Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Absolute Maxima and Minima

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given the graph of a function, find its absolute maximum and minimum points. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Activity
Other

Lincoln Public Schools: Applied Technology & Engineering: Mousetrap Car It's a Snap! [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an engineering activity that requires students to build a mousetrap car based on certain constraints. Constraints include students having a virtual budget that they use to buy approved parts for their car, the car having...
Website
NOAA

Noaa: Cpc: Regional Climate Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides large colorful maps of climate data about each continent for the current week, month, or previous quarter.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Using Data Clusters to Find Hacker

For Students 3rd - 8th
The CyberSquad searches for Hacker's castle based on a survey of where town residents have last seen him in this video from Cyberchase.
Unknown Type
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Applications of Derivatives

For Students 9th - 10th
Hotmath provides 25 practice problems dealing with derivative applications. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide.
Handout
University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia: Single Slit Diffraction Pattern of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains single slit diffraction and models how to calculate different characteristics of the light waves.
Handout
Other

Matheno: How to Solve Optimization Problems in Calculus

For Students 10th - 12th
Need to solve Optimization problems in Calculus? This blog illustrates the steps needed to solve them routinely for yourself.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Interactive: Scatter Plot

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use this interactive applet to input a series of (x, y) ordered pairs and plot them. Parameters such as minimum and maximum value, minimum and maximum y value, and x- and y-scale can be set by the user or determined by the applet.
Activity
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Box Plot

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students learn about box-and-whisker plots. The interactive box plot allows the user to explore maximum, minimum, median, upper quartile, lower quartile, and outliers.
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Bungee Jump Accelerations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use an Accelerometer to analyze the motion of a bungee jumper and determine a point where there is maximum and minimum acceleration in the course of the motion. They also compare the experimental data with an actual bungee jump.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: How Far to Your Birthplace

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Examine one-variable data analysis through the creation and exploration of a birth place data set. Graphing calculators are used to analyze the data through mean, median, mode, maximum, minimum, stem-and-leaf plots and box-and-whisker...
Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arctic Ice Extent, 1999 2016

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists study sea ice extent closely because it influences global climate. Follow the decline in Arctic sea ice in this animation adapted from NASA showing the yearly maximum and minimum sea ice extents from 1999 to 2016. Resources...
Interactive
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Sucesiones Y Cotas

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. This interactive unit introduces the concepts of upper bound, lower bound and maximum and minimum of a sequence of real numbers.
Activity
Other

Representacion Grafica De Funciones

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. In depth explanations of functions at an advanced level. Includes topics such as concavity, points of inflection and relative maximums and minimums. A great resource for the Spanish speaking student to keep up in the English...
Website
NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: Regional Climate Maps Former Soviet Union

For Students 9th - 10th
Find weekly, monthly, and 3-month climate maps for Russia and the Former Soviet Union. Includes total precipitation and minimum and maximum temperature.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Using Clickers to Generate Supply and Demand Curves

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson has students using clickers to generate data for demand and supply curves. It asks students to give numerical values for their maximum willingness to pay for something and their minimum willingness to accept for something....
Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Rounding Numbers Game

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Students practice rounding numbers, and their score is kept at the top of the page. At the beginning of the game, you choose the minimum and maximum numbers. Round to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand.
Unknown Type
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Greatest Common Factor Worksheet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find the greatest common factor between two numbers. You may set the total number of problems per page, the minimum and maximum numbers, and an answer key is optional.
Unknown Type
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Factors Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Generate a worksheet where students find all the factors of a number. When you create the worksheet, set the minimum and maximum number and the total number of problems. An answer key is optional.
Unknown Type
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Ice Bucket Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the maximum and minimum speeds for a bucket whirled in a vertical circle.
Unknown Type
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Ice Bucket Challenge Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the maximum and minimum speeds for a bucket whirled in a vertical circle.
Unknown Type
Knowledge Share

Super Kids: Addition Worksheet Creator

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create your own addition math facts worksheets. Use them in the classroom for practice or timed drills, or at home! Choose from two levels of difficulty, and vertical or horizontal equation format. You input minimum and maximum values of...
Unknown Type
Knowledge Share

Super Kids: Subtraction Worksheet Creator

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Create your own subtraction math facts worksheets. Use them in the classroom for practice or timed drills, or at home! Choose from two levels of difficulty, and vertical or horizontal equation format. You input minimum and maximum values...
Unknown Type
Knowledge Share

Super Kids: Addition and Subtraction Worksheet Creator

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Create your own addition/subtraction math facts worksheets. Use them in the classroom for practice or timed drills, or at home! Choose from two levels of difficulty, and vertical or horizontal equation format. You input minimum and...

Other popular searches