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EngageNY

Read Expressions in Which Letters Stand for Numbers III

For Teachers 6th Standards
Those key operation words sure come in handy. Groups continue their work with converting between different notations for algebraic expressions. They work in stations to write the symbolic form for given verbal phrases. This is the 17th...
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EngageNY

Writing Equations Using Symbols

For Teachers 8th Standards
Build upon prior equation writing experience to create more complicated equations. Lesson one in a 33-part unit builds upon the class members' sixth and seventh grade experience of writing linear equations. Several examples...
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EngageNY

Linear Equations in Disguise

For Teachers 8th Standards
In the eighth segment of a 33-part unit, learners look at equations that do not appear to be linear at first glance. The equations are proportions where the numerators and denominators may have more than one term. To round out the...
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EngageNY

Replacing Letters with Numbers

For Teachers 6th Standards
When did letters become the same as numbers? Scholars learn about substituting numbers for letters to evaluate algebraic expressions in the seventh part in a series of 36. The lesson focuses on expressions related to geometry, such as...
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EngageNY

Factoring Expressions

For Teachers 6th Standards
Factor in an informative resource when teaching about factoring. The 11th lesson in a 36-part module shows pupils how to factor algebraic expressions by applying the distributive property. Some of the problems involve expressions with...
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Equations of Lines in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What, you mean there is algebra in a Geometry class? Pupils review graphing and writing the equations of lines in slope-intercept form. The instruction follows the "I do, we do, you do" framework of a lesson. The instructor first...
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Properties of Parallel Lines

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Work within a parallel universe. Scholars learn about the relationships of angles when two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal. They see how to find the measurements of all eight angles by knowing the measure of one angle....
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EngageNY

The Geometric Effect of Some Complex Arithmetic 2

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
The 10th instructional activity in a series of 32, continues with the geometry of arithmetic of complex numbers focusing on multiplication. Class members find the effects of multiplying a complex number by a real number, an imaginary...
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EngageNY

Modeling Video Game Motion with Matrices 1

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Video game characters move straight with matrices. The first day of a two-day lesson plan introduces the class to linear transformations that produce straight line motion. The 23rd part in a 32-part series has pupils determine the...
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EngageNY

When Can We Reverse a Transformation? 3

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
When working with matrix multiplication, it all comes back around. The 31st portion of the unit is the third lesson on inverse matrices. The resource reviews the concepts of inverses and how to find them from the previous two lessons....
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EngageNY

True and False Number Sentences II

For Teachers 6th Standards
Substitution is still the method of choice to verify number sentences. The detailed lesson has young mathematicians determining conditions for when number sentences are true or false through substitution. They learn to express these...
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EngageNY

Linear Equations in Two Variables

For Teachers 8th Standards
Create tables of solutions of linear equations. A instructional activity has pupils determine solutions for two-variable equations using tables. The class members graph the points on a coordinate graph. 
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Project Maths

Introduction to Patterns

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The world is full of patterns. Help learners quantify those patterns with mathematical representations. The first Algebra lesson in a compilation of four uses a series of activities to build the concept of patterns using multiple...
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EngageNY

Solving a Linear Equation

For Teachers 8th Standards
Solving an equation is the art of creating simpler equivalent equations using properties of equality. Here, classes see that solving an equation is not always as easy as guessing. The instructional activity presents linear equations that...
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EngageNY

Writing and Expanding Multiplication Expressions

For Teachers 6th Standards
Find out what's so standard about standard form. Scholars learn to write multiplication expressions with variables in the 10th lesson in a series of 36. They use different symbols for multiplication and translate between standard and...
Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Module 5: Features of Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
The language and features of functions get careful treatment in a complex but doable lesson. Learners get a lot of practice really figuring out what a graph means in context, and also identifying key features of graphs. Key ideas...
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EngageNY

Properties of Inequalities

For Teachers 7th Standards
Class members explore the meaning of inequality by comparing numbers and building number sentences. Using number cubes, pupils find numbers and compare them using inequality symbols. As the activity continues, operations are added to...
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Curated OER

Parabolas

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students define a parabola through hands on creation. In this algebra lesson, students analyze the directrix and focus of a parabola. They create a paper parabola and identify the vertex with points equal distance apart from the vertex.
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Curated OER

Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages Got You Down? "Tri" This!

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore number sense by creating a math presentation in class. For this parts of a whole lesson, students define and discuss the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages before completing a problem worksheet in...
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Rice University

Precalculus

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Take a step beyond Algebra 2. Learners use the eBook to learn concepts from the typical Precalculus course. Content starts off with a short review of functions in general and moves on to the basic functions, finishing up with more...
Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Module 6: Congruence, Construction, and Proof

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Trace the links between a variety of math concepts in this far-reaching unit. Ideas that seem very different on the outset (like the distance formula and rigid transformations) come together in very natural and logical ways. This...
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Curated OER

Coded Messages

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students solve matrices by multiplication. In this algebra instructional activity, students create coded messages and relate it to solving matrices. They multiply and find the inverse of matrices.
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Curated OER

Creating Open-ended Problems in Algebra

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Creating open-ended algebra problems can help students develop the critical thinking skills they need.
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Curated OER

Multiplying Monomials

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students differentiate between linear and quadratic functions. For this algebra lesson, students write equations of graphs and graph a function from an equation. They also identify the slope and y-intercept.

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