Performance
Radford University

Developing a Trigonometry Phone App

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What's one more app? After reviewing how to calculate missing side lengths or angle measures in a right triangle, pupils create instructions for a phone app to do all of the tedious work. They must consider all nine cases of known...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding Cause and Effect

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners experience and study cause and effect as they assess the consequences man faces when time travel is attempted. They determine, in their imaginations, what time period they would like to visit. Each student then listens to,...
Lesson Plan
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The New York Times

Understanding the Mathematics of the Fiscal Cliff

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What exactly is the fiscal cliff? What are the effects of changing income tax rates and payroll tax rates? Your learners will begin by reading news articles and examining graphs illustrating the "Bush tax cuts" of 2001 and 2003. They...
Lesson Plan
Macmillan Education

Understanding Your Skills and Talents

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Skills, talents, and personal qualities are the focus of the fourth session in a 23-instructional activity series of life skills exercises. Participants build a mind map of all the skills and talents in the class, and then groups...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding and Fighting Stereotypes through Words and Images

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Use some provocative modern art to get your class considering stereotypes and the impact they have on us all. Your class will discuss the print art Indian Look-Alike by Melanie Yazzie and stereotypes in general before...
Lesson Plan
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The New York Times

Sequencing the Stages: Understanding H.I.V. Infection at the Molecular Level

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
How does HIV operate at the molecular level? Pupils discover the progression from a healthy immune cell to one infected with HIV, watch an animation of the HIV life cycle, and finally identify each of the stages with illustrations...
Assessment
Code.org

Practice Performance Task - Security and Hacking in the Real World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young computer scientists create a visual artifact that represents their research into a computing innovation in the world of cybersecurity. They then work individually to write an essay on the impact of technology on cybersecurity.
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Using computers in the content area

For Teachers K - 4th
Students practice grade appropriate computer basics and integrate them into  the curriculum areas. in this technology lesson, students understand correct behaviors while using the computer. Students become familiar with the Internet...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Computer Passwords

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine an appropriate numerical representation of a problem situation, including roots and powers. They determine an appropriate number of digits to represent an outcome. Pupils are asked to determine how many years it...
Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Understanding Percent

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this understanding percent worksheet, students fill in the missing parts for examples of number of colored parts and total numbers and use them to complete charts and rewrite sentences using the exact amount of things and percents....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding Character

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to literary elements and definitions in the worksheet Understanding Character but reading through each of the elements and definitions aloud. They read the story, "La Bamba" and identify examples of the literary...
PPT
Curated OER

Atoms : A Self Guided Computer Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
"Self-guided Computer Activity" simply means that young chemists read through the slides and take notes about atoms along the way. There is an abundance of text on each slide, making this a comprehensive introduction to atomic structure....
Lesson Plan
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The New York Times

Stress Less: Understanding How Your Mind and Body Respond to Anxiety

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What could be more relevant to teens and preteens than experiencing stress? Use an article from the New York Times website to practice valuable Common Core skills for informational text reading, and also get a discussion going in your...
Lesson Plan
Visa

Financial Forces: Understanding Taxes and Inflation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Take the opportunity to offer your young adults some important financial wisdom on the way taxes and inflation will affect their lives in the future. Through discussion and review of different real-world scenarios provided...
Lesson Plan
Visa

Kindness Counts: Understanding Charitable Giving

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Financial literacy is generally focused on personal spending and saving, but consider an opportunity to talk to your pupils about how charitable giving can also factor into money management and how it can enhance life for both...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Computer Security:

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students watch a video on computer safety and then complete activity sheets about the characters in the video. In this safety lesson plan, students are provided with the worksheets.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Computer Matching

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice using the Internet through computer matching.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Computers Can Only Add

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore using mathematics to solve problems in base two. After a teacher demonstration of using base two to write numbers. students model similar problems to explore the concept of number systems in different bases. To increase...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Basic Design Elements Computer Art Project

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars use PhotoDraw software to create original drawings. Using the basic design elements, line, shape, form, texture, value, and color, students create original drawings on the computer based on drawings previously rendered by...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Computer Terminology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers review the history of computer technology and how much it has changed over time. In groups, they examine the different looks of technology from the past to today and are introduced to computer terminology. ...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Computers and Understanding Commands

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students conjugate the simple past and present tenses of various verbs, and respond to computer commands. They view computer flashcards, and complete a verb conjugation worksheet.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Video Reporters - "Get Ready to Use Your Computer"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use technology to produce a student-produced video that shows other students how to adjust keyboard, monitor, chair, and posture for safe and healthy usage of computer. It also demonstrates how to ask for help appropriately in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mathematics and Computers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss computers and their makers. In this lesson, 7th graders choose a mathematician of their choice and discuss how they impacted our world. They research a favorite mathematician based on tiers.      
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Computers and Understanding Commands

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify the different parts of a sentence. They practice conjugating verbs. They follow the commands of the teacher when using the computer.