Illustrative Mathematics
Combined Fuel Efficiency
Practice simplifying complex fractions and long division of polynomials with this brief exercise. These four questions make a challenging warm-up activity or a short, but comprehensive, follow-up after a detailed lesson on algebraic...
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Verb Tense Review
In this verb tense worksheet, students complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive worksheet about the proper subject and verb agreement in sentences.
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Bread in a Bag
This lesson focuses on making bread, but also spends some time on the origins of wheat. In order to make the bread, each class member receives a kit full of the materials they will need. Included here is a detailed list of instructions...
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Even and Odd Numbers Closure Activity
In this numbers worksheet, students complete 12 tasks related to even and odd numbers. Students complete 12 different tasks that push them to think critical about the number operations they are performing. THis worksheet would be a great...
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Titanic: Lessons Learned
In this Titanic worksheet, students read several passages about the sinking of the Titanic. Students then answer 3 questions about the passage.
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Use Tables to Multiply
In this multiplication tables worksheet, students use math tables to help them multiply. Students use the given tables in the first two problems and then solve the remaining questions by creating their own tables.
Noyce Foundation
Mixing Paints
Let's paint the town equal parts yellow and violet, or simply brown. Pupils calculate the amount of blue and red paint needed to make six quarts of brown paint. Individuals then explain how they determined the percentage of the brown...
Virginia Department of Education
Cover Up Problems
Don't cover up this resource — use it out in the open! Pupils learn how to cover up various parts of a linear equation in order to help solve the equation. A worksheet of problems provides practice with this skill.
City University of New York
Urban Politics: Machines and Reformers
What were political machines and whom did they serve? As part of a study of US immigration patterns and how these patterns influenced politics, groups investigate how Tammany Hall and other political machines gained support from voters.
Noyce Foundation
Granny’s Balloon Trip
Take flight with a fun activity focused on graphing data on a coordinate plane. As learners study the data for Granny's hot-air balloon trip, including the time of day and the distance of the balloon from the ground, they practice...
K5 Learning
A Response to 9-1-1
When you get hurt, who are the people who help you? Learn about first responders, support services, and public health with a reading passage. Kids read the informational text and answer reading comprehension questions about the...
It's About Time
Slinkies and Waves
Slinkies® are a great tool for visualizing waves. Pupils work in groups to create both transverse and longitudinal waves before using a polarizer to analyze the ways they are able to travel.
Drexel University
Learning Roomba Module 4: Sensors and Actuators
Introduce your classes to sensors and actuators in robots — specifically to the Roomba. Pupils develop programs that make Roomba utilize its different sensors.
Chymist
Landfills and Recycling
Examine the nature of landfills through experimentation. Scholars build miniature landfills and monitor changes over a six-week period. Observations allow individuals to draw conclusions about the different types of trash and their...
Agriculture in the Classroom
A Holiday Tradition: Which Christmas Tree Will You Choose?
Different varieties of Christmas trees provide an interesting way to combine social studies, science, math, and technology. Class members not only research the history of the Christmas tree holiday tradition, they compare and...
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Using Inequalities to Problem Solve
Students explore inequalities. In this Algebra I lesson, students solve and graph linear inequalities involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. Students use inequalities to solve and graph real-world problems.
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Properties of Real Numbers
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders perform operations with real numbers. They simplify roots and rationalize the denominators by factoring. They calculate the absolute values of the roots. There are 11 questions.
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Acceptance Sampling
In this algebra instructional activity, pupils sample food and identify acceptance sampling. They create specific plans to meet specific situations as they sample the food. There are 6 questions.
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Economic Problems and Adjustments
This packet does not contain problems for students to solve, however it provides a complete description of the allocation of resources in a competitive market. One could send this resource home as an assigned reading or have students...
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Problem Solving: Write an Expression
When practicing problem-solving skills students have to hone their critical thinking. In this worksheet on problem solving, 5th graders have to determine which operation and what strategy to use when answering the word problem. This...
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Advanced Sentence Completion 10
In this sentence completion worksheet, young scholars choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence. Students may have more than one blank to fill per sentence.
Virginia Department of Education
Translate and Evaluate
Hopefully nothing gets lost in translation. Pupils translate between verbal phrases and algebraic expressions. They then use candy to determine what values to substitute into the expressions.
Virginia Department of Education
Properties
Examine some properties that don't require a general contractor. Scholars first complete a mental math activity that uses the properties of real numbers. A separate activity formalizes these properties.
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Fill in the Fact Families
In this fact families and patterns worksheet, 2nd graders fill in the missing numbers in four houses and then write the fact family for each group of numbers.