Source: Wonders Of The African World
Construct a three-dimensional model of a geometric pyramid using measurement and engineering skills. Explore the different theories of how the Egyptian pyramids were constructed, and test the practical application of the multiple ramp theory.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. Measurement. Archeology. World History: 4000-1000 BCE.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Explore general patterns of polynomial and rational functions. Construct boxes of various dimensions, collect height and volume data and create a scatterplot in order to determine the height of the box with the maximum volume.
Grade Level: 9-12
Subjects: Math
Topics: Functions and Algebra. Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Explore modern specifications and construction of boxing rings. Apply various methods for finding the area of circles, rectangles, trapezoids and complex area coverings, and compare and contrast areas and overlaps for attack and defense in the ring.
Grade Level: 9-12
Subjects: Math
Topics: Functions and Algebra. Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: NOVA
Define perimeter, circumference, radius, diameter and area and demonstrate how to draw polygons that are inscribed in a circle and circumscribed around a circle. Estimate the value of pi by duplicating the method Archimedes used.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. Measurement. World History: 1000 BCE-300 CE.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Prove the Pythagorean theorem using the method developed by President James A. Garfield, a former public school math teacher.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. United States History: 1870-1900.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Explore the mathematics of architecture by investigating the unusual shapes of some of the rooms in the White House, such as the Blue Room's elliptical shape. Use a graph to plot, draw and determine the equation of an ellipse.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Math, The Arts
Topics: Applied Mathematics. Functions and Algebra. Geometry and Spatial Sense. Architecture.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Represent numbers in scientific notation, and use geometry to solve problems related to three-dimensional figures. Explore distance and capacity problems about planets in the solar system.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Math, Science & Tech
Topics: Applied Mathematics. Geometry and Spatial Sense. Numbers and Operations. Atmosphere & Space Science.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: NOVA
Give a basic definition of a fullerene, construct a paper model of the 60-carbon-atom buckyball and discuss findings that there may be other types of fullerenes based on hexagons and pentagons.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Math, Science & Tech
Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. Chemistry. Design & Invention. Atomic.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: NOVA
Define the geometric principle "perspective," assemble a distorted room using a template and investigate how geometry plays a role in perspective.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Math
Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: NOVA
Understand how string theory supports the idea that the universe is made up of more than the four commonly experienced spacetime dimensions and consider how more than three spatial dimensions could exist in the universe.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Math, Science & Tech
Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. Chemistry. Motion & Forces. Atomic.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: NOVA
Determine a common definition for the term "curve," construct a simple curve, explain the patterns students notice among the segments that make up each curve and determine if the definition should change based on what is now known.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Math
Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: NOVA
Examine the geometric process known as triangulation and simulate the Global Positioning System by using triangulation to locate a target.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Math
Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. Measurement.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
