Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mapping the Bone Field: An Area and Scale Exercise

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Here is an excellent cross-curricular lesson. Learners relate multiplication to area by making a grid on graph paper, and then creating the same grid in real space outside in the school yard.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Footprints: Take a Step into Estimation

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Compare sizes of student footprints with those of elephants and sauropod dinosaurs! Upper graders make estimations of the areas of irregular shapes; students use grids to make and explain estimates within low and high ranges.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Matching Fractions

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Focus on halves, thirds, and fourths in these visual fraction activities. Scholars begin by examining a grid with various expressions of the three fractions displayed in the grid squares. They color-code the grid to indicate which...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Hit or Miss

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this hit or miss activity, students play a game called hit or miss where they draw points on a graph and their partners have to guess where their points are. Students each get a grid and play a game representing battleship.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Locating Places

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars demonstrate how to use the map grid system. In this map skills lesson, students are given coordinates to locate several locations on a world map. Young scholars use the map grid system to identify these locations.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Treasure Map

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders problem solve using drawings and map interpretations. They preview graphs and Cartesian geometry. They follow directions on a map using a grid and compass references while simulating they are reading a pirate map.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Ordinal Numbers

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this mathematical ordinal numbers worksheet, students follow ten directives to show mastery of sorting out ordinal number problems on grids.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mini - Lesson #5: Get To Know - Mapping

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine and draw landscape maps. In this mapping lesson, students investigate what a landscape map is. They draw a map showing objects on a small piece of natural landscape. Students fill in a grid sheet and a worksheet to make...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Be an Artist: King Eider

For Students 3rd
In this science instructional activity, 3rd graders use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students create the image of a king eider.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Be an Artist: Hermit Crab

For Students 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students create the image of a hermit crab.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Shapes, Pictures and Floor Plans

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this shapes and pictures worksheet, students write the opposites of eight pairs of words, color a classroom floor plan and draw pictures and shapes on four grids. Students check their answers online as they go.
Activity
PBS

Passion for Pixels

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Picture this: a fun activity for pupils to discover pixels. After learning about digital signals and pixels, scholars act as senders and receivers of an image. The sender indicates zero or one to tell whether each square in a grid is...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's All In How You Look At It

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners work collaboratively to create artistic renderings of digital photographs using a color value scale and grid techniques in this late-elementary school lesson based upon Ted Rose's book Discovering Drawing. The lesson includes a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Explore Perimeter and Area - Reteach 18.1

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this perimeter and area learning exercise, students review the steps to find perimeter and area. Students then use grid paper to draw the figures described in 6 questions. Students note the perimeter and area of shapes as well.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shapes and Their Insides

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Learners follow a series of instructions for drawing and coloring different shapes in order to learn the difference between the perimeter and area of a polygon. Then they are asked to find the perimeter and area of a 3x4 rectangular...
PPT
Curated OER

Scaled Measurements

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Introduce youngsters to the concept of scale measurement and the uses of scale drawing. They are provided with an explanation and then given two examples of how scale measurements work. This would be a good resource to use prior to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Be an Artist

For Teachers 3rd
For this visual arts worksheet, 3rd graders will use a grid to recreate a given image. Using similar line segments in each box of the grid, students will recreate the image of a fish in the boxes provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Be an Artist: Frog

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this visual arts worksheet, students will use a grid to recreate a given image. Using similar line segments in each box of the grid, students will recreate the image of a frog in the boxes provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Be an Artist: Lobster

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
For this visual arts worksheet, students will use a grid to recreate a given image. Using similar line segments in each box of the grid, students will recreate the image of a lobster in the boxes provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Be an Artist: Dragonfly

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this visual arts worksheet, students will use a grid to recreate a given image. Using similar line segments in each box of the grid, students will recreate the image of a dragonfly in the boxes provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Be an Artist: Bighorn Sheep

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this visual arts worksheet, students will use a grid to recreate a given image. Using similar line segments in each box of the grid, students will recreate the image of a bighorn sheep in the boxes provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Be an Artist: Softshell Turtle

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this visual arts worksheet, students will use a grid to recreate a given image. Using similar line segments in each box of the grid, students will recreate the image of a softshell turtle in the boxes provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Be an Artist: Hermit Crab

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this visual arts worksheet, students will use a grid to recreate a given image. Using similar line segments in each box of the grid, students will recreate the image of a hermit crab in the boxes provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mapping and Excavating a Jello Mold

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students simulate how archaeologists excavate sites by "searching" their own site in the form of a Jello mold. They use a grid to map the objects in the Jello mold as well as looking at three layers of Jello to understand stratigraphy...

Other popular searches