Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Rounding to 50 or 500

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
In a six-problem learning activity, children are guided to solve word problems that involve rounding to the nearest ten and nearest hundred. A commentary and answer key provide different approaches that learners may take in solving the...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Pennies to Heaven

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Even though pennies seem to be relatively thin, stack enough of them into a single stack, and you could have quite a high stack. Enough so, that the final result can be a surprise to you as well as your class. This activity centers...
Assessment
Balanced Assessment

Stick Patterns

For Students 6th - 8th
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but these sticks will make me smarter. Pupils examine arrays of sticks to determine the next array in a pattern. They use the number of sticks added to each previous array to determine a recursive...
Assessment
Balanced Assessment

Dot Patterns

For Students 6th - 8th
Use geometric patterns to teach your class how to write functions. The assessment task has scholars consider a pattern of dots to draw the next picture of the pattern. Pupils then analyze the pattern, which helps them develop a function...
Activity
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Lines on Paper - Laser Box

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
See what you cannot see by getting a little creative. An intriguing lesson has learners use lasers to explore X-ray diffraction. Given a box with unknown structures, they shine a laser through the box and interpret the results....
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Bricks for Books

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Maximize a profit with an understanding of geometric dimension. A real-world task challenges learners to design a pattern using three different brick shapes. The bricks are dedicated with a different donation for each shape, so part of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometric Sequences - Bacterial Growth

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Bring algebra to life with scientific applications. Math minded individuals calculate and graph the time it takes a bacterium to double. They discuss geometric sequences and use a chart to graph their findings. There are 38...
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Cari's Aquarium

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
The volume of a fish tank is a rather important measure when it comes to building an aquarium for different species of fish. In this problem, your kids look at how many different ways they can make a fish tank of a specific volume,...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Boxes and Cartons of Pencils

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Boxes and cartons of pencils are a natural, real-world example for understanding bundles of ten and their relationship to a hundred. When you have many cartons, you can discuss place value, and how to represent multiple hundreds.  
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Illustrative Mathematics

Chocolate Bar Sales

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
In this real-world example, algebra learners start to get a sense of how to represent the relationship between two variables in different ways. They start by looking at a partial table of values that define a linear relationship. They...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Basketball

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Tap into the competitive nature of teenagers as your class practices setting up and solving rational equations. This activity starts with a specific ratio of games won to games played, then asks how many more games must be played to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Classroom Supplies

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Challenge young mathematicians to buy classroom supplies by staying within the means of a $1,000 budget. The mathematical activity provides learners with the opportunity to decide what items from the supply list would benefit a class of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Place Value Activity

For Students 5th - 6th
In this place value worksheet, students in pairs shuffle a set of place value cards and then lay them out face down on a table. Students then draw a card and place it under one of their place value cards.
Worksheet
Yummy Math

Twinkies

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Brian was devastated when Hostess® filed for bankruptcy, and he was also fearful that his favorite snack treat would be lost forever. The snack food was in danger of being lost, your class won't be lost when using Twinkies® as the...

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