6-8, 9-12
In this lesson, students will explore the historical and contemporary contributions of the continent of Africa, which includes its resources and people. Through engaging activities and discussions, students will develop a strengthened mathematical belonging by connecting with the rich heritage of Africa, fostering a sense of pride and recognition in their own black identity.6-8
In this lesson, students will integrate science and math, exploring how neutralization reactions can help us understand that the sum of any number and its additive inverse is zero. 9-12
This lesson helps students clarify the relationship between the shape of a graph and the movement of an object. Students explore their own movement and plot it onto a displacement vs. time graph. From this original graph, students create a velocity vs. time graph, and from there create an acceleration vs. time graph. The movement present and how to interpret each type of graph is emphasized through the lesson, which serve as an excellent introduction to building blocks of calculus.
6-8
In this lesson, students classify polygons according to more than one
property at a time. In the context of a game, students move from a
simple description of shapes to an analysis of how properties are
related. This lesson was adapted from an article which appeared in the
October, 1998 edition of
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.
6-8
Students will balance shapes on the pan balance applet to study equality, essential to understanding algebra. Equivalent relationships will be recognized when the pans balance, demonstrating the properties of equality.
3-5
Emphasize the connections between science and mathematics by using a performance (or authentic) assessment format.
6-8, 9-12
In this lesson,
students explore the concept of genetics and inheritance. The lesson focuses on
sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease that is dependent on a recessive
trait. Students will perform data collection and analysis of the probability
of a child of two sickle trait parents inheriting sickle cell anemia. To do
this, they play a game that models how the inheritance of a disease works from
parents’ genes. Later, students construct family trees with probability to
determine the genotypes of family members.
9-12
Interactive computer-based tools provide students with the opportunity
to easily investigate the relationship between a set of data points and a
curve used to fit the data points. As students work with bivariate data
in grades 9-12, they will be able to investigate relationships between
the variables using linear, exponential, power, logarithmic, and other
functions for curve fitting. Using interactive tools like the one below,
students can investigate the properties of regression lines and
correlation.
9-12
Interactive computer-based tools provide students with the opportunity to easily investigate the relationship between a set of data points and a curve used to fit the data points. As students work with bivariate data in grades 9-12, they will be able to investigate relationships between the variables using linear, exponential, power, logarithmic, and other functions for curve fitting. Using interactive tools like the one below, students can investigate the properties of regression lines and correlation.
9-12
Interactive computer-based tools provide students
with the opportunity to easily investigate the relationship between a set of
data points and a curve used to fit the data points. As students work with
bivariate data in grades 9-12, they will be able to investigate relationships
between the variables using linear, exponential, power, logarithmic, and other
functions for curve fitting. Using interactive tools like the
one below, students can investigate the properties of regression lines and
correlation.
