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Kenan Fellows

Installing and Working with R Statistical Software

For Students 9th - 12th
Save download time—install software now in preparation for future lessons. The R statistical software is a free program used by the Federal Reserve Bank and many companies. Bring the power of the software to your classroom to use in the...
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Kenan Fellows

Least Squares Linear Regression in R

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The task? Determine the how effective hospitals are at reducing the rate of hospital-acquired infections. The method? Data analysis! Using an open source software program, individuals use provided data and create scatterplots to look for...
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Curated OER

Basic Multiplication Facts - MathKeys Software

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore multiplication concepts.  In this multiplication lesson, students define "array" and draw several arrays to represent multiplication number sentences.  Students construct arrays on the computer using MathKeys...
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Curated OER

MathKeys Software "Unlocking Whole Numbers, Vol. 11(Place Value for Four Digit Numbers)"

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the place values of four digit numbers by writing four digit numbers and examining the effects of rearranging the numbers' digits. They practice making their four digit number with base-ten blocks then rearrange the...
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Curated OER

"You're Hired!'

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate linear programming using the TI. In this algebra lesson, students collaborate and graph linear inequalities on a TI. They analyze their data and present it to the class.
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Statistics Education Web

Now You SeeIt, Now You Don't: Using SeeIt to Compare Stacked Dotplots to Boxplots

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How does your data stack up? A hands-on activity asks pupils to collect a set of data by measuring their right-hand reach. Your classes then analyze their data using a free online software program and make conclusions as to the...
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Curated OER

Now That's a Problem!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Help learners improve multiplication skills by skip counting and creating their own multiplication word problems. They will begin by practicing skip counting and then illustrate word problems using a software program. Pixie is a software...
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Curated OER

Area and Perimeter Floor Plan

For Teachers 6th
Using Google SketchUp, learners draw a model of their bedroom. They begin by measuring the dimensions of their bedroom, inputting this information into the software program, and calculating perimeter and area. This is an interesting and...
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Curated OER

Problem Solving of Patterns

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use a software program to practice their problem solving skills. As a class, they identify patterns in their days at school and review problem solving patterns in math. They solve different problems and discover that the...
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Curated OER

Time Management

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students record their daily activities and graph the results using the educational software program called Inspiration. This lesson is intended for the upper-elementary classroom and includes resource links and activity extensions.
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Curated OER

Surface Areas of Prisms, Pyramids and Cylinders

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify and use appropriate formulas to find surface areas of solid figures, practice using formula sheet to solve textbook problems, construct solid figures of given surface area using TABS+ software program, and use Internet...
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Curated OER

What's the Matter with My Snow?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers collect snow samples around their school. They explore the concepts of density and phase change as well as the math skills of measurement and statistics. Students explore the water cycle through an interactive, down...
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Curated OER

Valentine Shop

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use Coin Critters software to practice coin recognition. Students complete a printing project for the cover of Valentine cards and use monthly calendars or a hundreds chart to count by 5's and 10's. Students use KidPix to create...
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Curated OER

Mr. Gallon

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate measurement conversions using a visual demonstration.  In this mathematics conversions lesson plan, students create an image of a plastic gallon jug using a paint software program.  Students utilize the jug...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Program Your Own Game

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study basic computer programming and the work of software engineers.  In this creative lesson students create their own software game.
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Curated OER

Introduction to Lego Robotics

For Teachers K - 5th
Students utilize computer programs to operate a simple robot.  In this technology lesson, students create robots using Lego pieces and simple motors to move them.  Students measure the speed of the robots by running Robolab...
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Curated OER

Modeling pentagrams using Geometers Sketchpad

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners using visual modeling software will construct two regular pentagrams which are mathematically similar. They also create a multi-page document and learn to create links between the pages and to a website on the History of...
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Curated OER

A Vacation Expedition: Universal Design and Differentiated Instruction Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars plan a vacation to either a mountain, deep-sea location, rainforest or to the moon. In this vacation planning lesson plan, students research information about the location of their choice. They watch video clips on the...
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Curated OER

Exploring Symmetry

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use a software program to create artwork and to manipulate images to study mirror and rotational symmetry. They take pictures of items in their environment in which they identify symmetry.
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Curated OER

Fish and Clips

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Youngsters test magnetic strength by measuring the mass of paper clips that they "hook" with a magnet. Your first and second graders should love the hands-on activities associated with this plan. The reproducible materials are quite good...
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Curated OER

A is for Area, B is for Billion

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students interact with math terminology in preparation for standardized assessment. In this math terminology and online storybook instructional activity, students create their own booklets of math terms based on each letter of the...
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Curated OER

Sinusoidal modelling of Canad'a youth cohorts

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the general form of the sine equation.  For this trigonometry lesson, students explore the relationship between the changing parameters and the graph of the sine equation.  Students use data and a statistical...
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Curated OER

Combining and Breaking Apart Numbers

For Teachers 1st
First graders read Imogene's Antlers by David Small the create pipe cleaner antlers. Using these as a tool students combine and create number sentences. They continue to work through the framework of a software program.
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Curated OER

Sorting

For Teachers K
Students sort a variety of manipulatives and use a software program that provides more sorting practice.