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It's About Time

Properties of Matter

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Never trust an atom; they make up everything! Young chemists make modeling dough and add another ingredient to change the properties. Scholars then compare the properties of emulsion to composite materials. A reading passage and analysis...
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Code.org

Creating Functions with Parameters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The pupils practice modifying parameters in a function to add variations to their under the sea scene. The resource also introduces random number functions that alter the scene every time the program runs.
Activity
Seussville

The Lorax's Earth Day

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Add a touch of Dr. Seuss whimsy to your Earth Day celebration with six pages consisting of Earth-friendly, inspiring, and engaging activities designed to enhance the beauty of your school campus and showcase the famous story, The...
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Chicago Botanic Garden

The Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
There is 30 percent more carbon in the atmosphere today than there was 150 years ago. The first lesson in the four-part series teaches classes about the carbon cycle. Over two to three days, classes make a model of the cycle,...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Multiplying Matrices by a Scalar

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
The rule is add before multiplying, even with matrices. Pupils use a slider to change the scalar multiplying the sum of two matrices. The interactive displays the resulting solution matrix, and requires scholars answer five questions...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Adding and Subtracting Matrices: The Matrix Calculator

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Discover the procedure to add and subtract matrices. Pupils use the interactive and discover the pattern in adding and subtracting matrices. Scholars adjust the entries in the addends and see the resulting changes in the sum. They also...
Learning
Curriculum Corner

Bugs and Flowers Math and Literacy Centers

For Students K - 1st Standards
The sun shines, flowers bloom, and bugs fly—it must be Spring! Add a cheerful theme of bugs and flowers to math and literacy centers. Scholars take part in an assortment of activities designed to reinforce concepts such as...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Conversions between Degrees and Radians: Charting Hours in the Day

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Forget hours, divide the day into radians instead. Class members convert the angles in a pie chart of daily activities into radian measures. They add angle measures for multiple activities then determine a relationship between the radian...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Whole Number Subtraction: Penguins Go for a Swim

For Students 6th
As penguins jump off of an iceberg, young mathematicians count the remaining penguins in order to discover the whole number subtraction answer. As they work through the questions, they can manipulate the red dot to add and subtract more...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials: Sliders

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Slide the coefficients to determine sums of polynomials. The interactive contains sliders to change the coefficients of an addend in a polynomial addition problem. Pupils determine the coefficients of the addend to arrive at particular...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials: Adding Polynomials

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Stack the like terms to add vertically. The resource contains a visual aid to help with the addition of polynomials using the vertical method. Pupils use the aid to calculate the sum of two polynomials.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Addition of Polynomials: Splitting into Tiles

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Count on tiles to add polynomials. Pupils drag virtual algebra tiles onto colored mats to represent the sum of two polynomials. The learners count the number of like tiles to find the coefficient of each term. They finish...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Linear Systems with Addition and Subtraction: Fill in the Boxes 2

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Systematically combine shapes to arrive at one solution. The resource models a system of linear equations using colored shapes. Pupils follow rules to combine circles and squares to add the two equations together, resulting in one...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Vector Multiplied by a Scalar: Boat Race

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Find the right number of vectors to get to the finish line. Using a boat race scenario, pupils add multiples of the same vector together. The scholars use scalar multiplication to speed up the boats in an exciting race to the finish. 
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Counting Events: Flipping Unfair Coins

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Who said life was fair? An interactive uses an area diagram to represent the probabilities of flipping unfair coins. Pupils use the diagram to calculate the probabilities of outcomes of flipping the two coins. The scholars must decide...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Permutations: Podiums

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Add a winning resource to your library. A self-paced interactive has users create a sample space for all possibilities of arranging first- and second-place winners on a podium. The results lead to the realization that permutations...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Functions that Describe Situations: Manny's Mang-o-gurt

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
How much does it cost to add more mangos? An interactive allows users to see how the price of frozen yogurt changes based on the number of scoops and the number of slices of mango. Learners then answer a set of challenge questions...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Simplify Variable Expressions Involving Integer Addition

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Ensure your classes aren't drowning in expressions. An interactive simulation has scholars change the depth of a fish based on the coefficient of terms. As they add the terms together, the fish bobs up and down until reaching the answer.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Simplify Sums or Differences of Single Variable Expressions: Addition and Subtraction of Like Terms

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Investigate the process of combining like terms using an interactive animation. Scholars tackle simplifying expressions by manipulating rectangles that represent the terms. They add and subtract terms to arrive at the result.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

The Real Numbers: Adding Electrons

For Students 6th - 8th
Get a charge out of a great resource! Scholars use an interactive to explore addition and subtraction of integers. They add or remove electrons in an atom model to consider its charge.
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DiscoverE

Pilot a Balloon

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Balloons will go where you want them to. Young pilots first add paper clips to a balloon to make it neutrally buoyant. They then use cardboard to steer the balloon in different directions, taking air pressure into account.
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DiscoverE

Shaky Ground

For Teachers 6th - 8th
You're on solid ground if you decide to use the resource. A simple activity has young engineers investigate the problem of liquefaction. A battery placed on dry sand will stay standing—but not if scholars add water to the cup.
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Nuffield Foundation

Investigating Enzymes Used in Laundry Detergent

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It's a win-win situation: learn about enzymes and get clean clothes, too. Young scientists add enzymes to a dilution of laundry detergent. They apply them to stained fabrics to determine the effectiveness of the enzyme-filled detergents.
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National Park Service

A Natural Resource Called Peace

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Get your pupils outside and teach them about peace at the same time! Scholars create a list describing peace, hike outside, add to that list, and later create poems. The exercises support differentiation for your individual classes as...

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