Illustrative Mathematics
Fishing Adventures 1
Often inequalities exist in many real-world contexts but young math learners struggle with understanding how to represent that relationship in a simple equation using an inequality. This activity focuses on the basic concepts by using...
Curated OER
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Sixth graders examine the causes of the stock market crash of 1929. For this integrated math/history unit on the stock market, 6th graders study, research, and read stocks, visit a local bank, and create a PowerPoint to show the...
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Patterns Here, There, and Everywhere!
Upper graders access the Microsoft Word program and create patterns by utilizing certain keys on the keyboard. They create picket fences, smiley faces, and hearts. It seems that this instructional activity has as much to do with...
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Hybrid Vehicles: Cut Pollution and Save Money
Students examine how driving a hybrid car can save money and cut down on pollution. In this hybrid vehicles lesson students complete an exercise that shows them how to work with proportions, percents, dimensional analysis and...
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Ratios (Cost of a Habit)
Students consider an individual habit and its cost. They study ratios and proportions, and use that knowledge to calculate the cost of a habit over extended periods of time. write a detailed comparison of the costs.
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Making Good Investments
Students compare different aspects of investing money from traditional savings accounts to money market accounts. They research investment accounts at local banks and compare them.
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Exploring Volume of Cylinders
Tenth graders investigate the volume of a cylinder. In this geometry lesson plan, 10th graders create three-dimensional cylinders and use a ruler to determine the dimensions. The lesson plan progresses to the use of the...
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Geometric Probablitiy: Spinners and Dartboards
Sstudents explore and analyze the properties of geometric areas. In this geometry instructional activity, sstudents use technology to simulate spinners and dartboards in order to fing areas of circles and sectors of circles and...
Curated OER
Are You Absolutely Sure of the Value?
Seventh graders develop an examineing of absolute value through real world situations. They develop an examineing of when absolute value can be used in a given situation.
Other
Nearpod: Functions & Function Notation
In this lesson on functions, young scholars explore how to identify and create functions. Then students use functions to solve real-world problems.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Topics in Pre Calculus: Functions
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains functions and function notation. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems. Point this site out to students who have...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Math in Basketball: Lesson Plan
In this lesson plan, students will explore ways that mathematics are used in basketball. Students will explore the concept of a function and will learn to use function notation. Students will recognize, describe, and represent quadratic...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Functions That Describe Situations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn to represent and solve real-world problems with functions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Exponential Functions
Hotmath provides 21 practice problems relating to exponential an logarithmic functions. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving their function.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Relations and Functions
Hotmath provides 25 practice problems dealing with relations, functions, and their graphs. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving their Algebraic problem.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lsn 13: Systems of Equations, Algebraic and Graphical Representations
Lesson 3 of 4 for Passport to Advanced Math. Students will solve systems of equations in two variables in which one equation is linear and the other equation is quadratic or another nonlinear equation; relate properties of the function f...
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: Algebra
This lesson provides basic instruction on the major concepts in algebra. Content includes a focus on fractions, units of conversion, complex numbers, quadratic equations, factorization and roots of polynomials, solving equations, systems...
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Exponential Form for Integrals
The integrals of exponential functions are found in these examples and exercises. Students have and opportunity to solve the problems prior to seeing the solutions.
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Intermediate Algebra
This site is a tutorial for students in algebra 2 or for those who need a refresher. The site has explanations, definitions, examples, practice problems and practice tests are found covering topics such as linear equations, graphing,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Linear Equations Word Problems
Solve word problems about real world relationships that are given in formulas. Functions are written using function notation.
Richland Community College
Richland Community College: Math 116 Lecture Notes
This site from the Richland Community College provides the detailed lecture notes to a college algebra course, complete with equations and definitions. Content ranges from "functions and their graphs" to "conics and parametric equations."
Other
Math Mistakes: Common Algebra Mistakes
Learn from other student's mistakes by reviewing examples of the following Algebra topics: rational expressions, radical expressions, function notation, solving linear equations, solving linear inequalities, solving quadratic equations,...