A Flooding Threat
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad uses a graph to estimate how much the water level will rise in the Sensible Flats reservoir.
Earning 100 Snelfus
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad figures out how to earn 100 snelfus in 11 days.
A Tip on Tipping
This TV 411 segment features a lesson from Question Man on how to informally calculate 15% tips at restaurants.
What's a 360?
In this Cyberchase video segment, Harry tries to snowboard and learns how to measure and identify many common angles.
Discovering Important Statistical Concepts Using Spreadsheets (DISCUS)
DISCUS is a set of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets designed for teaching first year undergraduate level statistics. Students can use them on their own and do not need prior knowledge of Excel. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, binomial distributions, and regression etc. This page has links to more info about each topic, an independent review of DISCUS, and a DISCUS download. It also links to information on the creation of a Spanish version of DISCUS called Tutorial para el Aprendi
Sun Spot Analysis
In this activity, introductory students use Excel to graph monthly mean Greenwich sunspot numbers from 1749 to 2004 and perform a spectral analysis of the data using the free software program "Spectra". Short answer and thought questions related to the graphical data are asked throughout the assignment. ...
Teaching with Data
This Starting Point module is written to assist geoscience faculty who want to utilize learning processes that use observations, defined in the most general sense, as a fundamental component of student learning. It provides information on what Teaching with Data is, why it is useful, how to make use ...
Grade 4 Math Revision Test I
This module revises a variety of mathematical skills: basic operations, weights, measures and money are all revised. Some emphasis is placed on applied maths, and especially on introductory fractions.
Mathematics: starting with fractions
A short quiz introducing halves, quarters, thirds, fifths, sixths and eighths.
Multiplication Races I
Practice your mental and mathematical agility with arithmetic races. A sequence of levels with timed questions. Each level gets progressively faster. The questions themselves are based on multiplication and involve positive integers in the range 0 - 9999. There are a total of 19 levels, combing both ...
Preschool Maths I
Simple counting and arithmetic for first steps in mathematics. Visual stimuli accompany the tasks to motivate and assist early learning. This first module is limited to numbers from 1 to 20. Skills covering include: counting, ordering of numbers, number recognition, relating digital and alphabetic representations ...
Roman Numerals
This is a large module with a wide variety of learning and testing material surrounding Roman numerals. The easiest of the 12 levels contain simple matching and memory games for learning smaller Roman numbers. At higher levels the quizzes progress to multiple choice and sorting exercises, starting first ...
Math Test II for Grade 10
A set of 31 multiple choice questions from Xth Standard Math syllabus (of India), intended for use as The Spark Group's the teacher recruitment test.
Energy Skate Park
Learn about conservation of energy with a skater dude! Build tracks, ramps and jumps for the skater and view the kinetic energy, potential energy and friction as he moves. You can also take the skater to different planets or even space!
Equation Grapher
Learn about graphing polynomials. The shape of the curve changes as the constants are adjusted. View the curves for the individual terms (e.g. y=bx ) to see how they add to generate the polynomial curve.
Estimation
Explore size estimation in one, two and three dimensions! Multiple levels of difficulty allow for progressive skill improvement.
Resistance in a Wire
Learn about the physics of resistance in a wire. Change its resistivity, length, and area to see how they affect the wire's resistance. The sizes of the symbols in the equation change along with the diagram of a wire.
Industrial Design: The Geometry of Bicycle Designs
In this activity students will: Investigate how triangles can be used to design bicycles; Measure lengths and angles used to make different bicycle frames;Make conjectures about angle sizes and type of bicycles.
Vectors and conics
Attempts to answer problems in areas as diverse as science, technology and economics involve solving simultaneous linear equations. In this unit we look at some of the equations that represent points, lines and planes in mathematics. We explore concepts such as Euclidean space, vectors, dot products ...
Understanding society
This unit will give you a taste of the types of activities, tasks and assignments that you would be asked to undertake on Open University course Y157 Understanding society. After studying this unit you should have a much better idea whether this course is
