Investigate water pollution. Learners start out by completing the know and want to know portions of a KWL chart on water pollution. They read a story that stimulates thinking about water pollution and view an online resource related to...

Students recognize how numbers are used in number stories.  In this Rooster's Off To See the World lesson, students participate in the story. Students complete a number activity and work on the computer to illustrate a number...

Here is a week-long lesson on the roles of family members designed for first graders. In it, learners share stories of their families, listen to books about families read to them by their teacher, complete homework assignments and...

Students examine how a pebble calculator works and compare it to an abacus. After a discussion on the abacus and pebble calculator and how each works, they construct their own pebble calculators. They determine how to represent...

When you click on this resource, it will seem to be lacking; however, you'll soon realize it is an idea with potential. Included are visual instructions for creating a Samurai sword. Why? Because, the Samurai sword could be used in...

Learners solve division problems. In this multiplication and division lesson, pupils practice using a multiplication table to find a missing factor in a multiplication sentence. They use the same strategy to find a missing quotient in...

Torque--a teachable moment? Here's a instructional activity on torque (or moment) and variables that include size, reinforcement, structural bracing, and material that affect torque.

Help your young scientists learn which materials are affected by magnetic fields with an activity that presents the information about different types of materials — diamagnetic, paramagnetic, and ferromagnetic — and their interaction...

Fe, phi, fo, fum. This activity leads pairs to find the ratio of consecutive terms of the Fibonacci sequence. The pairs find that the Fibonacci sequence can be found in many places. A discussion with the class shows that the ratios...

Young scholars study division. In this math lesson plan, students arrange manipulatives into equal groups. Young scholars discuss the relationship between multiplication and division.

Second graders explore number values by completing math worksheets. In this place value instructional activity, 2nd graders identify the use of decimals in numbers and read a book about math called Apple Pigs. Students create number...

Second graders explore number values by completing number sentences. In this math functions lesson, 2nd graders identify whole numbers by using a visual aide and practice filling in the blank in number sentences. Students utilize their...

Sixth graders explore agricultural issues using math and probabilities. In this agriculture lesson, 6th graders investigate real world situations in agriculture using math and probabilities.

Students explore ways art and math can be blended together in world around them. They recognizes geometric shapes and designs in artwork, and create their own artwork blending the two concepts.

Pupils use fractals to analyze nature. In this geometry lesson, students work in groups using technology and math to communicate. They identify where in the real world fractal can be seen.

Pupils practice writing fractions. They have a package of sweet tarts and when the teacher calls out a color they must write the fraction based on the colors in their package. They eat the candy when the lesson is completed.

Young scholars explore transformations. In this math lesson, students plot points on a coordinate grid and construct shapes. Young scholars discuss movements on the grid as flips, turns and slides.

Third graders examine what makes soil by creating a Venn Diagram.  In this Earth environment lesson plan, 3rd graders identify the different components that soil is made from. Students bring soil from their homes to examine and...

In this telephone number worksheet, the teacher writes the student's telephone number. The student points to and says the numbers on the telephone. Then the student writes his/her telephone number.

Students gather and analyze data from sports teams. In this measures of central tendency lesson, students gather information from websites about sports team performance. Students analyze and draw conclusions from this data. This lesson...

Fifth graders solve division problems using partial quotients. For this long division lesson, 5th graders practice seeing division as a process of repeated subtraction and estimation. This lesson provides a script for the teacher.

Students review the productives resources used to produce goods and services and explore how decisions are made in a market economy through the interactions of both the buyers and the sellers.

Explore the concept of polynomials and determine the value and number of zeros for a given polynomial using the Rational Root Theorem. Then graph the polynomials and relate the number of zeroes to the degree of the polynomial.

Scholars investigate transforming parabolas.  In this transforming parabolas lesson, they take the parent graph y=x^2 and transform it by shifting left, right, up, and down and shrinking and stretching. The class finds maximums,...