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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Level 4 Pilot Programming

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners design a car with two motors and then program the car to accomplish specific tasks within Pilot 4. They work in teams in order to program their own car in order to accomplish specific tasks outlined by the teacher. They write...
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Activity
Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Rocket Inspired by Sls

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A website giving a challenge for students to construct a stomp rocket that can carry a ping pong ball and hit a target.
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Activity
Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Construct a Crane

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Can you build a crane that uses simple machines and mechanical advantage to move heavy objects? This website contains a challenge, tips, a lesson plan, and a place for students to document their engineering design process.
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Activity
Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Dna Origami Inspired Structure

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Using pasta students will design and construct a container that can travel along a zip line to deliver a cargo which is candy. This challenge is explored on this site as well as tips, a lesson plan, and a place for students to document...
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Constructing Triangles

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use a "linkage strip" to build triangles with different side lengths. When you build a triangle, see if you can deform it into a different triangle while keeping the side lengths the same.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Slope and House Construction

For Students 6th - 8th
Discover how math is required for quality construction when a Master Carpenter shares his experience and expertise. This video focuses on explaining slope as rise over run and shows how slope comes into play when building homes to take...
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: World of Fish: Space

For Students 4th - 6th
Join Otto at the Phantasia construction site. Will you help him build a new playground?
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Handout
University of Utah

University of Utah: An Example of Logical Construction: Powers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A page which uses exponents as a step-by-step example of how logic is used to find complex mathematical concepts by building upon simpler concepts.
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Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Mathematics: Data Sense

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site has some interesting ways to collect and evaluate data. There are some activities about note taking, spreadsheets, surveys, and a cool bridge construction project. Teachers may want to use this site as a resource for some...
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Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Building a Pyramid

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This Math Forum lesson gives instructions on how to build a paper pyramid. Bonuses included finding the surface area and volume of the pyramid.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Building a Tile Pattern by Reflecting Hexagons

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This task applies reflections to a regular hexagon to construct a pattern of six hexagons enclosing a seventh. The focus of the task is on using the properties of reflections to deduce this seven-hexagon pattern. Aligns with G-CO.B.6.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Building a Tile Pattern by Reflecting Octagons

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This task applies reflections to a regular octagon to construct a pattern of four octagons enclosing a quadrilateral. The focus of the task is on using the properties of reflections to deduce that the quadrilateral is actually a square....
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Building Two Column Proofs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this site to find details of how to construct a two column proof. Dr. Math responds to a question posed by a student and details the reasons for the order of steps and shows two different ways to do the same proof.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Boom Construction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Student teams design their own booms (bridges) and engage in a friendly competition with other teams to test their designs. Each team strives to design a boom that is light, can hold a certain amount of weight, and is affordable to...
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Building With Solid Shapes

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Predict which solid shape constructions would be unstable as shown at this one page website. Solutions are available right at the website.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Build a City on Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The middle schoolers will be split into small, cooperative groups and build a city following specific guidelines. The students will learn how a city is constructed with angles, intersections, parallel, intersecting, and transversal...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Building a Cell: Edible Cell Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will create an Eukaryotic cell from materials that they can eat. Students will need to have a lesson on the types of Eukaryotic cells and its organelles before they complete this assignment. Students will construct these...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Algae Blooms

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This problem examines the growth of algal blooms in Chesapeake Bay. Students build an exponential function modeling algae concentration based on the information provided, and gain an appreciation for the exponential growth exhibited...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G C Tangent to a Circle From a Point

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This task builds on a previous one called ''Right triangles inscribed in circles I.'' Here students are asked to construct a tangent line to a circle from a point outside of the circle. Aligns with G-C.A.4.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Where Are They?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your logic, polygon properties, and pattern recognition skills working on this challenge. Solution included.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Seven Sticks

For Students K - 1st Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic, triangle properties, and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.