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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reteach: Guess and Check

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this guess and check worksheet, students record guesses to a word problem by recording them in a table. Next, students use guess and check to solve 3 additional problems. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Fiedl Study of an Integral Species

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars compile baseline population information on a local species. They design and conduct a scientific investigation of a local species. Students interpret, analyze and communicate results based on sound scientific and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Corner Problem

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore the concept of the corner problem. In this corner problem lesson, students use the TI-NSpire to determine the maximum length a rod can be and still pass horizontally around a corner. Young scholars use similar...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Chart problems involving car defects and customer service departments

For Students 7th - 10th
In this interactive worksheet, students solve two problems using the charts provided.  Students must convey they are able to understand charts and how to read them. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Weird Genetics Problems

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this genetics worksheet, learners will solve genetic problems using the genetic cross or a Punnett square. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions.
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Assessment
Bowland

Fish Dish

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Minimize the time it takes to create a fish dish. Scholars use their knowledge of time to devise an order that accounts for different constraints. Considering jobs that can be done in parallel is essential to solving the problem.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

How To Solve Word Problems

For Students 9th - 12th
In this word problems activity, students learn techniques to help solve word problems and then practice solving physics word problems using formulas. This activity has 9 matching, 24 fill in the blank, and 4 short answer questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Apple Orchard Problem

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore various approaches to solving a problem of maximizing the total production of apples in an orchard. In this apple orchard lesson, students collect data in order to solve the apple orchard problem presented. Students plot...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Solve Multistep Equations

For Students 9th
In this multi-step equations activity, 9th graders solve and complete twenty-four different problems that include using a graphing calculator to complete. First, they solve for x in the first section. Then, students solve using the same...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Summary of Techniques of Integration

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students define and review techniques for integration by parts. In this calculus lesson, students solve rational expression using integration and apply the partial fraction rule. They practice solving  problems online. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Collage Technique

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story The Hungry Caterpillar, then sequentially organize their own re-writing and re-creating of the story. They construct illustrations for their book using the collage technique Eric Carle used in his...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Word Problems

For Students 10th - 11th
In this calculus worksheet, students use integration to solve word problems they differentiate between integration and anti derivatives, and between definite and indefinite integrals. There are 3 questions with an answer key.
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Worksheet
Math Salamanders Ltd.

Understanding Division as Sharing Worksheet 1

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
For this division worksheet, students explore how division represents sharing. Using the sharing technique, they solve two division problems.
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Lesson Plan
Nebraska Department of Education

A Time Management Simulation

For Teachers 8th
Middle schoolers participate in a simulation that underscores the importance of time management. The activity stresses the importance of organization, setting priorities, goal setting, and developing and maintaining a schedule.
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Lesson Plan
Nebraska Department of Education

Stereotypes

For Teachers 8th
Stereotyping leads to prejudice. That's the central concept in a lesson designed for eighth graders. After identifying the traits associated with different stereotypes, class members brainstorm actions they can take to stop stereotyping.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Visible Spectroscopy Expert Witness Problem

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In a simulated crime science investigation, chemistry or physics sleuths use spectroscopy to analyze solutions. The lesson gives learners practice making salicylate solutions, using spectrophotometers, calculating dilution amounts,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jo's Table

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students continue a sequential pattern using a partially filled in table and simple addition exercise. They use problem solving strategies such as guess and check, make a table, look for patterns. They discuss their finding with the class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chess Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discover the game of chess. In this critical thinking instructional activity, students learn the rules for each chess piece and the game as a whole. Students use critical thinking, problem solving, logic, and reasoning skills to...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Division Algorithm—Converting Decimal Division into Whole Number Division Using Mental Math

For Students 6th Standards
Make math much simpler with mental math methods. The 16th installment in a series of 21 looks at ways scholars can apply mental math to convert division problems into easier problems with the same quotient. Multiplying or dividing both...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Advanced Art – Cultural Place-setting Still life

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Upper graders view a series of films that depict rituals or celebrations as they occur in different cultural settings. They conduct a cultural investigation about one culture, brainstorm and research objects that have cultural or...
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Flipped Math

Multi-Step Factoring

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Bring all the factoring together. Pupils view a video presentation that shows how to combine all the factoring techniques from Unit 9 together to factor more complex polynomials. Learners practice with three items within the presentation...
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Activity
101 Questions

Lunch

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Traditional lamian, a noodle originating from China, is hand shaped by twisting, stretching, and folding the dough into strands. Scholars observe the technique before determining the length of the final noodle. They use exponential...
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Lesson Plan
Sargent Art

Symmetry: A Design Problem

For Students 6th - 12th
As part of a study of design, young artists examine an example of a formal (symmetrical) design and then, following step-by-step directions, create their own. 
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Worksheet
Yummy Math

Parametric Equations and a Heart

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Trigonometry, art, and Valentine's Day come together in a creative activity about parametric equations. Learners calculate several equations before graphing them either by hand, on a graphic calculator, or Excel spreadsheet to curve...