Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Living in Base Ten

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore scientific notation and the structure of the metric system.  In this middle school mathematics lesson plan, students read How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz to introduce students to the need for scientific...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ocean Exploration: How Doea you Data Grow? (Grades 7-8)

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners explore fieldwork.  In this seventh or eighth grade mathematics lesson, students watch a video on data collection in the field.  Learners use fieldwork to gather data about their school environment. ...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math and Money

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore financial literacy.  In this middle school mathematics lesson plan, students investigate income, taxes, and costs of living.  Students investigate banking and use straightforward computation to learn about...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pizza Portions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore mathematics by participating in a pizza pie activity. In this nutrition instructional activity, students identify the caloric intake in a piece of pizza and estimate the average number of slices eaten by a person....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chart This!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students collect and analyze data.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students collect data on three to four traits or favorites.  Students analyze their data and create a chart of graph for each trait or favorite they...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Change for your Dollar

For Students 7th - 8th
In this middle school mathematics worksheet, learners determine the solutions to a problem which involves ten U.S. coins worth $1.19.  The one page worksheet contains one problem with the solution.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Restaurant Riddle

For Students 6th - 8th
In this middle school mathematics worksheet, students solve a riddle in which the solution is based on determining the least common multiple.  The one page worksheet contains one problem.  Solution is given. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solving Multiple-Step Problems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students solve multiple-step math problems. In this mathematics lesson, students complete a word problem worksheet that requires the use of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication to solve.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Calculating the Date of Easter

For Students 6th - 8th
In this calculating the date of Easter worksheet, middle schoolers use the flowchart to enter a year and complete the mathematical calculations to determine the date of Easter in any year.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Currency Exchange

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate the currency exchange rate.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, student use proportions to exchange between the U.S. dollar and the euro.  Students come up with a product they would like to buy and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Estimating Distances

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate distance measurement.  In this middle school mathematics instructional activity, students find the average length of their pace and use their pace to measure various unknown distances in feet and miles. ...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Australian Currency

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners investigate currency and exchange rates.  In the middle school mathematics lesson, students use ratio and proportion to convert from Australian currency to the U.S. dollar and vice verse.  Learners create their own...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Currency

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate currency and exchange rates.  In the middle school mathematics lesson, students use ratio and proportion to convert from one type of currency to another.  Students solve problems involving currency exchange.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Budgeting and Travel

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners plan a trip to the Olympics.  For this middle school mathematics lesson, students are given a worksheet describing the cost of necessities for their trip.  Learners are given a balance and must purchase airline ticket,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Census Statistics and Graphing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students graphically represent data from the Census.  In this middle school mathematics instructional activity, students investigate the housing characteristics of different tribes of Native Americans and compare them to the average...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Native American Foods

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore Native American foods.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students research the types of foods Native Americans across the country typically ate.  Students summarize a recipe in their own worlds. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Recipes and Ratios

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use ratio and proportions to adjust recipe size.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students investigate Native American food and adjust the recipe size for said foods to the number of servings needed to feed the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

4 Step Approach to Problem Solving

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore problem solving.  For this middle school mathematics lesson, students investigate the four-step approach to problem solving.  Students solve word problems by employing the four-step process and express...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Guess and Test/Make a Table

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore problem solving strategies.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students investigate the guess and test and make a table problem solving strategies.  Students work in pairs to apply the problem solving...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate circle and bar graphs.  For this middle school mathematics lesson, students determine which kind of graph is suitable for a given situation and create circle and bar graphs.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Line Graphs and Commercial Costs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate line graphs.   In this middle school mathematics lesson, students compare and contrast different types of graphs and create line graphs based on the data provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ratio and Proportion

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars investigate ratio and proportion.  In this middle school mathematics lesson plan, students write ratios and find equal ratios.  Young scholars use ratio and proportion to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math in Nature

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore math in nature. In this lesson on the Fibonacci sequence, students use natural objects and Fibonacci numbers to discover mathematical patterns.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangular Puzzle

For Students 7th - 8th
In this middle school mathematics learning exercise, students solve a puzzle in which each number outside of a triangle is the product of the pair of adjacent numbers inside of the triangle. The one page learning exercise contains one...

Other popular searches