Pupils role play bartering for goods and services as the French settlers did in colonial Illinois. They start with eight household items to acquire through bartering. They have to calculate values for each object and determine the...

In this secondary mathematics activity, high schoolers determine the number of each gift given in the song, “the Twelve Days of Christmas.”  The activity includes the history of the song and a look at the cost of the gifts over...

In this food facts worksheet, 4th graders read and interpret a short history on tin cans, Wonder Bread, ToastMaster, Nicolas Appert and Charles Strite. Students answer five word problems.

Seventh graders review graphing procedures and practice locating points using x,y coordinates. Students calculate the areas of the top and bottom surfaces of the airfoil. They construct a test model of the airfoil.

Third graders take a set of data and turn it into a pie graph with an independent worksheet. Containing 10 sets of data, the resource reinforced data analysis skills that pupils can use throughout a graphing unit. 

In this brain teaser activity, students solve 1 brain teaser word problem. A website reference is given for additional activities. 

Students explore area and perimeter through coordinate geometry using student literature, hands-on manipulatives, and the Internet.

You're going to wish you had a watermelon for this lesson! Class members read about watermelons and make a salad in class to sample. They also perform estimates, measurements and calculations on a watermelon. They predict what percentage...

In this Renaissance activity, learners read a 2 page article covering The Renaissance period, answer 5 facts with multiple choice answers and answer 5 statements true or false.

In this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about teachers teaching different subjects. Students complete 1 problem.

Learners participate in an online interactive forum to explore how math is used in their families and communities. They design games to submit to other students online, and identify and organize data to solve the problems from other...

This straightforward biography of the French mathematician Emilie de Chatelet covers basics of her life and times. Her friendship with Voltaire, translation of Newton, and tragic early death are included.