This is a nice hands-on activity where young geometers create trapezoids and calculate their area by looking at areas of quadrilaterals and triangles. 

Is it possible to solve quadratic equations by factoring? It is, and your class will graph quadratic equation and functions too. They perform transformation on their graphs showing increasing and decreasing intervals, domain, and range....

Sixth graders explore different polygons. In this polygon lesson, 6th graders examine a rhombus, quadrilateral, parallelogram, and rectangles. Students compare and contrast polygons and research shapes on the Internet.

If the flu outbreak continues, exams will have to be canceled. Investigate the properties of exponential and logarithmic functions. In this algebra lesson, students use the TI to examine and differentiate between exponential growth and...

Students explore the properties of a pumpkin. In this What's Inside a Pumpkin lesson plan, students use a real pumpkin to investigate pumpkin facts, sing a song "Five Little Pumpkins", paint pumpkin patch artwork, participate in a...

High schoolers investigate the usage of parallel and perpendicular shapes in the real world. In this geometry lesson, students investigate shapes for properties that are related to the real world. They relate all the properties of shape...

Students explore physics by participating in a science activity in class. In this flight properties lesson, students identify Bernoulli's principle of flight and his theory of statics and motion. Students conduct a demonstration by...

Students explore physics by creating data graphs in class. In this flight properties instructional activity, students read the book Flying Machine and identify the force, resistance and construction necessary to keep a glider in the air....

Students analyze graphs for specific properties. In this algebra lesson, students solve equations and graph using the TI calculator. They find the different changes that occur in each graph,including maximum and minimum.

Students identify the properties of a circle. For this geometry lesson, students relate properties of diameter to sections of a pizza. They calculate the measure of an arc and missing angles.

Students investigate the properties of triangles and parallelograms. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the formula used to find the are of a triangle and other polygons. They create a visual model to represent their findings.

In this math worksheet, students use the distributive property to complete computation with radicals. Students multiply pairs of binomials that have the square root sign in each pair.

In this math worksheet, middle schoolers solve the problems using the addition and multiplication properties of equality. Then the solutions are found for the variables.

Students explore the properties of water. In this science lesson, students conduct various experiments to discover the importance of water. Math, language arts and history activities are also included.

Students investigate the concentration level of solutions. In this math/science lesson, students identify three different ionic compounds. They predict the conductivity of each using their collected data.

Students relate the division of monomials to multiplication. In this division of monomials instructional activity, students divide monomials by factoring and dividing common factors from the originals. They check their answers by...

Students practice the commutative property, create and manipulate arrays and multiply and divide numbers.

Learners discover the centroid of a triangle based on Euclid's constructions. They explore locus of points of a median. They understand properties of the segments that form the median and areas of the smaller sections formed by the median.

Students investigate the concept of Ohm's Law and how it is used when finding a solution to an equation. They use properties of equality in order to find the solution for the variable. Students also apply a formula to real life problems...

In this algebra worksheet, students complete a variety of basic algebra problems. They compare integers, identify sets of numbers, simplify equations, translate words into numerical expressions, and identify properties. This worksheet...

Fourth graders study fractions. In this fractions lesson, 4th graders define fraction-related vocabulary words. Students use beads to study fractions. Students draw shapes to study fraction equivalency and brainstorm fractions they use...

Students choose the correct strategy to solve multiplication and division. In this algorithm lesson, students use at least two strategies that use properties of operations and estimation. Students also recognize the relationship between...

Slearners explore and analyze the properties of geometric areas.  For this geometry lesson, sstudents use technology to simulate spinners and dartboards in order to fing areas of circles and sectors of circles and compare and...

Students study buoyancy with an in-class experiment.  In this water properties lesson, students create a boat from aluminum foil and float it in a bucket of water.  Students utilize coins to change the weight of the boat and...