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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Salads

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Lettuce talk for a moment about your culinary scholars; do they have what it takes to create a great salad? Show them the finer points of salad preparation with a career and technology lesson that combines direct instruction, creativity,...
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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Patterns in the Distribution of Lactase Persistence

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
We all drink milk as babies, so why can't we all drink it as adults? Examine the trend in lactase production on the world-wide scale as science scholars analyze and interpret data. Groups create pie charts from the data, place them on a...
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PPT
Science Geek

Percent Composition, Empirical and Molecular Formulas

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Help your pupils understand when empirical becomes molecular. The lesson presentation demonstrates the connection between empirical formulas and molecular formulas. Then, given percent composition, the lesson demonstrates the steps to...
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Activity
It's About Time

Petroleum and Your Community

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
I was going to write a joke about oil, but it seemed crude. This lesson starts with a comparison of where the US gets oil from and how that has changed over time. After analyzing the data, scholars create a graph and use the Internet to...
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Activity
It's About Time

Oil and Gas Production

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Would you consider a power failure a current event? This lesson uses multiple experiments, guided inquiry activities, and group discussions to cover the topics of oil and gas production. This is the seventh lesson in a series of eight.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Scatterplots

For Students 8th - 12th
In this scatterplots worksheet, students construct a scatter plot from a given data set. Students then answer 4 questions regarding the least-squares regression line and making predictions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Population Pyramids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a population pyramid based on current data for their final project country. They analyze data from comprehension trends of final project country. Students analyze populations of specific countries.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Voting Systems

For Students 9th - 12th
In this voting systems learning exercise, high schoolers read story problems and then use various methods to determine the probable winner of an election. They use the Plurality and Borda tables to determine outcomes. This two-page...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Comparing Percents of a Number

For Students 6th - 7th
In this comparing percents worksheet, students solve 22 problems in which two percents of numbers are compared using the <, >, or = sign. Example: 60% of 50 and 87% of 26. There is not room on the paper for calculations.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Finding Percents of a Number (A)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this percents learning exercise, students solve 40 problems in which the percent of a number is calculated. (Example: 35% of 31). There is no instruction on the page.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Balancing the Scales: Understanding Ratios

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept of ratios. In groups, they convert sets of numbers into a ratio. After practicing, they use the ratios and proportions to solve story problems. They also calculate map distances and discover map...
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Interactive
Curated OER

X Is What Percent Of Y?

For Students 4th - 8th
In this percents worksheet, students complete 2 multiple choice questions where they find the percent of a number. Answers are given online.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Calculating Percents 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this calculating percents practice worksheet, middle schoolers use their problem solving skills to calculate the percents of the 10 listed numbers.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Equivalent Fractions Worksheet: Worksheet 1, Level 4

For Students 5th - 6th
In this fractions worksheet, students solve 12 problems in which a fraction is analyzed. From four possible choices, students mark the fraction that is equivalent.
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Interactive
Curated OER

A Number is X% of What Number?

For Students 7th - 12th
For this algebra worksheet, students solve for the base of a number given the percent and its partial amount. There are 10 questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Fraction Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this fractions learning exercise, students complete fraction word problems dealing with numbers up to 12. Students complete 8 problems total.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measuring Supporting Structures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate the volume of the Pantheon's columns and estimate changes in weight given different parameters.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Percent of Change/ Increase or Decrease

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the skill of finding the increase and decrease of a quantity. Calculating the increase and decrease is covered by a percent. The proporition for finding a percent is also part of the lesson.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Decimal Stories

For Students 4th - 5th
For this decimal worksheet, students fill in decimal numbers in a story, choosing from a "decimal box" at the top of the page, filling in blanks so that the story makes sense. 
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Interactive
Curated OER

Percent Word Problems

For Students 6th - 8th
In this online worksheet, learners will solve 10 problems involving percents. Answers can be accessed by clicking hint or check.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Pie Chart: Favorite Animal at the Zoo

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these three interpreting a pie chart and answering questions worksheets, students use the data provided to label and color code the blank and outlined pie charts, read and interpret a completed pie chart, and then answer questions...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Ratios to Taste the Rainbow

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve problems using ratios and proportion. In this algebra lesson, students analyze skittles and their different colors as they apply the properties of ratios and proportions to solve their problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Are You 100%?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use decimals, fractions, and percents to solve problems in a real world setting.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Solar Storm Energy and Pie Graphs

For Students 7th - 10th
In this solar storm energy and pie graphs learning exercise, students solve 5 problems using pie graphs that show the amount of solar energy that is converted into radiation, kinetic energy, flare energy and flare energy that is lost to...

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