Right triangles from 2,000 years ago? Learners investigate different right triangles found in the earthworks of the Hopewell people, a Native American culture that populated the United States from 200BC to AD 500. Learners apply concepts...

How old is the plant? Here is a task that presents the exponential decay function for carbon 14 in a plant. Pupils use the function to estimate the amount of carbon 14 in the plant when it died and analyze the function to find what...

Develop young mathematicians' ability to compare fractions with investigation into the number 1/2. After brainstorming a list of fractions equivalent to 1/2, children identify a pattern in the numerators and...

Take young mathematicians' understanding of percents into the real world with this series of word problems. Involving a variety of contexts from calculating scores on math tests and savings account interest, to determining sale prices...

Make sure your class stays up with the times using this series of math newsletters. Including word problems that cover topics ranging from consumer math and symmetry to graphing and probability, these worksheets are a...

Use mathematics to show your classes the power of a good model. Young mathematicians analyze the famous Ponzi pyramid scheme using an exponential pattern. They make conclusions on the reliability of the plan and why it is illegal. 

Your favorite sports team is ranked #1. How do the powers that be determine this rating? Learn how ratings are mathematically computed using probability concepts, from the Elo Rating System for chess to the Rating Percentage Index for...

English teachers around the world cringe when they come across fragments and run-ons in papers. A handout on these poor imitations of sentences helps bring relief by reviewing the basics of sentence construction and by offering...

Gather all similar terms together. Initially created to aid in the review of the General Certificate of Secondary Education, the resource provides opportunities to practice collecting like terms in algebraic expressions and multiplying...

Give the class a prime example of using prime numbers. After reviewing prime factorization of numbers with the video, pupils use their knowledge to determine greatest common factors and least common multiples in the activity. The...

It's time to take stock of the class's knowledge of derivatives. Individuals review how to take the derivatives of composite, implicit, and inverse functions. They complete some problems involving the Chain Rule, implicit...

It's time to put analytical applications to work. Learners use the eight questions of the mid-Unit 5 review to refresh their memories of the key points. Pupils apply what they have learned to use the Mean Value Theorem, find extrema...

Seventh graders determine the amount of blue food coloring in sports drinks and plot the concentration and absorbance data. They summarize the data and determine why companies need to know the amount of chemicals in their products.

For this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students solve systems of linear inequalities by graphing the inequalities on a coordinate plane and determining the location of all ordered pairs that solve the system.  The three page...

Students reinforce sequencing skills by retelling stories. After being assigned roles in the production, they create dialog, props, and costumes for retelling the story "Leo the Longhorn." Working in cooperative groups, students may also...

In this family life worksheet, students answer seventeen questions about problems such as domestic violence by constructing short and extended response answers.

Students explore physics. They investigate the strategies used by an engineer to solve a problem. Students construct various models to solve the problem. They display their solutions and explain how they solved the problem.

Young scholars trace the development of sectionalism in the United States. They explore slavery, freedom and the Constitution. Students identify influential opponents and defenders of American slavery. They explain different solutions...

Students draw graphs of linear equations using the slope intercept form. Upon completion of various problems, students record their answers on the board and explain the solutions to classmates. Students take a test over the material...

In this Intermediate Value Theorem worksheet, learners identify and explain a continuous function. They use the Intermediate Value Theorem to prove solutions of equations. This two-page worksheet contains three problems.

Being able to choose the correct operation to solve a math problem is a very important skill. In this math worksheet, students choose an operation and method, solve the problem, and explain the solution. Four problems are solved and...

Being able to choose the correct operation to solve a math problem is a very important skill. In this math worksheet, students choose an operation and method, solve the problem, and explain the solution. Four problems are solved and...

Your young learners are going to have to prove the answer for the greatest to least word problem. Using a chart for the second problem, your learners will have to use their mathematical terms to explain the solution. 

Learners identify types of pollution. In this environmental lesson, students view a video and discuss the types of pollution. Learners create a poster to suggest ways to prevent pollution.