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Diving, Flying, & Climbing
Students explore Boyle's Law. In this Boyle's Law lesson, students complete problems involving Boyle's Law. They examine the effects of Boyle's Law upon the human body. Students use the Internet to complete a lab activity.
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Properties of Logarithms
Students explore the concept of logarithms. In this logarithms lesson, students discuss the logarithm properties. Students use linear functions as a basis to develop the logarithm properites by substituting log b and log a for x and y.
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Let's Play Ball
For this probability worksheet, students read about a group of students who play six games of basketball and the results. Students solve 6 word problems about the basketball games.
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Cannot Buy Me Love
Students investigate the concepts that are related to finance and how it is used in the world. They take part in activities that are focused around the use of a spreadsheet while using a T-chart to simulate a ledger of credits and debits.
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Multiplication Facts for 2,5, and 10
Students practice multiplying by 2, 5 and 10. In this multiplication lesson plan, students participate in a teacher demonstration lesson plan of grouping for multiplication or making arrays. They concentrate on two's in this lesson plan...
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Tortillas
Students convert recipes for tortillas. They calculate the amounts of ingredients as they convert recipes and write an explanation of the task to demonstrate their calculations. After reviewing their calculations, they demonstrate how...
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Math Symbols
In this math symbols and signs worksheet, students match the 15 symbols and signs in the left hand columns to word or words that match them in the right hand column.
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Mathematics: Domino Theory
Sixth graders use dominos and plastic chips to study common denominators and fractions. They describe how these operations are related to each other.
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Solving Problems Involving Chords, Radii, Tangents, Secants and Arcs within the Same Circle
Tenth graders apply their knowledge of angles related to a circle, radii, secants, tangents and chords of a circle. They practice using formulas related to a circle. They also apply what has been practiced to real life situations.
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Conversions: Metrics Made Easy
Students convert standard units of measurement to metric units using tape measures, meter sticks, rulers, and online conversion calculators.
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Jelly Belly: What a Wonderful "Bean"!
Young scholars explore how jelly beans are produced. They discuss the origins of the jelly bean and view a video about how jelly beans are prepared, tested, shaped, finished, and shipped and estimate the amount of jelly beans in a jar...
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From Where to Where?
Learners find locations based upon their latitude and longitude coordinates. In this latitude and longitude lesson, students locate points on a grid and learn how to use an astrolabe.
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Optical Illusions
Learners investigate optical illusions. In this optical illusions lesson, students explore perception. Learners analyze optical illusions and determine common misconceptions.
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Far Out Fact Families
Second graders explore related multiplication and division facts. They study the inverse relationship of multiplication and division and engage in a group discussion about families. They complete a web-based lesson which is imbedded in...
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Linear and Exponential Growth
Pupils explore the concept of linear and exponential growth. In this linear and exponential growth lesson, students collect data about China's population. Pupils model the data to determine if it is linear or exponential.
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Multiplication and Division Drills
In this multiplication activity, students complete multiplication problems including numbers up to 3 digits. Students complete 16 problems total.
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Constructing Tangrams
Sixth graders are introduced to how geometry and algebra are related. In groups, they graph various points on a coordinate plane and write the ordered pair for each quadrant. Using this information, they create their own tangrams to...
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Constructing Tangrams
Seventh graders visualize and identify geometric shapes after applying transformations on a coordinate plane. In this tangrams lesson, 7th graders construct a set of tangrams and then answer extension questions related to measurement,...
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Order of Operations
In this order of operations worksheet, learners solve complex problems where they practice using the order of operations. Students complete 7 problems.
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Describing an Object's Position
Students explore language arts by participating in a shape identification activity. In this geometry shape lesson, students discuss the vocabulary terms used to describe the location of an object. Students complete a worksheet based upon...
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Punch Mix-up
Fifth graders discuss the relationship between equivalent fractions, ratios, and proportions. In this fraction lesson, 5th graders answer questions about a punch mixture in order to find the ratio of ingredients.
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Make Your Own "Weather" Map
Pupils create their own "weather" map using data from x-ray sources. They analyze and discuss why it is important to organize data in a fashion in which is easy to read. They compare and contrast different x-ray sources using a stellar map.
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Late-In-The-Year Counting
Students practice forward and backward counting. In this counting instructional activity, students calculate how many objects in a bag by counting forward and then count backward to check.
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Block Breakers
Students throw bean bags at stacks of blocks. They record the results and write the corresponding mathematical equations.