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Equivalent Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the concept of equivalent fractions using naming concepts.
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Change & Conservation of City Landscape

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in fieldwork by observing and photographing buildings.
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The Literature Connection

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read Cucumber Soup by Vickie Leigh. They make representations for the number of each kind of bug found in the book. This lesson is a terrific way to show students how fractions, decimals and percents are related.
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Examining the African American Role in New Haven History: Pride in the Past? Hope for the Future

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the role of African-Americans in New Haven, Connecticut. Using two maps, they compare and contrast the differences in the town from the past to today. In groups, they use the internet to research the contributions...
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Mathematics Within: Shape, Space & Measurement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers experiment and analyze triangulation to assess degrees of combined angles, predict polygons that tessellate as well as extending of shapes to create tessellations. They explore the concept of why some polygons tessellate...
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Percentages

For Students 5th
In this percentages worksheet, 5th graders solve and complete 3 different problems. First, they complete the table shown with the correct fraction, decimal and percentage. Then, students find the percentage of each given number.
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The Outback

For Students 4th - 10th
In this geography worksheet, students answer 12 short answer questions describing the landforms and characteristics of the Outback in Australia. Teacher must provide research material.
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Fractions: Adding Same Denominator

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this math worksheet, students look for the answers to the addition with fractions of the same denominator. There is a button at the top of the page for the answers.
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Playing With Probability

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate probability. They use ratios to solve simple probability situations. Students express their solutions in the form of fractions or decimals. They predict outcomes and complete probability worksheets.
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Percentages: Fractions To Percent

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
In this percentages worksheet, students write eighteen fractions as percentages. Students problem solve each fraction as a percentage.
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M & M Fractions

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore the concept of fractions using M & M candies as a manipulative. They sort the candies, and write the correct fraction for each color of M & M's.
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And Around We Go!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders conduct a survey and collect data to construct a bar graph that will then be changed into a circle graph. With the bar graph, 6th graders compare estimated fractions and percentages and estimate percentages. With the circle...
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The Clarinet Family

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this music worksheet, students investigate the features and history of the clarinet. Students answer 6 multiple choice questions. No information is provided on the page.
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The Clarinet Family- Grades 4-5

For Students 4th - 5th
In this music worksheet, students learn about the clarinet family of woodwind instruments by looking at the 3 types of clarinets in a picture and completing 5 questions. There is no information on the page.
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Individual Responsibility--Inaction Is Action

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners view a video that explores the impact an individual can have on a community. They consider the consequences of acting or not acting on their own convictions and participate in a class discussion to share their observations.
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More about Arteries, Veins and Capillaries

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students list and describe the purpose/function of blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries). They explain how blood flows through the body, and the role of physical activity and how it strengthens the heart.
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Colonizing the Stars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast the size, composition and surface features of the nine planets of our solar system with the possible sizes and compositions of extra -solar planets.
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Vocabulary Practice and Review

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students choose a word/phrase that has the same meaning as a bolded word in a sentence, 8 sentences total.
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Math Vocabulary Multiple Choice Words Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this math vocabulary worksheet, learners complete multiple choice problems where they match the correct math vocabulary word to its definition. Students complete 15 questions.
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Candy Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use candy to explore fractions and percentages.
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Variables Affecting Earth's Albedo

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the variables that affect the Earth's albedo.  In this environmental data analysis lesson students interpret and graph information and calculate changes. 
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Skittles Lab

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use Skittles as manipulatives to practice computing decimals from fractions, computing decimals into percentages, and creating bar graphs from gathered data.
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Utah at the Crossroads: Challenges for K-12 Education in the Coming Ten Years

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the difficulties in financing public education in Utah. They examine how Utah students perform on standardized tests. They focus on the coming enrollment boom in K-12 education and slowing economy and what effects...
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Area and Perimeter

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders are given real world problems dealing with are and perimeter. They solve using the formulas for area and perimeter. There are 3 problems.