Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Winter Olympics: Non Standard Measurement
We are going for GOLD! Students will use different objects to measure the length achieved in different Olympic events.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Hamburger Restaurant: Time and Mass
On this interactive site students practice time and mass skills. By the end of the lesson students will be able to describe the mass of more than two objects and record the mass of three objects by lifting.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Build a Bird Nest Box Day 2
Analyzing the work of others to determine if it meets the criteria for building a nest box.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Integers: Grade 6 (Using Thermometer)
Scroll partway down the page to find this lesson on decimals which incorporates the use of thermometers at an activity centre.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Is the Perimeter?
I can create polygons and find the perimeter by using the unit squares on my paper
Math Planet
Math Planet: Algebra 2: Standard Deviation and Normal Distribution
Gain an understanding of standard deviation and normal distribution by viewing an example and a video lesson.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Similarity
This site contains a lesson plan for high school age students. The objective is to discover the factor of proportionality in similar polygons and to relate this factor to the perimeters and areas of similar polygons.
Other
Duke: Center for Inquiry Based Learning
Duke University has established the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning. It serves to enhance math and science lessons. Click on Resources for good examples of Inquiry-based lesson plans.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Building a Dog Kennel Day 3
Third graders will be able to use strategies to solve real-world problems involving area and perimeter.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones
In this inquiry-based lesson, students will discover the formulas for the surface area of pyramids and cones. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
PBS
Pbs: Area and Volume in Kapa Cloth Making
A Hawaiian kapa artist explains how she uses area and measurements as part of her art-making process in this video from the Center for Asian American Media. In the accompanying classroom activity, students watch the video and learn how...
University of Arizona
Pulse: Industrialization, Chemicals and Human Health
While students gain an understand of basic environmental toxicology, they explore the health impacts of industrialization on society in these lessons. This is a cross curricular unit that addresses standards for eleventh grade in math,...