Curated OER
Transforming Energy
Sixth graders study about alternate energy sources and discuss with their neighbor how alternative energy sources affect environmental conditions so that an entire species could be affected.
Curated OER
Pendulum Lab
Students predict how changing the pendulum components affect its period. In this physics lesson, students calculate the period using different masses. They analyze lab result and complete assigned worksheet.
Curated OER
Van de Graaff Generator
Students explore static electricity using the Van de Graaff generator. In this physics lesson, students construct their own Van de Graaff using simple materials. They explain how charges accumulate on this device.
Curated OER
The Forecast Factory
Students role play weather forecasting activities. They investigate weather forecasting processes such as equations, data analysis, announcing by role playing in a large lecture hall.
Curated OER
The Moving Continents from Pangaea to the Future
Eighth graders examine how the movements of the Earth contribute to fossil distribution. In this fossils lesson students make maps of the placement of the continents.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: My Favorite Number
The activity allows students to review many of the number theory concepts. Students will pick a composite number write verbal expressions about the number, find the factors, prime factorization, list multiples, draw a cartoon character...
Learning Wave Communications
Learning Wave: Commutative and Associative Properties of Multiplication
This resource provides information about the commutative and associative properties of multiplication.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Piaget's Theory: One Cup of Water Is Less Than One Cup of Water
In this human behavior science fair project, the student will learn about Piaget's developmental stages and the Theory of Conservation. The student will investigate the age at which children understand the equality of numbers and mass....
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Practicing With Properties of Real Numbers
Test your knowledge of the number properties. This challenging practice really puts you to the test. Assessment covers all number theory properties: associative, commutative, distributive, inverse, and identity.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: More Meat!
Third graders practice skills of addition, subtraction, word problems and graphing and develop their own theories about why meat consumption is so different across the world.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Calculus and Analysis
Over two dozen links are provided at this MathWorld site. From Polynomials and Series to Dynamical Systems and Catastrophe Theory, each link provides in-depth explanations and relevant diagrams of the topics at hand.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Order of Operations
This lesson will explain the rules regarding order of operations and present the situations in which knowing the order of operations becomes necessary.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Clock Arithmetic
Students will explore modular arithmetic in this activity. The student will set a starting value and them move the "clock" forward a number of specified hours to see the resulting sum. Included are disucssion resources, additional...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Number Theory Order of Operations
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help students understand the order of arithmetic operations with rational numbers. It includes exercises and assessment questions.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: More Practice With Properties of Real Numbers
How well do you know your number properties? Take this quiz and find out what you know or what you don't know. Immediate feedback. Check your answer right online.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Additive Inverse
What is additive inverse? It means "opposite." Find out more about this concept in this detailed definition with examples and links to related terms.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Intermath Dictionary: Additive Inverse
"What happens when you add opposite numbers together?" Understanding the additive inverse will help you to answer this questions. An explanation of additive inverse with examples and non-examples.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Algebra: Practice Tests
Choose from three different practice exams that cover all Integrated Algebra topics reviewed in the Regents Exam Prep Center website: number theory, operation, variables, expressions, equations, inequalities, patterns, functions,...