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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Mystery Anions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Lost an electron? You should keep an ion them. Young chemists learn qualitative analysis in the second lesson of an 11-part chemistry series. After observing reactions of simple salts, the teacher provides pupils with unknown...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Average Atomic Masses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Facilitate learning by using small objects to teach the principles of atomic mass in your science class. Pupils determine the average mass of varying beans as they perform a series of competitive experiments. They gather data and...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Heat Transfer and Heat Capacity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It's time to increase the heat! Young chemists demonstrate heat transfer and heat capacity in an activity-packed lab, showing the transitions between solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of materials. Individuals plot data as the...
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Activity
Curated OER

Water Down the Drain

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
Did you know that leaky faucets waste $10 million worth of water? Conservationists perform an experiment and draw best-fit lines to explore how the US Geological Society determined this value.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Height and Co-Height Functions of a Ferris Wheel

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Show learners the power of mathematics as they model real-life designs. Pupils graph a periodic function by comparing the degree of rotation to the height of a ferris wheel. 
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Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Modeling London's Population

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Looking at London's population from 1801–1961 in 20 year increments, high school mathematicians determine if the data can be modeled by a given logistic growth equation. They explain their thinking and determine the values of each...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Determining the Equation of a Line Fit to Data

For Teachers 8th Standards
What makes a good best-fit line? In the 10th part of a 16-part module, scholars learn how to analyze trend lines to choose the best fit, and to write equations for best-fit lines to make predictions.
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Logarithmic Modeling

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Explore logarithms and logarithmic regression. Young mathematicians first learn about inverse functions and about the logarithm function family. They take their newfound knowledge to use logarithmic functions to model situations and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's My Ratio?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate ratios of various objects.  For this ratios of various objects lesson, students draw pictures on graph paper and then dilate or shrink the image.  Students determine the ratio of their pictures. ...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring the Brass Family

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the four basic instruments of the Brass Family in the four lessons of this unit. The French horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba are inspected as students develope a familiarity with their sight and sounds.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Archaeological Self-Study: What Do Our Belongings and Trash Tell About Us?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how their belongings and their trash represents who they are. In this archaeology skills activity, students watch a video titled "Discovering the Past" and then give archaeological techniques a try. Students examine and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Modeling Geologic Time

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students design, construct and interpret a model of geologic time and investigate change through geologic time.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hold on Tight!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the relationship between plant roots and the soil in which they grow. They examine photos of uprooted trees and desert areas and conduct experiments designed to highlight this mutual relationship between roots and soil....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hoping Backward to Solve Problems

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students use number lines to compare differences. In this math lesson, students use a number line to solve problems. Students predict differences and answer puzzles using subtraction.
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Using the Number Line to Compare

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Pupils determine differences using a number line. In this math lesson, students use the number line to solve subtraction problems. Pupils solve puzzles using subtraction.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ExplorA-Pond: 4th Grade Perimeter Estimation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Your geometers are used to finding the perimeter of a square or rectangle, so give them something different this time! With this lesson, small groups will receive a picture of a shoreline and calculate the perimeter. The website listed...
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Lesson Plan
Albert Shanker Institute

Economic Causes of the March on Washington

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Money can't buy happiness, but it can put food on the table and pay the bills. The first of a five-lesson unit teaches pupils about the unemployment rate in 1963 and its relationship with the March on Washington. They learn how to create...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interpreting and Displaying Sets of Data

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the concept of interpreting data. In this interpreting data instructional activity, students make a line plot of themselves according to the number of cubes they can hold in their hand. Students create their own data to...
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Graphing and the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Ready to introduce your class to the coordinate plane? This website includes a detailed lesson plan that includes two interactive games to help learners practice graphing ordered pairs. The scripted discussion is a little cheesy and a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interactivate - Lines, Rays, Line Segments, and Planes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore lines, rays, line segments, and planes. In this math lesson, students discuss the math concepts and direct their instructor in graphing functions. Students collaborate in graphing additional functions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cover and Boarders

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students find the area and perimeter of rectangular figures. They use this information to find patterns and discover relationships between area and perimeter. Students apply and explain formulas relating to perimeter, area, and volume.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building Sets of 13 and 14

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Compose and decompose sets of 13 and 14 and compare sets of each with your little learners. They use objects to construct sets of 13 and 14, record their answers, and compare sets in several different ways.
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PPT
Curated OER

Climate Shifts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Eight slides of information related to shifts in the climate make up this presentation. The vocabulary and concepts displayed are geared toward high school meteorology learners. Content is not cohesive from slide to slide, but the...
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Length and Perimeter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore tessellations and the spatial concepts used in creating them.  In this tessellations instructional activity, 3rd graders rotate, reflect and transform shapes to create tessellations.  Students become...

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