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Tallest Stack Wins

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build a stack of pennies as tall as possible, recording the number of pennies they are able to stack before the tower falls. Then, sharing answers, they determine the average number of pennies that could be stacked.
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Area

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners examine the mathematical concept of area. These activities and discussions may be used to develop students' understanding of this mathematical concept and will enable learners to calculate the area of a random shape on a grid.
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Place Value Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners increase their cardiovascular endurance through movement. At the same time, they learn place value of numbers to the millionths place.
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Candy Bar Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the relationship between caloric expenditure and exercise, and see a real world use for fractions as they relate to daily life.
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Match to Multiply

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore multiplying whole numbers by one- and two-digit numbers using a fun game. When the bell rings student takes first card and writes it on the board. When teacher rings the bell students match numbers with someone from...
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Working with Cuisenaire Rods In Mathematics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn the numerical value of each underlined letter of the standard Rod Code and develop systematic usage for building new units.
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Congruent Boxes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students decorate the congruent faces and edges of boxes in exactly the same way. They teach the terms "congruent," "faces," and "edges" to their parents.
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It's Great to Be More

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students compare whole and fractional numbers using <, >, or =, with manipulatives and drawings.
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What Does Percent Have to Do With It?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders go shopping for a real life experience involving percent. They explore the concepts of sales tax and discount prices.
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Rising and Falling Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore outcomes from the conversion of fractions to decimals in stock market quotes and explore fluctuating interest rates using an amortization calculator.
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Fraction Fun With Food

For Teachers 1st - 5th
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.
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Decimals: Teaching Decimals in the Hundredths Place

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine place value in the hundredths place. They use decimals and money for understanding.
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Triangles

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize geometric shapes with acute angles, make geometric shapes with acute angles on geoboards, and draw acute angles on geopaper.
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Spiders! Scary or Nice?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in a variety of cross-curriculur activities in order to explore spiders.
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Pair 'Em Up!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders verify the validity of Punnett squares. They simulate a real-world situation by drawing chromosomes from a paper bag and track the data.
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Around the World With Multiplication

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play Around the World, recalling basic multiplication facts.

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