This cross-curricular middle school unit integrates mathematics and visual art. Through the study of the M.C. Escher?s work, students explore tiling from both a mathematical and artistic point of view. Points for discussion and...

This site has a few creative lesson plans on using the digital camera in a mathematics classroom. Includes geometry and measurement activities. (The link for the counting book does not work in archived version of site.)

Use this lesson plan to help students learn about cylinders. Students will be creating cylinders, and comparing them and their capacity. This engaging, hands-on lesson will hold student interest and be very beneficial to student learning.

Learn the mathematics behind modeling in three dimensions to maximize or minimize one aspect of the situation.

Students explore surface area and volume through this lesson and worksheet activity.

This lesson plan deals with tessellations and their geometric concepts. Upper elementary and middle school students will also explore polygons, symmetry, analyze patterns and explore the role of mathematics in nature and culture.

The purpose of this lesson is to allow students to self-discover the relationships between similar figures. The students should then take what they learn about these relationships and apply these concepts to problem-solving.

Explore pentominoes by determining congruent and non-congruent shapes.

A collection of circular objects will be used to explore circumference and diameter of circles.

This lesson will enable young scholars to investigate three special segments of triangles in a very concrete way. The students will fold paper triangles to create the segments. This lesson would be a great way for young scholars to...