It's never too early to learn about grocery budgeting. Middle schoolers delve into the world of consumer math with a lesson that focuses on both healthy choices and real-world math applications. Groups work together to form a grocery...

Help learners practice their math skills by utilizing the Internet to research a mathematical topic. Your math sleuths will investigate a science or social studies topic from their curriculum and construct a Math Hunt Grid. They create a...

Examine scenarios involving number patterns. Learners complete a series of activities, including working with Pascal's triangle ando completing chart activities based on different pricing for pizza toppings. An included extension has...

Young scholars read a short tutorial and complete one or more online activities. They visit an online math dictionary to learn the value of a day, month, week, and year. In addition, they construct word problems based on a favorite...

Go on a moon mining expedition from the safety of your classroom with this space exploration simulation. Using simple models of the moon's surface prepared ahead of time by the teacher, young scientists are challenged with locating and...

Third graders multiply whole numbers by one and two digit numbers using base ten blocks and Egg O multiplication game. students pass out egg cartons, counters, and a record sheet to each group.

Musical chairs is a great activity to get children moving while still paying attention and listening. This activity, which is based on musical chairs, gets students moving while learning basic addition facts. They hop from hoop to hoop...

More than 100 cities around the world have shifted from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Scholars investigate a city wanting to make this switch, but needs help determining how to make the shift. Groups consider all options,...

Students learn about budgeting, saving, dept, financial management, opportunity cost, and self-regulation. In this financial management lesson, students apply their knowledge of finance components and create their own web based plan...

Fourth graders add and subtract decimals as they use a table to solve budget based problems.

Students participate in an activity to simulate direct variation. In this oil spills on land lesson, students participate in a simulation using toilet paper and vegetable oil to explore the characteristics of direct variation. They...

First graders examine the use of number lines in problem solving situations in this series of lessons. They participate in activities in which they move forward and backward on number line on the playground before doing paper and pencil...

Aspiring statisticians create tree diagrams and figure probabilities of events based on those diagrams. They practice adding and multiplying fractions and explain complementary probabilities. Students use computers activities to make...

Learners learn about the importance and risk that stocks carry within a business. For this financial management lesson, students use role play and case scenario situations to decide what stocks are best for given companies. Based on the...

Students identify, extend and create patterns using various types of manipulatives and then work a pattern game in the computer lab to reinforce what was learned.

Third graders spend varying amounts of money and shop without over spending. They complete a worksheet based on grocery store flyer ads and the amount of money they are budgeted. They create their own questions about the grocery flyer...

Tenth graders explore slavery in the U.S. by researching the web. In this U.S. history lesson, 10th graders identify the geography of Connecticut and the overall involvement the state had in the slavery process. Students view data of the...

Your statisticians examine the characteristics of conditional probability and the probability of simultaneous independent events. They perform computer activities to find probabilities for simple compound events. They examine the...

Students investigate how to design and build items with a focus on structural strength as an engineer would. They complete a truss-building project as a final assessment.

You may not be able to take a field trip to the moon, but that doesn't mean your class can't study moon rocks. Using graham crackers as the moon's bedrock and powdered donuts as micrometeorites, young scientists simulate...

Fifth graders determine what it takes for a sequence of numbers to carry on infinitely. They examine patterns that can be made using linear combinations of 4 and 7 based on the use of four cent and seven cent stamps. They use appropriate...

Fifth graders discover the history of their hometown Des Moines River.  In this U.S. Geography lesson students speak with Iowans that tell stories of the settlers and early villages near the Des Moines River.  Students document...

Students calculate simple probabilities using mathematics then roll dice to test their predictions.

Students work with patterns to develop formulas that will help them determine total cost. In this patterning lesson, students watch a video about an NBA trainer. (not included) They work in groups to access the assigned Internet websites...