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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing and Evaluating Expressions—Exponents

For Teachers 6th Standards
Bring your young mathematicians into the fold. Scholars conduct an activity folding paper to see the relationship between the number of folds and the number of resulting layers in the 23rd installment of a 36-part module. The results of...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem

For Students 8th Standards
Discover a new application of the Pythagorean Theorem. Learners prove and apply the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem in the 17th lesson in a 25-part series. The examples ask learners to verify right triangles using the converse of the...
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PPT
Curated OER

Problem Solving

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Give kids a few strategies to help them become amazing problem solvers. This presentation is intended to be used over a two-day period and presents several techniques or ways to solve word problems or multiplication problems by...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dominoes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders solve a dominoes word problem, calculating all the possible outcomes for a sequence of events. They discuss the problem, apply counting strategies, create a tree diagram, and write an explanation of how they solved the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Your Just Desserts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers write letters to town officials and local businesses asking for favorite dessert recipes. They tabulate their responses in a spreadsheet. Students turn their survey results into colorful graphs.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Rock Pool

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use number sense and appropriate problem solving techniques to solve the assigned problems. They write out the solutions to the assigned problems. They work in groups to solve the problem before reporting back to the whole...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Naming Shapes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study geometric shapes and practice naming them properly. In this geometry instructional activity, students work in groups to give definitions of the vocabulary to each other in their own words. Students also visit a lower grade...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spaghetti Graphs

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students work in pairs to test the strength of spaghetti strands. They collect and graph data to determine a line of best fit. Students create a linear equation to interpret their data. Based on the data collected, students predict...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Linear Systems

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students solve and graph linear equations. For this algebra lesson, students solve systems of equations using elimination and substitution. They graph their answer and identify the point of intersection.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Numerical Analysis: Worksheet 12: Comparing Root-Finding Methods

For Students Higher Ed
In this root-finding activity, students rank numbers in asymptotic order. They identify and discuss the roots of the original function. This four-page activity contains approximately 10 problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Navy Sail Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Pythagorean Theorem to explore sailboat design. In this Pythagorean Theorem lesson, two sides of a triangular sail are measured, and the theorem is used to calculate the third side. A worksheet, bulletin board design,...
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Creating Polygons

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students describe, make and compare polygons. In this creating polygons instructional activity, students identify properties of quadrilaterals and describe common features of two dimensional shapes.