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Worksheet Two
In this math worksheet, students solve differential equations. Students use similar equations, and analyze ways they differ from one another. Students draw directional fields and sketch solutions. The final three questions are...
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Balloons and Kites
Students examine a line of points through its slope. They plot points using sticky notes of a balloon's movement amd determine the slope of the lines plotted.
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Symmetry Worksheet IV
Challenge your class to identify, label, and draw a wide range of symmetries with this worksheet. In addition, learners name symmetrical shapes and compare them to alphabet letters. This worksheet asks class members to work with lines of...
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Coffee: Differential Equation
In this differential worksheet, students read a word problem and write a differential equation and solve it. They draw the slope field for given problems. This two-page worksheet contains 9 multi-step problems.
Science Friday
How Boulders Are Born
Want your class to rock? Then try this boulder activity. Pupils learn about a specific boulder field and use edible materials to demonstrate the geological processes that formed this unique feature. Weathering, erosion, and mass wasting...
Open Oregon Educational Resources
Forest Measurements: An Applied Approach
Geometry—it's not just for the math classroom! Learners explore the field of forestry through a mathematical lens. An instructional resource explains how forest workers collect data about trees such as height, diameter, and age using...
Flipped Math
Calculus AB/BC - Particular Solutions using Initial Conditions and Separation of Variables
Take the next step in separating. Pupils pick up from the previous lesson to now find the particular solution of a differential equation at a given point. Scholars watch three examples of finding the particular solution and hear the...
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Social Studies: tolerance, Forgiveness, Understanding
Students examine the types and effects of bullying. In a silent sitting exercise, they reflect on a time they felt sorry for hurting someone and imagine how happy that person is to know they are sorry. Students participate in a...
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Speed of a Forest Stream
Pupils study stream speed. In this stream speed instructional activity students complete an activity and formulate an opinion and study its effects.
Shodor Education Foundation
Simple Maze Game
Avoid the mines and win the game! Young scholars direct a robot through a minefield by plotting points. Their goal is to reach the target in as few moves as possible.
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Oil Search
Students participate in a mock oil search game and attempt to find "oil" in a model oil field. They drill initially based on random guessing, but each time they drill they use prior knowledge to determine where to drill next. They must...
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Comparison of Different Methods for Determining Stream Flow at a Stream Site
Students make measurements and calculations to determine the stream flow of an outdoor stream site. In this stream characteristics instructional activity, students travel to a field site to construct a transect across a stream and...
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Pilots, Airplanes, and the Tangent of Three Degrees
Students explore how to use trigonometry in the aviation field. In this aviation lesson students complete trigonometry equations that show what planes should do to land their airplanes.
University of Wisconsin
Noting Notable Features for Rain Gardens
Eight groups in your class are each responsible for a different aspect of surveying the campus for a suitable rain garden location. Features to consider include water flow, topography, sun/shade patterns, land surface, vegetation,...
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The Extraordinary Life of the Alaskan Tundra
Students investigate the characteristics of the tundra on the North Slope of Alaska. They conduct Internet research, develop a chart of the types of vegetation, plant growth, and fauna found on the tundra, identify examples in their own...
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Pharaoh Mountain Hike: Investigating Adirondack Life Zones
Students hike a local mountain and examine its life zones. They measure various components at each zone and collect leaf litter at the sites. At the mountain top, students make descriptive observations and complete a handout about the...
Read Works
Fireflies
A short story about a nighttime adventure at summer camp provides readers with a chance to practice their comprehension skills.
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Bringing Climate Change Into the Classroom
Learners investigate the greenhouse effect and examine the potential effects of climate change in the Arctic. They construct a mini-greenhouse and test its effect on temperature, analyze historical climate statistics, and conduct an...
Ed Migliore
Linear Equations in Two Variables
This traditional textbook style unit includes vocabulary, a direct explanation section, examples, practice problems that directly line up with the explanations and examples, and a unit summary review and practice problems. Learners get...
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Stability of Equilibrium Values
In this stability of equilibrium values activity, students explore equilibrium solutions and classify them as asymptotically stable or not asymptotically stable. They justify their reasoning. This four-page activity contains five...
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Population: Logistically Speaking
In this population worksheet, students read word problems relating to population growth. They write the problem as a differential equation, create models and graphs of the solution. This three-page worksheet contains 10 multi-step...
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Micro-Climate
Atmosphere aces investigate the microclimates that exist within a larger area. They use a thermometer to record the varying temperatures and identify the microclimates on a map that they have drawn. This exercise helps them to understand...
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In The Shadow of the Pines: Sugar Cane Time
This resource provides a short reading passage, an excerpt from In The Shadow of the Pines by Karen K. Newell, about a family and their sugar cane harvest during the Great Depression. After the reading, there are four multiple choice...
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Quality of Rice
Sixth graders research how farmers irrigate, harvest, and keep high standards of rice. For this farming lesson, 6th graders discover how rice, wheat and soy beans are farmed. Students make a chart showing the similiarities and differences.