Students are asked if they think a roadrunner is a bird that is a fast runner or a slow runner? They are given a copy of Roadrunner Display Sheet. Students are asked how does a roadrunner protect iteself? They are given the following...

Students pretend as if they have just won a $100 gift certificate to buy some toys and must try to spend as much of it as they can without going over.

Students combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.

Students discuss square numbers. For this math lesson, students find square numbers and support their answers. Students find sums and products that are square numbers.

Pupils practice theories dealing with equals sign used as a balance, inequality symbols and practice utilizing a box or some other geometric shape to represent an unknown number. They assess numeracy problems embedded in language-rick...

Students throw bean bags at stacks of blocks. They record the results and write the corresponding mathematical equations.

Students collect pennies to donate to Kiwanis International for their international effort to buy salt for children's bone development. They calculate the amount of money donated, calculate how many children will receive salt, and write...

In this inverse relationship learning exercise, students use information given to fill in boxes, determining the inverse relationship of one problem to another.

In this money worksheet, students complete a chart showing the value of money and how the amount of money could be written in words. Five examples are given. Fifteen more numbers can be added. Money amounts are given in pounds.

Students discuss pyrotechnics and what they have noticed about their height and speed. They think about the path which fireworks follow which is a parabola. They follow multiplication patterns to determine the Zero Product Property and...

Students create their own math problems with one restriction, the answer the teacher gives them must be kept in a sealed envelope. They may make up any kind of problem they like.

Students are shown 4 lollipops and asked to tell you all the ways they could share them between 2 students; understanding the difference between sharing and sharing evenly. They read the math problem and share solutions.

Students complete activities to study the concept of place value notation. In this place value lesson, students use cards for the days of the month that only number from 1 to 9. Students find a subtraction pattern to determine the amount...

Third graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the playing of a Trick Triangle Game while focusing upon developing skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They play the game and practice rounding of...

Students prepare to become the first to cover four adjacent products, horizontally, vertically or diagonally by selecting factors that make the needed products. They play this game to acquire a healthy appetite for competition between...

Third graders model the tag and recapture of bears and use proportions to estimate the population of the bears in their forest. This is a statistical sampling method used by scientists and naturalists to determine population numbers.

Third graders, in groups, subtract integers by following Cherries are Positive, Lemons are Negative. They discover the rules for subtracting integers by using cherry heads and lemon heads.

Students look at ratio, what it means for numbers or objects to be in a given ratio, and how ratios and fractions are related. They write and solve story problems which involve whole numbers, using addition, subtraction, multiplication,...

Students space themselves out on the floor with the equipment. When the teacher holds up a math flash card students write down the problem then they solve it. When they have the answer they jump rope that number of times.

Young scholars explore changes and how to adapt to them. They discuss the seasons, changes in the weather, and different stages of matter. Students write a poem about change. Additional cross curriculum activities are listed.

Students become aware of the importance of trees in the natural world. Students are shown 2 filmstrips - Special Things About Trees and Tree Magic. Students plants seeds. They, students predict the growing chart of tree growth. Students...

In this choose the operation worksheet, students complete 5 word problems based on a scenario given at the top of the page. A reference web site is given for additional activities. Answers included.

Learners practice problem solving. In this number identification lesson plan, students practice identifying numbers based on clues or characteristics given. They also work in groups to identify the clues for given numbers.

In this choose the operation learning exercise, students write when they would use given operations, list words or phrases that help them know when to choose an operation, then solve 2 word problems.