Never trust an atom; they make up everything! Young chemists make modeling dough and add another ingredient to change the properties. Scholars then compare the properties of emulsion to composite materials. A reading passage and analysis...

Add a new activity to your literacy arsenal with this collection of syllable cards. Offering colorful pictures representing simple one-, two-, and three-syllable words, this resource can be used in many ways to improve your...

Discuss personal ideas about science and how a filmmaker can employ the arts to promote science. After reading an article, young scientists will discover how James Cameron is trying to interest people in the oceans. In groups, they will...

In this counting back one, two and three worksheet, students, with a partner, problem solve and answer six word problems and equations.

In this subtraction worksheet, 3rd graders draw items to show the first number, circle and cross out a group of 2. They write how many are left on the blank lines.

In this subtraction worksheet, students subtract 2 from numbers 2-5. They show the first number in each problem with pictures of counters. They circle and cross out a group of 2 and write how many are left on the blank lines.

In this counting by grouping activity, students group shapes into tens by circling either groups of 5 or ten in ech. A reference website for additional resources is given.

Counting is much easier when the objects are arranged in groups of 10! This place-value practice sheet helps young mathematicians grasp ones and tens place value through three exercises. First, they complete three missing addend...

The class uses pictures of Nick's sticker sets to count and add the number groups of stickers in each set. The image of Nick's sticker sets would also be a good way to represent part/whole for setting up rational for fractions.

Help your young mathematicians completely master 10 by practicing one-to-one correspondence, number recognition, and recording numbers displayed. They make 10 with groups of two-different colored cubes and color in 10-frames to show how...

Kindergarteners arrange manipulatives or everyday objects in groups of one through five. They identify groups seen in pictures of nature and compare same numbers of different objects.

Students investigate money. In this consumer math lesson, students use coins, identify their value, then group them in various ways to equal a dollar.

In this math worksheet, students will work with a coach to describe a group of marbles as a fraction. Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.

Young scholars explore decimals and fractions using groups of 100 pennies. By classifying the pennies in different ways, there are an unlimited number of ways to learn fractions, decimals, and place value in money. This is a good,...

Your class compares groups of small stars by counting quantities in each of two sets and deciding which has more. They write symbols for greater than, less than, or equal to in a circle between each pair of sets. Two completed samples...

Reinforce math the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, with a six problem worksheet. Each question is presented in word problem format that requires learners to perform operations of numbers up...

There's a pot of gold at the end of the school year! Use a month's worth of reading, writing, and counting activities to keep kids learning through the month of March.

Forget your ID number? Your pupils learn to use logarithms to determine the number of digits or characters necessary to create individual ID numbers for all members of a group. 

Counting is not all it adds up to be — sometimes it involves multiplying. The lesson introduces permutations and combinations as ways of counting, depending upon whether order is important. Pupils learn about factorials and the formulas...

How many ways can you make the number 9? Use a task that has pupils thinking about the many different ways a classroom of nine can be made up of boys and girls.

How many people do you need in a room before two likely share the same birthday? Scholars consider this puzzle by analyzing a set of data. They ponder how to divide the data and determine the proper size of a group for this event to...

Get hands on with solving systems of equations graphically. A solid lesson plan uses guided practice to show how to solve systems of linear equations. It allows time for sharing ideas and provides a printable matching activity...

What's my number? Spark mathematical thinking and have some fun with thirty number puzzles that pose a series of questions to guide learners towards number discovery. 

Class members create a table of the number of chords that can be drawn given the number of points on a circle. Pupils analyze the data created, find a function to fit to it, and use the function to make further predictions.