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CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 1.3 Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Braingenie builds mastery and sharpens problem-solving skills. Students can learn, practice, and quiz themselves on thousands of skills in the areas of math and...
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Sumdog Teacher Portal: Biggest and Smallest
This engaging lesson plan allows students to practice ordering whole numbers to identify the smallest and largest. Teachers can create a free Sumdog account and usernames for their students to practice the skills through online learning...
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Magnetic Force Three Wires Model
Investigate the idea of the force between straight current-carrying wires in this magnetic force simulation. See if you can rank the wires from largest to smallest based on the magnitude of their currents.
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Butterflies: Faq's
How long do butterflies live? What do butterflies eat? What are the largest and smallest butterflies? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this informative butterfly site.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Most Commonly Asked Fish Questions
How many fish species are there? What is the world's largest and smallest fish? How long do fish live? How is the age of fish determined? You will find answers to these and other questions in this interesting site.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Primary Productivity and Plankton
The oceans contain both the earth's largest and smallest organisms. Interestingly they share a delicate relationship linked together by what they eat. The largest of the ocean's inhabitants, the Blue Whale, eats very small plankton,...
University of California
Regents of the University of California: Amphibia Web
AmphibiaWeb, a site inspired by global amphibian declines, is an online system that allows free access to information on amphibian biology and conservation. This site is filled with amphibian facts, a glossary of terms, species numbers,...
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Kiddyhouse: All About Frogs for Kids and Teachers
This site from Kiddyhouse provides a plethora of information on frogs. Topics include what a frog is, where frogs live, life cycle of frogs and much more. Offers links to additional sites and activities on frogs.
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University of Montana: Wilderness Connect: Fast Facts
You will find interesting facts along with the correcting of several misconceptions associated with wilderness on this interesting site. Links to a searchable database of 803 wilderness areas under the protection of the National...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Mean, Median, Mode, and Range
Mean, median, and mode are three kinds of "averages". The "mean" is the "average" you're used to, where you add up all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers. The "median" is the "middle" value in the list of numbers. To...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Linear Programming: Introduction
Linear programming is a part of a very important area of mathematics called "optimization techniques". This field of study (or at least the applied results of it) are used every day in the organization and allocation of resources. Linear...
San Diego State University
Lesson Plan: Place Value Card Game
Using a deck of cards this lesson plan has students arrange the cards they draw to make the largest (or smallest) number possible. This activity helps demonstrate the positional property of the numeration system we use.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Finding the Minimum Number
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are presented with division problems where they must find the smallest or largest digit missing in a number that will make the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Scaled Images of the Solar System
Use the following lithographs to envision the scale of our solar system. View different models of planets at different scales, an infographic about the relative sizes of the planets and distance from the sun, and images of the largest...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Fraction Sorter
Students will build two or more fractions and then order them from smallest to largest. This interactive activity is an excellent resource for students to visually understand fractions and their placement on the number line. A collection...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Who Has the Biggest Genome?
Humans are complex creatures, but do we have the biggest genome? All living things, from humans to worms to bacteria have genomes. In this experiment you will compare the genome sizes of different organisms to find out who has the...
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Tree of Life for the Fossil Record
This tree of life is presented in an outline format. The outline is arranged in a hierarchical manner organized from the largest group (domain) to the smallest group (class). This interactive outline includes pictures of fossils and...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Activity: Discover Mass (Weight)
The learning activity explores weight. Students weight different items and compare their mass from smallest to largest.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf Listing Fractions in Increasing Size
Order the following fractions from smallest to largest & explain your reasoning. Aligns with 4.NF.A.2.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Law of Conservation of Mass
Everything in our universe has mass- from the smallest atom to the largest star. But the amount of mass has remained constant throughout existence even during the birth and death of stars, planets and you. How can the universe grow while...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Comparing the Values of Numbers in a Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to compare four different 3-digit numbers to answer a series of questions of the number being the largest or the smallest. The video is followed...
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H Twins: The Scale of the Universe 2
Use the scroll bar on this site to zoom in and out of this site which will show you the relative sizes of hundreds of things in our univers, from the smallest currently known - quantum foam - to the largest - our universe. Click on any...
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Order Me Around
Choose from a collection of games that tests your ability to put words in alphabetical order. Also includes additional games that let you perform other ordering tasks, such as putting presidents in order from most recent to earliest or...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g Areas of Geometric Shapes With the Same Perimeter
Eighth graders are shown three polygons with equal sides and a circle. They are asked to find the area of each when the perimeter is one unit and to order them from smallest area to largest. Aligns with 8.G.B.7.