Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Writing Exponential Functions Based on Data

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Give your class a concrete example of exponential growth and decay using this hands-on activity. These Algebra II lessons allow for the exploration of exponential growth and decay models, as well as the discovery of the patterns of...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers

For Students 6th Standards
Class members discover how to extend division to fractions to mixed numbers. Individuals first review how to convert mixed numbers to improper fractions and then apply division strategies learned in previous lessons. A memory game...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Handling Data

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create a simple table in order to solve a problem. As a class, they create a simple data table in order to discover the number of letters in each student's name. This data is interpreted in order to answer questions and make...
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Curated OER

Miss Nelson Is Missing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars practice identifying story elements and using vocabulary words from newly read books.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the book Miss Nelson is Missing, and complete several worksheets and a story...
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Curated OER

Revolutionary War, Timeline and Causes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore important events leading up to the Revolutionary War. In this Revolutionary War instructional activity, 3rd graders work in pairs to research dates and important events prior to the Revolutionary War. Class...
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Curated OER

How many isosceles Triangles Can You Find?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders solve problems while examining a variety of isosceles triangles.  For this isosceles triangle lesson, 5th graders examine shapes to find their characteristics.  Students pay particular attention to the...
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Curated OER

"Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the expressive and descriptive language used in the books "Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets" and "Planet of the Robots." In pairs they take notes about each other's physical appearance and conduct interviews, identify the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Make 19

For Students 3rd
In this addition worksheet, 3rd graders figure out and put in the missing numbers in 8 addition problems, so each of the sums in the boxes add up to 19. Students write down all the pairs of numbers with a total of 19 and solve 5...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Make 20

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this making 20 worksheet, learners determine pairs of numbers that added together make 20. In this fill in the blank worksheet, students solve thirty-four problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Invertebrates

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students answer the problems that are related to the concept of invertebrates. The first question has the ordering of and sorting of invertebrates.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Permutations and Combinations

For Students 11th - 12th
In this permutations and combinations worksheet, learners solve 10 different problems that include determining the permutation and combination of each problem. First, they determine the number of 4 digit combinations that can be made if...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Yellow Journalism

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate yellow journalism and how it affected public opinion and the government during the Spanish American War. They define key vocabulary words, and take notes during a teacher-led lecture. In pairs they read...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mean Twisters - Mean Proportional

For Students 9th - 10th
In this mean proportional worksheet, students work in pairs to solve right triangle problems. They use ratios and proportions of similar triangles to determine a missing length. This two-page worksheet contains 16 problems.
Lesson Plan
Santa Monica College

Lewis Structures and Molecular Shapes

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Learners practice drawing Lewis dot structures, build molecules with model kits, and predict molecular shapes using VSEPR theory. The combination of written work and hands-on reinforcement benefits young scientists.
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Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Drugs Awareness

For Teachers 10th Standards
The final lesson in a series of 10 focusing on Social, Physical, Emotional, Cognitive and Spiritual (SPECS) health investigates the effects of legal and illegal substances, their risks, and the consequences of their misuse.
Activity
Novelinks

Wildwood Dancing: Questions using Bloom’s Taxonomy of Thinking Process

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Readers respond to a series of questions focused onJuliet Marillier's young adult novel Wildwood Dancing, and crafted to reflect the levels in Bloom's Taxonomy.
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Willow Tree

Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Old mathematicians never die; they just lose some of their functions. Studying sequences gives scholars an opportunity to use a new notation. Learners write functions to model arithmetic and geometric sequences and use them to find new...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solve a System of Inequalities

For Students 8th - 10th
In this system of linear inequalities worksheet, students solve 5 problems with the graphing method and are given 2 examples with multiple steps to follow.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Relations, Functions and Equations Worksheet with a Computer Component

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this relations worksheet young scholars solve eighteen problems related to relations, functions, and equations.  The first part of this worksheet is designer to be completed with a computer program.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Systems of Equations - Week 6

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this systems of equations worksheet, students solve systems of equations simultaneously. They read story problems, write systems of equations. This two-page worksheet contains eight problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Algebra/Geometry Institute Summer 2007: Graphing Activity

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice identifying coordinates by examining a city map.  In this graphing lesson, 7th graders create coordinate directions on an index card and practice locating these locations on a grid.  Students read and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing Integers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the math concept of graphing integers. In this graphing integers lesson, 5th graders examine visual examples. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.
Interactive
Curated OER

Probability and Statistics Pre-Test

For Students 8th - 9th
In this statistics and probability interactive worksheet, students answer ten multiple choice questions by applying the principles of probability.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Language Arts: Predicting and Clarifying Techniques

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover predicting and clarifying skills while reading "The Old Woman and Her Pig." During the reading, they check their predictions while evaluating the characters, setting, problems, and solution. On the second day,...