Pupils identify the components of a balanced diet and their importance to good health. Students research their favorite types of fast food to determine how healthy they really are. Links to websites of popular fast food companies are...

For this math skills practice worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to respond to story problems.

Students make chocolate chip cookies. In this cooking lesson, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.

In this percentages worksheet, students calculate percentages in eighteen problem solving percentage equations. Students show each step of their work.

Pupils participate in several plant-themed activities. They keep a food log, identify any plants they have eaten and then classify these foods by the part of the plant that is edible. Students sing songs about plants, make collages, make...

Young scholars analyze their fingerprints. In this fingerprint lesson, students make prints and observe the patterns for arches, loops, and whorls. They write a brief autobiography about themselves titled "I'm Thumbody."

Young scholars identify characteristics of birds, name several species, and explain how birds fly. They make nests and give bird presentations.

Students listen to the book, "Oobleck," by Dr. Suess before experimenting with mystery powders. They determine the proper ratio of powder to liquid to make the Oobleck.

Students examine the steps of maple sugar production and the labor and effort involved from the tree to the final product. They participate in a taste test game, and if they have access to maple trees, make their own syrup and sugar.

Students investigate how friction affects the movement of a block across surface areas. They test five different kinds of surfaces—smooth surface, wax paper, a paper towel, course, and fine sandpaper. They predict and record the results...

Students study patterns. They construct growing patterns using pattern blocks and isosceles right triangles. They verbally describe the patterns and state the rule that describes the relationship involving the number of pattern blocks...

Students form a conclusion using statistical data. In this statistical data lesson, students collect and analysis data to form a conclusion about what day of the week most babies are born.

In this rounding remainders worksheet, students complete a total of 14 problems, rounding remainders up or down depending on context. Answers on page 2.

Students create different shapes on grid paper.  In this two-dimensional geometry lesson plan, students take turns outlining a shape made of six squares on the graph paper.  They identify all shapes they see once everyone has...

Students classify and tabulate the type of advertisements found in a collection of magazines. Determination is made on what percent of the total number of ads each type represents. They present their results orally and in a graph.

In this multiplication facts instructional activity, students use small plastic bear manipulatives to solve 8 basic multiplication problems.

In this story problem worksheet, students read about Ralph and Sandra splitting up the cookies they baked. Students use division and multiplication to figure out how many cookies Ralph and Sandra started with. This worksheet contains 10...

Students study information for fish farm workers given in the form of a chart, in order to practice interpreting data while learning about the career of a fisherman. In this data interpretation instructional activity, students read the...

Students complete a weather report chart after studying weather patterns for a period of time. For this weather report lesson, students measure temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed, and wind direction for a month. Students...

Students examine percents. In this percents activity, students will estimate percentages. Using advertisements from a newspaper, students problem solve to determine the final price of a sale item.

Third graders measure their feet and their parents' feet, record data on computer-generated graphs, and calculate and record mean, median, and mode.

Learners, after reading "The Button Box" by Margarette S. Reid, analyze real-world data by surveying a sample space. They predict the generalization onto a larger population utilizing calculators and computers. Students total categories,...

In this remainders in division activity, students solve 5 problems in which the remainder is ignored or used to round up to the next whole number. Students tell how they would solve each problem and what they would do with the remainder.

In this measuring in kilometers activity, students choose 6 distances and measure each one in kilometers and choose 6 objects to measure in millimeters.