Students create a story and use a felt story board to build the story.

Learners watch the teacher draw on the chalkboard and try to determine the form being drawn. They use questions to determine Quadrant #1 of a coordinate plane.

Second graders, in groups, measure the volume of four containers that vary in shape and size.

Pupils explore the concept of trapezoids.  For this trapezoids instructional activity, students identify legs and bases of a trapezoid.  Pupils discuss the similarities and differences between isosceles trapezoids and right...

Learners examine lines of symmetry with different shapes. Then students create their own books of symmetry with different two-dimensional shapes on each page.

Pupils practice 'delivering' eggs for the Easter Bunny along an obstacle course through which they perform various locomotor skills. They can also practice number and shape matching skills as they navigate the course.

Second graders read poetry and build their vocabulary through use of the puppet Geo George.

Students describe the size, shape and feel of a food hidden in a "feely bag" and then select the Food Model from a group that corresponds to the food. In a tasting party afterwards, they sample the food and describe the color, taste and...

Young scholars investigate the symmetry that is found in nature. They view shapes and patterns in nature while looking at images. Students look for tessellations while obtaining photographs with a digital camera. The information is used...

Students explore the concept of minerals. In this minerals lesson, students discuss how cooling affects the size of crystals. Students discuss how the structure of minerals is a tetrahedron. Students discuss the structure of silicates...

Students explore an Internet website, locating and matching the shape of an elephant's head to a state in the U.S. They complete an Alaska worksheet, identifying other geographical locations surrounding Alaska.

Students make group decisions about matter as they explore and interpret many types.

Students participate in a simulation of being a speech writer for the President. They listen to and analyze speeches and present one of their own.

Students find place value. In this place value lesson, students are shown examples on the board by their teacher. A ten-problem worksheet is included. Problems involve only the hundreds and ten thousands place.

Learners combine movement with science in this fun integrated lesson. When students are "liquid" they can "melt" or "ooze" at the end and when they are are "solids" they can "freeze" in a shape.

Students play follow-the-leader to music. When the music stops, the teacher is in a frozen shape. Then on cue, students follow the teacher in an activity.

Fourth graders examine the role fire plays in maintaining the physical factors of the scrub ecosystem. They see that world ecosystems are shaped by physical factors that limit their productivity.

Students examine various closed and open figures. They decide which letters have closed figures. Then they receive a pre-made name card and decorate every closed figure in their name.

First graders create a symmetrical butterfly after reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. They fold a piece of fingerpaint paper in half to create a crease and after paint has been added , they refold and open their...

Learners take pictures of items related to parent functions around the school. In this parent functions lesson plan, students take photos of an item that has a shape of one of the parent functions that they studied in class. Learners...

Students examine how density is a value that describes what type of a material an object is made of regardless of its shape or size.

Fourth graders research a Florida fish to determine its length. They display this information on two index cards, which are cut to the shape of the head and the tail and attached to a string that they measure and cut to the correct...

Students examine a sculpture by the artist Jin Soo Kim, and discuss the concept of recycling paper. They create a tree sculpture using recycled paper and reusable paper products.

Pupils create their own soap sculptures and take them home to use. They gradually add water to soap flakes until they are a consistency that can be molded. They mix the concoction with their hands and then sculpt the "snow" into...