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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Husky Sled: Shape & Space: Position and Movement

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Visit the huskies at Antarctica and find out more about the position and movement of objects.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Cp: False Positive Test Results

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A certain test for mononucleosis has a 99% chance of correctly diagnosing a patient with mononucleosis and a 5% chance of misdiagnosing a patient who does not have the infection. Suppose the test is given to a group where 1% of the...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Nurturing the 'Quiet Power' of Introverts

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an interview with Susan Cain, the author of a new book for young adults about the positive attributes of introverts.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg, G Gmd Global Positioning System Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Satellites communicate with a GPS device and establish the distance between them and their locations. The set of points at a fixed distance from a satellite form a sphere so when the GPS receives its distance from a given satellite, this...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Ced.2 and G Gmd.4: Global Positioning System I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This question examines the algebraic equations for three different spheres. The intersections of each pair of spheres are then studied, both using the equations and thinking about the geometry of the spheres. Aligns with A-CED.A.2 and...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Choose Your Attitude

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson engages students in determining the importance of attitudes on many facets of life. Students will view movie clips, view PowerPoint presentations, discuss how attitudes can change and influence people's lives, and look at...
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Other

Tech in Ctrl: Communication & Collaboration: Working Together Digitally

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this lesson, students will apply prior knowledge and skills to collaborate digitally and model positive attributes of an effective digital citizen. They will discover how to manage and improve their communication skills and learn to...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Comparing Temperatures

For Teachers 6th Standards
This task has students do computations with positive and negative numbers in the context of temperature. Aligns with 6.NS.C.7.b.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns It's Warmer in Miami

For Teachers 6th Standards
This task has students do simple computations with positive and negative numbers in the context of temperature differences. Aligns with 6.NS.C.5.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Mile High

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders work with positive and negative numbers in a real-world context in this problem about elevation as it relates to sea level. Aligns with 6.NS.C.5.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Fractions on the Number Line

For Teachers 6th Standards
In this task, 6th graders locate positive and negative fractions on a number line, determine if some inequalities are true, and compare fractions for their closeness to zero. Aligns with 6.NS.C.7.a.
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: I Belong, You Belong, We Belong [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
The students begin with sharing their attributes. The students then work on their family diary, which is a home/school connection. Students will then learn about their city and state. Students will draw a map of their community first and...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Seven to the What?!?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
At first glance, this might seem like an impossible problem because the number $7^{2011}$ is much too large to evaluate even with a calculator. It requires a starting point, and, to many, such a starting point might not be obvious....
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Super Digital Citizen: Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore what it means to be responsible and respectful to their offline and online communities as a step toward learning how to be good digital citizens. Students create digital superheroes who exhibit exemplary attributes and...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Rounding to Tenths and Hundredths

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is for students to use the position of a number on the number line to round the number without knowing its exact value. Though this task deals most directly with rounding, it also requires students to understand...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp.6 Tossing Cylinders

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Think about a cylindrical (or cylinder-like) object, such as a bottle lid or a roll of tape. Some possible objects are shown in the picture below. Suppose you were to toss one of these objects into the air and observe their landing...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg Solar Eclipse

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, young scholars investigate why total solar eclipses are rare. They will learn that, in addition to requiring the positioning of the Sun, Moon, and Earth, the Moon can only completely block out the Sun when it is closest to...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F if Graphs of Power Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, learners are asked to sketch and label the graphs of different (positive) powers of x. Aligns with F-IF.C.7.c.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nbt Rounding to the Nearest 1000

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
The purpose of this task is for students to estimate the position of numbers less than 10,000 on the number line, to practice rounding, and to make the connection between rounding and location on the number line. Aligns with 4.NBT.A.3.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf How Many Tenths and Hundredths?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Finish the equations to make true statements. The student must really think to encode the quantity in positional notation. Aligns with 4.NF.C.5.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Rei Radical Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of the task is to show students a situation where squaring both sides of an equation can result in an equation with more solutions than the original one, because it is possible to have two unequal numbers whose squares are...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee the Sign of Solutions

For Teachers 8th Standards
Eighth graders are presented with five linear equations with one variable and are asked to state whether they have a positive solution, a negative solution, a zero solution, or no solution. Aligns with 8.EE.C.7.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: The Good, the Bad, and the Both

For Teachers 6th Standards
After exposures to assorted forms of informational text and media, Istudents will identify positive and negative effects of microorganisms. Students will explore how some micooorganisms have overcome their negative attributes while...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Error, Accuracy, & Precision

For Students 9th - 10th
A serious paper by serious geographers, discussing at full length the problems caused by error, inaccuracy, and imprecision in Geographical Information Systems. The definitive word in the real world.

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