Students understand that inventions fulfill a need. In this inventions lesson, students create simple designs of inventions that fill a need and understand the value of how inventions help society.

Fourth graders understand the important nutrients in food and the value of each. In this nutrients instructional activity, 4th graders complete a chart giving examples of foods that contain that nutrient and a definition of the nutrient....

Students compare chocolates using their five senses and determine the value of the chocolate. In this chocolate lesson, students sample various types of chocolate. Students study the price per ounce of each bar to complete the...

Students investigate the food pyramid. In this nutrition lesson, students review the food pyramid and construct a list of what they eat. Students review the nutritional value of their food list and brainstorm ways to improve their diet.

Students explore the value in helping others.  In this ethics activity, students use videos, worksheets, Internet articles and group discussion to develop a personal perspective on what it means to help others.

The third in a series of lessons introduced by “A Fence Away From Freedom,” uses the Smithsonian website, “A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution” and focuses on the section of the presentation devoted to the...

For this algebra worksheet, learners count and spell out the value of the integer. In this game of spelling, they use algebra to answer the questions of which letters were not ever used. There is an answer key.

Seventh graders identify the quadrants and axis of a coordinate plane. In this algebra lesson, 7th graders discover the correct way to graph using the coordinate plane. They discuss the relationship between x and y values, domain and...

In this solving equations learning exercise, students use the distributive property to find the value of the unknown.  This one-page learning exercise contains 10 multi-step problems.  Answers are provided.

Students cook rolled pancakes and practice  culinary skills that promote an integration in a variety of foods.  In this cooking instructional activity, students develop the skill of properly measuring and mixing ingredients ....

Students plot the earthquake epicenter data on the base map of the North Atlantic ocean floor using different symbols or colors to characterize different values.

After examining several Haiku and noting characteristics of the form, class members create five of their own poems. Use this resource for extra practice or review.

Seventh graders are shown a variety of advertisements and commercials and note the product being sold. As a class, they compare and contrast their answer to the actual product. To end the instructional activity, they discuss whether or...

Hopefully by the time high schoolers are enrolled in your chemistry class, they are skilled with unit conversion. It does not hurt, however, to take an hour early in the school year to review this vital skill. This plan simply provides a...

Future public health officials read about the exposure to pyrethroid pesticides and analyze box plots of pesticide use, diet, and children's ages. They discuss whether or not there are any relationships in the data. If you feel this...

The comparison and ordering of positive and negative fractions is the focus of this math lesson. Sixth graders are given one card each that has a fraction written on it, and they must put themselves into the proper order in a "human...

High school economists learn about the stock market in a project where they "buy" and track stocks. The author of this resource reports it is the high point of her 12th grade economics course, but no resources are attached. After viewing...

In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders graph root functions and analyze the domain, range, intercepts, maximum and minimum values, and end behavior.  students use that information to transform the graphs of root...

A thorough activity for money math beginners, this worksheet prompts learners to identify, add, and multiply different coin values in several activities. Note that all coins are in British Currency, but can possibly be modified for...

Differentiable or not, that is the question. An informational website gives two theorems on the differentiability of piecewise functions at their endpoints. It goes on to apply the theorems to present two solution methods to a past AP®...

In this car math instructional activity, students play games of math in the car involving license plates, speed signs, and more. Students complete 4 problems.

In this car math games instructional activity, students play car math games about license plates, speed, and numbers. Students play 3 games.

Is 0.56 stronger than -0.78? Interpret the correlation coefficient as the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables. An algebra lesson plan introduces the correlation coefficient by estimating and then...

Young mathematicians graph polynomials using the factored form. As they apply all positive leading coefficients, pupils demonstrate the relationship between the factors and the zeros of the graph.