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Curated OER

Computer Careers Cube

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use the internet to research the types of careers in technology. Using construction paper, they draw themselves in one or two of the careers they found interesting. To end the instructional activity, they share their drawings...
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Curated OER

Worksheet 7 Computer Lab

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students program the computer to display a direction field plot for an equation. They plot several solutions on a graph.
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Activity
Computer Science Unplugged

Battleships—Searching Algorithms

For Teachers 4th - 12th
How does a computer perform a search in order to find data? The lesson begins with a demonstration on finding one number out of 15. Pairs then play three games of Battleship by using different search techniques. The lesson plan finishes...
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Activity
Computer Science Unplugged

Beat the Clock—Sorting Networks

For Teachers 2nd - 12th Standards
Can multiple computers sort a list faster than one? Using a network drawn with chalk outside, groups move through the decision network to sort numbers. A series of extension questions come with the lesson and can be used in the same...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Computer for Statistical Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils use the computer and S'COOL data for statistical analysis.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Computers: Inside and Out - Bits and Bytes - Byte Math Worksheet

For Students 6th - 9th
In this technology based learning exercise, students convert bytes into kilobytes in 10 problems using the hint that 1,000 bytes are equal to 1 kilobyte. They convert bytes into megabytes in 10 problems and convert bytes into gigabytes...
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Correlation and Line of Best Fit

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Computers are useful for more than just surfing the Internet. Pupils first investigate scatter plots and estimate correlation coefficients. Next, they use Microsoft Excel to create scatter plots and determine correlation coefficients and...
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Curated OER

You Can Survive! (Math Anxiety)

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore strategies to manage stress in the math classroom. Through various activities, students discover the characteristics of math anxiety and determine if this affects them. Using computer technology, students complete a...
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App
Texas Instruments

TI-Nspire™ CAS

For Students 8th - Higher Ed Standards
When it comes to rating educational calculators, this calculator is always near the top of this list. Now it's available as an app. There is a lot of calculator power wrapped up in this app. Not only is this a fully functioning...
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Curated OER

Computer Graphing Calculator Explorations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the graphing calculator feature on the Macintosh computer to explore some "parent" functions and their translations, combinations, and composites.
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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...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Basic Algebra and Computers: Spreadsheets, Charts, and Simple Line Graphs

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars, while in the computer lab, assess how to use Microsoft Excel as a "graphing calculator." They view visual representations of line graphs in a Cartesian plane while incorporating basic skills for using Excel productively.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 15 Computer Lab

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math activity, students discuss the natural frequency ω0 of the system and how it is the number of oscillations of the spring in 2π units of time.
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Unit Plan
Computer Science Unplugged

Computing: Databases Unplugged

For Teachers 4th - 11th
How do databases store and retrieve information? The activities in the resource provide fundamental concepts of databases by introducing an approach that teaches the basics without using computers. The pupils act as the actual data that...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Modeling Riverbeds with Polynomials (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Examine the power of technology while modeling with polynomial functions. Using the website wolfram alpha, learners develop a polynomial function to model the shape of a riverbed. Ultimately, they determine the flow rate through the river.
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Kenan Fellows

Engineering Skills Through Problem Based Learning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Navigate the ups and downs of learning about energy. Future engineers consider how potential and kinetic energy apply to roller coasters. They design a roller coaster of their own and then use computer design software to showcase their...
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Curated OER

Lines, Lines, Everywhere

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore linear equation suing real life scenarios. In this algebra instructional activity, students find the slope and intercept of a line. They create table of values to plot their graph and draw conclusions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Space Age Technology Comes to Earth

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners explore jobs related to agriculture. In this technology/agriculture lesson, students recognize the importance of natural resources and agriculture on the use of Range Rambler software. Learners complete an experiment and a...
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Lesson Plan
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Coloring Discrete Structures

For Teachers 6th - 9th
What's the least number of colors needed to color a U.S. map? The lesson plan begins by having pupils view a video clip on continuous and discrete phenomenon, then launches into an activity reminiscent of Zeno's paradox. A separate video...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Technology to Represent Mathematical Identities

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of trig identities. In this trig identity instructional activity, students use Mathematica to graph trig identities. Students see the trig identities graphically and enforce the notion that two trig functions...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Detective Digis and the Computer Caper

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Mathematicians participate in an hands-on activity to investigate the binary number system and write messages in binary code and have classmates decipher the messages. A said video on the topic does not seem to be available, but the...
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CK-12 Foundation

Zero Product Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Some lessons feature videos, some interactive practice problems, and some have notes and activities. This comprehensive look at factoring and solving polynomial equations using the zero product principle has all of this and more. Though...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transformations and Matrices

For Teachers 9th - 11th
There are four activities in this extensive lesson covering the identity matrix and scaling, the linear representation of translations, the linear representation of rotations, and reflections. In small groups, they use the Cabri II...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Color This Polynomial Simplified

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Help learners use a variety of methods to identify, visualize, and simplify polynomials with like terms. Several different visuals are used to introduce the instructional activity, such as colored pencils, overheads, interactive white...

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