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Balanced Assessment

Bathtub Graph

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Represent the relationship between independent and dependent variables through a modeling situation. The activity expects learners to graph the volume of water in a bathtub during a given scenario. The graph should result in two areas of...
Lesson Plan
02 x 02 Worksheets

Inverse Variation

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Discover an inverse variation pattern. A simple lesson plan design allows learners to explore a nonlinear pattern. Scholars analyze a distance, speed, and time relationship through tables and graphs. Eventually, they write an equation to...
Activity
PBL Pathways

Students and Teachers 2

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Examine trends in student-to-teacher ratios over time. Building from the first task in the two-part series, classes now explore the pattern of student-to-teacher ratios using a non-linear function. After trying to connect the pattern to...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Graphs of Quadratic Functions in Intercept Form: Architectural Bridge Challenge

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
There are architectural parabolas all around us! A creative lesson analyzes the architecture of a parabolic bridge. Learners must manipulate the bridge to satisfy given criteria and then answer questions about the dimensions of the...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Geometric Sequences and Exponential Functions: Bouncing Ball

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Explore a geometric sequence model through a simulation. Learners change the starting drop height of a ball and watch how the heights of following bounces change. They consider the ratio of the consecutive bounces as they analyze...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponential Growth: Exponential, Fractal Snowflakes

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Examine an exponential growth model. Using a fractal, learners calculate the perimeters of each stage. When comparing the consecutive perimeters, a pattern emerges. They use the pattern to build an equation and make conclusions.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Functions that Describe Situations: Manny's Mang-o-gurt

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
How much does it cost to add more mangos? An interactive allows users to see how the price of frozen yogurt changes based on the number of scoops and the number of slices of mango. Learners then answer a set of challenge questions...
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Tidal Waves

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Periodically ship the class a trigonometric application. Pupils model the level of water in a port. Using their models, learners determine the times that a ship can safely navigate into and out of the port, along with determining other...
Activity
101 Questions

Styrofoam Cups

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
How many cups does it take to reach the top? Learners attempt to answer this through a series of questions. They collect dimension information and apply it to creating a function. The lesson encourages various solution methods and...
Activity
101 Questions

Angry Bird Quadratics

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Launch your classes into a modeling lesson. Young scholars watch angry bird trajectories and make predictions based on their knowledge of quadratic functions. The lesson includes a series of questioning strategies to lead learners to the...
Activity
101 Questions

The Incredible Shrinking Dollar

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Make money disappear! Young scholars watch as a copier shrinks a dollar bill to 75 percent of its size. Learners are left to determine the size of the dollar bill after nine passes through the copier.
Activity
101 Questions

Rotonda West, FL

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The shortest distance from point A to point B is a straight line—or is it? Young scholars determine the shortest route either along a circular path or through the center of the circle. Learners gain a unique perspective on arc length and...
Activity
101 Questions

Coins in a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Round and round you'll go! Learners watch as different-sized circles fill with coins. They collect data and then make a prediction about the number of coins that will fit in a large circular rug.
Activity
101 Questions

Coffee Traveler

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Investigate the volume of irregular figures in an inquiry-based exercise. Presented with an irregularly shaped box filled with water, learners must predict the level of water when it is tipped on its side. The class can divide...
Activity
101 Questions

Suitcase Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Analyze patterns in a circular arrangement. After using a geometric construction to complete a circle, learners use proportional reasoning to make predictions. By determining the length of an arc built from suitcases, they estimate the...
Activity
101 Questions

Bottomless Mug

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How much coffee can you actually drink? An intriguing lesson has learners consider an advertisement for a bottomless mug of coffee. While considering the price of the mug, they analyze different scenarios to determine the cost-saving...
Activity
101 Questions

Ferris Wheel

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Around and around you'll go! Learners analyze the periodic nature of a Ferris wheel. Using a trigonometric function, they make predictions about the location of a specific car at the end of the ride and its total trips around the circle.
Activity
101 Questions

The Biggest Loser

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Sometimes losing is actually winning! Learners use a proportional analysis to compare percent weight loss of contestants on The Biggest Loser. The resource provides data and clips from the show to facilitate the lesson.
Activity
101 Questions

Small Trebuchet

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Travel back to medieval time where learning is just a stone's throw away! A video introduction shows a trebuchet (catapult-like machine) as it launches a rock into a lake. Learners use their quadratic modeling skills to predict the...
Activity
101 Questions

Blob Jump

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In the case of the blob, that reaction is a trip several feet in the air! Learners begin by watching the world-record blob jump. They then analyze the flight of the person using...
Activity
101 Questions

Snow Day

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Who doesn't like a snow day? Learners watch a snow accumulation over a span of 10 hours. They use that information to make a prediction of the total snow that fell during the 23-hour snowfall. Will it be enough to cancel school?
Activity
101 Questions

Leap the Jeep

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Will harm come to the child in the video? Find out by modeling the scenario mathematically! Learners represent the situation with a quadratic model before deciding on a maximum height and time the person is in the air. Too low or not...
Lesson Plan
Kenan Fellows

Attack of the Aphids!

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Insects threaten the food production industry, and aphids are one of the big players! Analyzing data of aphid populations gives insight into their behaviors. Learners model the population data of an uninhibited population with an...
Assessment
Concord Consortium

All-in-All Problems

For Students 9th - 11th Standards
Graphs, functions, symbols, and more! Use these strategies to model everything from the flow of a river to the number of cars passing a toll booth. Presented differently but solved similarly, learners consider five different scenarios...

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