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Curated OER

Tension: Creative Writing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
“Desire + Danger = Tension.” Thus begins a PowerPoint that details how to create tension and maintain the reader’s interest in a story. Although text-heavy, the color-coded slides model how the D + D = T formula functions and the...
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Curated OER

Slope

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Looking for a great handout on slope? This resource makes a great study guide with the definition, diagrams, and the formula. Learners use coordinates to calculate the slope of lines. Positive, negative, zero, and undefined slope...
Activity
Curated OER

Unit Squares and Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
This is an interesting geometry problem. Given the figure, find the area of a triangle that is created by the intersecting lines. The solution requires one to use what he/she knows about coordinate geometry, as well as triangle...
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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Hospitality and Tourism 1: Safety and Sanitation

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Math and science come alive in this career-related lesson on sanitation. Along the way, learners explore bacterial growth rates using exponential notation and graphs. A link to a very brief, but vivid video shows just how quickly these...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Area of a Trapezoid

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here is a straightforward example of how to apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find an unknown side-length of a trapezoid. Commentary gives additional information on proving that the inside of the trapezoid is a rectangle, but is...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Computing Volume Progression 2

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Once your geometers know how to apply the formula V = l w h, they will be ready to take on the fractional volume of a fish tank. Have your number crunchers swap heights so they can see that the fractional volume will not change. 
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Rainbow Sentences

For Students 1st - 8th
Learners who struggle with grammar, foundational reading skills, and sentence composition can learn how to write proper sentences using an app that relies on research-based practice. It uses a color-coded formula that had been proven to...
Worksheet
HHS Math

Group Worksheet 1F - Graphing and Finding Zero

For Students 9th - 11th Standards
Graph quadratic functions and find the zero in this activity. Twelve problems range from those that could be quickly factored and graphed, to those that require use of the quadratic formula and their graphs approximated. Solutions...
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Curated OER

Mixing Candies

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Mixture problems are a classic in first-year algebra. Unfortunately, many learners approach them in a formulaic fashion and don't truly understand the meaning of the algebraic expressions they are using. Here, the questions are not the...
Activity
National Science Teachers Association

Ionic Molecular

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Twelve compounds are named and each of their chemical formulas are printed on individual cards. Chemistry pupils place each beneath an Ionic or Molecular card, depending on which type of compound is represented.
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Curated OER

Thesis Statement + Projected Plan = Introduction

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Set up your writers for writing strong introductions with a formula for putting together supported thesis statements. This reference page breaks the process down and provides an example of how to compose a thesis statement, develop a...
Activity
National Science Teachers Association

Oxyacid Non-Oxyacid

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What you will find in this printable document is a set of cards. One says oxyacid and the other says non-oxyacid. The remaining cards are of the names or chemical formulas of 10 acids. Chemistry classes can sort the cards according to...
Activity
Curated OER

A Math Board Game

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Math is fun with a board game printable set. After printing the pieces and board for the game, have your kids play in groups to practice concepts such as operations and arithmetic formulas.
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National Science Teachers Association

Metals Metalloids Nonmetals

For Teachers 6th - 12th
When physical science classes are becoming familiar with the periodic table of elements, you can use this set of printable cards to help them memorize some of the members of the metals, metalloids, and nonmetals groups. There are 24...
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National Science Teachers Association

Monovalent Polyvalent

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Which compounds have only one valence bond, and which have two? Chemistry classes sort cards into groups of monovalent and polyvalent piles, according to their bonds. There are 20 cards to identify; half of them name the compound, while...
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National Science Teachers Association

Binary Ternary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This is a simple activity to help chemists become adept at recognizing binary and ternary compounds. All they have to do is place the compound card (some are named and some are represented by chemical formula) beneath the correct...
Printables
Student Handouts

Chapter and Unit Grades in Microsoft Excel

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Keep track of grades with an Excel spreadsheet that is already formatted to average scores. The assignments are all listed as chapters, but could easily be changed to reflect your assignments. Included in the spreadsheet is sample...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Notorious Four-Color Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Take a walk through time, 1852 to 2005, following the mathematical history, development, and solution of the Four-Color Theorem. Learners take on the role of cartographers to study a United States map that is to be...
Printables
Chapman University

Proof of L’Hospital’s Rule

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Understanding how calculus formulas were derived connects learners to the idea that the study of mathematics is continuous and cumulative. Learners will also develop a deeper appreciation for the derivative's application in...
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National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Biology Reference Sheet

For Teachers 7th - 12th
First year life science or biology pupils will appreciate this all-inclusive reference page. It provides a diagram of both a plant and an animal cell, the metric system prefixes, classification levels, definitions for cell processes, the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Throwing a Ball

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners translate numbers, from real life scenarios of throwing a ball vertically upward, into a given formula so the remaining variable is the solution.
Activity
Pie Council

National π Day

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Learners can enjoy pi with pie! A collection of short activities celebrates pi day with a word search, a maze, and real-world problemsn. Using pi in formulas for area, circumference, and volume as well as exploring simple fractions is...
Handout
Curated OER

Math Reference Sheet

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Your young learners will enjoy having quick access to this reference sheet that includes a multiplication chart, formulas for perimeter, area, and volume, place value chart, fraction chart, basic types of polygons, triangles and lines...
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Illustrative Mathematics

How Many Cells Are in the Human Body?

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Investigating the large numbers of science is the task in a simple but deep activity. Given a one-sentence problem set-up and some basic assumptions, the class sets off on an open-ended investigation that really gives some...

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