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Illustrative Mathematics

Peaches and Plums

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
According to the resource graph, which costs more: peaches or plums? Algebra learners compare two proportional relationships and then throw in a banana. Leaving out the scale helps students become intuitive about graphing. 
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Illustrative Mathematics

Fishing Adventures 2

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
This resource is part of a series which expects participants to be familiar with graphing inequalities on a number line. It is a word problem that asks your class to graph a discrete solution set and interpret it in the context of an...
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EngageNY

Solution Sets to Equations with Two Variables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Can an equation have an infinite number of solutions? Allow your class to discover the relationship between the input and output variables in a two-variable equation. Class members explore the concept through tables and graphs and...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Microbe Multiplication Magic

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A lesson introduces the reproduction rate of E. coli though a video. Then scholars complete a data table and graph of reproduction rates in ideal conditions as well as less than ideal conditions. 
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Kenan Fellows

Density

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Most scholars associate density with floating, but how do scientists determine the exact density of an unknown liquid? The third lesson in a seven-part series challenges scholars to find the mass and volume of two unknown liquids. Each...
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EngageNY

Multi-Step Problems in the Real World

For Teachers 6th Standards
Connect graphs, equations, and tables for real-world problems. Young mathematicians analyze relationships to identify independent and dependent variables. These identifications help create tables and graphs for each situation.
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Wisconsin Online Resource Center

Oversized Inch

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Each member of the class creates their own paper ruler. Using their ruler, kids walk around the room measuring the objects you've specified. Discuss how items should be measured to the 16th of an inch, the smallest unit on their ruler....
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Shodor Education Foundation

InteGreat

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Hands-on investigation of Riemann sums becomes possible without intensive arithmetic gymnastics with this interactive lesson plan. Learners manipulate online graphing tools to develop and test theories about right, left, and...
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NOAA

Biological Oceanographic Investigations – Keep Away

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
As of 2015, there are 53,481 oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico. Scholars determine how species diversity is impacted based on the ecosystem's distance from a drilling platform.  It focuses on finding the mean of data sets...
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Curated OER

Bouncing Ball : Function Families

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A bouncing ball serves as more than entertainment when learning to apply quadratic functions to real-world events. This is the second of a two-part lesson, which can also be accessed from the website. The instructions say to measure the...
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American Statistical Association

Scatter It! (Predict Billy’s Height)

For Teachers 8th Standards
How do doctors predict a child's future height? Scholars use one case study to determine the height of a child two years into the future. They graph the given data, determine the line of best fit, and use that to estimate the height in...
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Curated OER

Inequalities

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders graph solutions for inequalities on a number line. They solve 1 and 2 step inequalities in one variable. Students also check solutions to 1 and 2 step equations in one variable
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Curated OER

Inequalities lesson 4

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders graph solutions for inequalities on a number line. They solve problems combining like terms inequalities in one variable. Students check solutions to combining like terms inequalities in one variable.
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Virginia Department of Education

Transformationally Speaking

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Young mathematicians explore transformations of graphs by graphing sets of functions on the same pair of axes. They use their graphs to determine the effect that the values of a and b in y = ax + b have on the graph of y = x.
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University of Colorado

The Moons of Jupiter

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Can you name the three planets with rings in our solar system? Everyone knows Saturn, many know Uranus, but most people are surprised to learn that Jupiter also has a ring. The third in a series of six teaches pupils what is around...
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Chicago Botanic Garden

Historical Climate Cycles

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Ice core samples give scientists access to climates of old—those from more than 800,000 years ago. Through an analysis of various temperature graphs from ice cores, tree rings, and weather stations, scholars compare historical climates...
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PBS

Light Curves of Kepler's First Five Discoveries

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The Kepler missions discovered and confirmed more than 2,650 exoplanets to date. A video shares the data from the first five discoveries. It provides graphs and diagrams to put each discovery in perspective to help scholars discuss the...
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Curated OER

Linear Programming and the Inequalz App

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners graph system of linear inequalities in this lesson. Your class will use the Inequality Graphing App to enter linear programming functions into the calculator that can be stored for later use. They then determine the maximum for...
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Curated OER

Balanced Or Unbalanced

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use physical models and graphs in order to solve problems that have their origin in the real world that require algebraic thinking. The words are changed into equations and inequalities in order to be solved. This requires...
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Curated OER

Integrated Algebra: State Exam

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this integrated algebra worksheet, students solve problems related to topics covered in algebra for the entire year.  Topics include, but are not limited to, inequalities, probability, functions, interval notation, exploring...
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Curated OER

Integrated Algebra Final Exam

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this integrated algebra worksheet, students solve problems involving system of equations, quadratic equations, inequalities, surface area, and radicals.  This 28-page worksheet contains 39 multi-step problems.
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Curated OER

Learning to Make Data Tables

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students construct data tables using the results of previous experiments. In this graphing lesson plan, students plot data and interpret the results. Students discuss how they organized their data.
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Curated OER

Asymptotes and Zeros

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learn how to explore rational functions and investigate the graphs rational functions and identify its singularities and asymptotes.  Students approximate the solutions to rational equations and inequalities by graphing.
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Virginia Department of Education

Factoring for Zeros

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Relate factors to zeros and x-intercepts. Scholars first graph quadratics in both standard and factored forms to see that they are the same. They go on to use the graphs to see the relationship between factors and x-intercepts.

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