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Changing Perspectives on the Sun's Diameter
For this sun's diameter worksheet, learners use a photograph taken by the SOHO satellite of the sun showing a change in diameter from one month to another. Students find the average diameter of the sun, they determine the percent change...
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Recipe For Disaster
Students play an interactive game online to learn ratios. In this statistics lesson, students solve problems in an online game about ratio and relating statistics to the real world. This lesson provides hands on as well as teaching time.
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Find the Mystery Lines...If You Can!
In this atomic spectral lines worksheet, students observe a diagram of the spectral lines, their different wavelengths and their intensity. They solve 4 problems which include interpreting the scale, matching up tabulated lines with the...
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions
In this emissions worksheet, students will study a graph comparing biological and industrial carbon dioxide emissions over the years and another graph showing the geographic regions of carbon dioxide emissions. Using this information,...
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Recycling Statistics
In this environment instructional activity, students look for the answers to the environmental impact of recycling in Great Britain with the statistics from the pie graph.
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The Importance of Trees in the Rural Area: Planting a Snowfence
Students discuss the importance of trees and work together to plant a living snowfence. In this tree importance lesson, students discuss why trees are important in rural areas. They use mathematics and team work to plant a living snowfence.
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Infusing Equity in the Classroom by Gender
Students investigate the idea of gender descrimination in the classroom. For this algebra lesson, students collect data in stereotyping, and gender bias in the classroom, school materials and activities. They graph and analyze their...
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Graphing
Students collect data to create different types of graphs-line, pie, and bar graphs. They use StarOffice 6.0 to create graphs.
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A Recipe for Air
Students create a pie graph using M&Ms to demonstrate the composition of air. They label each section of the graph, and list the fractions from largest to smallest.
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The Interdependence of Birds and the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem
Tenth graders participate in the "Checks and Balances" game. This game lets them experience the interdependence of oragnisms specific to the Great Salt Lake. They recieved informaton about food chains, food webs, trophic levels various...
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Real Math
Students explore careers that require math knowledge and solve real life math problems. As a class, they compare and contrast classroom math to real life math and explore the links between algebra, geometry and math skills used in...
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Pen Light Lab
Students study what makes Earth warm and explore how different locations on the planetreceive different amounts of solar energy based on the intensity of the sun's rays. They calculate light intensities and compare the
amounts of light...
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Hess' Law Data Sheet
In this Hess' Law worksheet, students write their data and calculations from the lab they performed on Hess's Law. They calculate the heat of reactions per mole of substances used and calculate the theoretical heat of reaction and...
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Exam Review: Chemistry Calculations
In this chemistry calculations review worksheet, students solve 33 review problems about titrations, precipitates, pressure and volume of gases, combustion reactions, heat of combustion, molar concentrations and molecular formulas.
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The Global Warming Debate and the Arctic Ice Cap
In this global warming and the Arctic ice cap activity, students use two graphs showing data about the amount of Arctic sea ice between 1950 and 2006 and the percent of people surveyed that believe the Earth has gotten warmer over the...
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Financial News
In this financial word problems activity, students solve word problems involving decimals, interest, multiplication, and more. Students complete 7 problems.
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How Do Dinosaurs Measure Up?
Students measure and draw to scale, a representation of a dinosaur to practice math skills.
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Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution 1700-1775
Six slides show maps, graphs, and trade routes showing the demographics and economy of the early colonial economy. No text is included in this presentation, it is for supplemental use only.
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Introduction to Graphs: Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Circle Graphs
In this graphing data worksheet, students answer 5 short answer questions about graphs. Students determine which type of graph best represents various data sets.
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"Socrates and the Three Little Pigs" by Mitsumasa Anno
Students gain an understanding of probability and make reasonable estimations.
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Accounting -- Financial Statements for a Partnership
Students engage in an introduction of financial statements for a partnership set up as a merchandising business. They review the need of financial statements and how to effectively read/use financial statements.
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What Does Percent Have to Do With It?
Fourth graders go shopping for a real life experience involving percent. They explore the concepts of sales tax and discount prices.
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New Movements For Social Justice: The Latino Struggle for Equal Rights
Students examine myths and stereotypes about Hispanic immigrant groups. They appreciate and share the strengths of their diversity and view films that challenge ideas about education and cultural values. They explore the Latino Rights...
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What's a Per-"cent"?
Students recognize the mathematical connections between fractions and percents. They develop and study graphs to make connections between their data and what it represents. They write about the connections they have discovered.