Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fingerprints

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students 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."
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Equations in the Park

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore algebraic concepts using real life situations.  For this equations lesson, students develop strategies to solve missing number problems. Students participate in a board game based on algebraic equations.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Once in a Blue Moon

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the phases of the moon. They use technology to access websites on the Internet dealing with the moon.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Adding Decimals with Hundredths

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this adding decimals worksheet, students add numbers with decimals in the hundredths place. Students complete 4 sets of problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Dentist

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read a short story about visiting a dentist. Then they use toothbrushes in order to demonstrate the correct way to brush teeth. Students use the internet to investigate how some foods are healthier for teeth than others. Then...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Paper Planes

For Teachers 3rd
In this unit, 3rd graders investigate one variable to see if they can make a paper plane fly farther. They use scatter plots to establish a possible relationship between variables then use what they have found to make a paper plane to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Beat the Wheel

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars recall basic multiplication facts by writing answers on a wheel form, competing against other teams to finish the wheels. They review multiplication facts on a Spinning Wheels Web Lesson.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chef for a Day

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students make chocolate chip cookies. In this cooking lesson plan, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tony's Spelling Troubles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the given problem and describe in their own words the situation represented in a bar chart and tally chart. They then use a bar chart and tally chart to make sensible predictions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Instructional Software Resources for Grades K-3

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students become familiar with teh selection, evaluation, and use of instructional software for 4-8 classroom. They download software demos from the web and discuss critiquing software. Students browse software evaluations on web sites.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Communities at Work

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore how people function together in small communities to reach a common goal.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Math Patterns 1

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Identify arithmetic patterns (including ones in the addition or multiplication tables), and explain them using properties of operations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a...
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: School Bus: Missing Terms: Number Patterns

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Students play a variety of learning games to explore number patterns by finding missing terms, using a calculator, and studying tables and a hundreds chart.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Table for 19 (Pdf)

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The waiters at Polygon's Restaurant need your help. See if you can use your problem solving and patterning skills to help them solve this math challenge. Discover how developing these skills could be useful in real life situations, in...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Patterns in Multiplication Tables

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Practice discovering and explaining patterns in multiplication tables. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.D.9 Identify...
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 3.oa Patterns in the Multiplication Table

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
The goal is to look for structure and identify patterns in the multiplication table and then try to find the mathematical explanation for this. Aligns with CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.D.9 Identify arithmetic patterns, and explain them using...
Interactive
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Fashion Store: Number Patterns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
On this interactive website, students practice various math skills using a real-life scenario at a fashion store. Those skills include creating number patterns, making a number sentence to represent a word problem, and making a table of...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Toothpicks: Patterns in Geometric Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
How can you describe the pattern made by a growing triangular shape? This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about pattern recognition and completing a table so you have data you can use to graph the coordinates on a...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arrangement 2

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Matt tries for a second time to arrange tables and chairs to accommodate 20 workers.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Division Patterns Within the Multiplication Table

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice with basic division facts using a multiplication table. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Division Patterns Within the Multiplication Table

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students relate division patterns to the patterns in a multiplication table. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [1:21] and a set...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Complete the Number Patterns Based on the Multiplication Table

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to use repeated addition to show the pattern for multiplying by 6.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Inequalities

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are given a number sentence expressed as an inequality and must fill in a blank to make it true. Includes video demonstrating a...
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Round and Round the Circle

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn multiplication with this dial star exercise. Predict what shapes you will get with different numbers.