Students explore quadratic functions by using a motion detector known as a Calculator Based Ranger (CBR) to examine the heights of the different bounces of a ball. Students will represent each bounce with a quadratic function of the form y = a (x - h)^2 + k. This lesson plan is based on the activity Tremain Nelson uses in the video for Part II of this workshop.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
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: Greetings from the Kalahari Desert in South Africa! In this activity, you will learn a lot about the Kalahari’s most playful residents: meerkats. The f...
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This resource describes, compares, and contrasts prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. It includes diagrams, a video, practice questions, a study guide, flash cards, and two interactive assessments.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Students learn a more formal definition of conditional probability and are asked to interpret conditional probabilities. Data are presented in two-way frequency tables, and conditional probabilities are calculated using column or row summaries.
Material Type: Interactive
In this CCSS lesson, students will explore these stories through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
After discussing the International Space Station (ISS) and rockets, students will compare rockets by size.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
One of the best ways to learn how to write an effective resume is to study examples of successful resumes. This webpage walks you through parts of a resume.
Material Type: Lesson
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: Presley has 18 markers. Her teacher gives her three boxes and asks her to put an equal number of markers in each box. Anthony has 18 markers. His teach...
Material Type: Activity/Lab
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: Which of the polygons are right triangles? Choose a measuring tool to help you determine this. These are right trianglesThese are not right triangles F...
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fourth graders an overview of 24-hour clocks.
Material Type: Assessment, Interactive, Lecture
This lesson plan provides 100 ways to use digital cameras in the classroom.
Material Type: Reading
This website explains aquaculture, provides examples, and explains NOAA's role in regulation.
Material Type: Lesson
Informational paried passage mini-assessment that includes two articles and one accompanying recording, thirteen text-dependent questions (including one optional constructed-response prompt for students), and explanatory information for teachers regarding alignment to the CCSS. Articles included are “High Schools Starting Later to Help Sleepy Teens,” by Michelle Trudeau and “High schools will keep starting too early. Here’s why.” by Dan Weissmann
Material Type: Assessment, Formative Assessment, Lesson Plan, Reading
This resource contains activities to help students draw conclusions/make inferences. Such activities include: guess the emotion, you are what you bring, using pictures, and links to additional resources.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
In this activity, students learn about different types of water erosion and develop strategies to slow down erosion where man is involved.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This lesson plan introduces the practice of using primary sources; where to find primary sources, what they are, how to examine them, and how to construct a context to tell more of the story.Students will:Analyze personal artifacts as primary sources; Analyze historical primary sources; andConnect historical text with primary sources.Materials/Links Included:Primary Source Analysis ToolPrimary source setsTeacher's guide to Analyzing Primary Sources
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Students are provided with opportunities to explore this concept and discuss the importance of using empathy and common sense when talking to others online. Because of the ways that digital media leave out many of the cures that prompt us to feel empathy, it is easy for students to sometimes forget that real people "“ with real feelings "“ are at the heart of online conversations.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students will continue to explore the relationship between individual and society by examining how we so often believe “single stories” and stereotypes about groups of people. The activities that follow ask students to reflect on the basic human behavior of applying categories to the people and things we meet and to think about the circumstances in which “single stories” about others can be harmful or even dangerous.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Formative Assessment, Vocabulary
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: Materials * A copy of Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert * One set of tangrams for each student (see note in commentary) * A set of tangrams for t...
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Epic has over 25,000 books, videos and quizzes for students. Elementary teachers are able to sign up for a free account and use the Epic library with their students. Students will learn how to navigate a digital library and use appropriate tools to aid in their reading. In this activity, students will be introduced to fables and will use Microsoft Paint or Google Drawings to illustrate the moral of the story.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game, Interactive, Module
