Teaching with Accessible Math
(View Complete Item Description)Information on tools for making math notation more accesible to learners.
Material Type: Module
All resources in Oregon Mathematics
Teaching with Accessible Video
(View Complete Item Description)Resources to help educators enhance and enrich their teaching with accessible videos that include captions and/or audio description.
Material Type: Module
Common Online Data Analysis Platform (CODAP) Start-Up Guide
(View Complete Item Description)CODAP (Common Online Data Analysis Platform) is an easy to use data analysis environment that can be used in a wide variety of educational settings. CODAP is designed for grades 5 through 14, and aimed at teachers and curriculum developers. CODAP can be used across the curriculum to help students summarize, visualize, and interpret data, Conadvancing their skills to use data as evidence to support a claim.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Guidelines for Improving Math Materials for English Learners
(View Complete Item Description)These Guidelines for Improving Math Materials for English Learners (the Guidelines) were developed to provide specific guidance to developers of mathematics content on key areas of English language development that must be embedded across a curricula, in units, and in lessons so that English learner students (ELs) can access and engage in grade-level content.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Gathering Evidence of Student Achievement
(View Complete Item Description)56 different ways to gather evidence of student achievement
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
YouCubed - Tasks Archive
(View Complete Item Description)Inspiring Math Success for all Students through Growth Mindsets and Innovative Teaching Our main goal is to inspire, educate and empower teachers of mathematics, transforming the latest research on math learning into accessible and practical forms. By providing research based teaching methods, math tasks, videos, and ideas we intend to significantly reduce math failure and inequality in the United States and beyond, inspiring teachers and empowering all students to success. Use of materials on this website is governed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Materials referenced on this website, but hosted externally are subject to the licensing guidelines of the corresponding websites.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson
SolveMe Puzzles
(View Complete Item Description)Use logic to solve visual, interactive mathematical puzzles. Create your own puzzles to share with your friends or the SolveMe Community. Permitted Use: free online - not under an open license
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game, Interactive
Polyup
(View Complete Item Description)Polyup is a math education app available freely on the web. With the goal of instilling creative problem solving and computational thinking skills into K-12 students, Polyup allows students to play with numbers and functions in a freeform environment. Permitted use: Polyup is available today on the web on any internet-enabled device. As its core philosophy, Polyup is and will always be available for free to students and teachers
Material Type: Game, Interactive
How to Learn Math: For Students
(View Complete Item Description)How to Learn Math is a free self-paced class for learners of all levels of mathematics. It combines really important information on the brain and learning with new evidence on the best ways to approach and learn math effectively. Many people have had negative experiences with math, and end up disliking math or failing. This class will give learners of math the information they need to become powerful math learners, it will correct any misconceptions they have about what math is, and it will teach them about their own potential to succeed and the strategies needed to approach math effectively. Permitted use: the texts, exams, video, images, and other instructional materials provided with the courses and programs offered on the edX Site are for your personal use in connection with those courses and programs only.
Material Type: Full Course
Math Applications in Careers - Ron Kelm
(View Complete Item Description)Using a graphic organizer (attached) with careers listed and their math books, studentswill brainstorm and create list of what Math is utilized in the careers. The teacher will lead discussion and record student responses on board.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
How to access the Canvas Course "Oregon Math Project: Tools for Math Reform and Adoption"
(View Complete Item Description)If you would like to see what’s in the course before you join, watch this overview video at the following URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Mj_xq29do. When you join the course, you will have access to all 6 learning modules; access any parts that are relevant.
Material Type: Full Course, Module
Data Analysis Professional Learning For Educators: Teaching with CODAP
(View Complete Item Description)CODAP (Common Online Data Analysis Platform) is an open-source data visualization and analysis tool made available by the Concord Consortium. It's available at https://codap.concord.org/. CODAP can be used across the curriculum to help students summarize, visualize, and interpret data, advancing their skills to use data as evidence to support a claim. This professional learning resource includes guides to get started, tutorials that demonstrate the features and functionality of CODAP, sample lessons, and links to online forum sites.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Data Set, Interactive, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Sea Level Rise Lesson Plan
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students use geometry to investigate the question "How much would sea levels rise if Antarctica melted?". Step 1 - Inquire: Students speculate how one could use geometry to calculate the water level produced by a melting block of ice placed on a classroom table. Step 2 - Investigate: Students follow mathematical steps to answer the question "How much would sea levels rise if Antarctica melted?" Step 3 - Inspire: Students explore the effects of sea level rise on coastal communities and the measures being taken to build resilience.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan
Climate Change Algebra Lesson Plan
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson introduces solar energy and tasks students with solving an algebraic equation to determine the amount of daily sunlight needed to make a solar panel effective. Step 1 - Inquire: Students work through a practice problem and discuss what they already know about solar energy. Step 2 - Investigate: Students briefly learn some background information about solar energy and then use algebra to calculate the amount of peak sun hours needed to make a solar panel effective. Students compare their calculated values to real-world data to determine if this amount of sunlight is possible in their area. Step 3 - Inspire: Students make predictions and discuss if they think their home could be powered by solar panels using the calculations from class as evidence.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan
Calculating Solar Energy for a Building (Renewable Energy Algebra #2)
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students complete real-world calculations related to residential solar energy use, including the number of solar panels needed to power the average house and how many solar panels could fit on their own home or a local building. Step 1 - Inquire: Students complete calculations to determine if the average American home could be powered using solar panels. Step 2 - Investigate: Students explore the Google Project Sunroof site and use data on their home address to solve problems. Step 3 - Inspire: Students discuss the benefits and drawbacks to using solar energy and explore equity issues related to the affordability of solar panels.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan
Climate Change Algebra Lesson Plan
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students use algebra to calculate the number of wind turbines needed to power a local community. Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch a short video introducing wind energy and discuss the possibility of wind energy powering their community. Step 2 - Investigate: Students complete a series of mathematical calculations related to wind energy. Step 3 - Inspire: Students discuss the benefits of wind energy using their calculations to support their ideas.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan
Comparing Biofuels (Renewable Energy Algebra #4)
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students are introduced to biomass energy and use algebra to calculate the amount of land needed to produce biofuel using different plants. Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch a video on biofuels and discuss how biofuels are similar to or different from other renewable energy sources. Step 2 - Investigate: Students complete real-world math problems that compare the amount of land needed for various biofuel crops. Step 3 - Inspire: Students explore the current use of biomass in their region using this map and discuss potential benefits and drawbacks to increasing biomass energy in their community.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan
Final Project: Renewable Energy Community (Renewable Energy Algebra #5)
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students use what they have learned about renewable energy to create their own plan to implement green energy in their community. Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch the short video Can 100% Renewable Energy Power the World? and discuss their opinions regarding the viability of renewable energy completely powering their community. Step 2 - Investigate: Students draw a map of their community, create a renewable energy plan, and complete calculations to maximize the production of solar, wind, and biomass energy. Step 3 - Inspire: Students share their plans with the class through a gallery walk and have a final discussion about the viability of using renewable energy to fully power their community.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan
Emissions by Mode of Transportation (Green Transportation #2)
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students compare and contrast emissions from different modes of transportation and explore the concept of transportation planning. Step 1 - Inquire: Students analyze a bar graph of carbon dioxide emissions by different modes of transportation and calculate the most environmentally conscious modes of travel based on emissions. Step 2 - Investigate: Students analyze commuter survey results of the top concerns with public transportation and complete real-world math problems based on different transportation scenarios, calculating the difference in carbon emission outputs. Step 3 - Inspire: Students learn about transportation planners and watch a video about Hong Kong's transit system.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan
Using Numbers to Think About Biodiversity (Number Sense & Biodiversity #2)
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students use a base number (1,000, 100, or 20) to compare the numbers of extinct, endangered, and vulnerable species and consider how their actions can help protect animals and plants. Step 1 - Inquire: Students estimate the number of living things in a group to get a sense of the large number of species in the world. Step 2 - Investigate: Students write numbers to represent the number of living things on the IUCN's Red List. Step 3 - Inspire: Students compare and contrast numbers to compare groups of living things, reflecting on how to help living things in their community.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan