Curated OER
Slopes, Hopes, & Speed
Learners investigate the sport of skiing through Internet research in this multi-task lesson. They compare and generalize the results of five individuals by using mean, median, and mode.
Curated OER
Air Born
Students make wings that produce enough lift to fly a hand held styrofoam glider.
Curated OER
Mini-Molar Concentration of HCI
Students work together to create mini-molar concentrations of HCI. They record and analyze their data for specific results. They answer discussion questions to complete the lesson.
Curated OER
THe Decomposition of Water
Students collaborate in an experiment where they decompose water into simpler substances through the process of electrolysis. They collect, measure, and observe data and then place the data into a table. Accomodations for students with...
Curated OER
Water Quality Monitoring
Learners comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...
Curated OER
Basic Subtraction Facts: Missing Blanks
For this math worksheet, students solve 20 subtraction problems in which there is a missing number in each. Students use the number line to fill in the missing number in each problem.
Curated OER
Atlatl Lessons Grades 4-12
Students examine motion and how to describe it qualitatively. In this investigative lesson plan students see how aboriginal people were environmentally responsible.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Calculation Tips & Tricks: Multiplication Tips
Find tips for multiplying by 5, 9, and 11, and learn how to solve math problems without a calculator. This site includes explanations and examples for gifted children and teachers wanting to challenge their students.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Tip on Tipping
This TV 411 segment features a lesson from Question Man on how to informally calculate 15% tips at restaurants.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Penguin Waiter (Calculating Percents Game for Super Brains)
Given the total price paid for a meal, including the tip (given as a percentage of the meal's cost), players are asked to calculate the original bill.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: Assignment Calculator
Want a realistic timeline for that research project? Use these tips and resources to get a handle on what to do and when to do it. It offers templates several types of research projects such as speech, media project, primary sources,...
Other
Desmos: Four Function Calculator
Learn how to use the Desmos Four Function calculator. Watch a video demonstration and review pro tips to understand unique features and shortcuts to use with this calculator. Includes link to calculator tool.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Total Bill Including Tip and Tax
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students calculate total bills including tips and taxes. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Discount, Tax, and Tip Word Problems
Practice solving word problems involving price discounts, taxes, and tip calculations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
University of Arizona
Cell Biology: Online Onion Root Tips
Online mitosis activity offers the student the opportunity to identify, classify, calculate, and graph the phases of mitosis. Explanations of each phase, actual cells are displayed for classifying and gathering data in this comprehensive...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Tip Calculator
Calculate a tip or gratuity and get the total amount to pay. Enter your meal or dinner cost along with the tip percentage. If you are splitting the cost at a restaurant among several people you can divide by the number of people to get...
Other
Demos: Scientific Calculator
Learn how to use the Desmos scientific calculator. Watch a video demonstration and review pro tips to understand unique features and shortcuts to use with this calculator.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Penguin Waiter (Calculating Percents Game)
Players must calculate the correct tip to leave their penguin waiter based on a percentage of the cost of their meals.
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Partner Mile Run/heart Rate Calculation
While working (and running) with a partner, a student works on "improving fitness, calculating target heart rates, and prepar[ing] for the mile run physical fitness test." This website includes a "Partner Recording Sheet" that will help...
Other
Big Ceramic Store: Ceramic Tips
This site provides a series of seventy-four tips on ceramics. The tips range anywhere from using resists and recycling clay to decorating with oxides and calculating the cost of firing on electric kiln.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Logarithmic Expressions and Equations
Students learn about logarithmic expressions and equations. The tutorial includes class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The teacher resource consists of application to forensics.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Graphing Trigonometric Functions
This mathematics session investigates how to graph trigonometric functions. The tutorial consists of class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The teacher resource includes methods to produce...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Scientific Notation
Dealing with very small or very large numbers can be tedious. Scientific notation helps simplify the process and this tutorial teaches students scientific notation with multiple examples, practice problems, calculator tips, and two...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Web Math: Math for Everyone
Provides online programs and explanations on everyday math: calculating a tip at a restaurant, determining the sale price of an item, finding the odds of winning a lottery, computing simple and compound interest, and more.