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Baylor College

Living Things and Their Needs: The Math Link

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Enrich your study of living things with these cross-curricular math activities. Following along with the story Tillena Lou's Day in the Sun, learners will practice addition and subtraction, learn how to measure volume and length,...
Interactive
Physics Classroom

If This, Then That: Color

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The dress color debate of 2015 taught the importance of understanding how we see light. Scholars view a shirt under two different colored lights and then must predict what color the shirt will appear under a third light. They apply color...
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University of Colorado

Solving a Mixed Up Problem

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Begin the process of adding and subtracting spectra. Having a basic understanding of occultation events, pupils begin the pursuit to determine what a found atmosphere might contain. Learners work with two graphs and calculate what the...
Assessment
Curated OER

Fall 2003 Midterm Exam #1

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Electricity is the focus of this college-level midterm exam. It requres physics learners to answer multiple choice and short answer questions in addition to evaluating several diagrams and graphs. This is appropriate for most high school...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition and Subtraction of Significant Figures

For Students 7th - 12th
In this significant figures worksheet, students add and subtract decimal numbers using the correct number of significant figures in the answers. This worksheet has 18 problems to solve.
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Resources for Educators

Math & Science Connection

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Whether you're using a collection of Dr. Seuss books to teach basic math skills like counting, adding, and subtracting, or exploring the different states of matter by melting a crayon with a hairdryer, a series...
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Curated OER

Tracking the Salt Front

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using the Hudson River as the focus, learners discuss the difference between salt water and fresh water environments, analyze maps and graphs, and complete addition and subtraction problems. This lesson comes with a wealth of...
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Teach Engineering

Bone Density Math and Logarithm Introduction

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What do logarithms have to do with bone density? Scholars learn that the equation for bone density includes logarithms. The majority of the third lesson plan of seven is devoted to logarithms and their properties.
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Curated OER

Wind Effects on Model Building: Pre-Lab for Truss Design and Testing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Emerging engineers perform pre-lab calculations in this first of a three-part lesson on model building. They determine the forces of tension and compression in a truss. After completion of the worksheet, pupils will draw a draft of their...
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Curated OER

Coulomb's Law

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners solve problems involving electric charges and force. In this physics lesson, student solve word problems using addition and subtraction of vectors. They identify the direction represented by a vector as it relates to an electric...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Significant Figures Worksheet #1

For Students 10th - 12th
In this significant figures worksheet, students solve forty eight problems. They identify significant figures in numbers, they complete calculations of addition and subtraction and identify significant figures, they multiple and divide...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Even More Significant Figures

For Students 9th - 12th
In this significant figures activity, learners solve 12 multiplication, division, addition and subtraction problems and express their answers in scientific notation with the proper number of significant figures.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Uncertainty Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
In this uncertainty worksheet, high schoolers solve 8 problems of addition and subtraction using the rules for uncertainty notation. They do the same for 7 problems for multiplication and division. Students add, subtract, multiply and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Extreme Weather and Mapping

For Students 5th - 8th
For this environment worksheet, learners read an article about extreme weather conditions and mapping it out. They respond to 10 multiple choice questions about what they read. Then, students explain how droughts can occur and the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemical Equilibria and an Introduction to Water Chemistry

For Students Higher Ed
In this equilibrium and water chemistry worksheet, students solve twenty problems related to acids and bases, equilibrium and water.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is Coal?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars receive instruction to answer the question "What is coal?". They then participate in several puzzles and problems to explore the subject of coal. They solve addition and subtraction problems and match letters with the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Investigating Friction

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Young learners explore friction. They view a video or DVD (bibliography provided) and define terms related to friction, and work in groups to experiment with the effects of friction on speed and motion using ramps and toy cars.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Usage and Conservation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils investigate water usage at school and at home. They use graphs and tables to evaluate water usage. Students describe possible water conservation measures. They use graphs and tables to relate data as part of a written report.
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Ahisma Summer Institute

The Power of One - Math in a Different Angle

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
In this 2-day lesson focused on exponents, middle schoolers will cross the curriculum by engaging in science, history and language arts activities. Exponential growth will be explored using grains of rice on a chess board. Exponential...
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Curated OER

Math in the Wetlands Field Trip

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Get your class out in the environment for hands on math activities. In this wetlands lesson, learners transplant native plants, calculate how much soil is needed, and perform math activities based on this experience. They then make...
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Curated OER

What's in Wetland Soil?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the organic and inorganic components of soil. In this environmental science instructional activity, students identify the factors that influence soil formation. They collect soil samples, conduct tests, and analyze...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Significant Figures: Part Deux

For Students 9th - 12th
For this significant figures worksheet, students solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems and express their answers with the proper number of significant figures.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Sonar & Echolocation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A well-designed, comprehensive, and attractive slide show supports direct instruction on how sonar and echolocation work. Contained within the slides are links to interactive websites and instructions for using apps on a mobile device to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

On the Trail of the Hudson's Migratory Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using data related to the fish in the Hudson River area, learners calculate distance, elapsed time, and growth. They learn about migratory fish, the life cycle of a fish, analyze a map, and answer questions.