Students use candy and pizza to identify concepts associated with fractions. They work together in groups to create fractions. They complete a worksheet individually to complete the activity.

Third graders use a worksheet to budget a five-hundred dollar shopping spree. They select goods to purchase, figure totals and then calculate discounts and sales tax. They compare results to determine who purchased the most for his or...

Students review fractions using a visual display. They receive a can of Play Dough and have to complete a worksheet figuring out how to divide up a pizza for a specified number of guests.

In this math review worksheet, students respond to 16 questions that serve as a review of fractions, decimals, patterns, number sense, properties, story problems, and computation.

Pupils create fractions using strips of paper and then compare the fractions.

Third graders discuss light sources and collect data about energy sources. They compare data and create a multiple line graph showing energy used by light sources for each student in the group. They present their graphs and write a...

For this division game worksheet, students will work in small groups to play a game about dividing numbers. A teacher's guide with game instructions is included.

Students use fraction circles to observe fractions in smaller parts and to complete charting and word problem activities. In this fraction lesson plan, students complete chart problems, word problems, and fraction comparing problems...

Third graders take turns rolling the die, and selects an appropriate place to put the digit that was rolled in order to create a number with the largest value possible. They compete by trying to roll the highest valued number with the die.

Third graders create addition and subtraction word problems for a partner to solve using marbles. They explain whether the problem is an addition, subtraction, "take away", "have and need", compare or "what is the rest" type problem.

Third graders complete math problems.  In this place value lesson, 3rd graders solve problems that require them to write the place value of a number in expanded form and identify the place value and expanded form of three digit...

Students enjoy the excitement in the short story, Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! In this Cook-A-Doodle Doo! lesson plan, students work to tell the difference between fact and fiction, learn vocabulary, and compare and contrast different stories.

Students construct a book to illustrate number concepts. They write their numbers on a sheet of paper. Students in grade 1 discuss counting to 100 by different numbers. Pupils in grades (2-4) write basic addition or subtraction story...

Students explore their world using the book "This is the Way We Go to School." They predict information about the story based on the title and pictures. Students label a world map with the names of continents and oceans. They write a set...

Students practice adding and subtracting numbers with decimals. For this decimals lesson plan, students use grid paper and money to learn how to add and subtract decimals.

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

Students set up a classroom currency exchange and explore the idea of bartering to get what they want. They create a monetary unit that is based on fractions and multiples of a standard unit, and compare this system to the U.S. monetary...

In this math activity, students find the values of the fractions and convert them to decimals. They also change decimals into fractions.

Third graders cut a map of a pond into grid squares. They count the total number of squares and calculate the probability of drawing a pond piece vs. a shoreline piece. They draw 10 pieces and compare the results with the original...

Students begin the lesson by noting the many ways in which to use peanuts. In groups, they use the internet to research the work of George Washington Carver. They discover the allergies and nutritional information of the peanut and...

Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.

Students observe and discuss cloud cover. They identify percent of cloud cover, calculate cloud cover by fraction and convert to a percent, and compare their models with the current real sky cloud cover.

Students design and build a snowplow using LEGO materials. They compete in an Engineer's Challenge to clear a path through Styrofoam peanuts.

Young scholars explore the concept of fractions with coin denominations. They play a game involving trading equal fraction parts to coin values, and complete a 'Fraction Circles' worksheet.