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National Park Service
It Was a Very Good Year
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park includes whitebark pines that are over 1,200 years old, meaning they have been there since before medieval times. The second lesson of five details how to read tree rings for climate change and...
EngageNY
Thales’ Theorem
Isn't paper pushing supposed to be boring? Learners attempt a paper-pushing puzzle to develop ideas about angles inscribed on a diameter of a circle. Learners then formalize Thales' theorem and use geometric properties to develop a proof...
Core Knowledge Foundation
A “Whole” Lot of Fraction Fun!
Young mathematicians are introduced to fractions in a unit that helps them to understand parts of a whole.
Curated OER
Most Likely/Least Likely
Learners consider a practice problem which prompts them to choose the type of marble most likely to be picked out of a group. Then, they answer probability-type questions regarding a spinner, and a tally chart of coins.
Curated OER
House Project
Make young mathematicians' dreams a reality with this fun drawing project. Given the task of designing their dream home, students create drawings and physical models that demonstrate their understanding of proportion and scale.
California Mathematics Project
Reflections
Reflections are the geometric mirror. Pupils explore this concept as they discover the properties of reflections. They focus on the coordinates of the reflections and look for patterns. This is the third lesson in a seven-part series.
Illustrative Mathematics
Tossing Cylinders
Everyone loves a lesson that involves throwing things around! To understand probability, your experimenters will predict how different cylinder-shaped objects will land when tossed. When the data is collected, they will calculate the...
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Adding by finding 10's
Count with ten frames in a first grade addition lesson. Kids determine how to identify numbers on a number line, as well as with ten frames, and complete ten frames to show their answers in several addition problems.
Sunday School Resources
Noah & the Ark
Support your study of Noah's Ark with these materials. Included here are word puzzles, coloring pages, math exercises, and more, all related to Noah's Ark.
National Security Agency
What’s Your Coordinate?
Your middle schoolers will show what they know with their bodies when they become the coordinate plane in this conceptual development unit. Starting with the characteristics of the coordinate plane, learners develop their skills by...
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Investigating Similar Triangles
Let your use of the resource be in proportion to its usefulness. Pupils investigate similar triangles by measuring side lengths and considering given angle measures. The results of the investigation help develop generalizations about...
Mascil Project
Teaching Geometry Through Play
Puzzle your way through to a new understanding of area. Scholars learn about the area of polygons through equidecomposability, the idea that polygons that can be decomposed into the same set of pieces have the same area. By using...
Curated OER
Triangle Series
Your algebra learners emphasize the"geometric" in geometric series as they use a common ratio between algebraic terms and find that it corresponds to a repeated similarity transformation.
Curated OER
Colorful Triangles
Students make colorful triangles known as Sierpinski's Carpet, using colored pencils and paper.
Curated OER
Jelly Bean Math
In this Easter math learning exercise, 1st graders work with a handful of jelly beans. Students sort the jelly beans by color and color in one block of the color graph per jelly bean.
Curated OER
Sort and Color: 100 Bears
In this math worksheet, students sort the colors of gummy bears in the hands on activity. Then they color the bears on the sheet.
Curated OER
Even Numbers Activity
For this even numbers worksheet, students color all even numbers shown in a set of 9. Page includes a website reference for additional resources.
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Pattern Block Activities
Young scholars practice various math skills by using manipulative activities. In this math manipulative lesson, students sort shapes, build hexagons, and build shapes using manipulatives. These activities would be great for parent ed...
Curated OER
Color One-Half
In this one-half worksheet, students color 1/2 of 5 objects/shapes. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Sailboat Connect-the-Dots Activity
In this math worksheet, students practice counting from 1 to 40 as they connect the dots to make a picture of a sailboat on the ocean. Students color the picture.
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Cupid Connect-the-Dots Activity for Valentine's Day
In this math worksheet, students practice counting to 25 by connecting the dots on this Valentine's Day page. Students may color the cupid picture.
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Thanksgiving Travel Activity
In this Thanksgiving activity instructional activity, students make a large graph showing whether they would like to travel by plane, train or car. They discuss holiday travel and sing an associated song.
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Connect-the-Dots Activity: Beary Special Surprise
In this counting worksheet, students connect the dots from 1 to 35 to discover a picture of a teddy bear inside a gift box. Students color the picture.
Curated OER
Punxsetawney Phil
Students read books, learn about the letter g, and complete coloring pages all to learn about Groundhog Day. In this Groundhog Day lesson plan, students also sing songs, and discuss the history of Punxsetawney Phil.