Curated OER
Wings and Othe Things
Students work in groups that are engaged in different activities at different times. They watch the video "Madagascar" and collect data pertaining to the Fish Eagle's arm spam. They work together to perform mathematical computations...
Curated OER
Asthma "Outbreak" Exercise
Learners investigate numerical data on a possible asthma epidemic. Using statistical information, students graph and figure ratios of the epidemic. They evaluate the mortality rate from severe smog in the 1950's in London.
Curated OER
Graphing Weights and Measures
Students practice gathering, averaging, and graphing data. They practice converting measurements to the metric system. Students graph their results and present them to the class.
Curated OER
Dream Vacation
High schoolers research cities, states, or countries using the internet and other resources to learn about a vacation spot. They make a final presentation of their findings in forms other than a written report.
Curated OER
Code Crackers
Students work in teams creating and posing math rules and trying to guess them using a formula controlled worksheet they create with Excel. Student pairs take turns to see who can crack the other's code the fastest.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M2: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills
In Module 2 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about formulas, functions, and manipulating a spreadsheet. Content is stored in the Resources section. Practice...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software Applications: M1: L1: Computer Essentials
In Module 1 Lesson 1 of this course, students are introduced to the basic functions of computer system components, to some technical vocabulary, and they will learn about computer security, privacy, and crimes. They will also learn how...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Elephants Truncate Roots
Students will learn the process of finding where the square root of 2 is on the number line by truncating the square of a number between 1 and 2. They will also work with other square roots to learn how to order them on the number line....
Google
Google for Education: Data Aggregation and Decomposition (Excel)
By using Microsoft Excel, students collect, decompose, and re-aggregate class data. Students use computational thinking skills by decomposing long lists of information and writing basic algorithms to help analyze data.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Scale Drawings
During this lesson young scholars practice measuring and converting to scaled measurements. Students measure various places on campus, such as a classroom or the gym. They place their findings on a spreadsheet. After converting these...