Curated OER
Mapping a Site Using a Coordinate Plane
Learners map their playground as if it were an archeological site. They locate objects on the playground and determine their location using coordinate points. A related lesson is Coordinate Grid: Mapping an Archeological Site.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
The Multiplicative Identity and Numbers Close to One
Pupils practice multiplying and dividing whole numbers by fractions. They study the multiplicative identity property that states that the product of any number and 1 is that number. They multiply whole numbers by fractions close to 1 and...
Curated OER
Line Symmetry and Rotational Symmetry
Fifth graders investigate the symmetry of pattern block shapes. Students, working in groups determine whether each shape has line symmetry, rotational symmetry or both kinds of symmetry. Students determine how many lines of symmetry the...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Problem Solving with Fractions
Solve story problems using fractions or decimals. Then, determine the reasonableness of answers using estimation.The detailed lesson includes essential questions, vocabulary, a materials list, and links to related units.
Curated OER
The Tipping Point
Students rewrite word problems and solve using math. In this word problem lesson, students gather data and observe the data. They relate this process to the scientific method and math. They review their data to be able to answer...
Curated OER
Talking about your name in math terms
Students talk about mathematical language. In this talking about your name activity, students use the letters in their own name to review math vocabulary and concepts.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Using the Coordinate Plane in Problem Solving
Fifth graders practice solving problems. In this fraction and decimal lesson, 5th graders recognize the relationship between fraction and decimals. Students estimate problem results and write expressions to use for problem...
Curated OER
Polygons All Around Us!
Students explore the concept of polygon properties. For this polygon properties lesson, students draw polygons with different numbers of sides such as pentagons, octagons, hexagons, etc. Students identify different geometric shapes in...
Curated OER
Coordinate Grid: Mapping Archeological Sites
Fourth graders discover how to apply the Cartesian coordinate system by figuring out the length and width of their school playground. They determine that pacing is an important tool for the initial mapping of a site. Students conduct a...
Alabama Learning Exchange
The Path to Positive
Learners demonstrate how to add positive integers. For this computation instructional activity, students read the book Less Than Zero and use a number line and counters to play an addition game using positive integers.
Curated OER
Worksheet 3
students conduct an experiment by attaching a belt to a chair. Then they investigate the math concept for how something can rotate in three dimensional space. They graph the solution.
Curated OER
Amazing Consistent Ratios
Students derive the six trigonometric identities. In this trigonometry instructional activity, students find the ratios of sine, cosine and tangent using the right triangle. They use properties of the Pythagorean Theorem to find the trig...
Curated OER
Sinusoidal modelling of Canad'a youth cohorts
Learners explore the general form of the sine equation. In this trigonometry lesson, students explore the relationship between the changing parameters and the graph of the sine equation. Learners use data and a statistical...
Curated OER
Atmospheric Shielding from Radiation I
In this radiation worksheet, students calculate the distance of a satellite in orbit to determine the placement of a radiation detection device. This worksheet has 2 problems to solve.
Curated OER
Quadratics: Polynomial Form
Students determine how changes in the coefficients in a quadratic function affect its graph. They Solve a quadratic equations. Students Determine how to use the equation to determine the intercepts of a quadratic function. They...
Curated OER
Quadratics: Polynomial Form
Pupils determine how changes in the coefficients in a quadratic function affect its graph. They determine how to use the equation to determine the intercepts of a quadratic function. Students identify the location of the intercepts on...
Curated OER
Worksheet 28 - Spring 1996
In this math worksheet, students examine the graph in polar coordinates of r = f(θ). Then they sketch a graph of the modified functions indicated.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Classifying Figures on the Coordinate Plane
Fifth graders use estimation to solve word problems. In this fractions lesson, 5th graders decide whether or not an answer to a work problem is reasonable by applying their knowledge of fractions, decimals and estimation. This lesson...
Curated OER
Vectors
Students differentiate distance and displacement. In this physics lesson, students use formulas to calculate for displacement. They draw vectors using the grid.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Introducing the Coordinate Plane
Fifth graders practice using estimation. In this estimation lesson, 5th graders add, subtract, multiple, and divide using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Students decide upon instances when estimation is more appropriate than...
Curated OER
Motion Capture and Analysis
High schoolers capture the serve motion of a tennis player with a digital or video camera. Using transparencies or a software package, analyze the speed, acceleration, displacement and time of the racquet head and ball in the tennis stroke.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Line and Angle Relationships
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of line and angle relationships.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Westward Ho! How Far Is Yonder Mountain
In this lesson quantitative skills in geologic context are reinforced. Students create a spreadsheet to calculate the distance of a peak using vertical angles sighted from a wagon train heading directly for the peak. The spreadsheet also...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe.5 Triangles Inscribed in Circle
For this task, learners use ideas about linear functions to determine when certain angles are right angles. They use the fact that two lines (if not vertical or horizontal) are perpendicular when their slopes are inverse reciprocals, as...