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Curated OER

Balls & Hoops : Fun with Balls and Tubes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students race to keep these balls rolling. In this early childhood physical education instructional activity, students experiment with cause and effect as they work with different heights of cardboard tubes.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

# 12 Using Bottled Water as a Problem Solving Exercise in Chemical Identification

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students work in groups of two or three, groups are given four unidentified bottled waters in unmarked containers and the chemical characteristics taken from the label on the bottled waters. They devise and carry out a plan to match the...
Worksheet
Coloring Squared

Memorial Day Soldiers

For Students 3rd Standards
Practice division and celebrate Memorial Day with a color-by-number problem solving worksheet. The final picture includes a group of Memorial Day soldiers.
Handout
Charleston School District

Exploring Linear Functions

For Students 8th Standards
What does a graph or equation say about a situation? Lots! The lesson uses the concepts explored in the previous four lessons in the series and applies them to problem solving situations. Learners create an equation from problems posed...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Problems in Mathematical Terms

For Teachers 6th Standards
Whether scholars understand independent and dependent variables depends on you. The 32nd installment of a 36-part series has learners analyze relationships in real-world problems through tables. They determine independent and dependent...
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Average Rate of Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The concept of slope gets an approachable, yet theoretical, treatment in a comprehensive algebra activity. The use of functional notation and problem-solving techniques keep the material rigorous, but detailed teaching notes and lots of...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Angle Problems and Solving Equations

For Teachers 7th Standards
Learners build connections between algebra and geometry as they study equation solving. The ninth instructional activity in the series of 28 asks pupils to write equations using angle relationships. After writing equations to model...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Force Problems

For Students 9th - 11th
Who knew F=MA could determine the force of a free-falling elevator? Give your class this set of thirteen word problems for practice determining force, mass, and acceleration of everyday objects. One question introduces an object in...
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Percent of Change

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Your car decreases in value from $20,000 to $17,000. What percent of the value have you lost? Pupils answer word problems by determining the percent of change. 
Assessment
Concord Consortium

All-in-All Problems

For Students 9th - 11th Standards
Graphs, functions, symbols, and more! Use these strategies to model everything from the flow of a river to the number of cars passing a toll booth. Presented differently but solved similarly, learners consider five different scenarios...
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Curated OER

Jon and Charlie's Run

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Let's use math to solve an argument. Jon and Charlie are debating about who can run farther, but who is right? That's what your class will figure out as they apply their understanding of fractions to this real-life situation. A simple,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mental Math: Subtract Tens, Problem Solving

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Subtracting by 10s is easy for your young learners with this worksheet! There are three questions to accompany a bar graph, and there's a space for learners to explain their answers. Encourage them to use mental math here! 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem Solving in British Pounds

For Students 2nd - 4th
Compare the cost of four common food items at the grocery store! The value of these objects is represented in British pounds, but you could cross this off if it's too confusing for your elementary learners. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding Proportions and Scale Drawings

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Proportions are ratios found using multiplication or division. Middle schoolers solve measurement problems, find a figure's missing dimension, and find the distance between two points. Resource features four lesson plans with detailed...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem-Solving Strategy: Find a Pattern: Practice

For Students 7th
In this tessellation worksheet, 7th graders use patterns to draw tessellations for the given shapes and colors. Students solve five problems.
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US Institute of Peace

Identifying Conflict Styles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Are you a peace-keeper or a problem-solver? Explore conflict management styles through a lesson, fourth in a 15-part series, that combines individual assessment and collaborative work. Groups learn the basic tendencies of each style,...
Lesson Plan
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Filtration Investigation

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Scholars build a simple filtration system to remove impurities from muddy water and rate the filtered water to a grade of clarity scale. The focus is on teamwork and problem solving. This instructional activity would be effective in your...
Lesson Plan
Illuminations

Circumference and Areas of Circles

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Middle and high schoolers listen to a scenario about a puppy and use the scenario to develop formulas in order to find the area of a circle. In this circumference lesson, pupils understand how to find the radius, diameter, area of a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Draw a Picture

For Students 4th - 5th
In this problem solving strategies worksheet, students read and analyze the instructions and examples for drawing a picture to solve a math problem. Students solve 1 problem pertaining to students' positions in a line.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Leveled Problem Solving: A Problem Solving Plan

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this problem solving strategies practice instructional activity, learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem Solving: Write an Expression

For Students 5th
When practicing problem-solving skills students have to hone their critical thinking. In this worksheet on problem solving, 5th graders have to determine which operation and what strategy to use when answering the word problem. This...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solving Equations (Multiplication and Division)

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders, after explaining in writing the steps they would take to solve 4+x-2=6 as a warm up, solve multiplication/division equations using manipulative's. They generalize a method to problem solving with coins.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem-Solving Strategy: Find a Pattern: Problem Solving

For Students 5th - 6th
In this finding patterns worksheet, learners use the problem solving strategy of understand, plan, solve, and look back to help them find the pattern in the swimming distances numbers. Students use the pattern to help them solve the word...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem-Solving Strategy: Find a Pattern: Problem Solving

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math patterns instructional activity, students use the understand, plan, solve, and look back problem solving strategy to help them find the patterns for the two problems.

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