Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Modeling Fraction Division Using Comparison, Group Size Unknown

For Students 6th - 8th
This video illustrates a visual model for solving a word problem involving the division of fractions. The problem asks students to determine the length of a losing frog's jump in a jumping frog contest based on a comparison with the...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

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.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Horizons of Soil in My Backyard

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners will work in small groups to dig holes 1 meter deep. Students will work with measurements as they dig and measure. Learners will observe the different types of soil and how the soil changes as they dig. Students will write and...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Building a Paper Airplane Using Bernoulli's Principle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a culmination activity used after middle schoolers have studied Bernoulli's Principle as part of a unit on forces and fluids. Students will use the Internet, textbooks, library resources and their cooperative learning group to...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Cosmic Measurements

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson, students will use hands on inquiry in cooperative learning groups to understand, develop and analyze common measurements used by astronomers. Students will use common objects such as straws, twizzlers, or toothpicks to...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Minerals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students will gain information on the five characteristics of minerals. The information can be related to nonrenewable resources. This lesson plan should facilitate discussion on the difference between precious gems and semi-precious...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Brown Bag Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
It's time for lunch! For this week-long adventure, children will explore numbers and counting in the context of healthy eating. They will learn about the five food groups and create a healthy lunch using foods from each food group. Each...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Endangered Species

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research and create a brochure project on an endangered species of their choice integrating aspects of math, science, social studies, art, reading and writing. This project allows the students to make connections across the...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Get It Straight Mr. Decimal!

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Young scholars will review addition and subtraction of decimals with a hands-on, cooperative small group experience. They will be placed in small groups and solve problems on individual whiteboards. This lesson plan was created as a...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What's the Matter: A Sinker or Floater?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will explore matter that sinks or floats when submerged in water and that matter is categorized as either a sinker or a floater. Students will work actively in small, cooperative learning groups as well as gather in a whole...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Jump!!! An Exploration Into Parametric Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will use vectors and parametric equations to determine the velocity that they should jump out of the window of a burning building in order to land safely into the rescue net. They will work in small groups and utilize graphing...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: As Large as Life a Poster of a Human Body System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a student led exploration of the systems of the human body through art and self-expression. Groups will cooperatively develop a poster, the size of a fifth-grade student, and will accurately depict the assigned system of the...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Probability What Are the Odds?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan introduces the student to the concept of probability. Students will explore the meaning of theoretical and experimental probability by viewing interactive websites. A lab activity will be performed using cooperative...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Build a City on Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The students will be split into small, cooperative groups and build a city following specific guidelines. The students will learn how a city is constructed with angles, intersections, parallel, intersecting, and transversal streets. They...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Beyond the Earth Part Ii

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A continuation of Beyond the Earth Part I. As part of a unit on the solar system, students will choose a component of the solar system to research. Students may use a variety of resources such as the Internet, books, and reference...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: To Push or Pull, That Is the Question?

For Teachers K - 1st
In group students will learn to identify pushes and pulls. Students will learn how a push or pull will affect various items. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Factoring by Mack"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This strategy for factoring trinomials will eliminate the trial-and-error method used in most textbooks.The instructional activity will be a direct teaching instructional activity. With the teacher lecturing and the learners taking notes...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Mean, Median, and Mode Chain Gang

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Cooperative learning groups and chain links are used to find the mean, median, and mode. A Science NetLinks lesson is linked for further real-life application in the world of baseball (optional). This lesson plan was created as a result...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Freezing Things: States of Matter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The class will go back over the Power Point presentation on chemical and physical properties. The teacher will then conduct numerous liquid nitrogen demos. This lesson is used early in the Chemistry course. The students love it. This...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Washed Away

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students will learn about water erosion. They will view pictures and videos, complete drawings, and work in collaborative groups as they research types of water erosion (rill, gully, sheet, and channel). Students will...
Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Wilhelm Magnus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, provided by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, gives a biography of Wilhelm Magnus. Many interesting links are provided as well.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Comparing Temperatures

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders should be able to recognize what makes one number greater or smaller than another, using place value understanding which is crucial to Common Core mastery. This lesson combines math and science by having students order...
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Making a Stem and Leaf Plot

For Students 3rd - 8th
A line plot may not be a useful graph for investigating variation so we must come up with a new representation based on groups of data. Construct a stem and leaf plot from a set of 26 data values.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Addition of Positive and Negative Integers

For Students 6th - 8th
Introducing a card game that your students can play in small groups to develop their addition skills. This video focuses on addition of positive and negative numbers and briefly touches on subtraction of integers.