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Curated OER

Podcasting Parabolas

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore parabolas.  In this algebra and technology lesson, students construct the equation of a specific parabola, then take digital photos of real-life representations of these parabolas.  Students create a podcast...
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Curated OER

Cutting Corners - Parts 1 and 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use optimization concepts to design their own container. In this optimization lesson plan, students understand how the optimization concept is critical in calculus and why products are packaged the way they are.
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Utah Education Network (UEN)

The Pasture and the Fence

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Beginning geometers use tiles and grid paper to draw and calculate perimeter and area. Rectangles of different sizes are created and then measured to build understanding. The one-inch grid sheet referenced is attached. 
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Curated OER

Missing Macroinvertebrates - Stream Side Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Field study groups collect samples of stream water and identify the macroinvertebrates found. Using their data, they calculate a water quality index to rate the health of the stream. They graph their data and discuss the value of a water...
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Curated OER

Charging Up, Charging Down

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners collect and analyze voltage data. Then, they investigate exponential functions using the TI and a Voltage Probe and graph their data and analyze it using a table.
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Curated OER

How Many Solutions to the System?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Solve systems of equation using graphing! In this algebra lesson, students use the TI to graph two lines and identify the number of solutions. They perform interactive graphing on the navigator.
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Curated OER

Graphing Data

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students graph lines in a coordinate plane. In this geometry lesson, students graph lines on a coordinate plane, and identify the slope. They calculate the volume, area and perimeters of the shapes created on a coordinate plane.
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Curated OER

Using Excel To Teach Probability And Graphing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners engage in the use of technology to investigate the mathematical concepts of probability and graphing. They use the skills of predicting an outcome to come up with reasonable possibilities. Students also practice using a...
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Curated OER

Solving Systems by Graphing

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve systems of equation through graphing. In this algebra instructional activity, students solve linear equations and analyze the result to figure out if there is one solution, no solution or infinitely many solutions. They...
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Curated OER

Data Collection and Graphing

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners collect data and graph it on a coordinate plane and analyze it. In this statistics instructional activity, students display their data collection using a graph. They determine which central tendency will work best.
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Curated OER

Graphing Surveys and Analyzing Data

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students analyze data and graph the results of their surveys. For this statistics lesson, students create graphs using excel to make graphs to be able to better observe their data. They conclude how great we as unique individuals.
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WindWise Education

What Factors Influence Offshore Wind?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
What is that out in the water on the horizon? Teams work together to study the coastline using maps to determine the best and worst locations to place an offshore wind farm. The teams then build a scale model wind farm to see what it...
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Curated OER

Follow That Graph

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars investigate the graphs of six trigonometric functions. They discover how changes in the equation of the basic function affect the graph of the function.
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Curated OER

Pictograph to Bar Graph

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore organizing data to make it useful for interpreting picture graphs and bar graphs. They use Graphers software to create a pictograph and a bar graph.
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Curated OER

Timed Multiplication Test Graphs

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students use the tools of data analysis for managing information. They solve problems by generating, collecting, organizing, displaying histograms on bar graphs, circle graphs, line graphs, pictographs and charts. Students determine...
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Curated OER

Using Averages to Create Graphs Through Excel

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create and use a spreadsheet to make graphs which will be used to analyze Progress Report and Final Report Card grades. They practice finding the mean, median, mode, and range of a data set. Students also incorporate column...
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Curated OER

Symmetric Secant

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Mathematicians use a symmetric secant line to prove the derivative at a point. For this trigonometry lesson, young scholars create secant lines on the navigator to analyze the derivative. They move the lines around and make observations.
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University of Georgia

Freezing and Melting of Water

For Students 9th - 12th
Examine the behavior of energy as water freezes and melts. An engaging activity provides a hands-on experience to learners. Collaborative groups collect data and analyze the graphs of the temperature of water as it freezes and then...
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Virginia Department of Education

Analyzing and Interpreting Statistics

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Use measures of variance to compare and analyze data sets. Pupils match histograms of data sets to their respective statistical measures. They then use calculated statistics to further analyze groups of data and use the results to make...
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Curated OER

Pike Problems in Lake Davis

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pike fish pose a threat to native trout and catfish in lakes. Would you drain and poison a lake to get rid of the Pike fish? If the lake was drained and poisoned, then refilled and repopulated with trout and catfish, how would you...
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EngageNY

Exploiting the Connection to Trigonometry 1

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Class members use the powers of multiplication in the 19th installment of the 32-part unit has individuals to utilize what they know about the multiplication of complex numbers to calculate the integral powers of a complex...
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Baylor College

Body Mass Index (BMI)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
How do you calculate your Body Mass Index, and why is this information a valuable indicator of health? Class members discover not only what BMI is and practice calculating it using the height and weight of six fictitious individuals, but...
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Chicago Botanic Garden

GEEBITT (Global Equilibrium Energy Balance Interactive TinkerToy)

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Students use the GEEBITT excel model to explore how global average temperatures are affected by changes in our atmosphere in part two of this series of seven lessons. Working in groups, they discuss, analyze graphs, and enter data to...
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Howard County Schools

Drawing Inverses

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
An Algebra II lesson draws the connection between the exponential function and its inverse. By graphing an exponential function and using tables and a calculator, learners graph the logarithmic function. The plan comes with a...