Las Cumbres Observatory
Down2Earth: Making Impact Craters
Is the sky falling? Learners use a simulator to modify the mass and velocity of asteroids and collect data on how they influence the diameter and depth of the impact crater. They use their results to draw conclusions and make predictions...
Great Schools
Letter of Complaint
If you've ever received bad service or disagreed with a company's decision, writing a letter of complaint might be a good skill to have. Review the format of a letter, author's purpose, and other aspects of persuasive writing with an...
Khan Academy
Challenge: SmileyFace
Two smiley faces are better than one. The interactive lesson challenges pupils to use methods to alter a program to make it more efficient. Individuals use the new code to create multiple smiley faces that speak. The engaging activity is...
Mathematics Assessment Project
Modeling Motion: Rolling Cups
Connect the size of a rolling cup to the size of circle it makes. Pupils view videos of cups of different sizes rolling in a circle. Using the videos and additional data, they attempt to determine a relationship between cup...
Illustrative Mathematics
Foxes and Rabbits 2
The fox population chases the rabbit population. Groups model the populations of foxes and rabbits with two trigonometric functions. Individuals graph both trigonometric models on the same graph, and then teams determine an explanation...
Channel Islands Film
Cache: Lesson Plan 1 - Grades 9-12
Archaeologists have discovered a cache of Native American relics. They want to preserve these relics by removing them from the rapidly eroding site to a lab where they can be studied. Native American traditions demand that the items...
College Board
2007 AP® Calculus BC Free-Response Questions Form B
There is just a single real-world problem. Released free-response items from the 2007 AP® Calculus BC Form B contains only one real-world question. The question involves rate of change of wind chill scenario. The mathematical problems...
Curated OER
Monitoring Energy Expenditure
Students use heart rate monitors and complete a swimming and running test. These tests allow students to obtain personal data, to manipulate the data through calculations of various parameters, and to graphically represent the data.
Curated OER
Toilet Paper Solar System
Students create a model of the distances of the planets in the solar system using sheets of toilet paper and markers. Generally accepted orbital parameters are applied.
Curated OER
The Cost of Smoking
Students explain the financial and life expectancy costs of smoking using a computer model to enter and adjust parameters to collect data in the form of a table. They analyze the data collected and determine the true cost of smoking.
Curated OER
Interactions of Science and Technologies
Students explore how science and technology interact. They discuss important inventions, discoveries and technologies. They research a specific technological advance, or invention, and prepare a presentation that includes the...
Curated OER
Diamante Poems
Third graders discuss what diamante stands for in English. They discover the elements of a Diamante poem by observing the teacher writing a poem. Using their journals, 3rd graders create their poem using different parts of speech and...
Curated OER
Mobile vs. Money
Learners research the internet and use the information they find to plot straight line graphs. They use graphs to make comparisons of the various packages offered. Students interpret graphs and solve problems based on varying parameters.
Curated OER
Sorting Letter Sequences Worksheet Creator
In this language arts worksheet creator, students develop their multi-letter sorting skill. They examine how to sort letters, and letter sequences on worksheets that are created by the teacher who sets the parameters for the worksheets.
Curated OER
Naturalistic Application Form
In this naturalist worksheet, students fill out an application for adopting a body of water. Students explain what parameters they will be monitoring such as water temperature and acidity to make sure their water is healthy. This...
Curated OER
The A.H.S.M.E.
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, students determine all the parameters by which a student could score 112 points on the American High School Mathematics Examinations. The one page worksheet contains one problem with...
Curated OER
The Multiplying Digits Problem
In this digits problem, students determine what digits, when multiplied, equal given parameters. This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem. The answer is provided at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
Math 312 Spring 2004: Complex Logarithm
In this complex logarithm worksheet, students complete complex logarithm problems. They identify image and pre-image sets, indicate the location of the solution in a complex plane and give examples of integers with given parameters. ...
Curated OER
Math 224 Spring 2004: Partial Derivatives
In this partial derivative worksheet, students find the equation of a tangent plane under given parameters and explore Clairault's Theorem. This two-page worksheet contains three problems.
Curated OER
Math 212: Planes
In this plane worksheet, students find the midpoint of a line, determine points on a plane, and use the cross product to find an equation with given parameters. This two-page worksheet contains three problems.
Curated OER
Challenge Sheet 8: Kinetic Energy
In this kinetic energy worksheet, student set up equations that represent the kinetic energy of a rod with given parameters. They compute the volume of ocean water in a 2-mile radius, and sketch a graph of the information. This...
Curated OER
Water Quality and the St. Mary¿¿¿s River Project Monitoring
Students list different parameters of water and explain how each is important to the balance of the St. Mary ecosystem. They identify the different instruments and explain what they test.
Curated OER
Chaos and Fractal Applications
Eighth graders identify the different applications of fractals. In this math lesson, 8th graders use graphing calculator to solve algorithms. They explain how changing parameters and initial conditions affect the solutions.
Curated OER
Creating, Notating and Recording an Original Song
Young scholars are provided with a set of parameters, including theme, time
signature, number of measures, and form. Working within these parameters, the class , step by step, goes through the process of
creating, notating, and...