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Platonic Realms: The Mathematical Art of m.c. Escher

For Students 9th - 10th
Math Academy Online presents a great M.C. Escher (1898-1972 CE) site for connecting the arts and mathematics. As even Escher said, "For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of...
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PBS

Pbs: The Story of India: Ancient and Medieval Mathematics in India

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes India's contribution to mathematics.
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Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Fun Mathematics Lessons

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource has mathematics lessons for different levels, from counting to slope. In English and Spanish.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg How Many Leaves on a Tree?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This is a mathematical modeling task aimed at making a reasonable estimate for something which is too large to count accurately, the number of leaves on a tree, taking into account the tree size and the density of the leaves. Aligns with...
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University at Buffalo

A Modern History of Blacks in Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographies of Blacks in mathematics from the 1700s to the present time.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Measuring Cups

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This task could form part of a classroom activity where learners are encouraged to find as many different ways as possible to make different fractions such as 1/12 and then share their methods. While measuring cups would be helpful to...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Id Sat Scores

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will find solutions for a series of questions based on the assumption that SAT mathematics scores for a particular year are approximately normally distributed with a mean of 510 and a standard deviation of 100. Explanation and...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Which Is Heavier?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will learn the concept of weight by practicing weighing items on a balance scale and recording their results. Students can record their answers on the black line masters included in the Illustrated Mathematics lesson "How Heavy?".
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt Mt. Whitney to Death Valley

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this task, learners are asked to make a mathematical model and determine if it is possible to see a point on the surface of the Earth that is 85 miles away, and well below sea level, from the top of a mountain. The curvature of the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Look for and Express Regularity in Repeated Reasoning

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students. These practices rest on important 'Processes and Proficiency' with longstanding...
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Leapfrog Fractions [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
This task challenges a student to use their knowledge and understanding of ways to represent numbers and fractions in order to add fractions.
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Cubes [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of concepts of volume and its attributes to solve problems with rectangular prisms.
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Sorting Shapes [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
This task challenges a young scholars knowledge of 2-dimensional geometrical shapes to sort shapes and to design a shape that has a given set of attributes.
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The University of Edinburgh: Discrete Mathematics Graphs

For Students 10th - 12th
This article is an in-depth look at graphs. Topics covered are graph models, terminology, representations of graphs, graph isomorphism, connectivity, Euler and Hamiltonian Paths, and more. Examples and explanations are included.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Hsa ced.a.2 Create Equations in Two or More Variables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Choose from a variety of creative problems (tasks) to teach how to create equations in two or more variables to represent relationships between quantities and graph equations on coordinate axes with labels and scales. Explanations and...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Fitting Response to Intervention Framework to Mathematics Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
While there is a great deal of information on reading and RTI, there is a dearth of research on math with RTI. Thus, the development and implementation of reading and RTI has blazed a path to RTMI (Response to Math Intervention).
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Richland Community College

Richland Community College: Mathematical Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Richland Community College, explains the several mathematical theorems.
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Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Review Exercises: Linear Programming

For Students 9th - 10th
Students review linear programming. The resource consists of review exercises on the mathematics concepts.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Mathematics Grade 6 Lesson Plans

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Utah Education Network :Mathematics Grade 6 Lesson Plans which the topics are statistical questions and probability.
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Arabic Mathematics: Forgotten Brilliance?

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of St. Andrews offers a fascinating look at the advances made by Arabic/Islamic mathematicians from about 780 AD to 1450 AD, only more recently being appreciated for their beauty and originality. Includes embedded links to...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F le.a & N Rn Extending the Definitions of Exponents 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A biology student is studying bacterial growth. She was surprised to find that the population of the bacteria doubled every hour. Aligns with the F-LE.A and N-RN.A.1 standards.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 1.oa Kiri's Mathematics Match Game

For Teachers 1st
In this lesson plan, 1st graders play a matching game to explore unknown numbers.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Sse Mixing Fertilizer

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A landscaping company prepares two mixtures of fertilizer. In this task, students investigate what happens to the value of an expression when a quantity is changed. Aligns with A-SSE.A.1 and A-SSE.A.1.b.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Origami Regular Octagon

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After successive folds of a piece of origami paper, a student must explain why the shape made is a regular octagon. Aligns with G-CO.A.3 and G-CO.D.12.

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