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Curated OER

These Are A Few of My Favorite and Not So Favorite Things

For Teachers K
Students identify likes and dislikes at home and school. Then they identify the relationship between training and the world of work. Students also discover and evaluate patterns and relationships in information, ideas and structures....
Activity
Lesson Plans

Analogy of the Cell Project

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Intended to supplement your existing cell function and organelle lessons, pairs work together to develop a real-world analogy for cell structures. In addition to writing paragraphs about the comparison, each group will make a short...
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EngageNY

Federal Income Tax

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introduce your class to the federal tax system through an algebraic lens. This resource asks pupils to examine the variable structure of the tax system based on income. Young accountants use equations, expressions, and inequalities to...
Activity
Education Development Center

Similar Triangles

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Model geometric concepts through a hands-on approach. Learners apply similar triangle relationships to solve for an unknown side length. Before they find the solution, they describe the transformation to help identify corresponding sides.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Sum of Angles in a Polygon

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
How can learners use algebra to solve a geometry problem? Help learners create an equation that shows the relationship between the number of sides of a polygon and the sum of the interior angles. Students are asked to divide the...
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EduGAINs

Ratio and Proportion

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Do these items have the same ratio? Through a learning contract, pupils master proportions by practicing proportions via word problems, graphs, and with manipulatives. An exit ticket checks for understanding at the end of the...
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Teach Engineering

Clean it Up!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Harness the power of bacteria. Scholars see how using organisms that exist in nature can help solve human problems in the process known as bioremediation. They research and discuss several successful examples, such as using oil-eating...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Communication and Social Networks

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils work in cooperative groups to explore communication needs of our world. They are assigned a demographic area and asked to create ways to solve communication problems with innovative ideas. They also explore areas that can help...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading a Comparison-Contrast Essay

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Turn your passive readers into active readers with an engaging lesson on reading informational text. Focused on compare and contrast structured essays, the activity prompts elementary learners to jot down questions and think-aloud...
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National Park Service

Biodiversity—Bee Week

For Teachers 6th - 8th
If you want scholars to fall in love with bees, this is the unit for you! Celebrate bees with a full week of material—designed for the Next Generation Science Standards—that addresses the importance of pollination and fertilization....
Activity
PBS

Paper Table

For Teachers 4th - 8th
What is black and white and re(a)d all over? Class members build a table out of rolled newspapers. Pupils follow the design process to design, build, and test their paper tables in the second challenge in a series of five.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Structural Stability - Legos

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars are introduced to a variety of design elements that promote structural stability including beams, joints and pins. They demonstrate the use of these elements with Lego constructions and compare the stability of several...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solubility

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this solubility worksheet, students determine which solute will be more soluble in the solvent listed. Students complete 7 matching and 3 problems to solve.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chemical Bonding

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this chemical compounds worksheet, learners review the different types of bonding, define the octet rule, and draw Lewis structures (electron-dot diagrams) for given compounds. This worksheet has 7 fill in the blank, 5 short answer...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometric Isomers

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this isomers instructional activity, students write and label the cis-trans isomer for the given compounds. Students name the compounds shown in the bow-tie structures. This instructional activity has 2 problems to solve.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Organic Chemistry

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this organic chemistry worksheet, students name the molecules shown and circle and name the functional group of the given molecules. Students draw the skeletal structure for chemical compounds. This worksheet has 5 problems to solve.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Tale of the Feral - Care and Multiplication of Feral Cats

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students differentiate between a feral cat and a domesticated cat. In this cat lesson plan, students use the scientific method, calculate averages, solve story problems, and learn how a caretaker can help a feral colony live safely.
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Curated OER

Creating a Spreadsheet

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a spreadsheet using ICT. In this algebra lesson plan, students collect and graph their data using a spreadsheet. They find solution to a given problem using trial and error.
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Curated OER

Three for the Money: The Degree/Diameter Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the degree, diameter, planarity, and size of graphs.  In this degree, diameter, planarity, and size of graphs lesson plan, students try to construct a graph with more than 12 vertices that satisfy all other...
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Curated OER

Finding the Structure: Pieces of the Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gather information about DNA. In this biology lesson, students watch video clips of scientists discussing their contribution to the understanding of DNA, then work a puzzle correlating information to scientist. Lesson includes...
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Curated OER

What's Shaking? Three-Lesson Unit

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Your young architects use the Internet to research tall structures or sky scrapers to help in the design of their scale drawings. This is lesson one of three in which learners design, build, and test model skyscrapers for seismic safety....
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Curated OER

"If you build it..."

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students utilize prior knowledge to erect and assemble a building from a drawing using spaghetti noodles and marshmallows. For this building lesson, students visualize a three dimensional structure from looking at a picture and...
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Curated OER

What's The Story?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Teams of learners integrate reading, writing, math, social studies, and science in this simple, yet effective lesson. They work in groups in order to solve a ten-step problem which requires internet research, the use of a calculator, and...
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Curated OER

Properties of Matter

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the molecular structure of matter and how it can affect the physical characteristics of a specific material. They demonstrate that isotopes of an element have different masses. Students demonstrate that the rates of...