Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
A Mini lesson on Semicolons
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" serves as an exemplar for a mini-lesson on semicolons. Working alone or in small groups, class members first circle all the semicolons in the letter, and then consider how this...
Curated OER
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Magic Square Vocabulary
Before getting too far into The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, support your learners by introducing and practicing some vocabulary that might be unfamiliar to them. The vocabulary exercise here includes 16 words from the third and fourth...
Illustrative Mathematics
Voting for Three, Variation 2
Here is another opportunity for math young scholars to apply reasoning to solve real-world problems with ratios. The ratio of the number of votes for two candidates is provided. Your class is asked to use this ratio and information given...
The Alamo
The Alamo Then and Now
The Alamo is one of the most famous buildings from the Texas Revolution. But what does it look like today, and how has it changed? Pupils find out more using different interactive modes, including a split-screen and side-by-side version.
Curated OER
Colorful Solutions
Fourth graders complete a coloring activity and consider where like fractions are actually used in real-life situations. They problem solve in groups using fractions with common denominators.
Curated OER
Make a Ten
Youngsters mentally perform calculations involving addition and subtraction. They solve various addition and subtraction word problems using mental math and counters, write their own number stories, and solve various examples...
Curated OER
Solving Linear Equations
How do you solve linear equations? Learn how to solve simple linear equations by applying properties of equality in this instructional slideshow. The materials include step-by-step instructions and key concepts to support understanding.
Curated OER
Prairie Dogs: Finding the Balance
Students study about prairie dogs and determine the mean, median, and mode of a prairie dog tow's population.
Curated OER
Yo! Gert-making yogurt
Young scientists or chefs culture yeast to produce yogurt. The materials and a general description of how make yogurt are provided, but there is very little detail otherwise. You could use this as an activity when your biology class is...
Curated OER
Using Algebra to Solve Puzzles
Students explore basic algebraic operations to solve real life situations. Additional problems are presented to continue the exploration of the concept.
Curated OER
Proportional Problems 1
Eighth graders explore representing fractions as ratios and proportions. They model proportions through the use of blocks, LEGO gears and activities with bicycle gears and pedals. Students work with bicycle gear boxes to observe and...
Curated OER
Beetle Wheels
Second graders link the development of skip-counting patterns to bars on a relationship graph. They also plot our skip-counting patterns on a hundred's board, counting by 2's and also by 4's.
Curated OER
How far is a km?
Young scholars explore the size of a kilometer and the time it takes to cover this distance. They develop a concept of a km. They measure a distance of 1 km and the time taken to cover it.
Curated OER
Protein
Students examine protein, what it is and how it functions in the body. In this protein instructional activity students study the food pyramid, what a protein is and what it does.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Complex Numbers
A wealth of material to help you plan classroom instruction on complex numbers: several lessons that cover the number i, square roots of negative numbers, and operations involving complex numbers; practice activities, some of which...
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
University of Saskatchewan: Complex Numbers
The University of Saskatchewan's Department of Mathematics and Statistics provides high school students with an online tutorial on complex numbers. Students can access accompanying examples within the tutorial. After you can also test...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Complex Numbers: Introduction
This website provides an in-depth lesson on complex numbers. You learn about simplifying, adding, and multiplying complex numbers by viewing example problems that are worked through step-by-step. Continue on to pages 2 and 3 which...
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Preliminaries: Complex Numbers
This math tutorial features notes and examples that illustrate complex numbers including standard form, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing them.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Basic Operations With Complex Numbers
Add, subtract, multiply and divide complex numbers using these easy-to-follow examples.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Web Math: Adding Complex Numbers
WebMath contains a program that calculates the addition of complex numbers by inputting the problem.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Complex Numbers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers the powers of i, and adding and subtracting complex numbers, as well as how to plot them in the complex plane. Students examine guided notes,...
Syracuse University
Syracuse University: Adding Complex Numbers
This site from Syracuse University contains a brief fact of information on the addition of complex numbers. An okay site to check out, but not to in-depth at all.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Adding and Subtracting Complex Numbers
This site contains great information on adding and subtracting complex numbers. Several examples are given, along with a brief definition. Includes link to a graphing calculator tutorial.
Johan Claeys
Math Abundance: An Introduction to Complex Numbers
A complete explanation of complex numbers that includes lessons on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing them, as well as more advanced topics.