Curated OER
"Home Sweet Home?"
Students research an endangered animal's habitat, investigate the survival problems. They research the animal's zoo life. They research some programs of reintroduction and chart the pros and cons of each.
Curated OER
Construction Ahead!
Students work together to develop a new design for the three little pigs house. They create a floor plan and work with a fictionious budget. They present their new design to the the class.
Curated OER
PASS the Arts
Learners explore math and art concepts, create digital art examples of the concepts, and incorporate these works into a PowerPoint portfolio with explanation and analysis.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Mathematical Recipe Metaphors
In this lesson, Barry Lane's books entitled Reviser's Toolbox and 51 Wacky We-Search Reports are used as mentor texts. Used as a refeference, the concept of recipe poems can be instructed to the students and the genre of "how to" books,...
Discovering Egypt
Discovering Egypt: Egyptian Mathematics
A brief explanation of the numbering system of the ancient Egyptians, with great drawings and sample problems. Use this resource to introduce yourself to the symbols ancient Egyptians used in mathematics. There are some activities to...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Bridging Literature and Mathematics
Contains plans for five 50-minute interdisciplinary lessons that ask students to write about math-related, informational books such as "Actual Size" (Jenkins, 2004) and "If You Hopped Like a Frog" (Schwartz, 1999). Students use books...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Firefighter Allocation
In this learners are asked to write an equation to solve a real-world problem. There are two natural approaches to this task. In the first approach, students have to notice that even though there is one variable, namely the number of...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: What if We Changed the Book? Problem Posing With Sixteen Cows
After reading a piece of math-related children's literature aloud, students pose and solve new problems by asking what-if questions about the events in the story.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Summarizing Mathematical Learning With the Important Book
In this lesson plan, The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown is used as a mentor text. Students will create an illustrated paragraph about a particular math topic. Students will use the mentor text and attempt to adapt the author's...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Video Game Scores
Standard 5.OA.2 asks learners to "Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them." This task asks students to exercise both of these complementary skills,...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf Writing a Mixed Number as an Equivalent Fraction
The purpose of this task is to help students understand and articulate the reasons for the steps in the usual algorithm for converting a mixed number into an equivalent fraction. Aligns with 4.NF.B.3.c.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Fishing Adventures 1
This task is the first in a series of three tasks that use inequalities in the same context at increasing complexity in 6th grade, 7th grade and in HS algebra. Students write and solve inequalities, and represent the solutions...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 4.nf Dimes and Pennies
Find the fraction of a dollar is dimes and pennies & write your answer in both fraction and decimal form. Aligns with 4.NF.C.5.
Saddleback College
Algebra2go: Translating From Word Statements Problem Sets
This resource consists of 3 problem sets. Each set contains 6 question. Select a problem set, then select a question. You answer each question by translating the word statement into mathematical expression and fill in the blank with the...
Saddleback College
Algebra2go: Translating to Word Statements Problem Sets
This resource consists of 3 problem sets. Each problem set contains 6 questions. Each question is answered by translating the given mathematical into a word statement. Select a problem set, then select a question. Fill in the blank with...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Explorations in Place Value
Explorations in Place Value is an interactive math mini-unit that incorporates the use of children's literature, mathematical learning stations, and small group instructional strategies to reinforce basic principles of place value and to...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Words to Expressions 1
This problem allows students to see words that can describe the expression from part (c) of "5.OA Watch out for Parentheses." Additionally, the words (add, sum) and (product, multiply) are all strategically used so that the student can...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: Fractions Into Decimals
This Math Page tutorial explains how to change a fraction to a decimal and features a practice section at the end of the lesson.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nbt Placing Thousandths on the Number Line
This task asks students to order decimal numbers to the thousandths on a number line between 0 and 0.1. Aligns with 5.NBT.A.3.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nbt Comparing Decimals on the Number Line
This task presents four pairs of decimal numbers and asks students to compare them and place them on number lines. Aligns with 5.NBT.A.3.
Other
A River Runs Through It Learning Project
In this year long learning project integrating mathematics and science, students solve environmental problems using data collection and problem solving concepts. Designed for upper elementary gifted students. Interactive components and...
Rice University
Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Fun and Sun Rent a Car
A wide range of math skills is incorporated into a lesson that involves planning a family's vacation to Florida. Travel expenses are gathered and compared, graphed, and analyzed in hopes of finding the best prices. There are extension...
Arcademics
Arcademics: Tug Team Giraffe Pull Time Words
Giraffe Pull is a multi-player game that allows students from anywhere in the world to play tug of war with each other while practicing telling time!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: One Step Multiplication & Division Equations
Practice solving equations in one step by multiplying or dividing a value from both sides. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.