction to their base twenty number system and the symbols they used, this eight-lesson unit...
Intel
Energy Innovations
Collaborative groups examine the importance of energy resources on quality of life by researching different energy sources and alternative energy sources through data analysis. They make a comparison of different countries and cultures,...
Big Learning
The Antarctica Project: A Middle School Mathematics Unit
Antarctica is a big place, large enough to provide ample opportunities to learn about math. A two-week unit teaches middle school mathematics concepts using project-based learning. The resource covers functions, geometry (area,...
Out-of-School Time Resource Center
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Emerging nutritionists explore what it means to be healthy. In the beginning of the unit, your class will examine the five food groups and learn how food gets from the farm to our plates. This leads into the investigation of...
Mathematics Vision Project
Module 6: Congruence, Construction, and Proof
Trace the links between a variety of math concepts in this far-reaching unit. Ideas that seem very different on the outset (like the distance formula and rigid transformations) come together in very natural and logical ways. This...
Mathematics Vision Project
Circles: A Geometric Perspective
Circles are the foundation of many geometric concepts and extensions - a point that is thoroughly driven home in this extensive unit. Fundamental properties of circles are investigated (including sector area, angle measure, and...
Mathematics Vision Project
Module 3: Features of Functions
Learn how to represent functions in multiple ways. Learners analyze functions as equations, graphs, and verbal descriptions. The analysis includes intercepts, behavior, domain, and range. The module of seven lessons makes up the third...
National Security Agency
Are You Game? A Lesson Connecting Fractions and Probability
Exactly how fair are the board games children grow up playing? Young mathematicians investigate this questions as they work their way through this five-lesson series on basic probability.
Mathematics Vision Project
Module 6: Quadratic Functions
Linear, exponential, now it's time for quadratic patterns! Learners build on their skills of modeling patterns by analyzing situations with quadratic functions. The sixth module in the Algebra I series has pupils analyze multiple...
Buffalo State
Adding and Subtracting Integers Unit
Just because one integer is larger than another doesn't mean it will make sense right away. Go beyond note taking and show learners, through the use of algebra tiles and a Four-Pan Algebra Balance, how the numbers relate to one...
NASA
Down to Earth
There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't. The lesson includes four activities in which students learn binary, convert binary to images, understand CCD arrays, and interpret...
Mathematics Vision Project
Module 1: Getting Ready Module
This fabulous resource is a must-have for any algebra teacher's arsenal of lessons. Developing the idea of equations and use of variables from basic physical scenarios, learners gain valuable intuition in the structure and meaning of...
Curated OER
Connecting Algebra and Geometry Through Coordinates
This unit on connecting algebra and geometry covers a number of topics including worksheets on the distance formula, finding the perimeter and area of polynomials, the slope formula, parallel and perpendicular lines, parallelograms,...
Intel
How Can I Relate?
How much is a million? This unit has a set of lessons investigating large numbers on the order of millions and billions. A culminating project has groups creating a slideshow and poster about large numbers found in the school and/or...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Ordering Based on Weight (Metric Units)
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are shown a set of weight values and must decide how to order them based on how heavy or light they are. Includes video...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Selection Based on Weight (Metric Units)
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students practice identifying the heaviest or lightest metric weight from the choices given. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Modeling a Fraction Multiplication Word Problem
This video [2:31] illustrates a word problem involving the multiplication of fractions that requires students to find an unknown product based on a comparison of two quantities. One of the world's largest insects, the Goliath beetle, is...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying the Value of Digits Based on Place Value
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to identify the value of a digit in a multi-digit number based on its place value position. Includes video demonstrating...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Dividing to Find the Time
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students solve word problems where they must calculate how long a task will take based on the rate. Includes video demonstrating a sample...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Decimals on a Number Line to Thousandths
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to state the decimals to the thousandths place for given locations on a number line. Includes video demonstrating a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Completing a Decimal Place Value Chart to Thousandths
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are presented with a decimal number which they must put into a place value chart that goes to the thousandths place. Includes...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Values of Digits in Numbers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to identify the value of a digit in a number up to 1,000 based on its place value position. Includes video demonstrating...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Find the Amount of Water With Illustrations and Calculations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students must study pictures showing capacity in metric units and calculate capacities based on the image. Includes video demonstrating a...