Curated OER
Who's Going to the Convention?
Students practice planning budgets as they create a budget for ten employees of a company to attend a professional convention. They use the Internet, and spreadsheet software to complete their assignment.
Curated OER
Properties of Fractals
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...
Curated OER
Properties of Fractals
Students 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 trial...
Curated OER
Are You Absolutely Sure of the Value?
Seventh graders develop an examineing of absolute value through real world situations. They develop an examineing of when absolute value can be used in a given situation.
Curated OER
Flow Rates of Faucets and Rivers
Students work together to discover the flow rates of faucets and rivers. They relate their results to engineering and applied science concepts. They make predictions on the flow rate of a nearby river in their local community.
Curated OER
Irregular Fractals
Students study and research irregular fractals and construct a few based on their research. Students practice pattern recognition skills and plane geometry skills calculating dimensions on the Fractured Pictures activity.
Curated OER
Expected Value
Pupils explore expected value, are introduced to the concept of varying payoffs, and have used a computer simulation of a "real world" example where expected value is used
Curated OER
Determination of the percentage of Acetic Acid in Vinegar
Pupils determine the concentration of acetic acid when the concentration of the base with which is titrated is known. They investigate how to weigh a sample using the balance, measure volumes using graduated cylinder, explore the...
Curated OER
Fantasy Fusion
Pupils create a fantasy/fairy tale book, with them and their reading buddy as the main characters. Using the Olympus digital cameras available, the older students photograph the younger pupils and have pictures taken of them reading or...
Curated OER
Chemistry 112: Form A-
In this chemistry 112 instructional activity, students use their knowledge of chemistry concepts to answer the multiple choice questions provided. Students calculate the answers using the appropriate formulas.
Curated OER
Dental Health: Cavities
In this dental care learning exercise, students read five paragraphs about dental health and cavities. Students then answer several questions about the text.
Curated OER
Car Seat Safety
In this car seat worksheet, students read about how child car seats help to keep children safe and the new law regulating how safety seats are attached. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Percent Word Problems
Practice solving word problems involving percents. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Percent Word Problems
In this exercise, students practice percent word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Visually Representing Percent Word Problems (Day 2)
Using a variety of visual representations to solve real world percent problems.
Purple Math
Purplemath: "Mixture" Word Problems
Demonstrates, step-by-step and with examples, how to set up and solve 'mixture' word problems.
Math Playground
Math Playground: Word Problem Videos
This lesson includes several sets of word problems for student practice. Each problem has a video that demonstrates how to reach the solution.
Elias Saab
Math Drills: Percentage Word Problems Quiz
An interactive quiz which provides students with word problems involving a percentage to be solved. Students input their solution and have the program evaluate it. Hints are available if the student needs them, and explanations are...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Discount, Tax, and Tip Word Problems
Practice solving word problems involving price discounts, taxes, and tip calculations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Markup and Commission Word Problems
Practice solving word problems involving price markups and commission fees. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Basic "Percent Of" Word Problems
Demonstrates how to set up and solve 'percent of' word problems such as 'What percent of 16 is 5?'.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Using Percents
The five question assesses learners on how to solve percent problems. Hints are available to help students solve the problems.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Chapter Test Applying Percents 14 Questions
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking chapter test to assess your knowledge on percent applications. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. After completing the test students can click the "Check It" button and the correct...