This activity allows middle schoolers to discover the number Pi. By measuring real life objects, students will get to see where the number Pi comes from as well as how the circumference formula is derived.This lesson plan was created as...

Students will use graphing calculators(TI-83 Plus) to find transformations of polygons.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project funded by the Malone Family Foundation.

The students will find the area of each two dimensional figure on a net of a square pyramid. In groups, students will cut out the net and create a square pyramid. Groups will then discuss how to find the lateral area and the total...

Builders of brick walls need to be especially aware of fault lines which can easily lead to the collapse of the wall. Young scholars are challenged, here, to use polyminoes to design patterns for brick walls which do not contain fault...

Who was Pythagoras and what is his theorem? Explore this concept and its relationship to the measurement of a right triangle in this test prep lesson plan. The lesson includes an interactive worksheet where students discover the answers...

In this lesson, students will learn that math is important in navigation and engineering. Ancient land and sea navigators started with the most basic of navigation equations (Speed x Time = Distance). Today, navigational satellites use...