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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

For the Record

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students read a New York Times article in order to examine the importance of cultural artifacts. They create essays from the point of view of one cultural artifact to demonstrate the knowledge they gained by doing research.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fossils!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners explore what fossils are, how they are formed, what different types there are and why they are significant to both our present and past geology history. They participate in a hands on fossil observation of their choice and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Character and their Significance

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners read short stories and write a response to the story about the character and their significance. In this character lesson plan, students also create a poster to represent their character.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Inside the Warsaw Ghetto

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and identify Jewish fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. They describe other forms of resistance during the Holocaust. They evaluate the significance of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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Handout
Other

Stat Soft: Getting Started With Statistics Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
Definitions of the basic concepts in statistics. Great for review and discussion or for introduction into topics.
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Handout
Other

The University of Wales: Semiotics for Beginners

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Click on Denotation, Connotation, and Myth. A discourse in the use of "denotation" and "connotation" as they refer to semiotics and cultural myths.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Significance/hypothesis Tests for Means

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set contains questions about significance/hypothesis tests for means. The student learns to develop hypotheses, to finding the test statistic, to reaching a conclusion in the context of the original problem.
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Lesson Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Chi Square

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson giving problems that explains how to use chi-square statistics. Lesson includes several key problems that ensure student's understanding of statistical terms.