Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
This lesson addresses writing linear equations when given two points or a graph. Students will use their knowledge of slope and y-intercept to analyze linear graphs and represent what they see graphically as an equation. This lesson also offers an opportunity to reiterate the meaning of slope and y-intercept,... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: December 5th, 2023
Writing Linear Equations: Graphs
This lesson will break down the components of a function and the relationship it has to real-world contexts. Students will recall their knowledge of inputs and outputs with a function machine. Students will simplify functions and then evaluate the functions. Students will practice simplifying polynomials... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: June 12th, 2024
Function Notation
This lesson introduces students to properties of real numbers, equality, and inverse operations for solving linear equations. The objective is for students to understand how to isolate a variable in two-step equations by applying properties of rational numbers. In the next lesson, students will advance... Read more »
Created by: Matthew McDonald
Date Updated: December 6th, 2024
Solving Two-Step Equations
In this geometry lesson, students will recall vocabulary about a circle, use their knowledge of midpoint and distance formulas to write the equation of a circle, and explore the connection between the equation of a circle and the Pythagorean Theorem. This is a multimodality lesson, which means it includes... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: July 10th, 2024
Writing the Equation of a Circle
In this lesson, students will recall properties of exponents and how to simplify square roots and cube roots. Then, students will learn how to write radical expressions as expressions with rational exponents and vice versa. Students will use this knowledge to simplify expressions using either approach.... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: November 25th, 2024
Rewriting Rational Exponents and Radicals
In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of domain and range to match pictures of graphs of rational functions with their corresponding domains and ranges. Students will learn about asymptotes, including what they are and how to find vertical and horizontal asymptotes of rational functions.... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: March 14th, 2024
Graphing Rational Functions
In this lesson, students will work with rational functions that have 0, 1, or 2 vertical asymptotes and 0 or 1 horizontal asymptotes. Students will explore the relationship between the equation and graph of a rational function, learn what causes different types of asymptotes, and apply their knowledge... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: May 21st, 2024
Graphing Rational Functions
This informative writing lesson explores what informative writing is, how it differs from other modes of writing, and how to apply that new knowledge. This lesson is perfect for introducing informative writing, assessing what students have learned about informative writing during instruction, and... Read more »
Created by: Lisa Loughlin
Date Updated: July 10th, 2024
Informative Writing
In this lesson, students will learn how to graph and analyze piecewise functions. The piecewise functions in this lesson will have a maximum of three branches, which could contain any combination of linear, quadratic, and exponential branches. (Note: This lesson is written so that it could be taught... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: July 9th, 2024
Graphing and Analyzing Piecewise Functions
In this lesson, students will examine President Hoover's response to the Great Depression and how that affected the presidential election of 1932. Students will analyze videos, Great Depression slang, and a reading to determine the reasons that Hoover did not win reelection for president. Students will... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: September 7th, 2023
The Great Depression and President Hoover
In this lesson, students will recall expanding polynomials and factoring quadratics. Students will learn how to factor polynomials with two, three, or four terms: difference of two squares, sum or difference of two cubes, trinomials of the quadratic form that are not quadratics, and grouping. Students... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: September 27th, 2023
Factoring Polynomials
In this lesson about literary devices, students first assess their prior knowledge of common literary devices. Students create acrostic poems of literary device terms and Gallery Walk the created acrostic poems. Students summarize their knowledge by evaluating how comfortable they are with each literary... Read more »
Created by: Lisa Loughlin
Date Updated: June 12th, 2023
Examining Literary Devices
Human Problems Can Be Solved by Mimicking Animal Solutions
In this lesson, students will be given a picture of a polar bear missing some fur. They will also receive a handout with a picture of a cartoon person missing a coat in the snow. Students will be provided with art supplies to give the polar bear some fur and design a coat for the cartoon person so they... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: June 13th, 2022
Human Problems Can Be Solved by Mimicking Animal Solutions
In this lesson, students will dive deeper into what Greek and Latin roots mean and how and why they are embedded into our everyday vocabulary. Using hands-on activities, students will examine specific root meanings and where they come from. Next, they will watch an interview with a former professor... Read more »
Created by: Lisa Loughlin
Date Updated: June 22nd, 2023
Examining Greek and Latin Word Parts
In this lesson, students will use legal, game, and content based methods to understand how to create proofs. Read more »
Created by: Lydia Baker
Date Updated: August 19th, 2024
Two-Column and Paragraph Proofs
Enter if you dare. This highly spooky lesson will have your students exploring the history, motivation, and global perspectives of vampires through excerpts and videos across time. Make sure when you embark on this adventure with your students that you keep a close eye on them throughout—vampires tend... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: September 22nd, 2023
Vampire Tropes Through History
In this lesson, students will discover how to determine if any three side lengths make a triangle through a GeoGebra activity. Then, students will formalize their knowledge of the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem before applying their knowledge through a Card Matching activity and a real-world scenario. Read more »
Created by: Lydia Baker
Date Updated: April 10th, 2024
Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem and Inequality Theorems
Changes in the Earth Over Time: What’s the Evidence?
During this lesson, students are introduced to the significance of fossils in understanding past living organisms, gathering evidence about prehistoric life, and providing valuable insights into the Earth's historical environment and its transformations over time. As students progress through Discovery... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: August 14th, 2024
Changes in the Earth Over Time: What’s the Evidence?
In this lesson, students investigate what factors affect the force of gravity and use plotted data to determine graphically how each variable is related to the force of gravity. Students review their understanding of gravity and how to linearize a set of data. Students use a gravity simulation to collect... Read more »
Created by: Kevin Warren
Date Updated: February 8th, 2024
Universal Law of Gravity
In this lesson, students first consider what they are motivated by, and then match descriptor cards with the four types of operant conditioning. Next, students summarize a reading and a video about Operant Conditioning before writing their own operant conditioning scenario and groups, and then sharing... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: August 23rd, 2023
Operant Conditioning Learning Theory
In this lesson, students will explore slope fields by visualizing a toy boat being moved by the current of a stream and a paper airplane moving through the air. Students will watch an interview of a meteorology researcher, then learn how to create and interpret slope fields given a differential equation.... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: April 25th, 2024
Meteorology and Wind Maps
In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between piecewise functions and payroll taxes, specifically FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) taxes. Students will learn how piecewise functions can be represented verbally, algebraically, graphically, and numerically. The tax information... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: October 24th, 2024
FICA and Functions
Julia Child helped us Master the Art of French Cooking. In this lesson, you will help your students master the art of apostrophes! Your students will start by analyzing the incorrect apostrophes in comics and everyday signage before moving on to a card matching activity that enables them to explore... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: May 30th, 2024
Apostrophes
In this lesson, students learn to analyze relationships in bivariate data by exploring scatter plots and calculating the correlation coefficient. Prerequisite knowledge for this lesson includes z-scores using summation notation (sigma), mean (x bar), and standard deviation. Students build their understanding... Read more »
Created by: Lydia Baker
Date Updated: December 4th, 2024
Correlation Coefficient
In this activity, students will apply formulas common in secondary and early college-level mathematics in the context of a descriptive scenario. They will apply what they learned during "Power Up: Math ACT Prep, Week 8" to solve story problems that require formulas that are not given. Students will... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: January 4th, 2024
In this English ACT prep activity, students will focus on usage conventions. First, students will identify what is “not quite right” with some poor grammar depicted on memes. Then, students review seven of the most prevalent usage standards through a Card Matching activity. Finally, students apply their... Read more »
Created by: Patricia McDaniels-Gomez
Date Updated: September 19th, 2024
In this English ACT prep activity, students focus on sentence structure conventions. First, students complete a Card Sort activity, matching examples with explanations and the corresponding rules. Then, students apply their understanding of sentence structure and ACT skills through reading a practice... Read more »
Created by: Patricia McDaniels-Gomez
Date Updated: September 11th, 2024