It's About Time
Mass and Volume
Don't be so dense that light bends around you; study the relationship between mass and volume instead. Young chemists measure the density of a variety of liquids and solids. A reading passage and analysis questions introduce pupils to...
PBS
Writing a Historical Poem
Students conduct field research of a historical site in order to discover a more complete understanding of a time period. They choose one particular historical figure and write a short poem about the site from the historical person's...
National Arts Centre
Visual Metaphors in Scenic Design: Activity
As part of a study of how visual metaphors are used in set design, class members examine an image of designer Josef Svoboda's 3-D scale model for the opera Idomeneo, re` di Creta. They then find another example that employs a visual...
Illustrative Mathematics
Chicken and Steak, Variation 2
Many organizations put on barbecues in order to make money. In a real-world math problem, the money allotted to purchase steak and chicken at this barbecue is only one hundred dollars. It is up to your potential chefs to figure out how...
Sandra Effinger
Bulletin Board Project
Imagine a project that informs and entertains. Replace book reports with a bulletin board that highlights all the important elements of a novel. Readers research the author, create a timeline of events in the story, write a...
PBS
Scavenger Hunt
Learners conduct field research of a historical site in order to discover a more complete understanding of a time period. They visit a site of historical significance and complete a scavenger hunt about the area.
Vermilionville
Mardi Gras—Secondary
Add a little glitter to your Mardi Gras celebration with a packet that includes information about the history of Mardi Gras. It also provides information about how different communities celebrate the holiday, as well as templates for...
Illustrative Mathematics
Combined Fuel Efficiency
Practice simplifying complex fractions and long division of polynomials with this brief exercise. These four questions make a challenging warm-up activity or a short, but comprehensive, follow-up after a detailed lesson on algebraic...
Agile Mind
Transforming Graphs of Quadratic Functions
In the activity on this webpage, learners use interactive graphing technology to investigate transformations of graphs. In the first part of the task, they look at the graph of a quadratic function with coordinates of a few points...
Green Hope High School
Close Readings from The Tempest + New World Readings
What was Shakespeare's intent? That is the question at the heart of a summer assignment designed for AP English Literature. Class members focus on five scenes from The Tempest and compare the interactions of Prospero, Caliban,...
Shmoop
ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2
The details in the new Common Core standard for producing informative/explanatory texts is different from what you have in your current curriculum, and now you are confused on what to do. Keep calm and carry on, because not only does...
Illustrative Mathematics
Dilating a Line
High School geometers verify through experimentation certain properties about dilations. This multi-step problem challenges them to construct examples of dilations to verify specific facts, the final step provides an opportunity to more...
Shmoop
ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2
Practice and fine-tune your learners' writing skills for Common Core standard W.11-12.2 with a plan that explains how to incorporate the McCarthy Hearings into their reading of The Crucible. It offers solid advice for students on how to...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Determining the Correct Number of Significant Figures
The students will determine the correct number of significant figures and apply rules for significant figures in calculations.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Significant Digits
Find a quick, concise explanation of significant digits. An example is given and clearly explained.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Uncertainty and Significant Figures
This activity assesses students' knowledge and understanding of uncertainty and significant figures.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Significant Figures/accuracy
This StudyCards stack enables students to review definitions and the rules for rounding numbers and using significant figures.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Significant Digits
This site defines and describes significant digits along with examples. Includes references, citations, and links to further information.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Measurement and Recording Data
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this tutorial, students will learn about measurement, significant digits, and their use in scientific notation.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Science Tools App
In this activity, you will explore the Science Tools App by using the "Significant Figures" feature and the "Vector Calculator".
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Determining the Concentration of an Unknown Solution
Using the Virtual Laboratory design, students perform an experiment to determine the concentration of the unknown HCl solution to four significant figures.
Chemistry Collective
Chem Collective: Standardization of Na Oh With a Khp Solution: Acid Base Titration
Use the Virtual Laboratory to standardize an unknown NaOH solution (approximately 0.2M) to four significant figures via titration with 25.00 mL of a KHP standard solution.
Other
Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Fundamental Topics in Science App
This App provides information and activities to help students explore and understand topics in Science such as significant figures, precision and accuracy, scientific notation, and the scientific method.