Rice University
Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Fun and Sun Rent a Car
A wide range of math skills is incorporated into a lesson that involves planning a family's vacation to Florida. Travel expenses are gathered and compared, graphed, and analyzed in hopes of finding the best prices. There are extension...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7 Sp Mr. Brigg's Class Likes Math
A multi-step performance task word problem: In a poll of Mr. Briggs's math class, 67% of the students say that math is their favorite academic subject. The editor of the school paper is in the class, and he wants to write an article for...
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: All About Us Activity Plan
It's time to stand in the spotlight! During this Afterschool Adventure, children will learn about and practice a variety of math skills as they gather information about their favorite subject-themselves! Children will start out by...
Other
Delta State University: Lesson Plan 3: Pie Graphs
The students will gather, organize, and display data in an appropriate pie (circle) graph using M&M's! [PDF]
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Biodiverse Is Lake Superior? An Exercise in Proportions
An exercise in critical thinking, as well as practice in percents, proportions, and probabilities. Students research to gather information, then use their math skills to perform calculations on the data.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Extra Practice Quiz Outcomes and Probability
Determine the outcome of each probability examples presented. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance to try again then you are told the correct answer. See...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Extra Practice Quiz Mean, Median, Mode, Range 2
Practice using the graph to answer questions about the mean, median, mode and range. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance to try again then you are told...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Extra Practice Quiz Which Spinner Is Fair?
Decide which spinner is fair for each of the probability examples presented. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance to try again then you are told the...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Extra Practice Quiz Identify the Outcomes 2
Practice predicting what the outcome would be in each of the probability examples presented. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance to try again then you...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Extra Practice Quiz Predict Probability 2
Predict what the outcome would be in each of the probability examples presented. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance to try again then you are told the...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Extra Practice Quiz Mean, Median, Mode, Range 1
Practice using the graph to answer questions about the mean, median, mode and range. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance to try again then you are told...