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EngageNY

Solve for Unknown Angles—Angles and Lines at a Point

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
How do you solve for an unknown angle? In this sixth installment of a 36-part series, young mathematicians use concepts learned in middle school geometry to set up and solve linear equations to find angle measures.
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Curated OER

Melting and Freezing Behavior

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate melting and freezing behavior in substances. In this melting and freezing points lesson plan, students perform experiments to test the impact of various salts on the freezing point of water, they test the...
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EngageNY

Modeling with Polynomials—An Introduction (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Linear, quadratic, and now cubic functions can model real-life patterns. High schoolers create cubic regression equations to model different scenarios. They then use the regression equations to make predictions.
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Mascil Project

Arranging Tables for a Birthday

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Planning a party of 45 guests may be more complicated than it would seem.  Learners must design the space in accordance with these constraints about the space available in the room. They need to calculate area, circumference,...
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Curated OER

Black Bayou Lake Measures Up

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students, in groups, estimate measurments and then select the tools needed and measure various items at Black Bayou Lake refuge.
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Curated OER

Tube Viewer Simulation

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students graph linear equations. In this algebra lesson plan, students discuss the effect the change in one variable has in an equation. They discuss the effect equations have if you chage the value of the variable.
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Curated OER

Measuring

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students convert basic measurement in English and Metric Units.
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Hawaiʻi State Department of Education

Railroad Tracks

For Teachers 5th
Ahhh the vanishing point! Sounds ominous, but it's not. Fifth graders analyze the use of perspective in Renaissance art. They practice using linear perspective to draw railroad tracks that seem to go on forever. Tip: Make this...
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Curated OER

Basketball Bounces, Assessment Variation 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
This un-scaffold summative assessment tasks learners to use the height of a bouncing basketball, given the data in graph and table form, to choose the model that is represented. Learners then use the model to answer questions about...
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Curated OER

Basketball Bounces, Assessment Variation 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
This highly scaffolded, summative assessment tasks learners to choose the model that represents the height of a bouncing basketball given the data in graph and table form. Learners then use the model to answer questions about the...
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Curated OER

Why Doesn't My New Shirt Fit?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students test Leonardo da Vinci's view of the human body by measuring various body parts using a tape measure. They create a data table and a scatter plot and then analyze and interpret the results using a graphing calculator.
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Curated OER

Discovering Different Types of Functions

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Graph polynomials and identify the end behavior of each polynomial function. The class differentiates between linear, quadratic, and other polynomial equations.
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Curated OER

Perimeter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study about perimeter and the units used to measure perimeter using a variety of materials including their hands, feet, rulers, and computer applets. They understand such attributes as length, area, weight, volume, and size of...
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Curated OER

Shadow Casting

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use a meter stick that is placed on a horizontal surface and an object is moved along it so that the shadow length can be measured at different distances from the light source. They solve real-world problems involving...
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Curated OER

Statistics with M&Ms

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore estimation, measurement, and probability. Students conduct surveys and create charts & graphs. They study the history of chocolate. Students design their own magazine advertisement or create a script for a...
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Curated OER

How Alike Are We?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders find the range, mode, median, and mean for each of the data sets (height and shoe size). They discuss which measure of central tendency for each data set best represents the class and why. Students graph the shoe size and...
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Curated OER

Atlatl Lesson Grades 4-12

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the weapons of the Aboriginal people. In this tenth grade mathematics lesson, 10th graders investigate how throwing with an atlatl increase the speed of the dart as it is thrown. Students calculate the speed for...
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Curated OER

Measurement: Finding Areas of Rectangles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students construct the formula for the area of a rectangle.
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Curated OER

Hunting for "Measured" Treasure

For Teachers K
Students compare and order objects according to length. They see that to conserve length, meaning that the length of an object is not altered by a change in its spatial position, even though it may appear to look longer or shorter than...
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Curated OER

Proportionality: The X-Plane Generation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students meet NASA researchers who describe the relationship between force, energy and motion. They discuss how NASA's experimental X-plane is being tested to make space travel more reliable and show how proportionality and ratios are...
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Curated OER

Swimmy's Friends

For Teachers K
Students solve problems using various strategies. In this problem solving instructional activity, students read the book Swimmy by Leo Lionni. Students make fish swimming patterns, measure how many goldfish crackers it takes to make a...
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Curated OER

Scavenger Hunt for Lengths

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars practice measurement using real world objects. In this scavenger hunt for lengths lesson, students collaborate to measure with rulers, yardsticks, trundle wheels, and tape measures.  Young scholars must estimate the...
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Curated OER

How Long? How Wide?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders distinguish between and use nonstandard and standard units of measurement, use appropriate tools and techniques to measure length and width, and record and interpret data using graphs.
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Curated OER

One, Two, Three...and They're Off

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students make origami frogs to race. After the race they measure the distance raced, collect the data, enter it into a chart. They then find the mean, median, and mode of the data. Next, students enter this data into Excel at which time...

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