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Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Fair Elections?

For Students 9th - 12th
Rigged elections make for both intriguing current events and hilarious political cartoons. In this analysis activity, pupils read background information to help them grasp a cartoon about rigged presidential elections in 2007 by Russia,...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Presidential Candidates

For Students 11th - 12th
Build critical analysis skills with this cartoon for the classroom. Upper graders answer three critical thinking questions to help them analyze a political cartoon, which depicts how Presidential Candidates are judged and chosen. Put...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Politics of Change

For Students 8th - 12th
Empty rhetoric in Washington timelessly inspires political cartoons. Examine this concept through an analysis handout, which features a cartoon by Pat Oliphant (archived work is linked for possible extension activities). Although this...
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Noyce Foundation

Pizza Crusts

For Teachers 6th Standards
Enough stuffed crust to go around. Pupils calculate the area and perimeter of a variety of pizza shapes, including rectangular and circular. Individuals design rectangular pizzas with a given area to maximize the amount of crust and do...
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University of Georgia

Freezing and Melting of Water

For Students 9th - 12th
Examine the behavior of energy as water freezes and melts. An engaging activity provides a hands-on experience to learners. Collaborative groups collect data and analyze the graphs of the temperature of water as it freezes and then...
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Teach Engineering

Edible Rovers (High School)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Design and build a rover ... then eat it? This activity has groups of two design and build Mars rovers. The teams determine what instruments they want to include with their rover and plan a budget. They calculate the cost of the body of...
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California Education Partners

T Shirts

For Students 7th Standards
Which deal is best? Learners determine which of two companies has the best deal for a particular number of shirts. They begin by creating a table and equations containing each company's pricing structure....
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California Education Partners

Colorful Data

For Students 3rd Standards
Scale up your lessons with a performance task. Young data analysts work through an assessment task on scaled bar graphs. They answer questions about a given scaled bar graph on favorite colors, analyze a bar graph to see if it matches...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Exponents

For Teachers 6th Standards
Powered up! Here's a great resource on exponents. Scholars build on their previous understanding of exponents to include all positive real number bases. Distinguishing between an and a^n is a major goal in the fifth lesson of a 36-part...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Calculating the square root of 2

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Does a calculator give you the exact value of the square root of 2? Here, learners must decide if 1.414236 is equal to the square root of 2. They must also explain why the square root of 2 could never be equal to a terminating decimal....
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Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Why is Freedom of Speech a Burning Issue?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events instructional activity, students analyze a political cartoon about the freedom of speech and respond to three short answer questions
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Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Social Commentary

For Students 9th - 12th
Expose your class to the genre of political cartoons less concerned with serious political issues. This political cartoon analysis handout features social commentary on the many entertainments of youth, ironically paired with their...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Puzzle Times

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Give your mathematicians this set of data and have them create a dot plot, then find mean and median. They are asked to question the values of the mean and median and decide why they are not equal. Have learners write their answers or...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Algebra Worksheet: Number systems

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
This worksheet was originally created for a college level algebra class. It does contain some interesting questions about number and quantity that are important for algebra learners to understand. Natural numbers, integers, rational,...
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Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: All Eyes on the Iowa Caucus

For Students 9th - 12th
Explore the primary elections through political cartoons. Three talking points guide deeper thinking as pupils analyze a cartoon, which depicts the 2008 campaigning in Iowa. Analysts identify caricatures, research why winning Iowa is...
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Curated OER

Algebra 1 Unit 8 Review

For Students 9th - 12th
In this math learning exercise, students practice the techniques associated with algebra 1. This 5-page learning exercise has many different types of problems for the students to solve.
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Curated OER

Sequences and Series

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students find the formula for the sequences and summation of each problem. There are 14 questions with a detailed answer key.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Gas Pains? Been There, Done That

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze political cartoons about gas prices and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Curated OER

Worksheet 4 - Math 126: Sketching Polar Equations

For Students 9th - 12th
In this sketching polar equations worksheet, students solve 5 short answer and graphing problems. Students describe a curve given the equation of the curve in polar form. Students sketch a graph of the equation.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Toons as Tributes

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons that feature tributes to Pope John Paul II. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Free vs. Phony Elections

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about free elections and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: All Eyes on Iowa

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events instructional activity, students analyze a political cartoon about the Iowa caucus and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Campaigns and Gas Pains

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events activity, students analyze a political cartoon about gasoline prices and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Curated OER

Mendel Pea Plants

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Mendelian genetics activity, students answer a variety of questions about Mendel's experiments and discoveries and they practice determining probability of outcomes in pea plants.