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The Length of my Foot
Students review the concept of measuring length. In groups, they travel to various centers throughout the classroom. They experiment with using different objects to measure the length of items given to them by their teacher. They are...
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Listening
Pupils discuss the importance of good listening skills. In groups, they participate in various scenerios in which they practice reflective and active listening. To end the lesson, they complete a listening quiz and compare it to one...
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Close Your Eyes and Imagine...
Students practice the techniques and strategies to become more fluent readers through visualization. They read and construct mental images from the reading of a text. The book, "Charlotte's Web," by E.B. White is read in class and then...
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Careers: Accounting and Business Ethics
Students explore careers in accounting and examine various job opportunities. In addition, they assess the ethics associated with the business world. The lesson concludes with online games and a quiz covering job opportunities and...
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Mathematics: Building Fractions Game
Third graders improve their fractions skills by playing a game using dice and pattern blocks. Additional resources include several books dealing with fractions, such as "Eating Fractions" and "Gator Pie." Another activity for students...
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Science: Gravity, Mass, and Weight
Third graders discover the interrelationship between weight, mass, and gravity by conducting several simple experiments. After individually weighing objects, they graph the weights on worksheets. Extensions include making flip books...
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Here's an Instant Activity for March 7, 2005
Fifth graders complete a spelling activity for homographs. In this spelling lesson, 5th graders complete a crossword puzzle using homographs.
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Reading + Keyboarding= Success
Students practice their keyboarding skills. In this typing lesson, students use interesting stories to practice their skills. They practice throughout the semester and then monitor their improvement.
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Robot Sketcher
Students analyze and solve word problems. In this algebra activity, students explore their reasoning skills as they analyze a problems and come up with the correct steps to solve it. They create a plan and execute it correctly.
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Law of Sines
Students identify the ratios of a right triangle. For this calculus lesson, students use the law of sines to solve problems involving non-right triangles. They identify the different parts of a triangle.
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Graph Creator
Students rewrite equations using algebraic symbols. In this algebra activity, students graph linear equations using the slope and y intercept. They make predictions about their graphs and analyze the results.
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Tower of Hanoi
Students create a plan to solve word problems. In this algebra lesson, students identify important steps to take when setting up a word problem. They relate algebra to the real world.
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Two Terrains
Young scholars compare two cell phone providers and relate those concepts to motion. In this algebra lesson, students identify the unknown in a problem using variables. They calculate the velocity, motion and displacement of different...
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Simson Line
Stuednts identify triangles for the Simson Line. In this geometry lesson, students solve triangular problems using the properties of triangles.They differentiate between the height, congruency and similarity.
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Circle Packing
Young scholars identify different parts and properties of circles. In this geometry lesson, students identify the radius, diameter, semicircle and inscribed angle of a circle. They identify the tangent lines to a circle.
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Location, Location, Location
Students investigate the properties of triangles. In this geometry lesson, students identify the location of different polygons. They identify the different properties of triangles and polygons.
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Half Angle
Students calculate the solution using half angles formulas. In this calculus lesson plan, students identify the different properties of a triangle using trigonometric properties. They identify the mean, altitude and angles of a triangle.
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Light Bounce
Students solve problems involving triangles. In this geometry lesson plan, students apply properties of triangles to find the missing angles and sides. They identify angles of parallel lines cut by a transversal.
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Classifying Transformations
Learners analyze different polygons by shapes and sides. In this geometry lesson, students differentiate between similar and congruent polygons. They name the different polygons based on the number of sides.
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Power of a Point
Students solve problems by finding the radius or diameter. In this geometry lesson, students identify the tangent line of a circle and use properties of circles to find the radius. They relate circles to the real world.
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Hexagon Island
Students identify different polygons. In this geometry lesson plan, students name polygons using the number of sides. They calculate distance and slopes using the correct formula.
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Diagonals to Quadrilaterals II
Students identify the properties of different polygons. In this geometry lesson plan, students find the slope of a line and calculate the distance between two lines. They differentiate between similar and congruent polygons.
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Square Graphs
Students identify the different properties of quadrilaterals. In this geometry-lesson, students define parallel sides and diagonals of polygons as they compare to a quadrilateral. They identify the methods to find the angles in a...
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Line, Ray, Segment
Young scholars define vocabulary words. In this geometry lesson, students identify the graph as a line, ray or segments. They understand the properties of each and calculate the distance on a number line.