Fourth graders collaborate in small groups to create simple rhythmic patterns in different time signatures. Each group creates rhythms in a competitive "game" atmosphere and then constructs entire rhythmic groups for presentation to...

Students create a PowerPoint presentation on the information they research about the ice cores and what they tell us about Earth's past. In this ice core lesson plan, students research radioactivity, air pollution, sodium, snowfall...

Students define the counting principle and how it relates to integers. In this algebra lesson, students add and subtract using the addition and multiplication principles. They solve problems using combination and permutations.

Students identity simple geometric shapes. In this early geometry lesson, the teacher introduces students to triangles, squares, and rectangles, then students identify and classify the shapes as they are found in the classroom. To...

Students read NewsHour Extra's feature story and answer the questions on the reading comprehension handout.

Students practice and review fractions in a game format.

Any time you pick up a well shuffled deck, you are almost certainly holding an arrangement of cards that has never before existed and might not exist again. Yannay Khaikin explains how factorials allow us to pinpoint the exact (very...

Read playing cards so the suit determines the type of physical activity, and the face value determines the number of repetitions.

The somewhat tricky differences between mutually exclusive, non-mutually exclusive, independent, and dependent events are defined here. Common items such as coins, colored cubes, and a deck of cards are all part of the easy-to-understand...

Using a deck of cards this lesson plan has students arrange the cards they draw to make the largest (or smallest) number possible. This activity helps demonstrate the positional property of the numeration system we use.

This is a collection of math games ranging from Kindergarten to the upper elementary grades, using only an ordinary deck of playing cards. There are games covering addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, percents,...

This conversation activity uses 1-2 decks of playing cards to prompt discussion: each card represents a specific question. The site provides instructions and a suggested list of questions to match each card.

Kids love dice and playing with decks of cards. Leverage these two great (and inexpensive tools) to help students work on math facts, place value and more.

Using decks of cards and knowledge of number operations, students develop multi-step equations to reach a target number.

Do you love to listen to your MP3 player while you're exercising, or listen to songs on the Internet? The relatively recent development of MP3 technology has made it possible to take a stack of CD's and store them on a device no bigger...

Students will play a game using a deck of cards to further understanding of rounding to ten.

Using a deck of cards, students play a game similar to War where they become sports franchise owners. After setting up their initial team, they compete against other teams for a season. The game is based on an article in the Journal of...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the concept of decision (or probability) trees. The lesson is framed in the context of drawing aces from a deck of cards, and in predicting bomb threats...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson shows students how apparently random data is not always quite so random. This is done with a standard deck of 52 cards, which students analyze after dealing for randomness. In...

This math game is great for practice using all the operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. All you need is a deck of regular playing cards. Just follow the directions and you are in business.

Combine addition of numbers identified from playing cards with physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a twenty to twenty five minute series of activities that require two decks of...

This card game reinforces number identification and sequencing and is conducive to small groups/centers. The students will need a deck of playing cards including some of the face cards. Instructions and variations for play are included.

This game, using multiple decks of playing cards, teaches the concepts of marginal benefits vs. total benefits. Each game takes about 10 minutes to play.

An online flashcard deck that reviews properties of matter. Test your knowledge of matter, chemical changes, and physical changes. Site allows you to put flashcards into two sections, those you know and those you don't. After separating...