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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Variables: Passengers Supported by Lifeboats

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lab experiment, students will create a boat to discover how many pennies it can hold before sinking. Students will use variables including materials for construction, boat depth, and placement of passengers to see the...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Variables and Expressions

For Students 6th - 8th
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of using variables and evaluating expressions. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Hsa ced.a.2 Create Equations in Two or More Variables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Choose from a variety of creative problems (tasks) to teach how to create equations in two or more variables to represent relationships between quantities and graph equations on coordinate axes with labels and scales. Explanations and...
Handout
Cuemath

Cuemath: Variable Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about variable expressions with definitions, types of variable expressions, solved examples, and practice questions.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Solving Linear Equations in Two Variables

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This MAP Classroom Challenge provides young scholars with an engaging and thought-provoking activity about notebooks, pens and cash registers to learn about solving equations in two variables. Includes assessment materials, student...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Single Variable Calculus

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The online course consists of educational materials about single variable calculus. Video lectures, readings, syllabus, exams, and assignments are included.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Solving One Variable Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will solve one-variable inequalities using a variety of representations, including tables, graphs, and symbolic representations.
Lesson Plan
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Scientific Method Variables/hypothesis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find out what variables are in a scientific investigation and what the difference is between an independent, dependent, and controlled variable. Look at samples of different types of variables and find out what makes a good variable.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Cooking With Bill Nye: Dependent and Independent Variables

For Students 6th - 8th
Making dinner become a math challenge and science experiment with Bill Nye. This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about dependent and independent variables to make a prediction about whether boiling water with the lid...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Definition of Variable

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Write algebraic expressions and equations using variables.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Variable Expressions

For Students 8th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Choose variables and write expressions.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Expressions With One or More Variables

For Students 8th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Substitute values for variables and evaluate expressions.
Activity
Purple Math

Purplemath: Variable

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
With this Purplemath lesson, find the answer to this question with examples to show how variables are written and used.
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Biology Corner

Biology Corner: Identifying Variables in an Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
Students analyze different experiments to determine independent variables, dependent variables and control groups.
Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Identification of Variables

For Students 6th - 8th
An explanation of how dependent and independent variables are used during experimentation.
eBook
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Solving for a Variable

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice solving for a variable. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Scientific Method and Variables

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this activity, students are instructed to build a tower using kitchen sponges and toothpicks. They draw their tower in detail, then deconstruct it. Next they build it again using the drawing, but must change one variable, e.g., use a...
Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Single Variable Expressions: Neighborhood Block

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will solve single variable expressions using a grid of a neighborhood. Click challenge me to answer a question about the grid and click learn more to explore single variables and watch a video.
Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Smartgraphs: Independent and Dependent Variables

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
For various scenarios students select which of two variables should be considered independent and which dependent, and to explain their choice.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Variables, Expressions, and Properties

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of variables, expressions, and properties.
Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Crunch a Numerical Expression With Variables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this "math solver" to help you understand and evaluate any numerical expression, including those that involve variables. Simply type your expression in, and allow this website to provide step-by-step instructions on how to evaluate...
Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Expressions With One or More Variables: Water Bottle Expression

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve expressions with one or more variables by following the given directions and moving the points on the water bottles. Click challenge me to answer a question and click learn more to...
Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Single Variable Division Equations: Paper Car Tires

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students practice solving division equations with variables. Click challenge me to answer practice questions and click learn more to watch a video.
Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Variables in Experiments: Scientific Experiments

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Understand different variables that can be changed in an example of a scientific experiment. This site also includes a short quiz.

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