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Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Chance at Monte Carlo
At its core, the LEGO MINDSTORMS product provides a programmable microprocessor. Students use the EV3 processor to simulate an experiment involving thousands of uniformly random points placed within a unit square. Using the underlying...
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Ratios and Proportional Relationships 6.rp.3c Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of ratio concepts, useage of ratio reasoning, and percentages.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le in the Billions and Exponential Modeling
For this task, learners examine world population data from 1804 to 2012 and investigate whether an exponential function is appropriate for modeling the relationship between the world population and the year. Aligns with F-LE.A.1.c.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Carbon 14 Dating, Variation 2
In this task on exponential decay, students calculate what the amount of Carbon 14 left in a preserved plant will be as time passes and when one microgram will be all that is left. Aligns with F-LE.A.1.c.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Us Population 1790 1860
For this task, students are shown a table of U.S. population data between 1790 and 1860 and are asked to explore whether exponential functions would be appropriate to model relationships within the data. The purpose of the task is to...
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Newly Discovered 'Goldilocks' Planet Has Potential for Life
Probably one of the coolest things to imagine is life on another planet! What would it look like? What could it possibly be? Scientists have discovered a planet much like Earth. "I would say that the chances for life on this planet are...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Relativistic Momentum
A clear (as these things go) presentation of the calculation of relativistic momentum. Given with a handy calculator that even calculates the % error. The site goes on to Momentum of a Photon, and to Relativistic Energy in Terms of...
That Quiz
That Quiz: Practice Test: Inequlity
This resource allows users to test their knowledge of inequalities and using fractions.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Baseball Math
Learn more about baseball and math when you check out this resource. It provides a lesson plan for upper elementary to middle school middle schoolers where they will use their skills in percentages, decimals and combinations.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Concentration
Play a matching game with different representations of equivalent items.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Salaries
Use the information from the U.S. Census to determine if women will ever earn as much money as men.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Comparison of Ratios in Decimal Form
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Write and compare ratios in decimal form
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Decimal Addition
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Add and subtract decimals with and without rounding