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Is it open or closed?
Students will identify and create open and closed figures using labeled cards and pipe cleaners.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Vickie Fender.
Isotopic pennies
In Integrating Chemistry and Algebra II, page 6
In this lesson, student use a system of equations to determine the number of each type of “atom” in a closed container.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics and Science)
By Jennifer Elmo.
Jack-o-Light
We use pumpkins to demonstrate that fire needs air to burn. This goes really well with Fire Safety Week and our pumpkin unit. Also, we 'guesstimate' how many pumpkin seeds are in the pumpkin. We roast them afterwards by following a recipe. You can also create a Kids Pix picture of pumpkins.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Science)
By Michele Tipton.
Jelly beans count!
Children will fill plastic Easter eggs with the correct number of jelly beans. After they complete the entire dozen, they are allowed to keep the ones they get correct.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Ronnia Frazier.
Join them together/Take them away
The teacher will introduce beginning addition concepts of joining two sets together. The teacher will introduce beginning subtraction concepts of taking away from a set.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Vickie Hedrick.
Juicy Juice Box
Students will be able to use their knowledge of volume and surface area through this fun, hands-on activity.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
By Sheila Martin.
Kindergarten walk
This is an introductory lesson in a series of lessons on our community and community helpers. Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins will be used as the pattern to plan our own walk around our school playground. Students will then create a simple map of our school playground.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Social Studies)
By Michelle Hensley.
Landscape architects: Working with indirect measurement
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 3.5
In this lesson plan, students use indirect measurement to discover the height of the school's flagpole. Students learn about careers in landscape architecture.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)
By Valerie Davis, Sonya Rexrode, and Monika Vasili.
Language families
In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.7
Students will identify and locate the three language families of contact period North Carolina and calculate the physical area covered by each language family.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 7–8 Mathematics and Social Studies)
Law enforcement careers: Working with decimals
In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.1
In this lesson for grade 6, students will perform basic math operations with decimals and will understand how math is used in law enforcement careers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Guidance and Mathematics)
By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
Leap frogs tend toward the center?
Students learn the meanings of the central tendency concepts range, mean, median, and mode. They will make origami frogs, jump them across a track and record the length of their jumps and the total number of jumps across trials.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Erin Foerster.
Learning about rocks
In this lesson, students will be engaged in hands-on experiences while they explore rocks.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics and Science)
By Debbie Hansman.
Learning about time with Wee Willie Winkie
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 11
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Wee Willie Winkie" as a starting point to learn about time.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Healthful Living and Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Learning numbers with Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 5
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" to develop phonemic awareness by rhyming words and participate in a number-matching activity to learn about ordinal numbers.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Learning to use R statistical software for data mining — An extension of linear regression to multiple variables
In Understanding data mining: Extracting, organizing, and analyzing large sets of data, page 3
In this lesson, students will use the free R statistical software to navigate through the basics of data mining, a process in which the effects of individual variables can be determined. Students will utilize multiple methods of variable selection — forward selection, backward selection, and stepwise selection — in an attempt to determine which variables are most influential in a given situation.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)
By Dail Midgette.
Learning to use R statistical software for data mining — Putting it all together
In Understanding data mining: Extracting, organizing, and analyzing large sets of data, page 4
Students will mine data to identify the variables that most significantly impact the...
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)
By Dail Midgette.
Learning to use R statistical software for linear regression — An alternative to the graphing calculator
In Understanding data mining: Extracting, organizing, and analyzing large sets of data, page 2
Students often learn how to do linear regression activities using a graphing calculator. This lesson provides an opportunity to complete these same types of assignments using R statistical software. Students will use this free software to create scatter plots and to develop linear regression models that can be used to make predictions.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)
By Dail Midgette.
Let's trade (regrouping to subtract)
This word (trade) will introduce regrouping to subtract by allowing students to "trade" manipulatives to regroup.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)
By Sarah Cole.
Life's percents
Students will gather data from their own lives to use in calculating percents. They will measure parts of their bodies (head, leg, neck, etc.), complete a class survey that asks information about themselves, and use a pay stub to find percentages of deductions.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
By Karen Mcpherson.
Linear equations
In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.2
In this lesson for grade seven, students calculate monthly bills for cell phone plans using linear equations.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.