Curated OER
Systems of Equations - Week 6
In this systems of equations worksheet, students solve systems of equations simultaneously. They read story problems, write systems of equations. This two-page worksheet contains eight problems.
Curated OER
Understanding Pi.
Learners study the relationship between circumference and diameter to come up with Pi. "In this pi instructional activity, students measure, record and find the ratio "circumference/diameter" and their average which is an approximation...
Curated OER
Apple: Bare to Pick
Learners investigate the seasons of the apple tree. In tree seasons lesson, students use a sun model and a globe to study the tilt of the Earth to create the seasons. Learners discuss the tilt and the seasons. Students discuss...
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Quadratic Rules and Graphs
Students identify the properties of quadratic equations. In this algebra lesson, students find the vertex and intercepts of a parabola. They factor quadratics and identify the zeros of the equations.
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Tree Cookie Combat
Fourth graders discover what trees need to live and grow in the environment. They realize that trees sometimes interact or compete with other organisms as well as each other. They identify the physical characteristics of Utah's...
Curated OER
Equality: Children's Rights
Students and parents participate in a variety of activities designed to help them explore the similarities and differences of people. They design and wear masks, sort attribute blocks, read stories, discuss the rights and...
Curated OER
Exponents And Monomials
Students practice different skills of mathematics used when working with exponents. The lesson has examples that can be used during direct instruction. They complete an exercise on a worksheet before advancing to a new standard.
Curated OER
The Eight Immortals
Students compare and contrast the Eight Immortals with American super-
heroes, such as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman while examining the literary genre of folktales and its connection to art.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: N Cn, a Rei Complex Square Roots
Working with complex numbers allows us to solve equations that cannot be solved with real numbers. Here we will investigate complex numbers which arise as square roots of certain complex numbers. Aligns with N-CN.A.2 and A-REI.A.1.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ns Estimating Square Roots
This task asks students to estimate the square root of 800 without using a calculator. To do it, they must examine perfect squares that are higher and lower than 800. Aligns with 8.NS.A.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ns Placing a Square Root on the Number Line
This task develops students' number sense of squares and square roots. They are to find an approximation of a less obvious square root of a number to see where it would fall on a number line. To do this, they must examine perfect squares...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Elephants Truncate Roots
Learners will learn the process of finding where the square root of 2 is on the number line by truncating the square of a number between 1 and 2. They will also work with other square roots to learn how to order them on the number line....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Exponents and Radicals: Targeted Math Instruction
This lesson focuses on exponents and radicals as they apply to problems involving squares, perfect squares, and square roots.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: N cn.c.7 and a rei.b.4.a: Completing the Square
The goal of this task is to solve quadratic equations with complex roots by completing the square. Aligns with N-CN.C.7 and A-REI.B.4.aI.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's My Number
In this lesson, eighth grade students will learn the steps necessary to approximate the square roots of numbers that are not perfect squares. Students will use a number line as a visual aid to complete this task.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A Rei Radical Equations
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...