Educator Resources -> Mathematics

A Problem of the Week in my math class gives me a chance to see how students apply what they're learning to word problems. Here is a word problem that I've enhanced with a unitedstreaming image. One morning a cricket fell into a well 2 meters deep. He climbs up 50 centimeters every day but at night he slides back down 25 centimeters. At this rate, how many days until the cricket gets out of the well? The attachment is a printout of the word problem, and here is a link to the one I created with unitedstreaming's Writing Prompt Builder, http://www.unitedstreaming.com/studentCenter/index.cfm?cdCode=W1788-9C3E (submitted by Burt Lo, a Northern California DEN Member) Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Word Problem

This powerpoint was created by Linda Rush, a special education teacher from the Catholic Diocese of Dallas. This lessons has three clips from the unitedstreaming movie, Nuts to You: Properties of Odd and Even You can download these from the linked files. The studentsin grades 2-3, learn to identify even and odd numbers as well as learning about the sum of odd and even numbers. odd, even, numbers

This Powerpoint is an introduction to even and odd numbers. It uses the concept of pairs and counting by 2's to determine even or odd. patterns

This Excel goes with the PowerPoint and video activity that I uploaded called, In Search of eggs. It is the excel document that is linked within the powerpoint. Excel graphing

This excel workbook was used with a first grade class when learning about collecting and displaying data. There are 2 worksheets templates, one which displays the data as a pictograph and one which displays as a bar graph. graphing

This Kidspiration Activity will help students extend AB patterns. patterns

Here is a PowerPoint for working with patterns. Drag and Drop in PowerPoint Patterns

How can we use functions to describe real life situations? How do our dialects affect our way of life? Radio announcers must time their speech so that commercials and news updates are played at the correct length. Advertising is purchased by the seconds or minutes. Do you know how fast you talk? How fast do your friends talk? This is a great unit that looks at the use of functions in everyday life. Functions Math

Do you have a favorite Greek Mathematician? If not, here's a project to help you find one! After viewing the video from United Streaming, students will research, prepare and present a project using a cereal box and their imaginations about their favorite Greek mathematician. This resource includes the project description, the video is also uploaded, as well as the rubric to grade the finished project. greek, mathematician, geometry, project, math

This is a PowerPoint presentation explaining that there is more than one way to find the variable X. on Sunday, Jul 16 2006 at 03:10 PM variables, algebra, math