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"Visual Fractions" Game
Students compete for the best score in a variety of online activities related to fractions. Using the Web-based tool "Visual Fractions," they reinforce various fraction-related skills.
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The Games Robots Play
Students learn about how robots are programmed to play games. They then construct robot applications (basic computer codes) for playing tic-tac-toe comprised of if-then logic sequences. Students then compete in teams using their...
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Fractions to Decimals
Seventh graders play a game to practice converting fractions into decimals. Students begin by practicing their conversions through guided practice. After being divided into teams, 7th graders practice their conversions by playing a...
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Translating Between Verbal and Algebraic Expressions
Students translate between verbal and algebraic expressions. After folding paper into four sections (multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction), students list code words under the appropriate section title. Next, they...
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Check Mate
Students share opinions about the goals and strategies of the games they play. They investigate the World Chess Championship by reading and discussion the article "In Major League of Chess, Next Year Comes So Soon." Students study the...
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Catholic Schools in the Community
Students are provided with a multimedia Power Point presentation that explains the educational opportunities that are available at the St. Mary Catholic School. They are presented with all facts along with the community as a whole and...
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Learning to Make Line Graphs
Students analyze data and create a line graph. In this graphing lesson, students explore data from a previous experiment and plot the information on a line graph. Students analyze their findings.
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My Bank, My Budget, My Decisions!
Students build a budget. In this philanthropy lesson, students write a personal budget that includes spending, saving, investing, and donating. Student philanthropists donate money to charities.
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Three Scale Drawing Activities
In this scale drawing worksheet, students complete three different scale drawing activities. One activity is making a scale drawing, one involves answering questions from a given scale drawing, and one is a cross-number...
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Battle of "The Cents"
Students explore money. In this counting money lesson, students play a card game using the rules of "War." Students turn over cards, determine the money value represented, and the student with the highest value keeps the cards.
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Spend, Save, Invest or Donate (9-12)
Students explore the concept of personal finance. In this philanthropy lesson, students examine decisions they make about money as they discover the definitions of philanthropy, resources, scarcity, choice, benefits, costs, opportunity...
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What is It? Susie Sees!
Students explore the five senses. In this cross curriculum five senses instructional activity, students view an "I Can See Colors" PowerPoint presentation and sort items by color and shape. Students mix primary color paints to...
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What is Matter?
Students investigate what matter is and how it changes states. In this physical properties lesson, students examine the vocabulary database and identify the characteristics of the three phases of matter. Students perform a...
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Five Second Dash
Students estimate how far they can run, jump, or hop in five seconds, then check their prediction. In this estimation lesson, student predict how far they can run, hop, or jump in five seconds and then try it.
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Tom Swifties
In this algebra word problem, students are given the first and last two letters of each word. They must figure out it the word is a verb or adverb and decipher what the meaning of each sentence is. There are 15 questions with an...
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Imaginary Wealth and a Magazine Article
Students explore economics by writing a fictitious news article. In this personal wealth instructional activity, students participate in a role-playing activity in which the year is 2025 and they must write an article about their...
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Metric Magic
In this measurement worksheet, 2nd graders calculate four metric conversions, including inches to centimeters and ounces to millimeters.
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Find the Area of Four Shaded Figures that Include Circles
In this area activity, learners calculate the area of four figures that each include circles. Students can check their answers and get hint by clicking on the "Check" or "Hint" button at the bottom of the page.
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Area of Figures That Include Circles
In this area worksheet, students calculate the perimeter and area of given complex figures. They determine the area of shaded regions, and find the distance between straight lines. This one-page worksheet contains 4...
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Surface Area of Solids
In this surface area worksheet, students evaluate the surface area of complex solids. This one-page worksheet contains 3 multi-step problems. Answers are provided.
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Geometry Worksheets-volume of Sphere
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders determine the volume of a sphere, given the diameter or the radius. The one page interactive worksheet contains eight questions. Hints, clues, and answers are provided.
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Earth's Warming Climate: Are We Responsible
Students examine the atmospheric data for CO2. In this web-based atmospheric lesson, student follow instructions to examine and plot on-line scientific data about the CO2 levels in our atmosphere and analyze the changes found in the data.
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Graphic Accounts
Students identify the use of different types of bar graphs. They analyze graphs used in the New York Times to compare the estimated cost of the war in Iraq to other hypothetical expenditures and reflect on how graphs can help illustrate...
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Immigration and Citizenship
Students make graphs showing Canada's immigration patterns over time. Then students play the role of an immigrant seeking citizenship and perform a mock citizenship ceremony.