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Cyber Currency, Currently

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in online currency activities. In this currency lesson plan, students complete 6 activities which include online resources. They learn about bartering, monetary systems, foreign currency, stores, selling items, and...
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Quilt Squared

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study West Virginia quilts. In this mathematics lesson, students use symmetry, geometric shapes, and patterns to create their own quilt square.
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What Does Time Have to Do with it?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students investigate time. In this investigative lesson, students run through an obstacle course using standard timers. They record the time and apply this knowledge to problems in math. Students record their predictions, and graph...
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First Rhythmic Composition

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students apply fractions to counting rhythm in music. In this algebra lesson, students interrelate the concept of math into music as they fill out a chart identifying the names and symbols of music notes and their equivalent values in...
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Graphing and Analyzing Biome Data

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore biome data. In this world geography and weather data analysis instructional activity, students record data about weather conditions in North Carolina, Las Vegas, and Brazil. Students convert Fahrenheit degrees to Celsius...
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Patterns to the Rescue

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch the Cyberchase episode, "The Poddleville Case" and play online games to examine how patterns are sequences that repeat or change in an orderly way. The lesson culminates with students creating their own patterns to use in...
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Explore Learning - Mean , Median and Mode Gizmo

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders experiment with mean, median, and mode. In this online interactive mean, median, and mode lesson, 6th graders analyze the results of multiple experiments and after they work in groups completing the median, mode, and mean...
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Band Tour Across America

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners plan the trip of a band across America. In this money planning lesson, students create a budget for the band using excel basic functions. They manage the band and its budget and relate the tour to future budgeting needs of the...
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Oodles of Poodles

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students solve equations by graphing. In this algebra lesson, students differentiate between functions and relations. They use the TI to graph their equation and analyze the graph.
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Ramp Builder

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students plan and build a ramp designed for maximum distance a car can travel. In this physics and data collection math lesson, students work in groups to design a ramp using various household materials. Students test small cars on their...
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Perimeter

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students measure the perimeter of a square and create squares with specific perimeters in this lesson for the early-elementary classroom. The lesson includes templates for AppleWorks, Inspiration, and Kidspiration educational software.
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Home Sales Records

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Teach your class how to calculate monthly payments on a home mortgage. In this percent lesson, students calculate the monthly payment on a home mortgage, and compare different lengths of time and the interest rates for national median...
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Basic Algebra and Computers: Spreadsheets, Charts, and Simple Line Graphs

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students, while in the computer lab, assess how to use Microsoft Excel as a "graphing calculator." They view visual representations of line graphs in a Cartesian plane while incorporating basic skills for using Excel productively.
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FILLING EMPTY POCKETS: BORROWING, LOANS AND CREDIT.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn that maintaining financial security takes a good math understanding. In this instructional activity, students apply mathematical formulas to make important financial decisions like getting the right loan to buy a house,...
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Weather, Data, Graphs and Maps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students collect data on the weather, graph and analyze it. In this algebra instructional activity, students interpret maps and are able to better plan their days based on the weather reading. They make predictions based on the type of...
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Cockroach Slope

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify the slope of linear functions. For this slope lesson, students collect data and graph it. They write equations with no more than two variables and use technology to explain their data.
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Shapes and Designs Investigation

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders estimate angle measures and angle theroms. In this online interactive geometry lesson, 6th graders review types of angles, investigate angle theroms, and explore nonadjacent angles.
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Why Would I Owe My Soul to the Company Store?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders listen to "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford and discuss what it means to owe one's soul to a store. In this mathematics lesson, 6th graders determine what a miner's income was minus his expenses graphing findings in a...
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Data Analysis: Infiltration Rate and Composition of Concrete

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students collect and graph data. In this statistics instructional activity, students analyze data using a spreadsheet program. They display their data effectively and analyze it.
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Catching Rays

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate solar collectors. In this energy lesson, students create and demonstrate solar collectors. They will use measurement, data collecting, and analyze their findings to determine the best orientations for their solar...
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The Apple Orchard Problem

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore various approaches to solving a problem of maximizing the total production of apples in an orchard. In this apple orchard instructional activity, students collect data in order to solve the apple orchard problem...
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ADDING ON THE NUMBER LINE ACCENTUATING THE NEGATIVE

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders solve problems involving addition of positive and accentuating negative integers. In this adding real numbers lesson, 7th graders draw a number line on chart paper, complete a working sheet and use the Learning Gizmo...
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The Business of Credit

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of credit. In this credit lesson, students discuss the necessities to start-up a new business. Learners discuss cost of a new business, loans, and credit. Students create their own business and apply what...
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Linear and Exponential Models

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students linearize data to determine if an exponential model is suitable. In this linearizing data to determine if an exponential model is suitable instructional activity, students graph the residuals of sets of data that appear to have...

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