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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Describing the Center of a Distribution Using the Mean

For Teachers 6th Standards
Everyone does their fair share. The sixth segment in a 22-part unit presents the mean as a fair share. Groups build a conceptual understanding of the mean of a data set, rather than simply learn an algorithm. Learners use the...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Solving Area Problems Using Scale Drawings

For Teachers 7th Standards
Calculate the areas of scale drawings until a more efficient method emerges. Pupils find the relationship between the scale factor of a scale drawing and the scale of the areas. They determine the scale of the areas is the square of the...
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Lesson Plan
California Academy of Science

Using Empirical Data in the Classroom: Raptor Migrations!

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Raptor flight patterns align with seasonal changes in net primary productivity. Here is a thought-provoking lesson that uses empirical data from a video to help scholars understand raptor migrations, producers/consumers, and ecosystems....
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Making Scale Drawings Using the Ratio Method

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Is that drawn to scale? Capture the artistry of geometry using the ratio method to create dilations. Mathematicians use a center and ratio to create a scaled drawing. They then use a ruler and protractor to verify measurements. 
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Using Trigonometry to Find Side Lengths of an Acute Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Not all triangles are right! Pupils learn to tackle non-right triangles using the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines. After using the two laws, they then apply them to word problems. 
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Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Use Cavalieri’s Principle to Compare Aquarium Volumes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners are designing a stunning new water feature for an aquarium, but they soon discover that more than just a pretty home for their fishy friends is required.  From calculating the volume of a composite shape through the abstract...
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Handout
Curated OER

Finance Formulas Review Sheet

For Students 9th - 12th
Keep your finances straight—more like finance formulas straight—with a well-organized formula guide full of everything you need. Starting with simple interest and ending with future and present value, this sheet can be useful for many...
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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Spreadsheet Tutorial 1: Formulae, Functions, and Averages

For Students 9th - 12th
Spread your knowledge of spreadsheets. The first of five tutorials in the Spreadsheet Data Analysis unit introduces the basics of spreadsheets. It shows future data analysts how to organize and format tables, and how to use functions to...
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Teach Engineering

Using Map Scales to Figure Distances and Areas

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The asteroid is getting closer and the question is whether the state of Alabraska is large enough for the shelter calculated in the previous activity. Teams determine the scale of their project and then use the scale on the map to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing Chemical Formulas

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students study how to write chemical fomulas by reviewing the combinations atoms form into compounds. They write a procedure to test various substances and name the compounds and write formulas. As they construct models for formulas and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Distance Formula and Marching Nonviolently for Social Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the distance formula using real world data from nonviolent marches for social change.  For this secondary mathematics lesson, students investigate the marches of Gandhi and King using maps overlaid with a coordinate...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Distance Formulas

For Students 7th - 8th
In this distance formulas worksheet, students identify and complete 9 various questions that include using the distance formulas to solve. First, they use the formulas given to respond to each of the questions in the tables shown on the...
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PPT
Curated OER

Empirical Formula: From Percentage to Formula

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Starting with definitions of empirical and molecular formulas, this slide show guides pupils through the ways to calculate and produce chemical formulas as percentages and molar ratios. A number of examples are given for viewers to try...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Atomic Formulas

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students match the number the chemical formula for the elements and then write them in word form.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Quadratic Formula

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve 10 equations using the quadratic formula. In problems 5, 6, 9 and 10 students must first get the equation in standard form.
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Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Formulae of Compounds

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Many people confuse the chemical formulas for copper carbonate and copper oxide. A set of challenging puzzles review commonly confused compound names and their symbols. Through a series of four puzzles, pupils match the names and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem-Solving Application: Use Formulas: Practice

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this formula worksheet, students use formulas to solve 5 word problems, showing their work. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Formulas to Solve Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
In this algebra activity, students rewrite word problems using algebraic expressions. They use formulas to solve problems. There are 22 questions with an answer key.
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Handout
Del Mar College

Formulas for Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Give your scholars the support they need to work with formulas. A reference page offers definitions and picture examples of perimeter, area, surface area, volume, the Pythagorean theorem, a variety of shapes, and more. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spreadsheet formulas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, while in the computer lab, practice using formulas, print options, functions and adjusting column widths while interacting with a spreadsheet program. They modify and use spreadsheets, after being given a scenario, to solve...
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PPT
Curated OER

Area of a Triangle: Formula

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Determine the area of a triangle using the formula 1/2L x H. The formula is shown then demonstrated on both regular and irregular triangles. There are five practice problems included.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Triangle Area

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
While the lesson focuses on right triangles, this activity offers a great way to practice the area of all triangles through an interactive webpage. The activity begins with the class taking a square paper and cutting in in half; can they...
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HeyMath!

Volume of Pyramid

For Teachers 6th - 11th Standards
Go beyond the basic formulas and uncover the surface area and volume of 3-D shapes with this comprehensive and organized worksheet packet. The problems include the basic formula computations while also challenging your learners to derive...
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Printables
Google

Quadratic Formula Foldable

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Learners use the determinant of the quadratic formula to find the number of real number solutions that exist in each given quadratic function. 

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