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Lincoln Public Schools: Applied Technology & Engineering: Mousetrap Car It's a Snap! [Pdf]
This is an engineering activity that requires students to build a mousetrap car based on certain constraints. Constraints include students having a virtual budget that they use to buy approved parts for their car, the car having...
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Coffee Problem
In this activity, students use knowledge of specific heat capacity to mix together hot coffee and cold milk to create a solution of coffee at a desired temperature. In this randomized problem, each student is given a different final...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Waves Go Public!
Students apply everything they have learned over the course of the associated lessons about waves, light properties, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the structure of the eye, by designing devices that can aid color blind people in...
The Tech Interactive
The Tech Interactive: Lesson Plan: Catch It if You Can! [Pdf]
Young scholars will learn about the ongoing issues associated with drought in California and how water conservation can be part of a solution. Students will design a rooftop water catchment system for drought-conscious Ms. Drizzle to...
Curated OER
History Place: Heinrich Himmler Chief of German Police
This site from The History Place describes Heinrich Himmler, the chief of the German police under the command of Hitler. He helped carry out what the Nazi's referred to as the "Final Solution."
Curated OER
Uww: Gauss Jordan Method
An explanation is provided regarding Gauss-Jordan method, along with a thorough example showing every step from the original system of equations to the final solution.
Curated OER
Uww: Gauss Jordan Method
An explanation is provided regarding Gauss-Jordan method, along with a thorough example showing every step from the original system of equations to the final solution.
Curated OER
Uww: Gauss Jordan Method
An explanation is provided regarding Gauss-Jordan method, along with a thorough example showing every step from the original system of equations to the final solution.
Curated OER
Uww: Gauss Jordan Method
An explanation is provided regarding Gauss-Jordan method, along with a thorough example showing every step from the original system of equations to the final solution.
Curated OER
Uww: Gauss Jordan Method
An explanation is provided regarding Gauss-Jordan method, along with a thorough example showing every step from the original system of equations to the final solution.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Analyzing P H: Comparing Citrus Fruits, Stain Removers and a Green Product
The students will analyze the pH of four citrus fruits: lime, lemon, orange, and a grapefruit, and then they will analyze the pH of four different types of stain removers: Shout Advanced, Spray 'n Wash Max, Oxi Clean Laundry, and Clorox...
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: The Complex Numbers
This lesson may be useful to both persons with prior knowledge of complex numbers and those without. The lesson begins with the definition of complex numbers and its notation, then gives the rules of arithmetic for them with exercises....
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California Dept. Of Education: Cahsee Math: Statistics & Data Analysis [Pdf]
Although part of the Study Guide for the CAHSEE, this section of the document focuses on statistics, data analysis, and probability. In the study guide, students are shown why this topic is important, how they will be assessed, and then...
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California Department of Education: Cahsee Math: Measurement and Geometry [Pdf]
Although part of the Study Guide for the CAHSEE, this section of the document focuses on measurement and geometry. In the study guide, students are shown why this topic is important, how they will be assessed, and then given a long...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organizing Your Paper
Two slideshows and a screencast on organizational patterns used when writing essays and speeches. The first is a 20-slide presentation explaining the seven most common organizational patterns used in writing: time sequence, spatial,...
Cool Math
Coolmath: Compound Interest 1 Practice
This Algebra Cruncher generates an endless number of practice problems for money and compound interest with solutions! Find the final amount when a given amount of money is invested.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Continuous Compound Interest 1 Practice
This Algebra Cruncher generates an endless number of practice problems for money and continuous compound interest with solutions. Find the final amount when a given amount of money is invested.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Compound Interest 2
This Algebra Cruncher generates an endless number of practice problems for money and compound interest with solutions! Find how long it will take for a given amount of money to grow to a final amount.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Continuous Compound Interest 2
This Algebra Cruncher generates an endless number of practice problems for money and continuous compound interest with solutions! Find how long it will take for a given amount of money to grow to a final amount.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Ic.2 Sarah, the Chimpanzee
The purpose of this task is to give learners experience in using simulation to determine if observed results are consistent with a given model. The final part of the task also addresses the role of random assignments in the design of an...
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Quickmath.com: Inequality Graphs
This interactive site will allow you to input anywhere from 1 to 8 inequalities. Once entered, a graph is produced showing the solution. Each graph is shown individually; a final graph shows all on the same coordinate plane.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Nana's Chocolate Milk
How can you fix Nana's chocolate milk? Students work on this problem over time to develop a final product that demonstrates their mathematical thinking and solution.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Human Environmental Interactions [Pdf]
Inspired by Hemispheres' 2004 Teachers' Summer Institute, People and Place: Human-Geographic Relations, this curriculum unit was designed to address human adaptation to and modification of the environment. How have humans adjusted to...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Deportation to the Death Camps
The Jewish people were packed into cattle cars with no ventilation and no food or water for days on their way to the camps. Many did not survive the deportation. Read a synopsis and view primary sources such as photos, testimonies, video...