NASA
Lights on the International Space Station
Groups explore illumination with NASA's Lighting Environment Test Facility (LETF) as a context. Using the TI-Nspire app, groups determine the lux equation that models their simulation. They then use the lux equation to...
Curated OER
Points, Lines, Planes, and Space
For this points, lines, planes, and space worksheet, students solve word problems dealing with points, lines, planes, and space. Students complete 20 individual problems and 20 group problems.
K5 Learning
Space Based Astronomy
How much astronomy can you study with the naked eye? Learn more about the ways scientists explore the galaxy with a short reading passage and set of short-answer questions.
Concord Consortium
Triangles: Angle Space
Three angles in a triangle, three-dimensional space, it all seems connected somehow. Given several different triangles, pupils use the three angles of the triangle as coordinates to plot points in three-dimensional space. They explore...
Concord Consortium
Isosceles Triangle Spaces
How many different types of triangles can your class name? A discovery lesson guides learners through an exploration of the different triangle types and the relationships between their angles and sides. Using coordinate geometry,...
Curated OER
Fermi Observatory Measures the Lumps in Space
In this gamma-ray activity, students read about the Fermi Gamma-ray Observatory and how it measures the invisible lumps in space. Students solve 3 problems using an equation to determine the time that gamma-rays travel in space and the...
Curated OER
The International Space Station
In this International Space Station learning exercise, students are given the altitude changes in the space station on a graph from 2000-2004. Students answer 5 questions about the trends in the graph, the changes in altitude, the reason...
EngageNY
Chance Experiments with Equally Likely Outcomes
Take a deeper dive into equally likely probabilities. Pupils build upon their understanding of probability by determining sample spaces and outcomes. Individuals work with sample spaces and determine outcomes that are equally likely....
Alberta Learning
Proper Fractions: Activity Sheet
Practice identifying fractions with a worksheet that asks scholars to explore drawings and pinpoint parts of a whole. Class members asses figures and objects to identify the numerator, denominator, and write them in fraction form.
Curated OER
Plasma Clouds in Space and Density
Use this plasma clouds worksheet to have learners find the density of 10 different plasma clouds using a given formula which uses the reflection frequency to determine the density.
Curated OER
Exploring a City from Space
In this exploring cities from space worksheet, learners use a satellite image from the QuickBird Satellite to determine the image scale. They use the image scale to calculate the length of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, the length of a...
Curated OER
Spitzer Explores a Dusty Young Star
In this stars worksheet, high schoolers read about the Spitzer space telescope and they solve 5 problems about the mass, size, and power of dust grains and interstellar mediums detected by the telescope.
Curated OER
Spitzer Explores a Dying Star
In this dying star worksheet, students read about the Spitzer Space Telescope that detected the dying star-Messier-57. Students solve 6 problems including determining the total power produced by the dying star, they find the total mass...
Curated OER
Aurora to Magnetosphere Global Exploration
In this magnetosphere global exploration worksheet, students read about the instrument on board a satellite launched by NASA called the Radio Plasma Imager. This imager detects echoes from plasma clouds. Students calculate the distance...
Curated OER
Exploring Online Data Analysis Tools Project Interactivate- Plop It
In this data analysis instructional activity, students access an online data analysis tool at the given web site. They collect name length data for classmates and enter it into the tool. The find and manipulate the data to determine how...
West Contra Costa Unified School District
The Parallelogram Law
Use your pupils' sense of curiosity to explore the Parallelogram Law. Here is an activity that outlines a complete lesson from beginning to end, allowing pupils to follow a conjecture through to the proof stage.
Mathed Up!
Recurring Decimals
Explore how to convert repeating decimals to fractions with an informative video that teaches young mathematicians how to translate between decimals and fractions. After viewing, individuals complete a set of problems to practice...
Curated OER
Linear Systems: Vector Spaces
In this vector spaces instructional activity, students explore the column and rowspace of a matrix. They find the basis of subspaces associated with a given matrix. Students observe the relationship between vectors and the nullspace. ...
Curated OER
Clarification and Extra Problems for Homework 10: Metric Space
In this metric space worksheet, learners define a compact metric space, and explore continuous functions. They prove a function converges uniformly. This one-page worksheet contains six problems.
Curated OER
Explore Area
For this exploring area worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems using the provided diagrams.
Curated OER
Linear Systems: Vector Spaces
In this vector space worksheet, students explore linearly independent vectors. They identify the row space, null space and subspaces of a given matrix. This four-page worksheet contains approximately eight problems.
DK Publishing
Money for Chores - Mixed Tables
Do your young mathematicians get paid for chores at home? Use this familiar real-world concept to explore multiplication and money math. They use a chart of chore payments to answer six questions and determine how much money Joe and...
Mathed Up!
Fractional and Negative Indices
Explore how to deal with fractional and negative exponents. Scholars watch a video reviewing fractional, zero, and negative exponents. After the video, they test their skills by completing a worksheet covering the concepts.
Mathed Up!
Circle Theorems
Explore theorems involving circles. Individuals watch a video that reviews the basic parts of a circle. They learn about circle theorems and compete a worksheet of problems that use these theorems — putting their skills to work right away!