Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Animals: Unique Creatures With Great Features
During this unit of study, students will become knowledgeable of animals' characteristics, basic needs and habitats. The purpose of this unit is to educate students through investigation and research about various animals and the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Representing Graphs
There are several ways to represent graphs, each with its advantages and disadvantages. Some situations, or algorithms that we want to run with graphs as input, call for one representation, and others call for a different representation....
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: What's Up With Our Air?
Students will use modeling to understand inversions. Their models will evolve as they gather more information.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Start Here! Welcome to the Character Modeling Topic!
Welcome to the Character Modeling topic! In this topic, we'll explore how clay models are transformed into digital characters using weighted averages. It includes two lessons: Lesson 1: Modeling with subdivision surfaces (appropriate for...
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Better Lesson: Wreck It Ralph! Rekenreks
Getting fast and really comfortable with numbers 0-10--even automatic--is important when building foundational skills. We use Rekenreks (number racks) and the Promethean board for interactive practice.
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Better Lesson: Holiday Write the Room
This colorful, fun, festive free download was a surprise highlight during the busy holiday season!
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Better Lesson: Zooming in on the Facts!
Second graders will be able to solve basic math problems using math facts.
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Better Lesson: Math'n It Up!
Given a two-step word problem students will be ask to solve, and create their own math model of the given problem.
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Better Lesson: Identifying Tens and Ones
Second graders will be given set amount of money to add, and identify how many tens and ones.
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Better Lesson: Student Self Assessment: Progress With Number Sense
Sixth graders will be able to identify areas of growth and areas where performance needs improvement.
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Better Lesson: Using Models to Add and Subtract
Common Core standards encourage the use of models to build understanding in math. This lesson plan shows sometimes reluctant 2nd graders that models are helpful tools in solving mathematical problems.
Other
Forces on Bridges: Mathematical Model
This resource presents information about the mathematical model of forces on bridges. Examples of a classroom activity are provided. The resource also involves using matrices to solve systems of equations.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Modeling: Lesson 4
This lesson describes how scientist use models to better understand the world around them. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Modeling."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Modeling: Lesson 1
This lesson describes how scientist use models to better understand the world around them. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Modeling."
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Carleton College: What Is a Model?
Explore five different kinds of scientific models. Examples of each type of model are also provided.
Museum of Science
Miami Museum of Science: Making Water Molecules
This simple lesson involves making a model of a water molecule from gumdrops. A toy car is also used to explain how a model compares to the real thing.