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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All About Me

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a collage from magazines, and the internet that is reflective of themselves and write a friendly letter via email to a pen pal. They take their letters through the writing process and write their final draft on Microsoft...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Getting a Job! Getting a Job: The Resume Interview

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders discover resume strategies. For this career goals lesson, 11th graders review sample resumes, discuss their attributes, and write their own resumes that effectively introduce them to prospective employers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Story Problem Writing

For Teachers K - 5th
Students write story problems which can only be solved with the application of multiplication facts. They write an extra fact that isn't needed to solve. When their partners do the problems, they must cross out the fact that they do need.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Effects of the Sun on Our Planet

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the effect of different types of light on the Earth. They discover the role of evaporation and the effects of the sun on the magnetosphere. They also observe different solar phenomena.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Effects of the Sun on Our Planet (Grades 9-12)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Earth's magnetosphere and observe the effects of the sun's energy on it. They discover the difference between true north and magnetic north. They also explore how solar cells convert solar energy to electricity.
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Classifying Figures on the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use estimation to solve word problems. In this fractions instructional activity, 5th graders decide whether or not an answer to a work problem is reasonable by applying their knowledge of fractions, decimals and estimation....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Our State Road Trip

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a virtual tour of the state of Florida.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Louisiana Purchase

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use maps to locate and describe the area purchased by the Louisiana Purchase. In groups, they write a letter to Thomas Jefferson in which they evaluate the topography, climate and geography of the land. They determine the land's...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A McTrip Back In Time

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students pretend they are time-travellers and travel back to 1954 to a McDonald's Restaurant to see how prices have changed. They need to add and subtract money with regrouping.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather Patterns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use yearly averages over a five-year period to understand weather trends for a specific area.
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Introducing the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice using estimation. In this estimation lesson, 5th graders add, subtract, multiple, and divide using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Students decide upon instances when estimation is more appropriate than...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the concept of absolute value inequalities and equations. In this absolute value inequalities and equations lesson, students discuss how to solve absolute value inequalities and equations through teacher led discussion...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Properties of Fractals

For Teachers All
Students build a working definition of regular fractal, look carefully at the concepts of dimension and scale, and are introduced to logarithms. They solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial and error and using...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Properties of Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars build a working definition of a regular fractal, they measure the concepts of dimensions and scale, they explore the concept of a logarithm and they attempt to solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Make Your Own "Weather" Map

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create their own "weather" map using data from x-ray sources. They analyze and discuss why it is important to organize data in a fashion in which is easy to read. They compare and contrast different x-ray sources using a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Twisters

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners differentiate between the terms 'tornado watch' and 'tornado warning' and simulate the conditions that produce tornadoes. They read "Night of the Twisters" by Ivy Ruckman and conduct an experiment using two-liter plastic...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Showing the Lift Equation

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners read an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, then demonstrate an understanding of the text by using it, along with FoilSim, to complete an activity that manipulates the lift coefficient equation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cloud Shadows

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students classify clouds as transparent, translucent or opaque. They conduct an experiment to determine the visual opacity of several classroom objects and then conduct further observations of clouds.
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Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Standard Form in Linear Equations Useful

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Math discusses the usefulness of standard form of linear equations on this page. The Dr. discusses parallel and perpendicular lines as well as graphing techniques. The Dr. touches on what the canonical form is and its usefulness.
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Handout
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed math tutorial features notes and examples that discuss graphing lines and introduces the concept of slope, the standard form of the line, the point-slope form, slope-intercept form, and parallel and perpendicular lines.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs of Linear Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn to graph the equation of a line in standard form. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
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Graphic
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Lines and Slope: Chameleon Graphing

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Join Joan the chameleon in an exploration of lines and slope. You'll be drawing lines, calculating slope, using equations and more!
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs of Linear Equations

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn to use a table to graph functions recognizing linear equations and the equations of horizontal lines and vertical lines. Students examine guided...
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Slopes and Equations of Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanation of linear equations and four types of slopes: positive, negative, zero, and undefined. Practice problems for the students are provided and a reinforcement activity using a graphing calculator is offered for the teacher's use.