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Curated OER

Exploring Equations and Y-Intercept

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students graph linear equations using intercepts, find y-intercept, find x-intercepts and graph linear equations that use horizontal and vertical lines.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Parametric Equations: Protecting the Village

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Determine the location of the pillars in time. Given a table of values for two parametric equations, pupils complete the table to determine the location and time it takes to build the pillars. Learners plot the points representing...
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Mathematics TEKS Toolkit

Am I Related to Myself?

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Elementary or middle schoolers use ratios to discover some nearly constant relationships between measurements of parts of the human body. They find and record pairs of measurements and determine the relationship between the pairs. Pupils...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Does Your Field Measure Up

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students measure angles using a plane table kit. In this geometry lesson, students use trigonometric identities to find the values of the length of a football field.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Go The Distance Car Construction

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students build and program a car to drive a specific challenge distance.They must at the end of the lesson, have the car that stops the closest to a challenge distance.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interactivate: Introduction to Functions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This interactive website provides a variety of lesson plans according to which standards you are applying and which textbook you use. Introduce functions to your class by having them construct single operation machines and create...
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EngageNY

Interpreting Residuals from a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What does an animal's gestation period have to do with its longevity? Use residuals to determine the prediction errors based upon a least-square regression line. This second lesson plan on residuals shows how to use residuals to...
Unit Plan
Radford University

A Change in the Weather

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Explore the power of mathematics through this two-week statistics unit. Pupils learn about several climate-related issues and complete surveys that communicate their perceptions. They graph both univariate and bivariate data and use...
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Curated OER

2.0 "Water Is Life" Global Water Awareness Mini-Unit (Grades3-5)

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners study the amount of potable water on the Earth. In this water instructional activity, students examine the amount of potable water as compared to all the water on the Earth. They discuss why many parts of the world do not have...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Endocrine Disruptors in Our Drinking Water: Should We Be Concerned?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the different hormone contaminants in the water supply. In this math lesson plan, students analyze data tables and graphs. They demonstrate exponential growth and decay using frog populations.
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Agriculture in the Classroom

A Holiday Tradition: Which Christmas Tree Will You Choose?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Different varieties of Christmas trees provide an interesting way to combine social studies, science, math, and technology. Class members not only research the history of the Christmas tree holiday tradition, they compare and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Shares my Functions?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Pupils examine the relationship between two equations. In this algebra lesson plan, students investigate linear and non-linear relationships between two equations. They discuss functions of graphs, tables and equations by...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Twelve By Twelve Multiplication Table

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, students complete a twelve by twelve multiplication table. All of the numbers are already filled in except for the elevens and twelves.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The 3R's: Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete seven work stations that highlight math activities while they focus on the rules for Internet use and classroom rules for working in cooperative groups. After completing the activities, they complete a self-...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interior and Exterior Angles of Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify interior and exterior angles of polygons. In this geometry lesson plan, students add interior and exterior angles of polygons. They use angle theorems to solve the problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Centimeters and Meters

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this metric measurement learning exercise, students solve 4 story problems in which lengths are estimated. Students circle the better estimate from two choices and draw a picture to explain.
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Curated OER

Five E Lesson Plans For Math

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars use the Five E method to solve problems. In this Five E lesson, students complete math lessons using the Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate technique. They use the Five E's with lessons on tessellations,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money Math

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore a story about a room decoration activity to learn about measurements and area. In this measurement lesson plan, students listen to a story about a boy who is redecorating his bedroom. Students discuss the story and work...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Family Letter and Algebra

For Students 7th - 9th
In this algebra worksheet, students receive a parent informational letter. The letter discusses what will be covered in algebra that school year and has an ordering integers activity.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Identify Shapes and Matching Parts

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students identify real world objects as shapes they have learned. In this 3-D shapes worksheet, students identify shapes such as a cube for a box, a sphere for a globe, and a cylinder for a soup can.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

New Ways to Measure

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students recognize that measuring tools can come in many different shapes and sizes. In this early childhood math lesson, students develop creative-thinking, math, and social skills as they use nontraditional measuring tools.
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Measuring Lesson Plans and Metric System Conversions

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students may review measurement, and metric system conversions by measuring one another and the world around them.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math: Will The Airplane Get Off the Ground?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use data from real-life models to calculate and compare the force required for an airplane of a given weight to become airborne. They use a graphing calculator to evaluate data and use the World Wide Web to access data.
Activity
Curated OER

The Math Poet

For Teachers 4th
Students use numeric operations and concepts to describe, analyze, communicate, synthesize numeric data, and to solve problems.