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High school math laboratories for Easel Activities
Skittle Radiometric Decay Half-life Lab
Did you know you can use Skittles candy to demonstrate absolute dating and radiometric decay! Buy a 1-4 lb bag at your local bulk warehouse store for savings. This lab is a great way to show how isotopes decay by shaking a plate full of random skittles. Students use Skittles to observe "Isotopes" decay over each half life. At the end of the lab (and only IF they have done all their work) they can enjoy their "daughter products". Skittles were used because they are durable, hypoallergenic, and th
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
HS-PS1-8
, HS-PS1-1
, HS-PS1-4
, HS-PS1-6
, MS-PS1-4
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Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
Inverse Function Investigation with Desmos.com
In this online investigation, students use Desmos.com as a substitute for the traditional graphing calculator to investigate properties of inverse functions. This is a great introductory activity into inverse functions as it gives students a visual understanding of what a function and its inverse can look like. In the activity, students are instructed to create a table of values for a function, create the table of values for the inverse function, and graph the line y=x. In so doing, students
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8th - 9th
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Geometry - Graphing Special Lines-Parallel and Perpendicular-Two Investigations
This activity contains two investigations. First Investigation:• On the graph provided, students graph each of the pairs of points and draw a line through the pair of points.• The students study the two lines and conjecture that the two lines are parallel.• Then the students find the slope of the two given lines to notice that when the lines were parallel the slope of the two lines are equal.• Students repeat these three steps with four more points. • After students know that two parallel lines
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8th - 10th
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Geometry - Area and Perimeter - An Exploration on the Geoboard
This activity is designed to be used with a geoboard (11 x 11 pegs). An alternative for geoboards is included in this package (index size cards with 11 x 11 geoboards). Students explore the meaning of perimeter and area by constructing polygons on the geoboard with rubber bands or drawing line segments that represent the rubber bands on the index size cards. The activity can also be used with Communicator Clearboards, available from Educator's Outlet and a copy of a student grid. After the st
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6th - 9th
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Alg 2 - Finding Zeros and Points of Intersection on a Graphing Calculator
This activity is broken into seven parts. Part I: Guides students in noticing that the trace key may not locate the x-intercepts (zeros) but shows them that there is another way x-intercepts can be found. Part II: Illustrates that there are algebraic techniques that can be incorporated in finding zeros.Part III: Shows student show to use a built-in feature to find x-intercepts or zeros.Part IV: Investigates how tables can be used to find x-intercepts and/or points of intersection. Part V: Chall
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10th - 12th
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Trigonometric Functions on the Graphing Calculator - An Exploration
This activity sheet engages students in studying the general trigonometric equation y = a + b cos(cx) and making statements about the period, amplitude, y-intercept, and x-intercepts. After developing ideas with the cosine function, students make conjectures about similar sine graphs and then make a prediction of how a cosine graph would be changed to produce a particular graph.
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10th - 12th
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Slinky Sound Unit w MythBusters Video Lab
Transform your classroom into an exciting laboratory of sound exploration with our comprehensive "Slinky Sound Unit." This resource takes the fascinating world of sound and makes it come alive for your students by incorporating engaging activities, hands-on experiments, and captivating MythBusters videos.Key highlights of the "Slinky Sound Unit with MythBusters Video Lab" include:Interactive Learning: Immerse your students in a world of auditory discovery. This unit is designed to encourage acti
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS4-1
, HS-PS4-2
, HS-PS2-1
, MS-PS4-2
, HS-PS4-1
...
Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
Stacking Cups Analysis - an authentic in-depth discovery of linear equations!
Starting with a simple question, your class will embark on a three-to-five-day authentic learning experience that will allow your students to develop an intuitive understanding of rate of change, initial value, forms of linear equations, systems of linear equations, and their solutions! Ready?This is a three-part learning experience.In Stacking Cups students independently* try to answer the question "How many cups does it take to make a stack as tall as your teacher?" by taking measurements and
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7th - 10th
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Calculus - Average Value of a Function - An Exploration
As part of the AP Calculus course description students need to understand what it means to find the average value of a function. This activity incorporates the graphing calculator to develop an understanding for the average value of a function. Students draw graph for four functions to view all the function values between two x values. Since students understand that they find an average for a set of numbers by dividing the sum of the numbers by the total number of numbers, this lesson begins by
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Calculus - Bundled Lessons on The Average Value of a Function
Zombie Motion, Speed and Acceleration Physics Lab Set
Have you had days where your students seem like zombies? Why not have them act like zombies to study the physics of motion?!This lab set contains all the note sheets, labs and follow up to study speed, motion, acceleration and the start of Newton's Laws!You can change this to study the motion and force of zombies, though I did this with the physics cars I had. I also found that red, black and blue dry erase markers can be used to make a quick zombie makeup set. You can scare students or have the
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS2-3
, HS-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
Trig - Law of Sines - PARTNER PAIRS
Partners will work on separate columns of problems that will result in the same answer to check each others' work.There is a set of 10 problems for each partner to complete. 6 problems are on finding missing sides and 4 problems are on finding missing angles.The RELAY RACE has some of these same problems. The RELAY has 32 different problems. This product has 20 problems.Posted: 11/5/14 so 50% off through 11/8/14
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7th - 11th
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Paper Airplane STEM Lab
A super simple paper airplane STEM Lab! In this lab, students are given a chance to create their own paper airplane using a sheet of printer paper and paperclips. Then, it's off the airport to see who can make their plane fly the furthest. Lab Instructions: Teacher I usually have my students complete The Force Fours of Flight and questions first to kind of build background knowledge and to kind of get them hooked. Plus, it allows them to already be familiar with the forces of flight prior to the
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Alg 1 - Exponential Functions y = k(b^x)
Through this hands-on activity students will use the graphing calculator to study the affects of K and B on the equation y = k(b^x). Students will study exponential functions graphically and numerically.In my store there is an identical activity that uses the function y = a(b^x) rather than y=k(b^x).
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10th - 12th
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Calculus-Making Observations about the Function and Its Derivatives from Graphs
This discovery activity is made up of 5 part plus a closing question.Part I: Students graph a function and its derivative. From the two graphs students observe that when the graph of the derivative of y1 is positive the graph of y1 is increasing and that when the graph of the derivative of y1 is negative the graph of decreasing. Part II: In part I students studied a function with a minimum. In this part students will repeat the same observations but with a function that has a maximum. Part III:
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Calculus - Continuity
This activity engages the students in understanding the three parts of the definition for a continuous function at a point by asking a series of questions about several functions.You also might be interested in the Activity Sheet on Continuity and the Intermediate Value Theorem that is available in my store. A recent buyer said "Thank you for providing this resource. I appreciate your time and investment in creating a helpful resource."
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Calculus - Continuity Bundle
Hero's Engine Energy Unit
For science teachers, energy is a hard unit to teach. Hero's Engine shows how energy in converted from one for to another. For this I used the Engine set I found in my storage area, but you can look around or find other engines available in your school district. I did this as a demo, but you can expand it in a chemistry lab.This unit includes all the worksheets that you'll need to study for energy, and can be used to introduce alternative energy.Easel Activity: This is now updated with an Easel
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, HS-PS3-4
, HS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-2
, HS-PS3-1
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Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
Calculus - How Can One Graph Help Describe Another Graph?
This activity incorporates the graphing calculator to help students understand how the behavior of one graph can describe the behavior of another function. Three related equations are entered in y1, y2, and y3 in the graphing calculator. • The original function is entered in y1. • An expression that represents the derivative of y1 is entered in y2. • An expression that represents the derivative of y2 is entered in y3. After graphing y1, y2, and y3 in the same window, a series of questions a
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Generating Pythagorean Triplets
This activity will guide students in creating three charts of more than 60 Pythagorean Triplets, which are sets of three integers that satisfy the Pythagorean Theorem. Once you see the pattern you will be able to generate even more Pythagorean Triplets.Students look for a pattern in the first chart to notice that the first integer is an odd number and the other two sum up to the square of the odd number.The triplets in this first chart also follow an algebraic pattern.The next chart has tripl
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9th - 11th
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Alg 2 - MAXIMIZING THE VOLUME OF AN OPEN BOX
This activity guides students through an activity where they build rectangular boxes: Working in groups, students cut a 1x1 centimeter squares from each corner of a 20x22 centimeter sheet of paper and fold the paper to form an open box. Continue to cut 2x2, 3x3,4x4, 5x5, 6x6, ... 10x10 centimeter squares from other sheets of 20x22 centimeter sheets of paper. Each time they form the open box. Each person selects a box and calculates the length, width, height and volume of the box and they recor
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10th - 12th
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Density Reading, Lab and Inquiry Activity
This is a series of density activities that will work as a virtual lesson.-Reading with calculations and questions throughout-Mini lab, meant to be done at home in student's kitchen without teacher involvement-Inquiry questions
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Calculus - Slope or Derivative of Inverse Functions
This activity will engage students in discovering the relationship between the slope of two inverse functions. It is designed to be used with the TI84 graphing calculator.There are answers to the investigation and to the 5 problems included in the activity.You might be interested in the Activity Sheet with Derivatives of Inverse Functions that is available in my store.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Alg 1 - Exponential Functions y = a(b^x)
This is a modification of another product available in my store. Instead of using the equation with constants of k and b, this equation uses the standard a and b. Through this hands-on activity students will use the graphing calculator to study the affects of a and b on the equation y = a(b^x). Students will study exponential functions graphically and numerically. In my store there is an identical activity that uses the function y=k(b^x) rather than y = a(b^x).
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Stacking Cups - apply linear functions without even knowing it!
The question is simple: how many cups does it take to make a stack as tall as your teacher? By striving to answer this question, students develop an intuition for rate of change, initial value, and solving linear functions.Get to know Stacking Cups⭐ Student-driven discovery⭐ Perfect for groups⭐ Highly accessible⭐ Online-learning friendly⭐ Layered complexity for just the right challenge Love Stacking Cups? Follow it up with Stacking Cups Analysis for a multi-day authentic learning experience desi
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7th - 10th
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