Run like a cheetah. A performance task challenges pupils to solve several different problems involving the speed of a cheetah. Given information for scenarios where the cheetah chases its prey, they determine if the big cat is fast enough.

Tenth graders estimate the size of an adult cheetah by research and measurement of a picture. They determine the approximate distance and speed of the cheetah from a filmed chase and compare that to their own running speed.

The cheetah is faster than Bolt. Class members watch a video of a cheetah and Usain Bolt run at record breaking speeds. The pupils come up with questions about the video. When asked, the teacher provides information relative to the...

What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...

Revisit the 2012 Summer Olympics by having seventh graders calculate the unit rate sprinting speed of the 100-meter gold medal winner. 

Third and fourth graders read the addition word problems and use the sets of numbers within the problem along with column addition to solve the problems.

How hard can it be to measure out two pounds? A short performance task introduces a situation where a balance scale is broken. It gives a method for measuring out two pounds and asks learners to evaluate the procedure. They must prove...

Learners make sensible estimates and check the reasonableness of the answers. Students write and solve problems involving decimal multiplication and division. Learners perform calculations with time.

In this comparison learning exercise, students solve comparison problems based on a table of team scores. Students complete 7 problems.

Students determine speed by running or walking a given distance and dividing the distance by the time it took them to do so. They record their average speed and compare it with the speeds of other moving objects.

In this counting to three worksheet, students look at 8 pictures, read the question and write the answer in the box, counting objects from 1-3.

In this hyperbola worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 6 different problems. First, they determine the cross-section of a hyperbolic paraboloid curve. Then, students find where the cone intersects the ground in hyperbola as...

For this solving equations with a table worksheet, 6th graders use the data in the table to solve seven problems, completing the table as they work.

Students brainstorm several animal/personal scenarios, select one, and write out an explanation of the comparison. They apply the measurements/characteristics to themselves and use algebraic equations to demonstrate the comparison.

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students set up a search region for a yacht that sank into the ocean. Using cylindrical coordinates and a little trigonometry, students are able to block off a certain portion...