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Mathematics

1.OA.2: Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.

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1. A Calorie Counter: Fast Food Restaurants and Nutrition Facts Compared

Activity Description

 
 
Fast Food Nutrition
Source: Fast Food Nutrition (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
Use this site to teach students to read and understand fast food nutrition facts. The site allows users to search and compare the nutrition facts of popular fast-food restaurant menu items. Use the attached Word document for student to enter comparison data.

Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language, ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Diploma, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced, All Levels
2. Algebra Lab: Order of Operations

Activity Description

Algebra Lab - Order of Operations
Source: Algebra Lab Order of Operations Activity page (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

Algebra Lab is an online learning environment that focuses on the high school math topics and skills called upon in introductory science courses.  It has an excellent glossary and math topics appropriate for our learners. These include fractions, decimals, exponents, order of operation, and word problems. It provides vocabulary development and practice of language in a context related to math and science. Includes extensive teacher support, lesson plans, practice exercises, comprehension exercise, and more. For this activity, you will be presenting Order of Operations.

 

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, All Levels
3. Algebra2go: Pre-Algebra Math

Activity Description

Algebra2Go
Source: Algebra2Go Homepage (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

This Web site is filled with tools to assist teachers as they set up their math course as well as students looking for individual help. The site includes class notes, video worksheets, video lectures (using different formats if you cannot access YouTube), homework sets, topic quizzes to assess if students are able to skip the topic, and much more.

This is the Algebra2go Prealgebra course from Saddleback College with all lesson and class resources available for immediate download in one large zip file (1.14GB). 

 

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, ESL: English as a Second Language, CTE: Career Technical Education

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, Intermediate High, Advanced
4. EconEdLink: Understanding a Balance Sheet

Activity Description

Understanding a Balance Sheet
Source: EconEdLink: Understanding a Balance Sheet Lesson Plan (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

In this activity, students learn the components of a balance sheet by working through many problems to strengthen their understanding. Students complete a balance sheet for business by entering the names of the accounts and calculating total assets, liabilities, and net worth. Students then make predictions on how the balance sheet changes when there are changes to assets and liabilities.

EconEdLink has financial literacy lessons written for K–12. They also provide access to the latest economic news and information. Choose Current Events on the "educator" menu to learn more about what is happening in the world of economics and access related lesson plans. Links to economic data resources can also be found on the "educator" menu. Take time to look this one over, including both the educator section and the student section.

 

 

Program Areas

ASE: High School Diploma, ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

Levels

High
5. EdReady: Math Readiness System

Activity Description

EdReady
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EdReady is a personalized math and English readiness learning system that evaluates the skills of each student in the context of their goal and then provides a learning pathway to mastery. EdReady supports and accelerates math and English readiness.

 

This activity takes you through the steps to set up your own EdReady account and how you can use it with your students.

 

OTAN supports agencies wanting to try EdReady with their students. They will set up teacher accounts and needed student pathways. Students are assigned a “Goal key” that ensures the student is working in their teacher’s account. Teachers can track student progress and time on task.

 

For more information about EdReady, please see the Web-based article titled, “Accelerate Learning with EdReady”.

 

 

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

6. GCF LearnFree: Basic Math

Activity Description

GCF LearnFree Math Lessons
Source: GCF LearnFree Math Topics (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

GCF LearnFree provides help with basic math in the areas of subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, and percents. With an emphasis on images and interactives, their math tutorials make learning math easier. The tutorials are designed to be like a math workbook, so learners can practice what they learn directly within the lessons and learn at their own pace.

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

Levels

Low, Intermediate
7. Shodor Interactivate: Estimating Quiz

Activity Description

 

Interactivate: Estimator Quiz
Source: http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/EstimatorQuiz/ (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
The Interactivate site has three different activities using the skill of estimating. This activity allows the user to practice estimating the results of addition, multiplication, and percentage problems. Questions are categorized by a combination of levels (which determines the difficulty) and by types of problems listed. The math involved is addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

Levels

8. Shodor Interactivate: Order of Operations

Activity Description

 
Interactivate: Order of Operations
Source: Order of Operations (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
This activity allows two users to play a game of order of operations where each player tries to connect four game pieces in a row before his or her opponent does. The players can choose to answer problems that use addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, exponents, and parentheses. They can also choose the difficulty level. This activity would work well in groups of 2 for about 15-20 minutes.

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

Levels

9. Shodor Interactivate: Solve for X

Activity Description

Project Interactivate is mathematics courseware containing more than 29+ classroom-tested interactive activities and tools. Suggested lesson plans and discussions based on various concepts contained in the activities help support standards-based approaches to mathematics education.

Shodor Interactivate Equation Solver
Source: http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/EquationSolver/ (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

Students can also use the site to learn fractions, do comparisons, create Venn Diagrams and practice other mathematics concepts. Great for the visual learner.

This activity allows students to practice solving algebraic equations using the additive inverse and multiplicative inverse properties. As the user solves the problem, the activity tracks each step, noting the property that was used and the number of steps used to solve the equation. There are three different levels of difficulty.

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

Levels

10. Test Prep Review: GED Science Practice Test

Activity Description

 
Screenshot of GED Test Prep website
Source: GED Practice Test Review page (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
This activity involves a GED Science practice test, which can be used as an in-class assessment, printed assessment without answers, or supplemental student resources following instruction. The site was originally set up for the 2002 GED; however, many of the modules are beneficial in preparing for 2014 GED. All assessments have answers and explanations. This is a commercial site and their intention is to sell their products; however, the practice tests are free.

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

All Levels
11. Algebra2go: Prealgebra Math

Activity Description

This Web site is filled with tools to assist teachers as they set up their math course as well as students looking for individual help. The site includes class notes, video worksheets, video lectures (using different formats if you cannot access YouTube), homework sets, topic quizzes to assess if students are able to skip the topic, and much more.

Algebra2Go
Source: https://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/lperez/algebra2go/index.html (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

Levels

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