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Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Probability, Mathematics, Algebra & FunctionsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students discover the havoc that wildfire can cause. After learning...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Investigating Fire Environments
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students consider the meaning of the term variable, both in a mathe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Creating A Firewise Defensible Space
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn about creating defensible space around a home using...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0How Steep Can You Be?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students consider the construction of a tool that will measure perc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Bagel Algebra
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, a real life example--taken from a bagel shop--is used to get students to think about solving a pro...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Wildfire Simulation
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Probability, Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis reproducible activity, from an Illuminations lesson, guides students through the process of simulating a forest fire to see...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Line of Best Fit
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsThis student interactive, from Illuminations, allows the user to enter a set of data, plot the data on a coordinate grid, and de...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Marble Mania
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Probability, Mathematics, ScienceIn this interactive tool, created by Science NetLinks, the randomness and probability of marbles being pulled out of a "bag" are...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Vigenere Cipher
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Number Sense, Algebra & FunctionsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn about the polyalphabetic Vigenere cipher. They encod...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Code Crackers
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Number Sense, Algebra & FunctionsIn this unit of two lessons, from Illuminations, students learn about two simple coding methods, the Caesar cipher and the Vigen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Body Measurements
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students make their own fascinating discoveries and become aware of the concepts of ratio and prop...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0How Long? How Wide? How Tall? How Deep?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students use historical nonstandard units (digits, hand, cubit, yard, foot, pace, fathom) to estim...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Makeshift Measurements
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students explore the concept of standard size. They verify measurements for some objects that come...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Sizing Up
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students use measurement to investigate where clothing sizes come from and to explore how sizes di...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Junior Architects
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Engineering & Design, Visual ArtsIn this unit of four lessons, from Illuminations, students learn basic architectural concepts such as using basic linear measure...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Golden Ratio
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students explore the Fibonacci sequence. They examine how the ratio of two consecutive Fibonacci n...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Apple Pi
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this unit of two lessons, from Illuminations, students use estimation and measurement skills to determine the ratio of circum...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Square Circles
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsThis Illuminations lesson allows students to use a variety of units when measuring the side length and perimeter of squares, as ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Everything Balances Out in the End
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this unit of three lessons, from Illuminations, students use a pan balance to study equality, order of operations, numerical ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Seeing Music
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Music, Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, Visual Arts, Trigonometry/Pre-CalculusIn this Illuminations lesson, students calculate terms of a geometric sequence to determine frequencies of the chromatic scale. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
