Students inquire about the politics and culture of Ancient Rome. In this Ancient Rome project/unit, students research life during ancient Roman times and create a newspaper with articles on politics, sports, culture, and economics.

Students read about the history of farming with the use of scarecrows and then sort clothing, build scarecrows, write descriptions, and more. In this scarecrows lesson plan, students also play a game called Garden Tag.

Students use a "spider web" graphic organizer to record information about different types of masks they are familiar with. They write a paragraph about masks. Students read about Native American cultures and compare/contrast the...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the pottery of Harding Black and the uses of clay in San Antonio, Texas. They watch a video about the life of Harding Black, conduct a clay percolation experiment, compare and...

Students design and create scarecrows. They write descriptively about the scarecrow for a classroom scarecrow show.

This is a board game played in Egypt in 1400 BCE. It requires strategy and to think several moves ahead.

Discussion of early Egyptian number systems, including hieroglyphics and hieratic symbols and how they evolved.

An informative and interactive exploration of fractions and how they were used by the ancient Egyptians. Use numbers to build fractions in the interactive game.

A brief explanation of the numbering system of the ancient Egyptians, with great drawings and sample problems. Use this resource to introduce yourself to the symbols ancient Egyptians used in mathematics. There are some activities to...

Challenge yourself and see if you can solve these math problems using Egyptian hieroglyphics. Egyptians excelled in mathematics and this lesson will help you understand hieroglyphic numbers. A podcast is included that explains the Rhind...

Animated and interactive website from Children's University of Manchester on the Ancient Egyptian Number System. Students can explore the characteristics of ancient Egyptian numbers and use their math facts along the way.

The University of St. Andrews, Scotland, presents hundreds of biographies of famous mathematicians, histories of math in various cultures, and interesting facts on the development of important math concepts. This is a huge reference....

Find the information you need about math history, from Archimedes to Fermat. A great resource for studying the foundations of today's world of mathematics.

Practice changing Egyptian numerals into our everyday numbers we use and vice versa. Three hints are available. This game is set up with a game show format. See how high you can climb on the money chart!

An introduction to the way the ancient Egyptians wrote fractions, along with a more sophisticated look at the process of converting modern fractions to Egyptian form. Contains a very informative and interesting group of related links,...

This Tour Egypt site presents an easy-to-read account of ancient Egypt mathematics. Content explores the history and development of mathematics, how it was used, what helpful documents we have found that give us insight into what the...

See how many different regular polygons you can make using the 12 knot Egyptian rope at this one page website. Check your solution right at the website.

This site presents a detailed overview of Egyptian mathematics, focusing on the arithmetical methods which they devised to work with their numerals.

This is a game of strategy played on a grid of either, 5 X 5, 7 X 7, or 9 X 9.

This is a game of strategy played on a grid of either, 5 X 5, 7 X 7, or 9 X 9. The rules are easy to follow and clearly listed.

Students estimate the cost of building an Egyptian pyramid with modern materials and ancient building methods in this math project.

This site presents a detailed overview of Egyptian mathematics, focusing on the arithmetical methods which they devised to work with their numerals.

In this task, students will rewrite fractions as a sum of distinct unit fractions. To solve the problem, students will rewrite a simple rational expression and will need to study the arithmetic of these unit fractions with a variable in...