Students explore ocean vessels that drill the ocean floor. In this ocean drilling lesson, students watch videos about drilling the ocean floor and discuss. Students get into groups, go outside and use string to mark off the...

In this paper helicopter worksheet, students design and experiment making a paper helicopter to explore how some things fall and how varying the size of the rotor blades affect the way a helicopter spins.

Learners investigate surveys as it relates to chains and links. For this math lesson, students relate math to history and surveys done above, below and on the earths' surface. They review vocabulary pertaining to this lesson before...

In this counting money worksheet, students count the pennies in each example. Students count 6 sets of pennies and write the answers on the lines.

Set your pupils up to start on geometry by teaching them some introductory terminology. Pupils learn the terms by reading a short passage and looking at examples. They then respond to five questions related to the text.

Students learn that speed is a function of time and distance, a quadratic equation can be used to figure out the path of fireworks, a photographer can use Algebra to figure out how many rolls he can afford if he needs twice as much of...

Students explore counting methods of the ancient Maya, and practice identifying Maya number glyphs.

Students learn about credit cards and scores and how to and not to use them. In this financial concept activity, students are given hypothetical scenarios where they are able to apply learning's to given situations as they figure rates,...

Fifth graders explore polygons in various shape activities. In this polygons instructional activity, 5th graders discuss and identify polygons by their number of sides. Students sort ceramic tiles by the number of sides on each piece....

Students create paper quilts of their own using the isometric grid that tessellates the plane or the fraction quilt square.

Students research the Internet or create surveys to find graphable data. They collect, organize, analyze and interpret the data. Finally, they choose the appropriate type of graph to display the data and find the measures of central...

Learners are introduced to the characteristics of trigonometric functions. In groups, they analyze graphs of sine and cosine to determine the lengths of a triangle. They compare and contrast the graphical and numerical characteristics...

Students participate in activities the connect measurement to geometry, statistics, estimation, and the real world. They collect measurements from their elbow to the tip of their middle finger and make a box plot of the data as well as...

Learners study the Chinese form of tangrams. They read the story, "Grandfather Tang's Story," by Ann Tompert and discuss how tangrams are used to tell the story. Using paper and scissors, they create animal tangrams and write stories...

In the probability and statistics instructional activity, students determine the probability of an event occurring.  The one page instructional activity contains one multiple choice question with the solution.

Students review employment statistics and wages over the past 20 years. They examine the Federal Work Force Laws. They apply formulas to find the rate of change in the minimum wage.

Students investigate the Pythagorean Theorem.  In this seventh through twelfth grade geometery instructional activity, students explore the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse and use it to find the length of the missing side...

Pupils explore famous mathematicians. In this mathematician lesson plan, students investigate for a mathematician who share their birthday and research their accomplishments in math.

Learners investigate art elements such as color schemes and proportion by creating their own personal Mandala Circle on paper or canvas. This also allows students to investigate mathematical concepts such as tesselations or social...

Students study the Maya culture and their achievements in mathematics, how bacteria grow exponentially, use rational numbers to convert back and forth between Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit, how some architectural designs are examples of...

Seventh graders visualize and identify geometric shapes after applying transformations on a coordinate plane. In this tangrams lesson plan, 7th graders construct a set of tangrams and then answer extension questions related to...

Students read biographies of women who have made contributions to field of aerospace and aeronautics, choose one woman to research, and present their findings to classmates in form of essay, play, poster, or presentation.

High schoolers, after researching a Texas coastal basin, map and graph the information they collect and then translate it into a short report to be presented to their classmates. They brainstorm unique ways to maintain Texas estuaries as...

High schoolers determine the ratio of pairs of consecutive terms in the Fibonacci Sequence. Using four different colors, they create a golden rectangle in either two or three dimensions. They use photographs to create two collages...