Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Calculating the Effect of Mass, Length and Displacement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this physics lab activity students investigate how mass, length and angular displacement affect the period of a simple pendulum. Students control variables, testing one variable at a time, using manual techniques (stopwatch, human...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Trebuchet Launch

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work as engineers to design and test trebuchets (in this case LEGO MINDSTORMS robots) that can launch objects. During the testing stage, they change one variable at a time to study its effect on the outcome of their designs....
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Sat Math Test: Problem Solving and Data Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
SAT Math questions fall into different categories; one of these domains is Problem Solving and Data Analysis. These questions might ask you to create an appropriate equation from a word problem, convert units, or understand the meaning...
Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lsn 13: Systems of Equations, Algebraic and Graphical Representations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson 3 of 4 for Passport to Advanced Math. Learners will solve systems of equations in two variables in which one equation is linear and the other equation is quadratic or another nonlinear equation; relate properties of the function f...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A rei.c and a rei.a.1: Products and Reciprocals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this task is to test student skills at converting verbal statements into two algebraic equations and then solving those equations. Aligns with A-REI.A.1 and A-REI.C.
Study Guide
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Differential Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
A separable differential equation is one which is in the form dy/dx = g(x) h(y). Learn how to take the integral by separating the variables and put the y's on one side with the dy and the x's on the other with the dx. View an example on...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Number Tricks

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Can you break the magic number code? Test your algebra aptitude in this challenge that explores number generalizations, symbols, and equations. Discover how algebraic procedures are used in everyday situations in this one page activity...