Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Analyzing Residuals (Part 1)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Just how far off is the least squares line? Using a graphing calculator, individuals or pairs create residual plots in order to determine how well a best fit line models data. Three examples walk through the calculator procedure of...
Lesson Plan
Journey Through the Universe

A Scale Model Solar System

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Between the time scientists discovered Pluto and reclassified it as a dwarf planet, it did not even make one full revolution around the sun. In two activities, scholars investigate scale models and their properties. Pupils find that it...
Activity
Teach Engineering

Off-Road Wheelchair Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Challenge your class to use their understanding of the engineering design process to design and build a small-scale, off-road prototype for an assistive technology device. Teams select materials to build their scale models, and, using...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Irrational Exponents—What are 2^√2 and 2^π?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Extend the concept of exponents to irrational numbers. In the fifth installment of a 35-part module, individuals use calculators and rational exponents to estimate the values of 2^(sqrt(2)) and 2^(pi). The final goal is to show that the...
Lesson Plan
California Mathematics Project

Viral Marketing

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Math's gone viral—in the form of an exponential function! The activity uses an exponential function to model the growth of a marketing strategy. Learners create a table of values to observe the pattern in the numbers and then model the...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Why Worry About Sampling Variability?

For Teachers 7th Standards
Are the means the same or not? Groups create samples from a bag of numbers and calculate the sample means. Using the sample means as an estimate for the population mean, scholars try to determine whether the difference is real or not.
Activity
Noyce Foundation

Measuring Mammals

For Students K - 12th Standards
Explore the meaning of scale and proportion with a set of five activities that examines the topic from elementary through high school. The first lessons explore ratio by examining pictures of different sizes. The next three activities...
Worksheet
Voice of America

Henry Ford, 1863-1947: He Revolutionized the Auto Industry

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
How did Henry Ford change the world? One word: automobile. After reading a two-page passage about Henry Ford's contributions to society with the invention of the automobile, readers respond to a series of 10 reading comprehension...
Worksheet
K5 Learning

A Cold Bear

For Students 1st Standards
Who is the main character and how does this character prepare for winter? As learners read a short passage, they think about how the bear is preparing for hibernation and respond to five questions about what they read.
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Measuring Blocks

For Students 1st Standards
Stack them together to get a measurement. The short activity has pupils work in pairs to measure the lengths of two blocks and then determine the length of the two blocks together. The groups then determine an equation that represents...
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Flipped Math

Series

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Add it all together. Pupils learn how Gauss was able to add the numbers from 1 to 100 so quickly and arrive at a formula to find the sum of a given number of terms of an arithmetic series. Scholars learn the formula to find the sum for a...
Organizer
Curated OER

Main Event Log

For Students 4th
In this main event log, 4th graders write the events of a story in order of occurrence in the space provided to track and analyze the story. This instructional activity would be a good tool for students who need guidance when reading...
Worksheet
Curated OER

+2: Adding by 2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this add by 2 instructional activity, students fill in blank squares in number sequences, adding by 2, 6 sequences total. Answers included on page 2. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sigma Detectives

For Students 10th - 12th
In this sigma learning exercise, students evaluate patterns. They find the sum of the digits in a sequence and write the formula to produce the sequence. This one page learning exercise contains four multi-step problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Counting From 1 to 10

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this counting activity, students draw a line from numbers 1 to 10 in the puzzle given to them. Students complete this 3 times for 3 answers.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Count On In Tens

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting on learning exercise, students complete counting sequences going from a given number and counting on from ten to complete the sequence. An answer key is included.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cinderella: Literacy Skills Packet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Cinderella worksheet packet, students can practice their literacy skills by unscrambling vocabulary words, doing a crossword puzzle, completing a story sequence activity, answering eight short answer questions, and completing one...
Worksheet
Curated OER

ARTHUR'S COMPUTER DISASTER-WORD WORK

For Students 4th - 6th
In this word work worksheet about "Arthur's Computer Disaster," students are given 5 activities which involve vocabulary words from the story (word search, crossword puzzle, sequencing, alphabetizing and sentence completion).
Organizer
Curated OER

Caterpillar to Butterfly

For Students K - 1st
For this life cycle worksheet, students will color and cut out five pictures of the butterfly life cycle and glue them in the proper sequence.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Counting to 15

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this counting worksheet, students count from given numbers to given numbers, filling in the missing numbers in each sequence. Worksheet uses numbers 1-15. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Complex Analysis: Cauchy's Second Residue Theorem

For Students Higher Ed
In this residue theorem learning exercise, students evaluate functions, they express functions in terms of a Laurent series, and recall the infinite sequence. This four-page learning exercise contains explanations and examples. It...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Introduction to Infinite Series

For Students Higher Ed
In this infinite series instructional activity, students explore the pattern in a series of numbers. They solve a sequence of partial sums and identify the limit. This two-page instructional activity contains explanations, examples and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Discussion Sheet 7

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math activity, students examine the sequences and determine if there is convergence or divergence present. They also apply the logic to the word problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Proportional Rates

For Students Higher Ed
In this proportional rates worksheet, students read story problems, determine the necessary information, and identify a sequence of numbers at a specified time. This three-page worksheet contains three problems. The detailed answers...

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