Messenger Education
Design Challenge: How to Keep Gelatin from Melting
The inside of the spacecraft Messenger, which explores Mercury, will experience temperatures from 32 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit. In the final installment of a series of four space-related activities, groups spend time discussing and...
Code.org
Asymmetric Keys – Cups and Beans
Beans are for more than just counting! Introduce public key cryptography with cups and beans and ask scholars to use the beans to send secret numbers. Participants learn how this activity relates to public key cryptography and asymmetric...
LABScI
Acoustics: The Sound Lab
If the delay between a sound and its echo is less than 1/10th of a second, the human ear can’t distinguish it. Through the use of a Slinky, rubber band guitar, and straws, scholars explore where sound comes from and how it travels. Whole...
CK-12 Foundation
Horse and Cart
Can a horse pull more than its weight? A simple simulation answers this question and more. Pupils adjust the mass in a cart, the mass of the horse, the acceleration of the horse, and the angle of the tension rope between the horse and...
Reed Novel Studies
Tracker: Novel Study
Most deer are born with white spots that disappear as they grow. An interesting novel study for Gary Paulsen's Tracker shares more fascinating facts about the majestic animals. Readers also complete a vocabulary activity, solve anagrams,...
Reed Novel Studies
Wringer: Novel Study
Some traditions should be broken—or at least Palmer thinks so. Palmer, a character in Wringer, dreads the tradition that goes along with turning 10 so much that he even dreads his birthday. Scholars learn how Palmer solves his troubles...
Reed Novel Studies
Walk Two Moons: Novel Study
Enjoy solving riddles? Perhaps Sal, a character in Walk Two Moons, is the only one capable of understanding a mysterious message left on her doorstep. On a road trip with her grandparent, Sal tries to make sense of the bizarre world...
Curated OER
Grab Bags
Eighth graders graph two inequalities with a single variable. They include drawing the intersection or union of inequalities on a number line. Students solve the linear equations using properties of equality and inequality. The lesson...
Curated OER
Figure This!
Second graders explore the concept of inequalities. They use the mathematical symbols =, <, > to show relationships among numbers. Students devise and use problem solving strategies to explore the situation.
Curated OER
Comparison Problems
In this comparing numbers worksheet, students solve word problems using addition to compare the numbers and answer the six problems.
Curated OER
The Play
Students work together to solve word problems. They examine the concepts of functions and relations. They develop plans for roles in the play they are creating.
Curated OER
Before, After, Between
In this problem solving California math standards worksheet, students use a number line to solve 7 math word problems that require them to determine relationships among numbers.
Curated OER
Unit 12 - Version 6.0 - Worksheet 1 - Inequality
In this inequality learning exercise, students solve inequality equations and graph the solution on a number line. They add and subtract fractions with variables and unlike denominators. Students solve absolute variable equations with...
Curated OER
Compare and Arrange Whole Numbers Up to 100
Number whizzes investigate integers by arranging them in a specific order. They utilize whole numbers which are given to them and then put them in order up to 100. They also practice using "greater than" or "lesser than" symbols.
Curated OER
Number Patterns
In this math problem solving worksheet, learners examine 6 word problems in order to determine how best to solve each of them using number patterns.
Curated OER
Using Circle Graphs
In this circle graphs worksheet, students read a story about buying craft materials. Students examine the circle graph that shows how much spent on each type of material. Students then solve 3 problems using the data shown.
Curated OER
Add Greater Numbers
In this addition practice activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to add 4-digit numbers.
Curated OER
Sunshine Math-5
In this math problem solving worksheet, students examine and solve 10 math word problems that require them to use problem solving skills.
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Subtraction Beginning 2
In this subtraction worksheet, students solve twenty subtraction problems involving one and two-digit numbers. Students put their answers on the worksheet.
Curated OER
My Test Book: Stem and Leaf Plots
In this math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding stem and leaf plots. Students may view the correct answers.
Curated OER
Comparing Numbers Game
In this coordinates activity, students solve the comparison problems in the box that is called out by the coordinate. Students complete 16 problems.
Curated OER
Squigly's Halloween Crossword
In this Halloween crossword puzzle learning exercise, 4th graders will solve more than 40 clues to complete the puzzle. Words include "trick" and "mask".
Curated OER
Discussion Sheet 1: Domain & Range of a Function
In this domain and range instructional activity, students solve inequalities, determine the domain and range for a function, identify the limits, and sketch graphs of a function. This two-page instructional activity contains nine...
Curated OER
Solving Systems of Equations
Young scholars identify the quadrants and axis of a coordinate plane. In this algebra lesson, students discover the ocrrect way to graph using the coordinate plane. They discuss the relationship between x and y values, domain and range...