Young scholars practice using fractions "on the job." They explain the importance of fractions.

Students solve problems with fractions without using a calculator. In this algebra lesson, students practice reducing, converting, adding, subtracting and multiplying fractions. They apply the use of fractions to the real world.

Students pretend they are time-travellers and travel back to 1954 to a McDonald's Restaurant to see how prices have changed. They need to add and subtract money with regrouping.

Students combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.

Students explore consumer math by participating in estimate exercises. In this currency lesson plan, students identify and define each piece of U.S. currency and their value to the monetary system. Students complete several money...

Students relate recycling to waste reduction. In this science activity, students talk about the environment and how recycling certain natural resources actually saves on energy.  They also discuss what type of recycling causes...

Students identify nouns, adjectives, and verbs from the newspaper. They create a math story problem, then create a comic strip using dialogue from words found in the newspaper.