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The Unit Circle

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Young scholars solve problems using the unit circle. In this precalculus lesson, students identify angles using the properties of the unit circle. They observe the trigonometric graphs and sine, cosine and tangent.
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Investing

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students collect data on investments and draw conclusions. For this algebra lesson, students analyze exponential graphs as they relate to money. They discuss the cause of an account balance being high or low.
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Who is Being Left Behind?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate scores as they relate to race. For this algebra lesson, students analyze standardized scores and how race can affect these scores. They plot their findings on a graph and draw conclusions.
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Introduction to Time

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the concept of time. Through discussion and artistic projects, they define time in their own words and tell how it is used to represent the seasons. Students draw a picture to portray time as it elapses during the...
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Point-Slope Form

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the point-slope form of linear equations and graph lines in the point-slope form. After completing the point-slope equation, they identify the slope of a line through a particular point. Students explain the...
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Publishing With Photos!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create books with photographs as illustrations. In this book making lesson, students create books for different subjects to accompany what they are learning. They take photographs to match what they have written. 
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The Quadratic Formula

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students solve quadratic function by completing the square. In this algebra instructional activity, students use the quadratic formula to factor quadratics and find the roots. They graph the parabola and identify its properties.
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Conversions: Metrics Made Easy

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners convert standard units of measurement to metric units using tape measures, meter sticks, rulers, and online conversion calculators.
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Space Age Technology Comes to Earth

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars explore jobs related to agriculture. In this technology/agriculture lesson, students recognize the importance of natural resources and agriculture on the use of Range Rambler software. Young scholars complete an experiment...
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Match The Graph Circles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High Schoolers engage in a study of circles and graphs that are related with the focus upon finding the center and radius. The lesson plan includes the suggestion of giving homework using circle problems before this one to create...
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Water in the Texas Coastal Basins

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after researching a Texas coastal basin, map and graph the information they collect and then translate it into a short report to be presented to their classmates. They brainstorm unique ways to maintain Texas estuaries as well...
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Recipe Card

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students devise a recipe for snack mix using four of the given ingredients. They use one cup measuring cups to mix the four ingredients in plastic zipper bags. Next, they write their ingredients on a recipe card, and as a class they...
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Putting the 'pi' in Pumpkin Pie

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Pupils use geometric formulas to divide a pumpkin pie. In this geometric formulas lesson, students review equations for area and circumference of a circle and divide a pumpkin pie to practice the formulas. Pupils use the Pythagorean...
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Impact!!

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students perform a science experiment. In this algebra lesson, students collect data from their experiment and create a graph. They analyze the graph and draw conclusion.
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Underwater Excavation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate artifact size and ship capacity based on the excavation of an ancient Roman shipwreck.
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Menu Mania

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of estimating by watching a video, and discussing the strategies for estimation. They estimate the costs for various menu items, then calculate the exact amount spent.
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CHAOS AND COMPUTERS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the Chaos Theory and how it came into existence.They observe order and compare it to the randomness of chaos. The lesson features the playing of a game to reinforce concepts.
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How Many Bears in the Forest?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders model the tag and recapture of bears and use proportions to estimate the population of the bears in their forest. This is a statistical sampling method used by scientists and naturalists to determine population numbers.
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Water: On the Surface and in the Ground

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the differences between surface water and ground water. They collect data using maps and graphs and investigate a Texas river basin and a nearby aquifer. They complete a written report including maps and data regarding...
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Exploring the Landscape

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars determine the monotonicity and concavity properties of a function, then apply the First Derivative Test and draw conclusions about the first and second derivatives from these properties.
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Parabola With Horizontal Directrix

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students find the vertex, directrix, and focus of a parabola and graph parabolic functions. They solve problems involving parabolas after a demonstration lesson by the teacher.
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Silly Semi-Solids

For Teachers K
Students create a polymer out of glue, water, and borax. They discuss the resulting substance and perform several experiments with it.
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Maximum Power Point

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Investigate the maximum power output of a photovoltaic panel with a lesson that introduces the class to the maximum power point. Individuals learn how to determine the maximum power point of a solar panel by using Ohm's law and the power...
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The Temperature Effect

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How temperature affects the efficiency of a solar panel is the focus of the third in a series of eight resources that presents how engineers are able to control the temperatures of photovoltaic panels. Class members find out how the...