Urbana School District
Electrostatics
Why did lightning shock the man? Because it didn't know how to conduct itself. Presentation covers electric charges, insulators, conductors, electroscopes, lightning, generators, grounding, static electricity, and more. Presentation...
Curriculum Corner
7th Grade Math "I Can" Statement Posters
Translate the Common Core math standards into a series of achievable "I can" statements with this collection of classroom displays. Offering posters for each standard, this resource is a great way to support your seventh graders as...
Curriculum Corner
8th Grade Math Common Core Checklist
Ensure your eighth graders get the most out of their math education with this series of Common Core checklists. Rewriting each standard as an "I can" statement, this resource helps teachers keep a record of when each standard was...
Center for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching
Vectors
Investigate vectors and learn how to use them. Explore why size and direction, as well as knowing speed and distance, are important components of the vector problems you are trying to solve. This is an extensive activity which includes...
Curated OER
Slope, Vectors, and Wind Pressure
A hands-on lesson using the TI-CBR Motion Detector to provide information to graph and analyze. The class uses this information to calculate the slope of motion graphs and differentiate scalar and vector quantities. There is a real-world...
EngageNY
The Opposite of a Number
It's opposite day! The fourth installment of a 21-part module teaches scholars about opposites of integers and of zero. Number lines and real-world situations provide an entry point to this topic.
Education Development Center
Integer Combinations—Postage Stamps Problem (MS Version)
Number patterns can seem mysterious. Help your learners unravel these mysteries as they complete an intriguing task. Through examination, collaborative groups determine that they are able to produce all integers above a certain...
Cornell University
Isotope Rummy
Thanks to this game, teaching isotopes will never be the same. Physical science scholars work their way toward understanding isotopes in an entertaining game. Pupils play rummy in groups while practicing good sportsmanship and creating...
CCSS Math Activities
Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 6th Grade Math – Claim 3
Communication is key. Eight sample items show how important communication and reasoning is for sixth grade mathematics. Part of the Claim 2-4 slide show series, the presentation uses concepts from fifth and sixth grade to illicit...
Urbana School District
Physics Intro, Kinematics, Graphing
Some consider physics the branch of science concerned with using long and complicated formulas to describe how a ball rolls. This presentation, while long, is not complicated, yet it covers rolling, falling, and more. It compares vectors...
Curated OER
Exploring Products of Fractions
Learners solve six multiplication problems, in simplest form, then answer four questions about the products of two fractions.
Curated OER
Building Sets of 13 and 14
Compose and decompose sets of 13 and 14 and compare sets of each with your little learners. They use objects to construct sets of 13 and 14, record their answers, and compare sets in several different ways.
Curated OER
Book Title: One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab
Learners read a story and write math problems. In this reading and math comprehension lesson, students preview and read the book "One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab". Learners predict ways to get a sum of 11, write math equations...
Curated OER
Number Lines
In this number lines activity, students complete questions where they identify specific points on a line. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
Curated OER
Astonishing "A"
Young learners gain phonemic awareness with this quick activity. First, point out what sound you’re focusing on today: /a/. Then spell basic words that use this sound, like fat, bat, cat, etc. As a culminating activity, the whole...
Curated OER
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division of Signed Numbers 2
In this operation worksheet, young scholars solve integer equations using one operation. The equations require students to add, subtract, multiply or divide positive and negative numbers. Most equations contain only two integers, but a...
Curated OER
Addition and Subtraction of Integers 1.1
In this integer worksheet, students add and subtract positive and negative numbers. Equations contain two to three terms with a mixture of finding the sum and difference of terms. This worksheet contains 44 equations.
Curated OER
Four Quadrant Grid
Use this math worksheet to have your charges engage in positive and negative numbers for math coordinate graphing purposes. There are no questions on the page which is labeled for grade 5.
Curated OER
Quiz: Solving Equations
In this solving equations worksheet, students solve one- and two-step equations containing one variable, as well as positive and negative whole numbers. Students examine equations containing multiplication, addition, and subtraction....
Curated OER
Laws of Rational Exponents
Middle schoolers determine the value of rational numbers with fractional exponents. They solve problems containing positive and negative exponents. This one-page learning exercise contains ten problems. The answers are not included.
Curated OER
The Decimal Game
In this decimal game instructional activity, learners first shade the base-ten blocks to show the given decimal numbers. In the second set, students write the number words into standard form. In the third set, learners write the place...
Curated OER
Decimals: Thousandths
Fifth graders first write the numbers in standard form. In the second set, they write the place value position for the underlined digits. Pupils then complete several mixed application decimal word problems. Everyone finishes by shading...
Curated OER
1920s Variety Show
To better understand the cultural achievements of the Harlem Renaissance and become familiar with its major figures, class members examine a painting by Aaron Douglas and a poem by Langston Hughes and compare how the artists develop...
Federal Reserve Bank
Then and Now: Fed Policy Actions During the Great Depression and Great Recession
Review the Great Depression in the United States from an economist's perspective, examining roots of the crash, government policy actions, and policies instituted by the Fed.