ClassFlow
Class Flow: Introduction to Maps
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are expected to: explain the purpose of a map; identify and use a compass rose; use a grid to locate objects on maps; and use a map key. Activities are hands-on with students manipulating...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Got an Equilateral Triangle? With Cabri Jr.
Using the Compass tool in Cabri Jr., students will construct an equilateral triangle, and check the length of each side. When a vertices is moved using the Alpha hand, the triangle remains equilateral.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Magnetic Fields
Students visualize the magnetic field of a strong permanent magnet using a compass. The lesson begins with an analogy to the effect of the Earth's magnetic field on a compass. Students see the connection that the compass simply responds...
Other
Bc Hydro: Power Smart for Schools: Electromagnetism
This set of activities has students using everyday items (batteries, magnets, compasses, iron and paper clips) to reveal the connection between electricity and magnetism. Ideally, students will already have experience building simple...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Concurrence
Find resources for class instruction on concurrence: a lesson on concurrence of medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors complete with definitions and example diagrams; a six-question practice quiz; and...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Mid Segment of a Triangle
Three resources to help you plan instruction on the mid-segment of a triangle: a lesson with definition, properties, and examples of a mid-segment of a triangle; a seven-question quiz through which students can practice working with...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Cardinal Directions and Maps
What are the cardinal directions and how are they used? Discover them and practice using them to find places on maps.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: About Magnets (Lesson Plan)
This site provides a lesson plan which includes a hands-on activity about magnetism and magnetic fields. Parts of the plan would be easily adaptable as a student project (for any grade level).
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Magnets (Lesson Plan)
A teacher lesson plan which includes six hands-on activities regarding magnets. Students will be able to experience magnetism; explain how magnets, magnetic poles and magnetic fields are related; and formulate the force law for magnets.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Magnet Muscles (Lesson Plan)
A teacher lesson plan which includes a station lab; students navigate through four stations with separate activities on magnetic principles. Easily adaptable as a student project.
My Learning
My Learning: Art4 Maths
Two fun projects to try with your students that get them utilizing math concepts in the art classroom.