Curated OER
Let's Make Fudge
Students make fudge after reading fractional values in recipes and finding equivalent fractions to those presented in the recipes. They study measurement abbreviations.
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Proving For The Crew
Young scholars write math questions that pertain to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In this math lesson, students utilize resources in the classroom to help write mathematical questions and answers that relate to the Lewis and...
Curated OER
Food Labels
Students study nutrition and the facts about food labels. For this investigative lesson students examine food labels and the health facts and serving sizes.
Curated OER
SAT Practice Test
In this online, interactive worksheet, students solve ten SAT preparation problems in 12 minutes. The problems vary in difficulty and content.
Curated OER
Fraction King Lesson Plan
Students combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.
Curated OER
What's Occurring in Sudan?
Students participate in an activity designed to show them how minority groups are discriminated against in Sudan. In groups, they read stories about the Sudanese rebellion and complete worksheets.
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Counting Money
Students read, write, and identify different coin combinations and use this information in real-world situations.
Curated OER
Simple Past-Positive Sentences #2
In this simple past tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to form positive sentences in the given tense. Answers may be submitted online for review. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Examining Estimation
Second graders participate in various activities which help them explain and explain the difference between an estimate and an exact amount.
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Skipping
Students investigate skipping and sliding. In this movement lesson, students practice skipping and sliding while holding colored chalk marking the wall mixing the colors to make different colors.
Curated OER
Why Care About Amphibian Population Decline and Malformations?
Students examine the reasons for preserving wildlife. They look at reasons for amphibian malformations and write an essay about the ethical issues that this brings up. They listen to the teacher read quotes about extinction and how the...
Curated OER
Where in the World is 5T?
Students use the Internet to research astronomy questions written by another class. As questions are answered, clues are given telling where the other class is "hiding" in the world.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: What's a Percentage?
Use this site to learn about percents, and how they relate to decimals and fractions with this interactive online lesson. You will learn about percents, convert percents into fractions and decimals, and find equal parts of a whole.
CK-12 Foundation
Braingenie: Whole Number Percentage Calculations Without Units
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this activity, students are to determine the percent of a number. Watch a video for additional help and answer a practice problem.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Finding the Percent of a Number
This lesson explains how to find the percent of a whole number. Gives practice and games to practice this skill.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Percents and Wholes
The five question quiz assesses learners on percents and wholes. Hints are available to help students solve the problems.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Multiplying Decimals by Whole Numbers
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of multiplying decimals by whole numbers. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of dividing decimals by whole numbers. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Put Out the Flags
Sharpen your logic and percent skills while working on this challenge. A strategy for solving the problem and the solution are available from links on the left.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Finding Percents
Get independent practice working with finding percents. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Percents Grade 8
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] recognize and write percents as part of a whole out of 100.
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: Percents Defined
Learn how to calculate percent as a rate per 100 in this video from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students model percent with a 10 x 10 grid. After watching the video, they create a design or picture on a 10 x 10 grid,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Finding Percents
Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100; solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive...