Students find similarities and differences between a biotrope habitat and an ecosystem.  In this hardbottom biotrope lesson, students research and respond to inquiry questions about a biotrope.  Students identify three...

Learners identify how the tilt and position of the Earth causes the seasons. After a discussion of the seasons and when they begin. Using themselves as the objects in the universe, they role play how the rotational movement of the...

Two of the best words any one can hear– treasure hunt! Your class will be excited to practice graphing on a coordinate grraph as they identify and write coordinates for landmarks they see on a treasure map. They trace their route to the...

Students practice their drawing skills. In this drawing skills lesson, students complete a self-observation drawing activity and then 3 methods of figure drawing.

In this isometric drawings worksheet, students analyze the drawing of the structure that can be made with cube blocks. Students use cube blocks to make the structure and then draw three different views on the dotted grid.

Sixth graders create a grid of their fictitious store. In this measurement lesson, 6th graders use a computer to measure out the floor of their store and create furniture, doorways, windows, and more. This lesson includes directions for...

Third graders problem solve using drawings and map interpretations. They preview graphs and Cartesian geometry. They follow directions on a map using a grid and compass references while simulating they are reading a pirate map.

In this measurement lesson, students follow the instructions to draw a sandbox on a grid. Students also respond to 2 short answer questions regarding the area question.

In this ordinal numbers worksheet, students read and follow instructions containing ordinal numbers. They draw specified items on a grid, placing them in a described column and row. Afterward, students recognize the months of the year...

Pupils examine and draw landscape maps. In this mapping lesson, students investigate what a landscape map is. They draw a map showing objects on a small piece of natural landscape. Pupils fill in a grid sheet and a worksheet to make a...

In this polygons worksheet, students name the 6 different colored shapes, choose any 3 polygons to draw and color on a grid, while adding a right angled triangle and a rhombus.

Learners explore reflections on a coordinate plane in this lesson. They trace their hand on a grid, determine the coordinates of each point, and create a scatter plot of their points. Pupils use this information to investigate aspect...

Seventh graders practice identifying coordinates by examining a city map.  In this graphing lesson, 7th graders create coordinate directions on an index card and practice locating these locations on a grid.  Students read and...

Students learn how to use a letter and number map grid. In this map grid lesson plan, students look at a landscape map and describe how to locate the airport. They compare the descriptions of different students to determine how they are...

Students examine and study how to recognize the characteristics of a regular pentagon and demonstrate how to construct one. They become aware of associating a regular pentagon to its term of a double map and practice the concept of line...

Students are asked to describe to a partner how he or she walks to school or the bus stop. They are shown on the overhead an one-inch grid paper, and at the intersection of two lines on the grid paper, students are shown a house and...

This lesson begins with a review of linear functions and segues nicely over its fifteen examples and problems into a deep study of exponential functions. Linear and exponential growth are compared in an investment task. Data tables are...

Which function models the data best? Pupils work through several activities to model data with a variety of functions. Individuals begin by reviewing the shapes of the functions and finding functions that will fit plotted data points. By...

Did you know scientists can tell the age of an asteroid by looking closely at its craters? This final activity of a six-part series focuses on two asteroids, Gaspra and Ida, in order to demonstrate the concept of dating asteroids....

Sixth graders estimate surface area of a pond using a random number table.

Young scholars demonstrate how to use the map grid system. In this map skills lesson, students are given coordinates to locate several locations on a world map. Young scholars use the map grid system to identify these locations.

Students brainstorm ideas and come up with a concept to portray into a mural. In this painting lesson plan, students base their mural off of the work of Keith Haring.

In this systems of inequalities worksheet, 11th graders solve and complete 8 different problems that include graphing. First, they graph each system of inequalities to determine the overlapping portion in each. Then, students draw a line...

On this visual thinking worksheet, students analyze 2 designs on a dot grid. Students copy each design, counting dots if necessary. Then students draw a design for a classmate to copy.