High schoolers learn how a business starts and finds financial independence. For this lesson, students learn the struggle of financial management, the costs of running a business and how to keep a budget.

Learners learn about productive resources along with their requirements, supply and demand, savings, investments and interest rates. In this supply and demand lesson, students create a career plan and personal budget of their own and...

Students explore the cost of college and how to plan and save. In this money management lesson students do research on the cost of college, learn about making financial choices, earning, spending, saving, investing and how they apply to...

Seventh graders explore the concept of percents, ratios, and proportions. In this percents, ratios, and proportion lesson, 7th graders have 237 ounces of beads to weigh. Students work in groups to weigh the beads in a way so that each...

Sixth graders discover what circumference is.  In this measurement lesson, 6th graders identify the radius and diameter of different circles. Students discover how to find the area of a circle using the radius and diameter.

Students form rectangles by using tiles, measure area and perimeter by counting. They discover and apply rules for measuring perimeter.

Sixth graders estimate, calculate and collaborate with students. They practice refusal skills.

Learners complete an on line, teacher created, webquest to study the origin of probability, theoretical and simulated probability; computing the probability of two independent events; and mutually exclusive events. They make a Venn...

Students solve a math word problem involving repeated addition. They identify the important information in the problem, brainstorm ways to solve the problem, and solve the problem and discuss the solution as a class.

In this money matters worksheet, students match the pictures of the coins to appropriate piggy banks mark with money amounts.

Third graders measure items around the classroom using meter sticks. In this measurement lesson plan, 3rd graders are taught how to measure the length of an item with a meter stick. Inches, centimeters, millimeters, decimeters, and...

Young scholars measure the circumference of a cylinder. In this cylinder lesson plan, students use round container lids and flexible rectangles to measure the circumference of the cylinder. They put the shapes together to make their own...

Students create a class "quilt" made of paper. In this hands-on symmetry lesson, students fold paper to create symmetrical figures then work in groups to color quilt patches that will form together to make a symmetrical class quilt.

Eighth graders explore the concept of the divine proportion/golden ratio. In this Fibonacci Sequence exploratory lesson, 8th graders measure the length and width of various objects to see which items have a divine proportion. Students...

Students explore the concept of locating rational numbers on a number line. In this rational numbers lesson, students change improper fractions to mixed numbers to determine where on a number line the rational number belongs. Students...

Students explore the concept of theoretical and experimental probability. In this theoretical and experimental probability instructional activity, students roll dice, draw marbles out of a bag, and draw a card from a deck of cards....

Middle schoolers explore the concept of the golden ratio. In this golden ratio lesson, students measure objects to determine if their measurements fit the golden ratio. Middle schoolers calculate the average measurements of the class.

Tenth graders explore the concept of proof. In this proof lesson, 10th graders work in groups to collectively write proofs for directions to places on a map. Students give directions to specific places in big cities such as from the New...

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 use ratio and proportions to adjust recipe size.  In this middle school mathematics instructional activity, students investigate Native American food and adjust the recipe size for said foods to the number of servings...

Students practice finding the sums of two-one digit numbers. In this addition lesson plan, students also record facts onto an addition chart.

Students in a teacher education class address consumer related issues involving packaging. Using volume, surface area and graphs, they create a package for a given volume of a product. They design modifications for this lesson and to...

Pupils explore the concept of geometric patterns. They use a review of patterns with numbers for a warm-up activity.Then the teacher does examples with the students attempting to find the pattern.

Pupils investigate the sport of skiing through Internet research in this multi-task lesson. They compare and generalize the results of five individuals by using mean, median, and mode.