Mathematics Assessment Project
Estimating Volume: The Money Munchers
Don't stuff money under your mattress. To find out why learners first complete a task determining how $24,000 in cash would affect the height of a mattress and whether this same amount would fit into a suitcase of given dimensions....
Inside Mathematics
Printing Tickets
Determine the better deal. Pupils write the equation for the cost of printing tickets from different printers. They compare the costs graphically and algebraicaly to determine which printer has the best deal based upon the quantity of...
Kentucky Department of Education
Multiplication Grade 3 Formative Assessment Lesson
Guide multiplication lesson plan instruction with a formative assessment. Mathematicians are given two multiplication problems to solve and represent using the area model, equal groups, repeated addition, and word problems. Following the...
Global Oneness Project
Deconstructing Consumerism
To increase awareness and launch a discussion of consumerism, class members view What Would It Look Like, a 25 minute film of images that capture the global effects of the consumption of goods. Viewers make a list of the images that...
Towson University
Looking Backwards, Looking Forward
How do scientists know what Earth's climate was like millions of years ago? Young environmental scholars discover how researchers used proxy data to determine the conditions present before written record. Grouped pupils gain experience...
Towson University
It's a Gassy World!
How much does your class know about the relationship between climate change and carbon dioxide? Science scholars explore the nature of greenhouse gases and rising ocean temperature through demonstrations, research, and experiments. The...
Curated OER
Building Empathy Creating Community
Learners thrive in a classroom where they are part of a strong community. Foster a collaborative atmosphere in your classroom with a series of activities focused on conflict resolution, communication, empathy, and defense against bullying.
Thoughtful Education Press
Personal Narratives: Learning from Lessons Life Teaches Us
"First Appearance," Mark Twain's tale about overcoming stage fright, serves as a model of a personal narrative and gets young writers thinking about milestones in their own lives. After examining student models and considering the...
Curated OER
Expressions and Operations
For this expressions and operations worksheet, 8th graders solve and complete 7 different problems that include determining various expressions. First, they determine the equation that best represents total earning for a week. Then,...
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Simplifying Using "The Order of Operations" Worksheet
In this order of operations worksheet, students solve equations with one variable using order of operations. Equations contain fractions, exponents, parenthesis, and the four basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and...
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Extra Practice 8: Simplifying Expressions and Order of Operations
In this practice worksheet, students use the order of operations to solve given equations. There are 44 problems on this two-page worksheet.
Curated OER
Expressions and Operations
In this expressions and operations instructional activity, students solve and complete 5 different problems that include identifying expressions and using the order of operations. First, they determine the value of a given expression and...
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Order of Operations and Simplify
Eighth graders investigate a lesson using the Order of Operations. The lesson has good instructions to carry out the lesson. The language is user-friendly for the average educator. They also use a Math writing journal to integrate...
Curated OER
Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
In this polynomials worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 12 different problems that include adding and subtracting. First, they identify and combine like terms. Then, students find each sum or difference using the appropriate...
Curated OER
Calculator Curiosities: Order of Operations, Domain, And Inverse Functions
For this math worksheet, young scholars investigate the concepts of order of operations, domains, and inverse functions while using a calculator.
Curated OER
Order of Operations: multiplication and division
In this order of operations activity, students complete problems containing multiplication, and division. Students complete 10 problems.
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Who Has...?
In this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders represent verbal expression algebraically and evaluate the expressions for the given replacement values of the variables. The three page worksheet contains the instructions for the card game and...
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The Creative Process
Students conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate comprehension of how the communication of their ideas relates to the media, techniques, and processes they use. They initiate, define, and solve challenging visual arts...
Curated OER
Addition and Subtraction 3 Numbers combination
In this computation worksheet, students add and subtract three numbers. The seventeen problems all involve parenthesis. Students use order of operations to correctly solve each problem.
Curated OER
College Prep Algebra, Order of Operations
In this algebra worksheet, students evaluate 9 exponential terms. They use order of operations to solve 18 rational number problems. Students use substitution to evaluate 4 problems involving variables.
Illustrative Mathematics
Words to Expressions 1
Designed as a follow-up to the lesson plan titled Watch Out for Parenthesis 1, this activity asks young learners to write an equation for the calculation described with words rather than numbers and symbols. The treasure that 5th...
Curated OER
Investigation -Placing Parentheses
Seventh graders investigate placing parentheses and using the order of operations appropriately to make true sentences. They use the order of operations within a problem and the use of parentheses and their relationship by the order of...
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Problem Solving Strategy for Multi-step Math Problems
Third graders analyze mathematical word problems and interpret the words into mathematical equations. Individuals demonstrate their knowledge of the order of operations both verbally and through written expression.
Curated OER
Which Side to Choose? An Exercise in Choices and Ethics
Students evaluate their reaction to a series of statements to investigate that personal choices are based on personal goals, peer and social pressures, ethic and religious beliefs, and the knowledge of biological consequences. This is...