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Screenshot for Hot Shot Challenge - Rescue the Hotshots
This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, students "define extraction logistics using the Pythagorean Theorem and the linear equation for distance, rate and time." Doing this, students create a...
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This resource is from the American Samoa Technician Education Readiness Pathway Project (ASTERP), which aims to adapt the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded guitar building program to prepare students in American Samoa for entry into technician education programs. The project features unique...
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This lesson from the STEM Action Center - Utah highlights how educators can use mathematical discourse to increase student learning. Educators learn how to develop curriculum, create assessments, and build student mathematical fluency. The lesson provides PowerPoint slides, a mathematical discourse...
Screenshot for Machine Tool: Pythagorean Theorem and Plotting Points
This 5-page resource is provided by the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and includes a set of triangle problems that students can solve using either right triangle trigonometry, or Pythagorean theorem. Notes are provided to support student calculations. Students...
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DO-IT serves to increase the success of people with disabilities, especially in fields where they have traditionally been underrepresented, such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. DO-IT uses technology to maximize the independence, productivity, and participation of students with...
Screenshot for Manufacturing Quality Control Challenge: Perfecting Your Craft
This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a math data visualization activity designed for seventh graders. In this activity, students utilize "inference and measures of center and variability to investigate the error rate of random samples of hex nuts to determine if a...
Screenshot for Math Videos Captioned and Signed in ASL: Working with Radicals
This collection of videos is part of a series of lessons on math provided by DeafTEC. Gary Blatto-Vallee, a math and science instructor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, guides viewers through a variety of mathematical exercises in this DeafTEC video series. All lessons are fully...
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This web site provides information on the Math Works advocacy kit. These kits provide "resources that make the case for why all students, regardless of their plans after graduation, should engage in rigorous math course-taking throughout their high school experiences." The kit includes materials...
Screenshot for Mathematics for Construction Trades: Converting Fractions into Decimals
This Mathematics for Construction Trades lesson, provided by the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, introduces students to converting fractions into decimals. In this lesson, students will convert fractions and mixed numbers into decimals, and then to feet and...
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This collection, provided by the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), includes an 137-page mathematics student review guide and related videos. This student guide is intended to help students studying photonics gain adequate math skills. The following topics are covered:...
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