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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Area (Elementary)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
In this lesson students will practice finding the area of rectangular shapes and irregular shapes with right angles and understand why the area formula works for rectangular shapes. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.5.b A plane figure which can...
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Better Lesson: Rewriting Formulas

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this lesson, young scholars explore "real-life" resources that make use of literal equations (rewriting known formulas) to help make people's lives easier. Students will use Excel to design formulas that find a specific value like...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Geoboard Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Math Forum provides a set of links to sites that are related to geoboard activities. There are several great links to lessons using geoboards. The links provide insight into how to use them, including how to perform various measurements...
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Johan Claeys

Math Abundance: An Introduction to Complex Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete explanation of complex numbers that includes lessons on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing them, as well as more advanced topics.
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Better Lesson: Mars Habitat

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson plan, students are asked to examine a model for a space station on Mars that will house six researchers studying the possibility of establishing a colony. Given the dimensions of the station and the minimum amount of space...
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Better Lesson: Solving Linear Equations in Two Variables

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This MAP Classroom Challenge provides young scholars with an engaging and thought-provoking activity about notebooks, pens and cash registers to learn about solving equations in two variables. Includes assessment materials, student...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Linear Quadratic Systems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resources to use when planning instruction on linear-quadratic systems. Find lessons on solving systems algebraically and graphically, a practice quiz with solutions, and a worksheet through which students investigate and solve systems.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Geometric Constructions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn all about the basic geometric constructions in this test prep lesson. You will explore line segments and points, and understand key terms like the terms parallel and perpendicular. Construction activities and interactive online...
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Better Lesson: Using Models to Add and Subtract

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Common Core standards encourage the use of models to build understanding in math. This lesson shows sometimes reluctant 2nd graders that models are helpful tools in solving mathematical problems.
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Better Lesson: Using a Pattern to Solve a Problem

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Patterns are prevalent in all levels of math. Common Core Standards expect students to be able to use structure - like that found in repeating the patterns of odd and even numbers or counting by 5s or 10s - to solve problems (MP7).
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Better Lesson: Our Understanding of Numbers

For Teachers 2nd Standards
This lesson is an informal assessment of student understanding of the base ten system, a critical area in the Common Core.
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Better Lesson: Time and Money

For Teachers 2nd Standards
As the result of a Unit assessment, it was found that students showed some confusion with writing time and with adding sets of coins. These skills need to be reviewed to aid in mastery of the Common Core standards for time and money.
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Better Lesson: Balancing and Comparing Data

For Teachers 2nd Standards
The connection between subjects is an important one to establish for students. Communicating across subjects is part of the Common Core expectations.
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Better Lesson: We Can Guess the Number

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Understanding place value is critical to the Common Core Standards for second grade. Without a concrete understanding, 2nd graders may not fully grasp the meaning of the digits.
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Better Lesson: Moving Along in Hundreds

For Teachers 2nd Standards
The Common Core standard is that students understand that the numbers 100, 200, etc. represent so many groups of 100.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Complex Numbers: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Exploring Cavalieri's Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students use the geometry program GeoGebra to explore Cavalieri's Principle, specifically to investigate whether it applies when calculating the volume of oblique solids. Lesson includes...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Building Graduation Caps

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students build geometric models of graduation caps using stiff paper. The activity requires the application of skills in finding surface area, understanding similarity, knowing the...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Expression Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive simulation that teaches about equivalent, evaluating, and simplifying expressions through games and exercises building coin expressions. This simulation can either be downloaded or played online and includes handouts,...
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Better Lesson: Geometric Sequences and Series

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Students will be able to make use of structure on their way to deriving a formula for the sum of a geometric series. They will also gain more experience in finding the nth term of a sequence/series. Includes short video. [1:15]
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Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Fraction Multiplication and Area

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
This fifth-grade lesson explores the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths. We tile the rectangle with unit rectangles and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths. We multiply...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Checking Solutions to Systems of Linear Inequalities

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers checking for solutions of systems of linear inequalities. Students watch a video tutorial, explore guided notes and attempt practice problems.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Solving Equations With Exponents

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers solving exponential equations.
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Other

Soft Chalk Llc.: Polygons in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This site provides short lesson reviews on how to plot points on a coordinate plane to form polygons. It also gives quick checks in between.