Curated OER
Derivatives Of Logarithms
Students investigate the derivatives of logarithms. They use the example problems in the lesson to help them take derivatives of logarithms to any base. The lesson includes detailed examples for the teacher to use during direct instruction.
Curated OER
Quadratics: Vertex Form
Students practice graphing quadratic equations. They work to solve and equation involving finding the vertex using given formulas. Once their points have been graphed, students determine the direction in which the angle opens. Worksheets...
Curated OER
Thinking Systematically
Sixth graders solve real life mathematics problems. After reading a given problem, 6th graders gather and organize data into a table. They explore a pattern, and from this, derive a formula. Students solve the problems multiple ways...
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Sports Bag
Students determine an efficient layout of the pattern pieces needed to make a sports bag with given dimensions and specifications. Given a word problem, data set and a diagram, students evaluate the information they have available and...
Curated OER
Math Lesson: How Many People Live There?
High schoolers are able to calculate the population density of a country, and calculate the population density of large cities in that country. They are able to create an appropriate graph to represent their data for that country.
Curated OER
Bones and Math
students identify and explore the connection between math and the bones of the human body. Students collect data about bones from their classmates and from adults, apply formulas that relate this data to a person's height, and organize...
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Pepe Cleaners
Seventh graders gather data to determine the relationships between the base and height of rectangles with fixed perimeters and express the relationships using words and symbols. Students build rectangles with pipe cleaners. They create...
Curated OER
How Much Grass Should I Buy?
Students examine a variety of real life situations in which they must access information, select an appropriate formula, and calculate an answer. A rectangular piece of grass provides an opportunity for the exploration of this lesson.
Curated OER
"Use an Anemometer," said the Meteorologist
Learners participate in an hands-on construction of an instrument to measure wind speed.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Play Doh Math
One piece of Play-Doh can make many different shapes. Even though you can change the shape by squishing or stretching the Play-Doh, it is still the same size unless you add or take away some of the dough. Try this experiment to test how...
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra
This tutorial for students new to algebra provides explanations, definitions, examples, and practice problems. The practice tests cover topics such as real numbers, fractions, equations, graphing, and exponents.
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Intermediate Algebra
This site is a tutorial for students in algebra 2 or for those who need a refresher. The site has explanations, definitions, examples, practice problems and practice tests are found covering topics such as linear equations, graphing,...
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Working With Formulas
As part of the "Basic Atomics" section of the Virtual Textbook, this site examines formulas and how they are read and written. Other topics covered include a concept map, simplest formulas, and masses.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemical Formulas
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will use a chemical formula or mass data to calculate the percent composition of a compound, and then calculate the empirical or molecular formula for a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Flex Book Textbooks: Chemistry Second Edition
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A complete, web-based, multi-media textbook covering a wide variety of Chemistry concepts.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Elements and Compounds
In this fun and engaging online lesson, students differentiate between elements and compounds on the most basic level while having fun "encoding" the Periodic Table.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Matter and Energy: Chemical Formulas
Practice writing chemical formulas in this tutorial.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Double and Half Angle Formulas
Twenty-two problems present a variety of practice working with double-angle and half-angle formulas. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Lines and Slope: Chameleon Graphing
Join Joan the chameleon in an exploration of lines and slope. You'll be drawing lines, calculating slope, using equations and more!
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway:developing Algebraic Expressions to Represent Geometric Properties
The student will investigate patterns to make conjectures about geometric properties.
New York Times
New York Times: Steven Strogatz on the Elements of Math Series the New York Times
[Free Registration/Login Required] On this site, Cornell University mathematics professor, Steven Strogatz, shares his 15-part series of columns on the elements of math. He investigates topics ranging from negative numbers to subtraction...
Other
Mathway: Trigonometry Formulas
Resource provides trigonometry formulas for unit circle, reciprocal identities, ratio identities, Pythagorean identities, sum and difference formulas, and double-angle formulas.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Chemical Nomenclature
Read and learn about the process in which compounds are named and written. View several examples of written compounds and have access to links that give more information about writing names and formulas for compounds.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Rewriting Formulas
In this lesson, students explore "real-life" resources that make use of literal equations (rewriting known formulas) to help make people's lives easier. Students will use Excel to design formulas that find a specific value like those...