High schoolers explore the concept of exponential growth.  In this exponential growth lesson, students solve a problem about ensuring fairness in a Tug-of-War.  High schoolers determine which students should be on a team to...

Students create spreadsheets and bar graphs based on results of survey of favorite holidays.

Learners construct polygons. They identify attributes of three-dimensional shapes. Students name common three-dimensional shapes. They draw three-dimensional shapes, and sort three-dimensional shapes. Learners use K'NEX materials sets to...

Pupils explore the concept of place value. They differentiate between digits and their values as it related to addition and subtraction. Through the use of technology and manipulatives students investigate the place value of digits by...

Young scholars study telling time to minutes and hours. In this telling time lesson, students watch the teacher complete an example of telling how many minutes are in 120 minutes and how many hours are in 150 minutes. They answer 10...

Learners explore the concept of percents. For this percents lesson, students discuss the prefix cent and words that contain that prefix. Learners make bead necklaces and determine the percentages of certain beads in relation to the...

Students measure their own silhouette using Unifix cubes. They measure a drawing using non-standard measurement. They swap drawings and compare their measurements.

Students examine why fabric was first sewn in layers and how it was used. They identify, compare and make 3 different fabric design types which will become a basis for looking at the quilts created by African Americans. They begin the...

Students participate in and conduct a survey to determine various class favorites. They collect, organize and display their data, interpret the results, and complete a packet of worksheets to display the information.

Students identify points on the coordinate plane using ordered pairs and also plot the ordered pairs on the coordinate plane. They also use properties of shapes to identify polygons such as triangles and quadrilaterals (square,...

Fifth graders create a reflection of a poygon using a Mira. They discover that a line connecting a vertiex of a polygon and the corresponding vertex of its reflection is perpendicular to the line of reflection. Students create a glide...

Fifth graders use pattern blocks and triagular grid paper to reivew shape names, be introduced to the concept of a tiling of the plane, and determine which pattern blocks tile the plane. They are asked if they comprehend what a...

First graders work with manipulatives to solve various math problems by using concrete objects to solve a list of problems . They create and evaluate bar graphs and write a statement about the information on their bar graph.

Students explore ratios and proportions. In this ratios lesson, students work in groups to identify the ratio of boys to girls, as well as the ratio of vowels to consonants in their names. Given a bag of candy, students work in groups to...

Learners examine coin values up to $1.00 using paper coins. In this coin value lesson, students compare and contrast various coins to aid in identification, sort coins from smallest to largest, and match an equal number of pennies to...

Students explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson plan, students draw golf balls of different colors out of a bag and determine the probability of drawing a particular colored ball. Students make a number wheel with...

Students recognize coins and understand their values. For this coins lesson, students identify sets of coins and match them with their value.

Students explore the concepts of estimating and rounding. In this estimating and rounding instructional activity, students play a game of tic-tac-toe. Students pick items and must estimate their cost by rounding. Students estimate the...

Students participate in a metric Olympics. For this metric measurement lesson, students participate in 6 events that require them to predict, estimate, and measure lengths, masses, and area in metric units.

Students identify numbers 1-10 and count objects to match corresponding numbers. In the number sense lesson, students create a counting book, matching numbers they've written on index cards with the correct number of items (beans,...

Students write a fraction to tell what part of a region is shaded, name the numerator and denominator of a fraction and identify equivalent fractions.

Students study the concept of equivalent fractions using naming concepts.

Students identify and label parts of a plant. They will construct a plant from art material and describe the purpose of each part for the plants survival. Students author a book with pictures and words or a story about a plant.

Students reinforce numeral recognition by matching and writing the numbers from 1-20. In this numeral recognition lesson, students count aloud sequentially from one to twenty, identify numerals 1-20, write numerals 1-20, and match...