Curated OER
Adding in Our Heads
A good presentation on adding two-digit numbers. Learners are shown how to partition the numbers before trying to add them in their heads. A frog is the featured teacher of the PowerPoint, and he leads viewers through many problems and...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Tools of Measurement
From temperature and mass, to length and volume, there are many different types of measurement. Expose young learners to a variety of measurement tools using this slide show of real-life pictures. Go through the presentation one image at...
Kelly's Kindergarten
July Daily Activities
Concerned about your learners forgetting what they've learned during summer vacation? Use a learning guide to keep them busy every day of the week. With activities about writing, drawing, counting, adding, and time, your kids will be...
Springfield Public Schools District 186
Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators
Fractions are your learners' best friend in this simple instructional activity that has room to show work as learners practice adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.
EngageNY
Increasing and Decreasing Functions 2
Explore linear and nonlinear models to help your class build their function skills. In a continuation of the previous lesson, learners continue to analyze and sketch functions that model real-world situations. They progress from linear...
Yummy Math
The Olympic Flame's Trip
Just in time for the start of the Winter 2018 Olympics, you can track the Olympic torch relay through the Republic of Korea. But there must be some math involved, right? Give learners a worksheet that prompts them to calculate the...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Using a Calendar
"I have a calendar, but I'm not sure how to use it." If you've heard this before, then why not set up a learning station with a step-by-step tutorial on how to solve a math problem using a calendar? A problem is presented and each of the...
Curated OER
Acceleration Lab
Young Einsteins experiment with the acceleration of Hot Wheels™ toy cars down inclined planes at various angles. This classic physics lab activity is thoroughly explained in both a teacher’s guide and a student lab sheet. Science...
Curated OER
Problem Solving Decision: Multistep Problems
Capture your learners' attention by asking them to find the difference in size between the 12-inch silky anteater and the 6-foot giant anteater! This order of operations worksheet has learners first identify the meaning of finding the...
Charleston School District
Exploring Linear Functions
What does a graph or equation say about a situation? Lots! The lesson uses the concepts explored in the previous four lessons in the series and applies them to problem solving situations. Learners create an equation from problems posed...
Statistics Education Web
The United States of Obesity
Mississippi has both the highest obesity and poverty rate in the US. Does the rest of the data show a correlation between the poverty and obesity rate in a state? Learners tackle this question as they practice their skills of regression....
CK-12 Foundation
Angle Measurement: Fuel Gauge Angles
Once you start looking, angles appear everywhere in our daily lives. A creative lesson has learners use the angles created by a fuel gauge to practice the Angle Addition Postulate. They see how changing the angle parts does not...
CK-12 Foundation
Related Rates of Car Speeds
Speed up your pupils' understanding of derivatives. Two cars travel in perpendicular distances to each other. With the aid of the interactive, learners visualize the situation. Pupils use the derivative to calculate the instantaneous...
Curated OER
How Many in My Home?
Engage young mathematicians in practicing their counting skills while learning a little about the home environment of your students with this simple worksheet. By asking students to determine the number of windows, doors, rooms, people,...
Yummy Math
How Much Wrapping Paper Can You Save?
Give the ultimate gift this holiday season: Christmas-themed math skills! Young gift givers calculate the amount of wrapping paper that should be used for a particular wrapping method.
US Department of Commerce
Diversity: Census Questions Over Time
The story of race in the United States continues to evolve, and the numbers show it. Using data from the last two census counts, learners consider recent demographic shifts. They then analyze the information to hypothesize: What could...
Curated OER
Math is All Around Us
Students photograph examples of math vocabulary. In this digital math lesson, students use software to highlight a math concept. Students record narration to give voice to their concept.
PwC Financial Literacy
Saving and Investing: Investing for the Future
A fine instructional activity on saving and investing is here for you and your middle schoolers. In it, learners explore the values of time and money, and discover how small amounts of money invested over time can grow into a large "pot...
Digital Lesson
Cereal Box Surface Area
How much math can your learners pour out of a cereal box? Your middle schoolers will explore their favorite cereal and calculate the surface area, volume, and weight ratios and log this information on the provided worksheet. They get to...
Curated OER
7.RP Music Companies, Variation 2
Real-world multiple-step proportion problems are sometimes hard to find for your math class. Here is one designed specifically to meet that need. Learners use proportional relationships to determine price per share in the acquisition of...
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
How To Work Word Problems in Algebra
Your algebra learners will pick up some solid algebra problem solving skills and a plan of approach for some typical types of word problems in this scripted worksheet that shows how to set up and organize each type of problem,...
Curated OER
Hours and Half Hours of Time- Step-by-Step Lesson
This brief introduction to reading time on analog and digital clocks has learners examine two clock faces, one of each type. They determine the time (4:30 on the analog and 6:30 on the digital). An explanation on the bottom describes the...
Curated OER
Problems Using Time
What time will it be in thirty minutes? Scholars use three digital clocks to answer nine questions which require they add and subtract minutes from a given time. Learners record what time it will be in a specific number of minutes or...
Curated OER
Time to Draw More or Less Worksheet
Using familiar shapes, learners practice the math concepts more, less, and equal. They examine five circles, drawing two more in an adjacent box. Note: This one should be explained, as learners may not understand they are to...