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7.G Stained Glass

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This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: The students in Mr. Rivera's art class are designing a stained-glass window to hang in the school entryway. The window will be 2 feet tall and 5 feet w...

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Illustrative Mathematics

1-D Kinematics: Describing Motion with Words

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In this unit students will learn how to analyze the motion of objects. Students will begin to make a mathematical connection with words that describe motion. This unit will focus on several examples of vector and scalar quantities (distance, displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration). As students proceed through the lessons, they should give careful attention to the vector and scalar nature of each quantity. This tutorial also includes animations of each of the major concepts. At the end of each lesson students can check for understanding of concepts by answering concept questions.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: The Physics Classroom

Modeling Reading and Analysis Processes with the Works of Edgar Allan Poe

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The students will explore reading strategies using the think-aloud process as students investigate connections between the life and writings of Edgar Allan Poe. The unit, which begins with an in-depth exploration of “The Raven,” then moves students from a full-class reading of the poem to small-group readings of Poe’s short stories (“The Black Cat,” “Hop-Frog,” “Masque of the Red Death,” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”). The unit concludes with individual projects that explore the readings in more detail.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: Lisa Gaines

3.NBT How Many Colored Pencils?

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This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: There are 6 tables in Mrs. Potter's art classroom. There are 4 students sitting at each table. Each student has a box of 10 colored pencils. (A) How ma...

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Illustrative Mathematics

Integer Combinations (HS)

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Students are provided with a scenario and asked to determine which amounts of postage is it impossible to make using only five-cent and seven-cent stamps? The mathematics task is intended to be a problem or question that encourages the use of mathematical practices. The dialogue is meant to show how students might engage in the mathematical practices as they work on the task.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Education Development Center, Inc.

Building Boxes (Polynomial and Rational Functions)

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In this lesson, students explore relationships between x-intercepts, factors, and roots of polynomial functions using the graphing calculator. Students also investigate rational functions, identifying the roots and the asymptotes as well as holes in the graphs. Students construct boxes of various dimensions using graph paper, collect height and volume data, and create a scatterplot in order to determine the height of the box with the maximum volume. Students can solve this problem using a graphing calculator or by using their own scatterplots drawn by hand. The use of questioning by the teacher, and the group work of the students are important features of this lesson.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Author: PBS Teachers Mathline

4th Grade: Numbers and Operations — Fractions: 4.NF.1

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The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) videos are designed to support states, schools, and teachers in the implementation of selected math standards. Each video is an audiovisual resource that focuses on one or more specific standards through examples and illustrations geared to enhancing understanding. The intent of each content-focused video is to clarify the meaning of the individual standard rather than to be a guide on how to teach each standard, although the examples can be adapted for instructional use.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: The Southeast Comprehensive Center

Flutter By, Butterfly!

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This technology-based lesson will teach students the basic characteristics of different types of butterflies. Students will use approved Internet sites to locate illustrations and facts about various species of butterflies. Students will work together and with teacher assistance to create a slideshow presentation that combines all of the species of butterflies the students locate. A rubric is provided for assessment of student work.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Author: Manuela Berrien

Apollo to the Moon Online Exhibition

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This online interactive exhibition by the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum examines the story of America's effort to master the challenges of an unprecedented journey across thousands of miles of space is told in this online exhibition: Apollo to the Moon. The story is told through primary and secondary sources in the context of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Author: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

All Summer in a Day

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In Ray Bradbury's “All Summer in A Day” takes place on the planet Venus in a future world where people have come to set up a civilization. In this CCSS lesson students will explore this fiction story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Achieve to the Core

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