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Think like a scientist

Written to accompany a sixth-grade science lesson, this article explains important concepts in scientific inquiry, including observation, inference, prediction, classification, model-making, and communication.

Format: article

By April Galloway and Christine Scott.Edited by Julie McCann.

Good medicine

Students will examine changes in technology, medicine, and health that took place in North Carolina between 1870 and 1930 and construct products and ideas which demonstrate understanding of how these changes impacted people living in North Carolina at that time. To achieve these goals, students will employ the eight intelligences of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies)

By Leslie Ramsey.

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Evaluating mathematical models

The purpose of this lesson is to evaluate several mathematical models using the Internet as a resource. Science NetLinks provides links to necessary web resources and detailed instructions for completing the lesson. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)

Provided by: Science Netlinks

Balancing Act

Students use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Reflect on your work

In this lesson, students examine, re-examine, and compare the results obtained in previous lessons to enrich their mathematical understanding. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Analyzing the data

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore the development of a mathematical model for the decay of light passing through water, in a rich exploration of exponential models in context. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Links Away: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Students review the models for subtraction, use the properties of subtraction, and memorize subtraction facts. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Draw a math story: From the concrete to the symbolic

This ReadWriteThink activity begins with the reading aloud of several math-oriented stories, identifies key mathematical vocabulary terms, models math story writing, and then gives students an opportunity to write addition and subtraction stories. Students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

What if we changed the book? Problem-posing with “Sixteen Cows”

In this lesson that combines children's literature and mathematics, students are challenged to observe a text and make changes in order to create math problems. After hearing the story read aloud, students are invited to brainstorm some literary and mathematical... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Gather data

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore the development of a mathematical model for the decay of light passing through water, in a rich exploration of exponential models in context. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding satisfactory solutions

Students apply creative solutions to problem solving in the context of a story problem. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Do it with dominoes: Looking back and moving forward

In this lesson, students show that they have mastered addition by applying the skill to playing a domino game. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Make a conjecture

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore the development of a mathematical model for the decay of light passing through water, in a rich exploration of exponential models in context. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Light it up

In this Illuminations lesson, students are presented with a real-world problem: Given a mirror and laser pointer, determine the position where one should stand so that a reflected light image will hit a designated target. This investigation allows students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Do you hear what I hear?

In this lesson, from Illuminations, students explore the dynamics of a sound wave. Students use an interactive Java applet to view the effects of changing the initial string displacement and the initial tension. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Burning questions

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use information from a quiz, along with what they learned in the previous four lessons, to write a summary and finalize a property sketch demonstrating their understanding of wildfires. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Art algorithms

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about new methods of art conservation. Art conservation is traditionally a painstaking and time-consuming business. (Learn more)

Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education and Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science