Santa Monica College
Flame Tests of Metal Cations
Scientists used flame tests to identify elements long before the invention of emission spectroscopy. Young chemists observe a flame test of five metal cations in the fourth instructional activity of an 11-part series. Individuals then...
Space Awareness
Coma Cluster of Galaxies
Scientists classify everything from the smallest cells to the largest galaxies, but how do they decide on a classification system? Scholars use 40 pictures of galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope to sort and try creating their...
Shodor Education Foundation
InteGreat!
Take a great look at integration! Young scholars use an interactive to learn how to integrate a function. Learners input a function and view the integral as well as see a graphical representation.
University of North Carolina
Oral History
There's no better way to learn something than to hear it straight from the horse's mouth. A handout on oral history, part of a larger series on specific writing assignments, explains how to conduct interviews and use the information...
Delaware Health and Social Services
My Life. My Plan: Women
Nationwide, over 40 percent of pregnancies are unintended. A lesson designed for women of childbearing age asks them to consider their goals and provides information about reproductive health. Learners view a PowerPoint presentation and...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators Toolkit
Four resources make up the SEL toolkit for educators. Intended for those that teach kindergarten to twelfth grade, helpful files include a companion guide, presentation, reference list, and a one-page snapshot that neatly showcases the...
Curated OER
Worksheet 13-Fall 1995
In this math worksheet, pupils find the domain and range of trigonometric functions. They estimate the limit of a given function. Students identify three statements about one to one functions as true or false. They solve for k in two...
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Comparing and Contrasting Heroes
Here is a language arts lesson that can be used with virtually any grade level. The only thing that changes is the reading level of the books. Learners compare and contrast different heroes and the characteristics they hold. They use a...
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Worksheet 9 - Functions
In this function worksheet, students explain continuous and noncontinuous function and graph derivatives. This two-page worksheet contains seven multi-step problems.
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Labor Markets
Students examine labor markets by participating in an employer/employee simulation and in group discussions. They discuss mandated employee benefits and predict the effect they have on various parties.
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Confidence Intervals: Population Mean; Population standard Deviation Known
In this confidence interval worksheet, students examine a given confidence level and sample data to determine the margin of error, identify a confidence interval, list the mean and give the standard deviation. Students complete seven...
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Worksheet 23 - Directional Derivative
In this function worksheet, students compute the directional derivative of a function and identify the xy-coordinates of the maximum and local minimum. This two page worksheet contains six multi-step problems.
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Worksheet 35-Spring 1996
For this math worksheet, students sketch six integrals and rewrite the equations as double integrals with reversed integration orders. Students evaluate four integrals. They sketch all points on a coordinate plane when given complex...
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Worksheet 13 - Implicit Differentiation
In this implicit differentiation worksheet, students differentiate expressions and identify the derivative of a function. This one-page worksheet contains six multi-step problems.
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Questions for Ceremony, p. 179-192
Evaluate your class with questions from Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Ceremony. These questions are taken from pages 179-192 and focus on reading comprehension. There is a short comparison review on the second page relating the difference...
Curated OER
Research Techniques: Gathering Credible Sources
How can you spot a credible source? What even makes a resource reliable in the first place? Answer some of these questions with this presentation. Although intended for higher education, this PowerPoint could be modified for middle...
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Specialization and Voluntary Exchange
Studnets participate in a trading simulation game in which they experience the effects of trade and how trade can increase wealth.
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Who is on that Bill? Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist Papers
Students, who are adult learners, participate in an Internet scavenger hunt in order to assimilate information about the biography of Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist Papers. They look at the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers...
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How's The Weather?
Students make a box and whiskers plot using the TI-73 graphing calculator. Each student would have their own calculator but they would work in small groups of two or three to help each other enter the data and make the plots.
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Worksheet 28 - Definite Integrals
In this integral worksheet, students compute definite integrals, sketch line segments and shade regions for the integrals. This one-page worksheet contains six multi-step problems.
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Worksheet 31 - Infinite Sum
In this infinite sum worksheet, students identify an infinite geometric series, and use the Riemann sum. This one-page worksheet contains 6 multi-step problems.
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Worksheet 7 - Derivative
In this derivative worksheet, students derive the equation of a plane containing given points. This one-page worksheet contains eight multi-step problems.
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Worksheet 5 - Squeeze Theorem
In this Squeeze Theorem worksheet, students compute limits, identify a graph that represents the Squeeze Theorem, and graph given functions. This two-page worksheet contains seven multi-step problems.
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Worksheet 11 - Fall 95
In this calculus worksheet, students solve differentiable functions, determine the inverse of a function and identify the derivative. This one-page worksheet contains seven multi-step problems.