This collection of activities is based on a weekly series of space …
This collection of activities is based on a weekly series of space science problems distributed to thousands of teachers during the 2009-2010 school year. They were intended for students looking for additional challenges in the math and physical science curriculum in grades 9 through 12. The problems were created to be authentic glimpses of modern science and engineering issues, often involving actual research data. The problems were designed to be one-pagers with a Teachers Guide and Answer Key as a second page. This compact form was deemed very popular by participating teachers.
Learn through interactive problem solving – proven to be more effective than …
Learn through interactive problem solving – proven to be more effective than lectures. Enjoy interactive explorations written by award-winning teachers, researchers, and professionals. Brilliant guides you through an interactive exploration of concepts and principles, and helps you build your quantitative intuition. Learn frameworks for thinking and solving challenging problems, instead of memorizing formulas.
SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet and apply the ideal …
SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet and apply the ideal gas law to model the velocity of a bubble rising in a viscous magma.
In this lesson, students explore arithmetic patterns to help solve a real-world …
In this lesson, students explore arithmetic patterns to help solve a real-world problem involving addition operations. This lesson supports the 3rd grade standard of identifying arithmetic patterns and explaining them using properties of operations.
Build fractions from shapes and numbers to earn stars in this fractions …
Build fractions from shapes and numbers to earn stars in this fractions game or explore in the Fractions Lab. Challenge yourself on any level you like.
Build fractions from shapes and numbers to earn stars in this fractions …
Build fractions from shapes and numbers to earn stars in this fractions game or explore in the Fractions Lab. Challenge yourself on any level you like. Try to collect lots of stars!
Build fractions from shapes and numbers to earn stars in this fractions …
Build fractions from shapes and numbers to earn stars in this fractions game or explore in the Fractions Lab. Challenge yourself on any level you like. Try to collect lots of stars!
This activity helps students move from arithmetic to more algebraic thinking by …
This activity helps students move from arithmetic to more algebraic thinking by providing problems and activities that have them moving from a one solution problem to those that are not limited to a single response and require symbolic representation. Most problem situations explore linear models and would be suitable for grades 6 & 7, but there are problems included that explore quadratic and exponential models as well. This lesson would be appropriate for an introduction to y=mx using problem situations with real world applications.
This task/game allows students to practice addition while also thinking about ways …
This task/game allows students to practice addition while also thinking about ways to organize counting by randomly selecting two (two-digit) number cards and finding the sum. In addition, students are prompted with guiding questions to promote discourse. In closure, students use writing to reflect on their learning and thinking strategies during the game.
Students construct sets of numbers up to 10, write the numerals up …
Students construct sets of numbers up to 10, write the numerals up to 10, and count up to 10 rationally. They use ten frames and also make bean sticks.
I used this lesson to first build my students understanding of working up to 10. However, I knew they knew how to make 10, so to adjust this particular lesson, I then built on from this lesson. We used the strategy of counting on to work into teen numbers (designing the concept of ten and extra ones). This lesson mat with the fingers was great because kids could make their ten with the hands, but then also see the extra ones. I would only use this to make combinations up to 10, build the concepts of a group of ten and some extra ones, and counting on. I did not use the numeral cards as we were more focused on counting out groups of numbers, counting on from that group, building a ten, and seeing extra ones.
This 3 lesson instructional unit helps students investigate many different aspects of …
This 3 lesson instructional unit helps students investigate many different aspects of triangles including basic properties of triangles, building other shapes from triangles, the dependence of the third side length on the other two (Triangle Inequality Theorem), and the Sierpinski Triangle fractal. The lesson includes student activity sheets and links to interactive applets.
To better understand the role of mass and gravity in the formation …
To better understand the role of mass and gravity in the formation and existence of black holes we will model the collapse of a star into a black hole using aluminum foil. Along the way students will measure the decreasing circumference, and constant mass of their star as it collapses.
This lesson helps students develop spatial visualization skills and geometric understanding by …
This lesson helps students develop spatial visualization skills and geometric understanding by exploring the different nets that can be folded into a cube. The lesson is placed in the context of a young woman who is trying to build a jewelry box. The lesson provides an activity sheet, a link to a helpful applet (Cube Nets, cataloged separately), questions for students and teachers, and ideas for assessment and extensions.
This task applies reflections to a regular hexagon to construct a pattern …
This task applies reflections to a regular hexagon to construct a pattern of six hexagons enclosing a seventh: the focus of the task is on using the properties of reflections to deduce this seven hexagon pattern.
This task applies reflections to a regular octagon to construct a pattern …
This task applies reflections to a regular octagon to construct a pattern of four octagons enclosing a quadrilateral: the focus of the task is on using the properties of reflections to deduce that the quadrilateral is actually a square.
This lesson unit is intended to help teachers assess how well students …
This lesson unit is intended to help teachers assess how well students are able to create and solve linear equations. In particular, the lesson will help you identify and help students who have the following difficulties: solving equations with one variable and solving linear equations in more than one way.
This 3 lesson instructional unit helps students investigate many different aspects of …
This 3 lesson instructional unit helps students investigate many different aspects of triangles including basic properties of triangles, building other shapes from triangles, the dependence of the third side length on the other two (Triangle Inequality Theorem), and the Sierpinski Triangle fractal. The lesson includes student activity sheets and links to interactive applets.
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