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Perimeter and Area Together
Students watch a video about a skating competition. In this perimeter and area lesson, students watch a video on a skate off competition, draw the fields on the board and compare with the fields on the handout. Students find the...
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Wallpaper and Tessellations
Students learn about and make tessellations. In this geometry lesson, students watch a video about wallpaper tessellations and use a handout to learn about tessellations. Students make an irregular tessellation.
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Exploring Number Patterns to Discover Common Factors
Learners listen and watch a video to see a drummer beat and find a pattern, while learning about the least common factor. In this lesson, the concept of least common factors is being taught through the use of musical instruments, and...
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Patterns to the Rescue
Learners watch "Cyberchase: The Poddleville Case" and analyze patterns. They complete a patterns assignment worksheet and then they make up patterns using numbers, shapes or colors, for their classmates to solve. They use patterns to...
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Pick A Number
Elementary schoolers find out which month has the most class birthdays (mode) and which birthday represents the middle point of all the birthdays (median). They gather and organize data to find one number that fairly represents the whole...
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Skate Borders
Elementary schoolers explore how making different rectangular shapes with the same perimeter has an affect on the area of those shapes. Learners use the worksheet embedded in the plan to design their own skateboarding track. They use...
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Pattern Power
Young elementary students will discover there are patterns all around them in their daily lives. In groups, they sort pattern blocks by size and color. Using the internet, they create their own type of patterns and share them with the...
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Equivalent Fractions as a Means to Compare
Students create equivalent fractions between fifths and tenths, as well as additional denominations. For this Cyberchase activity lesson, students compare fractions of like denominators and watch a QuickTime video to assist the...
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Living in a Geometrical World
Students participate in a series of hand-on, online, and multimedia activities to examine 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes. They describe common geometric solids. They construct rectangular prisms using straws and ribbon.
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Do You Feel Lucky?
Students explore probability by using games based on probable outcomes of events. They name all of the possible outcomes of an event and express the likelihood of such an event occurring.
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Multiplication as Replication
Young scholars explore the basic concepts of multiplication. In this multiplication instructional activity, students watch an episode of "Cyberchase" and then use table and construct patterns to solve multiplication problems.
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Estimating Distance and Time
Pupils analyze a Cyberchase video to help them understand how to estimate the time it takes to travel distances. In this time lesson, students use ratiosand repeated addition to calculate how much air the characters in the video need...
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Probability and the Law of Large Numbers
Students explore the law of large numbers. In this problem solving lesson, students view an episode of "Cyberchase" and apply the law to determine probability in 2 different scenarios.
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Sizing Up Spout
Young scholars estimate heights and lengths of objects. In this measurement lesson, students estimate the length and height of various objects using non-traditional tools of measurement. This lesson also includes a video clip on...
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Finding Averages as Means
Students calculate the mean. In this lesson on averages, students watch a video on athletes and averages and complete a worksheet. This lesson emphasizes mean as the "fair share measure of center".
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Paying Attention to Scale
Students create bar graphs. For this graphing lesson, students watch video clips about bar graphs and complete worksheets. The focus of this lesson is on creating the correct scale for the bar graph and correctly labeling the axes.
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Multiplication by 10
Young scholars practice their multiplication skills using recipe math. In this multiplication lesson, students complete the popcorn ball recipe worksheet using multiplication to solve. Young scholars watch a video about the topic and...
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Addition of Decimal Numbers and a Common Factor
Students use video clips to help them understand decimal addition and errors in decimal equations. In this decimal addition instructional activity, students watch and complete several videos about decimal addition. Students also complete...
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Creating Equal Shares
Students split the number of objects given to them between a certain number of people. In this numbers lesson plan, students split the objects equally between the number of people to learn about division.
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Gears and Proportions
Students explore gears. In this simple machines and ratio lesson, students view a video clip in which front and rear bicycle gears are explained. From a set of gear combinations and gear ratios, students identify high and low gear ratio...
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Learning to Distinguish Numerators and Denominators
Students explore fractions. In this fraction lesson, students view three video clips that explain how to recognize fractional relationships and clarify what a numerator and denominator represent. Students solve problems together in...
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Multiplication as Combinations
Students create number combinations. In this multiplication lesson, students watch a CyberSquad video and then identify as many number combinations as possible.
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Percentage of Populations with Diabetes
Students calculate percentages. In this percentages lesson, students watch a video clip regarding diabetes. Students discover how to calculate daily carbohydrate allowances as well as the percentage of the population with diabetes.
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Scaling Up a Photograph
Students practice calculating dimensions of rectangles in a photograph activity. In this rectangle dimensions lesson, students complete the 'Making a Photographic Enlargement handout and watch a video about scaling up photographs....