In this fractions practice instructional activity, learners sharpen their math skills as they use problem solving strategies to solve 6 problems regarding halves and fourths.

Students compare chocolates using their five senses and determine the value of the chocolate. In this chocolate lesson plan, students sample various types of chocolate. Students study the price per ounce of each bar to complete the...

Students keep track of money. In this money management lesson, students read Less Than Zero by Stuart J. Murphy and manipulate a number line to keep track of spending and borrowing in the story.

Students use the design process to investigate physical science.  In this force and motion lesson, design a track to achieve a specified outcome. Students complete additional experiments with speed and distance.  Students...

Students listen to the story, Earth Day - Hooray!, and discuss the story as it is being read.  In this Earth Day instructional activity, students discuss incentives and penalties in regards to taking care of the Earth.  This...

Third graders explore different combinations of coins that can be used for specified amounts of money using paper money and tree diagrams. They write money amounts in different forms. Groups utilize a tree diagram imbedded in this lesson...

Learners discover the importance of exchanging money in a market. In this economics lesson, students discover natural resources and how one can barter with those resources. In addition, learners complete worksheets and discover the...

Third graders observe angles in their classroom and create an angle finder to represent them.In this angles lesson, 3rd graders classify angles as acute, obtuse, right or straight. Students find the differences and similarities in angles.

Students apply binary code in software applications for computer engineers. In this binary code lesson, students read about binary code and its applications to computer engineers. They download software and read an online binary clock....

Students investigate the different phases of the moon.  For this lunar cycle lesson, students create models of the sun, earth and moon and investigate why we observe the moon the way we do.  Students observe a PowerPoint...

Learners read a story about spending and saving money and talk about the difference between goods and services. In this money lesson plan, students also play a matching game to review the story and practice rhyming words from the story.

Learners explore the wonders of bugs. In this bug instructional activity, students examine various types of bugs. Learners make crafts, sing songs, discuss nutrition, and investigate different types of insects.

Students observe and sort tree leaves. In this earth science instructional activity, students observe the attributes of real leaves and measure leaves using Unifix cubes.

Learners become familiar with various kinds of apples and the tree they grow on.  In this Apple tree lesson plan, students recognize the differences between apples and can identify what happens to apples in different seasons. ...

Students investigate U.S. currency by pretending to buy food.  For this money lesson, students discover the vocabulary and value for each U.S. coin, then add the amounts in dollars and cents of food items they wish to purchase....

Students create and conduct a survey. In this broken bones lesson, students discuss if they've ever broken a bone and how a broken bone heals. Students generate questions for a survey on broken bones and healing time, conduct the survey...

Students become familiar with surrealism through the artwork of Hieronymus Bosch. In this Bosch instructional activity, students explore symmetry and surrealism. Students create step by drawings on the computer in the style of Hieronymus...

Students discover the names and values of different monetary denominations. In this money instructional activity, students examine the different combinations that money can be added in to find specified amounts. The students complete...

Students examine different types of non-standard measurement. In this measuring lesson, students utilize their fingers, palms and feet as measuring tools. Students discuss the difference between measuring using parts of their body and...

Young scholars create a graph. In this pictograph lesson, students cut out 20 small ice cream cones and decorate them. Young scholars create a pictograph with their ice cream cones.

Students understand multiplication through the use of snack manipulatives. In this multiplication lesson, students solve a multiplication problem using pretzels and then create and answer original problems. Students analyze how they got...

Learners categorize sweetheart candy by color or message. In this sorting and graphing lesson, students collect data by sorting the candy and then diagram their results in a graph.

Learners investigate the cost of living. In this financial awareness lesson plan, students play a game to simulate various family situations and their incomes. Learners choose activity cards and record information on their family profile...

Students design and construct a model town. For this community lesson, students will collaboratively build a small town from construction paper and toys.