Young scholars talk about mathematical language.  In this talking about your name lesson, students use the letters in their own name to review math vocabulary and concepts.  

Students analyze cantilever stress using COSMOSXpress. In this engineering lesson plan, students calculate the beam's maximum deflection. They investigate the effect changing beam dimensions.

Students describe, make and compare polygons. In this creating polygons lesson, students identify properties of quadrilaterals and describe common features of two dimensional shapes.

Learners explore reflections on a coordinate plane in this lesson. They trace their hand on a grid, determine the coordinates of each point, and create a scatter plot of their points. Pupils use this information to investigate aspect...

Learners draw triangles on their graphing calculators using the Cabri Junior application. In this graphing calculator lesson, young scholars follow step by step directions to create triangles on their calculator. They identify the type...

Your mathematicians will examine several conjectures regarding even and odd functions and investigate a formal proof of the conjectures using CAS. 

Students calculate the volume of the Pantheon's columns and estimate changes in weight given different parameters.

Students sort a variety of manipulatives and use a software program that provides more sorting practice.

Fourth graders examine and discuss the purposes and traditions of African ceremonial masks. They design and create African ceremonial masks using various materials.

Students examine nautical navigation and discover the differences between nautical charts and other types of maps or charts. Students practice setting a course, taking a bearing, and dead reckoning. This gives students an example of...

Students solve quadratic function by completing the square. In this algebra activity, students use the quadratic formula to factor quadratics and find the roots. They graph the parabola and identify its properties.

Students evaluate directions by participating in a maze activity. In this labyrinth lesson, students identify the history of mazes and labyrinths and utilize Google Earth to examine real life mazes. Students create their own mazes...

Students read ancient Greek texts to explore ancient healing practices and compare them to those of modern times. They explain Greek healing practices for wounds.

Sixth graders, in groups, explain why they think something. This requires students to listen to and respond to each other. In this particular lesson, 6th graders explain to their classmates when one can or cannot construct a specific...

Fourth graders use math software and geoboard paper to design basic shapes. They write individual definitions for the geometric shapes based on what they see in the shapes. They apply their background knowledge of the shape as they write...

The online assessment exhibits knowledge of analytic geometry. The questions evaluate students on distance, midpoint, and the area of a rectangle.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students gain an understanding of parabolas using analytic geometry, by exploring guided notes, watching a video and attempting practice problems.

This site from The Math Forum defines and explains, with examples, analytic geometry. Content includes a focus on one, two, and three dimension analytic geometry. Links are also provided for additional information.

A lesson, practice activity, and teacher resource for exploring coordinate geometry proofs.

At this site from the Math Forum, a brief overview on calculating various measures of segments, like the transverse and conjugate axes and the distance between foci, is given. Additionally, equations of hyperbolas in general, standard,...

A brief overview from the Math Forum on calculating various measures of segments, like major and minor axes and distance from focus to center, is given. Additionally, equations of ellipse in general and standard forms are listed.

In this activity, students create geometric figures, and use analytic and coordinate geometry to investigate their attributes. They go through the process of proving that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram.

In this activity, students study various geometric theorems.

This site from The Math Forum provides great information on polar coordinates. You can access this information either by clicking on the coordinates link or just scrolling down, it is the first one listed on the page. Includes several...