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Common Core 8.F.A.1 laboratories
Investigating the Spread of a Viral Outbreak
Students in grades 5 - 9 model the spread of an infectious disease under the entertaining theme of a zombie outbreak. One student unknowingly is patient zero and students simulate the spread of an airborne illness. This highly engaging activity covers health topics, nature of science, and math skills as students graph data in a line plot. Higher level students can be challenged to find the function of the exponential growth of the outbreak.
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6th - 9th
Kinetic energy, mass, and speed investigations NGSS MS PS3-1 CER
These two investigations (GOOGLE and PDF versions) allow students to develop an understanding of the relationship between kinetic energy and mass of an object, and kinetic energy and speed of an object. As students are collecting their own data, it is more understandable compared to being given data to analyze. This activity supports the NGSS standard MS PS3-1A review (or introduction) of some of the key terms such as mass, kinetic energy, speed, energy transformations, and conservation of energ
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6th - 9th
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MS-PS3-1
Also included in:Â Physical Science Investigations Incorporating the CER Structure NGSS Aligned
Spring Action Lab: A Bouncy and Engaging STEM Lab
Students will enjoy putting their learning to work in this engaging lab. Using springs or rubber bands, students measure and record data as they try to get a bucket to touch the floor by adding weights. Then they use their data and its graph to make predictions and write equations that will help them predict the outcomes. This simple and inexpensive lab will help your students learn graphing, t-tables, measurement, linear functions, and the physics of tension forces. This can be used as a stand-
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5th - 9th
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Functions -- Virtual Manipulatives Lab for Middle School Math Common Core
This lab guides students through four of the algebra virtual manipulatives (applets) from the nlvm website: Point Plotter, Line Plotter, Grapher, and Function Machine. These virtual manipulatives are a great way for students to explore the foundations of functions and graphs in a fun and conceptual format. My students really enjoy working through these labs and I enjoy the math understanding and discussions that follow. Five other nlvm labs for Middle School Math are available in My TpT Store -
X vs Y: A Variable Recording and Graphing Lab
A 3 day to week long laboratory exploration into independent and dependent variables, and how equations like y=mx+b can describe the relationships between them.After breaking down the lab's instructions, students will get to choose their own x and y variables and then come up with a procedure for gathering data. Depending on how outgoing/creative they are, collecting the data for this lab can be a blast! Once they have 20 (x,y) samples, they will graph them and draw a line that fits the data. Th
My Own Ice Cream Cone: Slope Activities 1
Introductory lesson to using data to create a linear growth graph and model by building "fake" ice cream cones. Templates are included for the cones and scoops. Instructions for the teacher are also included. Contact me at hrudolph@orangecsd.org for details or clarification. Students will be introduced to appropriate vocabulary such as initial amount, slope, intercept, growth, increasing, model, trend, linear function or linear equation. Lamination is helpful for re-using the materials! A
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5th - 8th
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Algebra Functions by Hand
Teach your students how to graph functions without a calculator. Using a basic y=mx+b format, give some x values in a table, have the students calculate the y value, convert to order pairs (O.P.). Finally, they graph their points and voila! A function is born! Also include is basic translation, reflection, and identification of O.P., and values of b, m, and y from a graph.
TAGS: functions, graphing, table, slope-line intercept, ordered pair, reflection, translation, algebraically, graphically, n
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8th - 10th
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