Students conduct a survey. In this math lesson, students design and conduct a survey about Thanksgiving foods. Students display the collected data in a graph and use the graph to determine what food to serve for a Thanksgiving meal.

Students reflect on how many board games they've played have African Americans, their culture or history incorporated within. They identify four street games and three card games that appeal to African Americans. They play the...

Fourth graders explore African American contributions to New York City. In this antebellum New York lesson plan, 4th graders research the accomplishments of Thomas Downing. Students explore primary and secondary sources about Downing's...

Students analyze the illustrations and cover of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. In this Uncle Tom's Cabin lesson plan, students discuss the history elements of what they see in the illustrations and cover of the book.

High schoolers examine the Egyptian method of multiplication and independently multiply any two numbers using the Egyptian algorithm.

Using computers, Students work in small groups and progress through the roles of Explorer, Researcher, Designer, and Evaluator as they study the life cycle of plants, insects, butterflies and frogs.

Students are introduced to the problem by playing a guessing game of "I am a number, which is half of 6 and 6, what am I?" They explain their answers and see if anyone else had an alternate solution checking for reasonableness.

Students take a survey then use the information gained from the survey to help plan a typical Thanksgiving dinner for our last day of class. They create a graph which corresponds the the data gathered during interviews.

Students investigate the problem of elephant overpopulation. They identify the components of the watering hole as found in Addo Elephant National Park. They also pretend to be part of the environment and act out the part in a class drama...

Young scholars use Clarisworks Word Processing and Spreadsheet, Quick-Take Camera and Software, and produce a publishable technical paper.

Students distinguish between exotic and native plant species. They work in groups in the field to restore a natural habitat. A class map is created to reflect their work in the field.

Pupils identify pathways and to explore movement along those pathways. They move around the room and follow the teacher designed pathways made with the shapes.

Students draw on their knowledge of Impressionist and Asian landscapes to reflect on the differences found in the two genres of landscape painting.

Students combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.

Young scholars conduct Internet research on the history and archaeological excavations at historical Jamestown. They explore various websites, and develop a Powerpoint presentation to present to the class.

Second graders examine the life of Ruby Bridges. In this bravery lesson plan, 2nd graders read the story of Ruby Bridges and discuss Ruby's actions and decisions.  

This sample chapter from Hurst's book Picturing Math is an excellent resource for using picture books and activities for learning computation.

Uncover the hidden picture by correctly choosing answers to basic addition facts. This fun interactive online game will have your students asking to practice their math!

Uncover the hidden picture while practicing your addition facts. This fun interactive online game will have your students asking to do their math! Please note that this is a Java application needing Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x or...

Use this colorful, interactive picture worksheet to practice basic addition and subtraction facts. An easy to grasp activity that allows learners to check their answer immediately.

Add and subtract pictures and numbers in this easy to use interactive worksheet. A great tool for a quick practice. Problems are presented in a horizontal format.

Practice addition facts 1 to 9 with numbers and pictures in this interactive game.

This site from the Math Forum of Drexel University contains downloadable sketches and pictures related to vectors. You may need to down-load the Geometer's Sketchpad to view these pages.

A group of topics that include counting with pictures to 20, sums to 100, finding the missing number in a sequence, multiplication, expanded and standard form, and basic computation practice with addition, subtraction, multiplication, or...