Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water: On the Surface and in the Ground

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the differences between surface water and ground water. They collect data using maps and graphs and investigate a Texas river basin and a nearby aquifer. They complete a written report including maps and data regarding...
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Curated OER

Inequalities Compound Fram

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students practice graphing compound inequalities. They draw a Venn Diagram on two different sports visualizing that their is a middle section on commonality among the two sports groups and then relate that concept to compound inequalities.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Grandpa's Social Security

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine social security and how the process works at different ages.In this retirement instructional activity students determine how long a retired person has to live to get the same benefits at different ages.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing Linear Equations - With Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students describe relations and graph linear functions. After studying a geometric shape and a verbal statement, students contrast the differences between the verbal statement and the picture. They determine functions and graph...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solve for Scale Factors Using Proportions

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders solve problems using proportions with scaled drawings. They work with maps and blue-prints discussing scales and plans and examine different polygons and figure out the scale factors or proportions they have been changed by.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Raising Cane: Building a Cane Flute From Scratch

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create their own cane flute. They use a model flute to gain the correct measurements and use the scientific method to construct the flute to have sound quality and pitch accuracy.
Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Biography of Thomas Muir

For Students 9th - 10th
The School of Mathematics and Statistics of St. Andrew's University provides biographical information on the mathematical career of Thomas Muir. Included are links to other famous individuals with whom he worked and links to his topics...
Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Biography of Jacob Bernoulli

For Students 9th - 10th
The School of Mathematics and Statistics of St. Andrew's University provides biographical information on the mathematical career of Jacob Bernoulli. Included are links to other famous individuals with whom he worked and links to his...
Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: George Peacock

For Students 9th - 10th
The distributive property is one of Peacock's discoveries. He divided algebra into two categories, arithmetical algebra and symbolic algebra.
Handout
Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Pierre De Fermat (1601 1665)

For Students 9th - 10th
The events of the life of Pierre de Fermat are presented in a timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Pierre Simon Laplace (1749 1827)

For Students 9th - 10th
The events of the life of Pierre Laplace are presented in a timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
Handout
Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Abraham De Moivre (1667 1754)

For Students 9th - 10th
The events of the life of Abraham de Moivre are presented in a very abbreviated timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
Handout
Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: James Bernoulli (1654 1705)

For Students 9th - 10th
The events of the life of James Bernoulli are presented in an abbreviated timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).