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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Why Are Vectors Useful? 1

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
How do vectors help make problem solving more efficient? Math scholars use vectors to represent different phenomenon and calculate resultant vectors to answer questions. Problems vary from modeling airplane motion to the path of a...
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EngageNY

Solving Equations Involving Linear Transformations of the Coordinate Space

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Explore methods for solving linear systems with your classes and introduce learners to using matrices as a viable method. Scholars are able to recognize situations where matrices are the efficient method of solving. Application...
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Assessment
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Balanced Assessment

Catenary

For Students 11th - 12th
Develop a model for a hanging chain. Pupils find a mathematical model for a hanging chain and then they compare their models to the precise function that models the curve. Scholars come up with a strategy to determine how close...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem

For Students 8th Standards
Discover a new application of the Pythagorean Theorem. Learners prove and apply the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem in the 17th lesson in a 25-part series. The examples ask learners to verify right triangles using the converse...
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Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

How Many Days Will It Take? Eating To 6,972!: Partial Quotients

For Teachers 3rd Standards
The story, How Many Jelly Beans? by Andrea Menotti introduces a activity about partial quotients. Mathematicians practice rounding and multiplying, then work in small groups to connect those skills with division and partial...
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Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Fundraising

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
In order to solve for who raised the most money, learners will need to choose an appropriate math strategy or tool to help them. Two possible solutions, one involving pictures and one involving abstract thought, are presented in the...
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Activity
Curated OER

Comparing a Number and a Product

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Mental math strategies are important for fifth graders to be able to determine the greater sum without actually solving the equations. As a summative assessment, this eight-problem worksheet can give insight into the understanding of the...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Reasoning about Multiplication and Division and Place Value, Part 1

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Help your class make sense of quantities and their relationships. Given is the product of two numbers. It is up to your number crunchers to think about the quantitative relationship when the product is one-tenth or ten times the product...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Operations on the Number Line

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A different way to look at integers is on this number line with variables in place of numbers. Learners are to look at different expressions and describe why they think the answer would be positive or negative, depending on the location...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Designs

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A resource that makes for excellent group work as students explore the area and perimeter of different complex designs made up of squares and circles. The commentary gives a clear definition of perimeter, but suggests that group members...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Which Number is Greater? Which Number is Less? How do you Know?

For Teachers K Standards
When comparing groups of objects, it's easy for children to identify which has more, but it's not so easy for them to explain their reasoning. This simple whole-group activity provides multiple opportunities for learners to compare...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

How Thick Is a Soda Can II?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Science, technology, and math come together in this one combination exercise. Analyzing the common soda can from both a purely mathematical perspective and a scientific angle allows for a surprisingly sophisticated comparison of...
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Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Jamir's Penny Jar

For Students 2nd Standards
Before you start counting the coins in Jamir's coin jar, figure out which coin to start with. Should it be the penny or the quarter? Why? This is the focus around a worksheet that works well as an assessment on counting money and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

You Can Survive! (Math Anxiety)

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore strategies to manage stress in the math classroom. Through various activities, students discover the characteristics of math anxiety and determine if this affects them. Using computer technology, young scholars...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sunshine Math 3

For Students 4th - 6th
In this word problems worksheet, learners read and problem solve nine  mathematical word problems involving grids, measurement, compensation and angles.
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Lesson Plan
Teach Engineering

Both Fields at Once?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
An MRI uses both a magnetic and electricity, so how do the two interact with each other? Class members observe the effects on a charged particle when it is subject to both an electrical and magnetic field. The teacher background...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Algebra Tic-Tac-Times

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Use the strategy of working backwards to practice factoring polynomials and multiplying binomials in a game format. Play, and work to find which products combined with the available factors will result in the placement of four tokens in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chairs Around the Table

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Youngsters become flexible problem solvers with this challenging lesson. If there are 24 square tables in a restaurant, how many customers can be seated at one time? They can use manipulatives or draw pictures to help them find the...
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Lesson Plan
Teach Engineering

Water Power

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young hydrologists observe a waterwheel which helps them investigate the transformations of energy that occur when the blades of a hydro-turbine are turning. They work together in pairs and pretend to be engineers who are building a new...
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Activity
Computer Science Unplugged

Twenty Guesses—Information Theory

For Teachers 4th - 8th
How do we determine how much information to include and what can be left out? By playing a game of 20 questions, the class generates the best strategies for finding a number. They then move on to guessing the next letter in a short...
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Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Order of Operations

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
It's the classic please excuse my dear aunt sally strategy to remembering the order of operations. Young mathematicians practice to develop an understanding of the order of operations. Examples and practice problems include...
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Assessment
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Balanced Assessment

Fermi Area

For Students 11th - 12th
Discover creative ways to use surface area formulas. In the assessment task, scholars apply estimation strategies to determine surface area in non-routine problems. They consider surface area of kitchen sponges, rock salt crystals, and...
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Unit Plan
Indiana Department of Education

The Represented World: Communication—Packaging

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Challenge your classes to design and market a new product. Collaborative groups use geometry skills to create packaging for their products. Finally, they plan a marketing strategy to present to a marketing specialist.
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Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Finding Common Denominators to Add

For Teachers 5th Standards
Finding common denominators is an important strategy when adding fractions with unlike denominators. In the first two questions in this three-question task, fifth graders are asked to combine fractions and draw a picture to show their...