Eighth graders follow a recipe, focusing on the concepts of ratio and proportion, to mix a batch of icing. They decorate cupcakes in the form of a pumpkin.

Students use estimation and fractions and standard units of measure to measure foot strips.

Young scholars are "given" $25.00 to spend at a restaurant. Using the Internet, they must "order" a complete 4 course meal while staying within their budget.

Pupils create a class timeline using the patent year for their selected inventor or invention. Using a piece of yarn, they physically create a timeline, and create and answer math word problems using the years from the timeline.

Students will use inquiry science to complete an investigation. They create hypotheses predicting the changes water undergoes in becoming ice and determine how much ice needs to be melted to create one 8 oz. glass of water.

Students are given the task of designing an apartment. In groups, they practice estimating the area and perimeter of different shapes. After designing their space, they apply the same formulas to solving real-world story problems.

For this rounding money worksheet, students identify the money amounts in each examples and round to the nearest dollar for the 10 examples.

Pupils play a game with coins and then use reasoning skills to develop a strategy for winning the game.

Young scholars construct models of various tricubes, tetracubes, and pentacubes that are possible, classify n-cubes into different groupings, and draw these figures on isometric dot paper giving true perspective to what they visualize.

Pupils investigate geometric shapes in their environment, make a geometric design, and write paragraphs describing the design.

First graders create a graph of the various teachers' favorite events at the rodeo.

First graders practice making logical predictions from information they are given.

Students learn the difference between perimeter and area by watching a video and a hands on activity.

Sixth graders observe the creation of a tessellation with hexagons. In groups, they work with polygons to discover what shapes can be used to create tessellations and explore the angle measurements of each shape. Using internet websites,...

In groups, 4th graders are given a recent decade to focus on and its impact on Los Angeles and to see how the city has changed over time.

Fourth graders use drawing and paint tools to identify, draw and state several geometric terms.

Young scholars explore the concept of transformations.  For this transformation lesson, students use an applet that is an interactive absolute value graph applet.  Young scholars manipulate the applet to examine the change in...

Fourth graders complete multiplication, addition, and subtraction problems that all contain regrouping. In this regrouping lesson plan, 4th graders complete worksheets not provided.

Students examine how businesses and corporations contribute or sponsor activities for the common good. They read annual reports of major corporations to determine how they contribute to focused activities for the common good.

Seventh graders examine congruence postulates and apply knowledge to triangles in the world around them.

Students investigate, through a hands-on activity, in which type of soil a bean seed grows best. They create a bar graph representing each plant's growth in different soils.

Young scholars explore the concept of estimating by watching a video, and discussing the strategies for estimation. They estimate the costs for various menu items, then calculate the exact amount spent.

Sixth graders estimate the measurement of angles and then measure the exact distance using an angle ruler. In groups, they explore shapes and recognize the characteristics acute, obtuse and right angles. Students sketch required shapes,...

Students explore and explain geometrical applications, and how to apply these applications to real life.