Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to …
Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to your body's basic systems -- all to keep you alive. This interactive feature illustrates the complexity of such a task.
This project could be used as a Book Report alternative or as …
This project could be used as a Book Report alternative or as a creative way for students to express their comprehension of a short story. Students would create a book cover as a single page, or as a complete book jacket. Teachers could identify the particular information they would require for the full project to be placed in certain sections of the jacket.
Determine the value of two fractions you have chosen (which are represented …
Determine the value of two fractions you have chosen (which are represented as points on a number line). Then find a fraction whose value is between your two fractions and determine its value. This manipulative is the same as "Bounded Fraction Pointer" but there is no arrow to help the user determine the value of a fraction between the two endpoints. Bounded Fraction Finder is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Determine the value of two fractions you have chosen (which are represented …
Determine the value of two fractions you have chosen (which are represented as points on a number line). Then find a fraction whose value is between your two fractions (using an arrow on the number line as a guide) and determine its value. Bounded Fraction Pointer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
This Flash tool allows students to make a box plot of their …
This Flash tool allows students to make a box plot of their data, using up to four categories of their own choosing, or using one of the data sets provided. The tool will plot all the data together, or break it out by category. Students can set a multiple of the Interquartile Range to be the Extreme Range, and exclude that data from the graph if they wish. Associated lessons (free) and a Mathematics Assessment Sampler (for purchase) are linked at the right side of the page.
In this interactive activity from the Building Big Web site, use your …
In this interactive activity from the Building Big Web site, use your knowledge of bridge design to match the right bridge to the right location in a fictitious city.
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.
This student inquiry activity walks students through the construction of basic electrical …
This student inquiry activity walks students through the construction of basic electrical circuits using an online simulation and asks them to record their observations. This activity is a great activity to 'spark' interest in learning about electricity.
This activity lesson plan is called “Build a Better Wall” where students …
This activity lesson plan is called “Build a Better Wall” where students are planners and constructors who are trying to construct a wall using various materials that can withstand an earthquake.
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.
This is a great lab that walks students through interactive labs that …
This is a great lab that walks students through interactive labs that include Forces, Loads, Materials and Shapes and how they affect the way we design and build structures. Pairs really nicely with any design and build lab assignments like Bridges, Cranes, etc.
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.
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.
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 resource is useful as a kinesthetic activity to reinforce the content …
This resource is useful as a kinesthetic activity to reinforce the content on nucleic acids. Students can create a model that shows the three dimensional aspect of DNA and understand the helix shaped molecule and its components.
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.
Students use a song activity with buttons and a 10 strip (provided …
Students use a song activity with buttons and a 10 strip (provided on website) to learn about ordinal numbers and directional terms. Students are set up in two lines facing each other and sing London Bridges. After students sing, teacher asks prompting and reflective questions using ordinal numbers and positional terms. Students then use a 10 strip with buttons to put the terms into practice themselves.
The Council on Foreign Relation's (CFR) "Deforestation in the Amazon" InfoGuide provides …
The Council on Foreign Relation's (CFR) "Deforestation in the Amazon" InfoGuide provides a compelling look at the causes and consequences of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and is available online in English and Portuguese. CFR InfoGuides are a multimedia series to promote understanding of complex foreign policy issues.
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