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Curated OER

Quadratics: Vertex Form

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice graphing quadratic equations. They work to solve and equation involving finding the vertex using given formulas. Once their points have been graphed, students determine the direction in which the angle opens. Worksheets...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Prepositions of Place and Time 1

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this prepositions of place and time worksheet, students must first decide if the sentence needs a preposition, and if it does, they add the best preposition.
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Curated OER

Three for the Money: The Degree/Diameter Problem

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of vertex-edge graphs.  In this vertex-edge graphs lesson plan, students try to construct a graph with a given diameter, number of vertices, size, and planarity.  Students construct various vertex-edge graphs...
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Curated OER

Unit Circle Triangle

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students find the different ratios of a right triangle. In this geometry lesson plan, students apply the concept of the Pythagorean theorem as they identify the different angles and parts of a Unit Circle. They find the ratios of sine,...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Super Paper Planes

For Teachers 3rd
Activity helps students understand force, mass, and measurement.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Incline Plane and the Crashing Marble

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will measure the effects of the height of an inclined plane on the force a marble produces to move a plastic, foam, or paper cup across a table. Students will discover that the higher the incline plane, the more force produced...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.g Battle Ship Using Grid Paper

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
The purpose of this task is to give students practice plotting points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane and naming coordinates of points. Aligns with 5.G.A.1.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Folding a Square Into Thirds

For Teachers 8th Standards
This exercise begins with students folding a square piece of paper according to directions and aligning it on a coordinate grid. They then must find and solve a pair of linear equations which can be used to understand how to fold a piece...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Paper Plane

For Students 9th - 10th
This image shows a well designed paper plane with clean folds set against a black background.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Defining an Engineering Design Problem With Paper Airplanes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this fun lesson, you will be the "customer" ordering a paper airplane, and your student teams will be engineering companies that will manufacture planes. Before they start making planes, they need to define the criteria and...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Tracing Paper Inequalities

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students will graph systems of linear inequalities in two variables in the Cartesian coordinate plane and find their solutions.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Experimenting With Paper Airplanes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this "fun" lesson has students creating paper airplanes and testing different variables (weight, wings, etc.) to see what type of plane flies the best. Data Analysis and imagination are both...
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Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Coordinate Grid Geoboards [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
An activity dealing with making a polygon and getting their coordinates. Materials needed: geoboards, rubber bands, coordinate grid paper and rulers.
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Other

Easy to Make Paper Airplanes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have fun making different kinds of flying vehicles. You will learn how to make a paper airplane, helicopter, rocket, blimp, etc.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Building a Paper Airplane Using Bernoulli's Principle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a culmination activity used after students have studied Bernoulli's Principle as part of a unit on forces and fluids. Students will use the Internet, textbooks, library resources and their cooperative learning group to design...
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Graphic
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Coordinate Grid Paper Set [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This pdf contains several types of blank coordinate grids.
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University of California

Cse: What's Your Sign? The Science Behind the Zodiac

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This paper presents the explanation behind the Zodiac signs. It discusses motions of celestial objects, the Plane of the Ecliptic, and the constellations of the Zodiac.
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Isometric Drawing Tool

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes an interactive math tool to create drawings on isometric dot paper. You can draw figures using edges, faces, or cubes. Rotate and color your drawings, and view them in 3D or 2D.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Better by Design

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The purpose of this activity is to use a scientific method to determine the effect of control surfaces on a paper glider. The students will construct a paper airplane/glider and test its performance to determine the base characteristics...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Building Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Based on building a hexagon, this activity from the Math Forum collection focuses on using different combinations of pattern blocks to create a hexagon. An online activity, pencil and paper method, literature connections, and a...
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Other

Nearpod: Perimeters of Polygons

For Teachers 3rd Standards
In this lesson on finding the perimeter of rectangles, 3rd graders learn key vocabulary, explore grid paper, and apply their learning to a real-world situation.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Lab Activity: Aviation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site from the Illinois Institute of Technology provides a student lab activity in which the flight of a paper airplane is investigated and studied. Designed for primary grades, but easily adaptable for junior high students.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Make an Alien Mask Using Ordered Pairs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This website gives you the ordered pairs you need to make an Alien mask using graph paper.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Make a Dinosaur Using Ordered Pairs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This website gives you the ordered pairs you need to make a Diplodocus dinosaur using graph paper.

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