Kings County Office of Education
| Kindergarten |
Patterns,
Here, There and Everywhere This Stewart Resource unit deals with introducing
the concept of patterning into the primary classroom. The unit provides
a 10 day scope of learning objectives and the activities for each of the
10 days. Also included is activity suggestions for integrating this theme
into other subjects.
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Shape
Game Students must identify the named shape. This page requires a Java-capable
browser. Measurement and Geometry: 2.1 |
| First Grade | What's
My Number Students will be on an information quest using the Internet
to find facts needed to arrive at a number on the 100 board, known only
to the author of the quest. Number Sense: 1.1, 2.1 |
Tootsie Pop Pull
- Shawn Parkhurst Students will tell the probability of them getting their
favorite flavor and keep a tally of the flavors drawn for a bag.
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| Second Grade | Shopping
for Toys - You have just won a $100 gift certificate to buy some toys!
You must try to spend as much of it as you can without going over. Let's
go shopping and have some fun! Number Sense: 2.2, 2.3, 5.1.5.2 |
Fractional
Insets A lesson from Shu-Chen Jenny Yen's On-Line Montessori Albums.
One of many lessons at this site that includes Montessori-method lesson
plans which are outlined on numeration, the golden beads, basic arithmetic
operations, the stamp game, the bead frame, fractions, and geometry.
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| Third Grade | Sports
Teams and Math - Use the Internet to study the mathematics of sports
scores. Number Sense: 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8 |
Click on Bricks:
Multiplication Facts 1 to 4 - Use bricks (Legos™) to master basic
multiplication facts in this interactive web lesson.
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| Fourth Grade | Place
Value Population Rounding Off - Learn about rounding off large numbers(to
millions) by starting with small numbers. Number Sense: 1.1, 1.2 Mathematical Reasoning: 1.1, 2.2 |
Team
Project - Survey - Specific directions to complete a Team Project
involving a survey, data collection and data display. As a part of this
projects students are trained to use Claris Works for data display.
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| Fifth Grade | Exquisite
Excursions - Travel the world and learn about distances and currency. Number Sense: 2.1, 2.2 |
Car
Park Data - Calculate the statistics on data gather from the cars
in the staff parking lot.
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| Sixth Grade | Buying
My First Car - Go shopping online for a car and learn about ALL of the
costs. Number Sense: 1.2, 1.3 Mathematical Reasoning: 2.4, 2.7 |
School
Clothes Budget - Your need to buy new clothes for school. You have
$200 to spend. Your family gets a 40% discount on a one time purchase
of clothes. Your assignment is to spend the money the best way you can.
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| Seventh Grade | Population
Ratios - Use data from the US Bureau of the Census to calculate ratios,
growth rates, and other mathematical changes Number Sense: 1.6 Mathematical Reasoning: 1.2 |
Understanding Algebraic
Factoring - Students develop an understanding of algebraic factoring
through the use of algebra tiles.
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| Algebra I | Functions
Made Easy - a simple, interactive introduction to functions. Algebra I: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 16, 17, 18 |
Algebraic Problem Solving Using Spreadsheets - A unit that emphasizes moving from numerical to symbolic representation.
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| Geometry | School-Bus
Geometry - This lesson introduces a non-Euclidean Geometry Geometry: 17 |
Experiment with
Volume - This lesson uses a demonstration to introduce volume of cylinders.
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| Algebra II |
Curve
Fitting and the TI-85 Calculator - A guide for using the TI-85 Calculator
to do scatter plots using data obtained from the Internet. Some information
will model linear functions and some will be models of exponential functions
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Quadratic
Functions - An interactive page including a definition, examples and
exercises of quadratic functions. Algebra II: 17 |
| Probability and Statistics |
A Devious
Investigation: A lesson in Standard Deviation - This investigation
is designed have students develop an informal understanding of standard
deviation by having students find the mean and standard deviation of their
hometown and comparing them to a town with a similar mean but a different
standard deviation.
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| Mathematical Analysis |
The
Physics Department: Vectors An intractive lesson introducing vectors.
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| Trigonometry |
Trigonometry
Realms This lesson is an introductory unit that overviews the definitions
and graphs of trig functions.
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| Calculus | Alvirne High School maintains an archive of sample calculus questions. The problems located at the above link have been aligned with California's Calculus standards | |