Lesson Plan
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How much rice to US farmers grow?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine rice farming. In this rice farming lesson, 4th graders compute how much of the world's rice the US produces. Students gain information about the history of growing rice and how much rice other countries grow as...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Corn Exports Visually

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study imports and exports and the countries that import the most corn from the U.S. They construct mini paper corn plants and label a map with these plants to represent the amount of corn the U.S. exports to countries around the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math is All Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students photograph examples of math vocabulary.  In this digital math lesson, students use software to highlight a math concept.  Students record narration to give voice to their concept.
App
Bytes Arithmetic

Geometry Pad+

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Graphing paper, pencil, ruler, protractor, and compass, all get replaced or supplemented with this dynamic geometry application. Here, you can create, move, and scale many different shapes, as well as, explore and change their properties...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Understanding the Effects of Currency Exchange Rates

For Students 6th - 10th
In this algebra instructional activity, students match the currency with the country of origin. They convert between that currency and the US using a foreign exchange conversion table. There are 35 questions.
Lesson Plan
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Oklahoma Wheat on the World Market

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore profit and loss in the wheat trading market.  In this sixth grade mathematics lesson/social studies lesson, 6th graders play a “Wheat Market Trading Game” in order to investigate the concept of supply and...