Twelfth graders discuss the elements of effective debating. they debate governmental issues after reseraching selected topics. With student permission, the debate may be videotaped for viewing to other classes or during open house.

Students explore their interest in meteorites. They review the story of the Noblesville meteorite in 1991 and brainstorm how they would feel, what they want to know and what they would do next if they were the boys who discovered the...

Students examine the spread of a disease.  In this Algebra II/Biology activity, students collect and analyze data as they simulate the spread of a virus.  Students brainstorm ways in which people can help to stop the outbreak...

Students read an article on parents unawareness of Ecstasy use. In this current events lesson, students infer issues related to teen drug use and parent prevention and engage in a class discussion. Students give a quiz related to Ecstasy...

Ninth graders complete a monohybrid cross and a dihybrid cross. In this biology lesson, 9th graders predict the traits of offspring using the Punnett square. They differentiate recessive and dominant genes.

Middle schoolers brainstorm questions based on a given narrative about an actual fallen meteorite. In this earth science lesson, students organize their responses into different categories.

This downloadable java simulation is an interactive linear congruent random number generator model. Students use paper and pencil to calculate the first few terms and then use the generator to check their calculations.

Eric Weisstein's Mathworld site on the math behind random number generation. Good explanations and useful links make this site effective.

Generate one or more random numbers within a range that you define. Enter the minimum and maximum for the range you want and enter the number of numbers you want generated.

This site defines probability and has a computer-based random number generator. The site has links to more than 100 probability problems which require some prior statistical knowledge to solve, or they can be great "openers" for teachers...

Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of number patterns and problem-solving. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the notion of randomness and shows that some sequences are in fact just pseudo-random. Students then use a formula to create a series of pseudo-random...

Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of finding the percent of a number. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...

Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of finding the percent of a number. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...

Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of solving two-step equations. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...

Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of comparing and ordering integers. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...

Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of three-dimensional figure drawings. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...

Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of solving two-step equations. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click...

Use Glencoe's Math Course 3 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of the Real Number System. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...

Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of three-dimensional figures. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...

Three activities to help students with early math fluency: Quantity Discrimination (QD): The student is given a sheet of number pairs and must verbally identify the larger of the two values for each pair. Missing Number (MN): The student...

Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of two-dimensional figure-polygons. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...

Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of sequences. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...

Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of patterns in sequences. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...