Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Counting Collections: 100 Objects
First graders work to count to 100 in this rigorous counting activity. Students create a shape out of their 100 objects for a creative twist. This instructional activity contains a detailed plan, video explanation, discussion questions...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Counting Beyond Our Fingers and Toes
Students will practice counting from 1-30 and having one-to-one correspondence with objects for these numbers. Also, they will practice finding patterns on a hundreds chart. This lesson includes a detailed plan, videos of students...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Assessing Counting Sequences Part Ii
This activity is designed to determine the appropriate instructional level for a student in a one-on-one interaction with the teacher. It assesses the students understanding of counting, specifically "number after".
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Deep Crisis: Salmon Counting
In this lesson, students can explore the techniques of census and population counting by inferring numbers of a virtual population illustrated within a rectangular sampling grid, and observing the accuracy of the technique in relation to...
CPALMS
Cpalms: How Many Trees?
[Free Registration/Login Required] For this formative assessment task, students are asked to find the density and the estimated number of trees in a forest, given certain parameters. Samples of student responses and possible...
US Department of Education
Helping Your Child Learn Math: Math on the Go
Parents and children explore math in the world around them in this collection of math activities. Simple, engaging, and fun, these lessons offer learners the opportunity to discover math even when they're "on the go." An excellent...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Web Math: Comparing Two Numbers on a Number Line
Type in two numbers. A number line and explanation will appear with an explanation how one number is smaller than the other.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Goody Bags
Students will practice counting with this small group activity - great for math stations! The teacher will pre-fill goodie bags with counting objects. Students count the objects, record the number on the post-it note and stick the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: "One More" Concentration
This game is a version of the traditional memory or concentration game. Students will practice counting forward or backward depending on their skill level. Directions and materials needed are fully explained in the lesson.
Other
University of Central Florida: Mathematics Classroom Uses for the Digital Camera
This site has a few creative lesson plans on using the digital camera in a mathematics classroom. Includes geometry and measurement activities. (The link for the counting book does not work in archived version of site.)
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!
In groups of two or three, students decide on what to order at a pizza place given a set budget and a menu.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: 10 More and 10 Less
This lesson is More or Less a great lesson! Engage young scholars in finding 10 more and 10 less than a number using these fun activities. Includes an eSpark video on place value, detailed lesson plan, copy of a hundreds chart, and...
Other
Personal: Let's Go Shopping
This personal site provides a student activity that allows learners to practice spreadsheet skills in inputting data and creating function formulas. The activity is based on the collection and comparison of shopping receipts using max,...
PBS
Pbs Nature: Sharks
How many species of sharks are there in the world of water? Students will discover how and where sharks live, what they eat and how they socialize through the exploration of this resource.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Math: Finding the Volume of a Cube or Box
Learn how to solve the volume of a cube or box on this site. See how the formula is used to find the volume of the shape.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Expected Value
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson plan attempts to explain the betting system at horse tracks by having students vie for parcels of land on their calculators. Because the land boundaries are unknown until the...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Measuring Surface Tension of Water With a Penny
Have you ever wondered what makes water 'bead' up on a freshly waxed car? In this project you'll investigate the chemistry of surface tension by measuring how many drops of water a penny can hold.
Other
Mainland Aggregates, Ltd: Many Uses of Sand
This infographic includes a calculation for how many grains of sand are on the Earth. It discusses what sand is, its history of use by humans, and its many uses in modern times.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cell Division
This lesson focuses on cell division including how chromosomes are formed from DNA, how many chromosomes there are in the human body, and diagrams of cell division. It also provides links to a video and a test.
History of Computing Science
History of Computing Science: Past Computer History
An in-depth lecture and PowerPoint slideshow on the history of computing can be found here. It gives an overview of the advances in science that made desktop computers possible, starting with the invention of counting, to the...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Would You Rather Be a Kid or a Grown Up?
Would you rather be a kid or a grown up? This question interests students and engages them in an interesting graphing exercise focused on how many total data points there are in a graph.