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Measuring the Classroom
Pupils measure their classroom and determine the area. They discuss the margin of error. Each class member will write up their results separately. Students must decide what measurements to make, and attempt to measure accurately.
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Segment and Distance
Students explore the definitions of segment and distance. They perform hands-on activities to form a segment and examine distance. Following teacher guidance, they construct congruent line segments. Independently, they find the...
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Skittle Around with Fraction and Percentages
Fifth graders investigate the interchangeable relationship betweeen fractions and percents. They discuss the concepts using teacher provided questions. Then sutdents work in cooperative groups to maximize scaffolding.
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Order of Operations
Seventh graders practice using the Order of Operations to simplify algebraic expressions. They start with some basic operations and move into gradual harder problems to bring to the level of mastery.
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Buzzing for Products
Students practice multiplication playing a game. For this multiplication lesson plan, students pick numbers and multiply them together. Students are awarded points based on which "hive" their answer falls in. The student with the...
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Decimal War
Pupils practice decimals by playing war. In this decimal lesson plan, students flip over their cards and whoever's card is higher wins those cards. The person with the most cards is the winner.
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Identify Shapes and Matching Parts
Students identify real world objects as shapes they have learned. In this 3-D shapes worksheet, students identify shapes such as a cube for a box, a sphere for a globe, and a cylinder for a soup can.
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Line Graph: To Grandmother's House We Go
In this line graph worksheet, students use a line graph showing distance traveled to answer a set of 4 related questions. Answers are included on page 2.
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Linear Inequalities
Ninth graders graph linear inequalities. In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders examine the graph of a linear inequality and in a game format, test coordinates to determine the region of the graph that satisfies the inequality.
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Inscribed Quadrilaterals and Parallelograms
Pupils differentiate between inscribed quadrilaterals and parallelograms. In this geometry lesson plan, students identify the shaped of the polygons when it is inscribed inside of a circle. They calculate the missing angles of the...
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Tricky Traps
Students create identify properties of trapezoids. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the area of given trapezoids and review the area formula for parallelograms. They draw a correlation between the area of a trapezoid and that...
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Pushing Pivots
Students calculate the area and diameter length of a circle. In this geometry lesson plan, students investigate the use of pivots as they review parts of a circle. They create a circle using cardboard and label all the parts.
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Simple Sequence
Students identify the nth term in a sequence. In this algebra lesson, students generate sequences given the formula for each sequence. They find the formula given the sequence.
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Giving'Em The Business
Learners work in groups of 4-5 to form a business, create, market & sell their product, and track their expenses and profits. They experience the roles of producer, distributor, and consumer of goods. They collect, organize and...
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Where in the World? :Understanding Latitude and Longitude
Students play a grid-based game and devise clues to help classmates locate spots on the globe in order to recognize the value of using longitude and latitude for identifying locations.
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Perimeter, Area and Volume
Young scholars compute area. In this perimeter, area and volume lesson, students examine given objects and determine the perimeter, area, and volume of each.
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Inferring Height From Bone Length
Students determine the relationship between bone length and height. In groups, they are told the race and gender of the individual and discuss how this affects height. They measure the lengths of the bones in metric measurements and...
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Solving Equations (Combined and Applications)
Seventh graders, after completing a warm up on if you have three more diamonds than two times what Jon has, and you have 17 diamonds, how many diamonds does Jon have?, generalize a method for solving algebraic equations to model a given...
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K-2: Dino-Rhythms
Second graders read rhythm notation and combine four-beat rhythms. In this rhythms instructional activity, 2nd graders read quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests in rhythms that are written on dinosaur shapes. They clap, snap,...
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Conic Sections
Students explore the different properties of conics. In this algebra lesson, students calculate the midpoint of a line, the distances between two points as they get ready to find the focus and directrix in eclipse and other conics. They...
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Name Game
Students practice writing names using a Scrabble type activity. In this letter writing instructional activity, students participate in a name writing game in which they must utilize other student names to spell their own on the same...
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Concepts in Precalculus 1: Trigonometry
Young scholars investigate trigonometry. In this Algebra II/Pre-calculus/Trigonometry lesson, students explore Islamic achievements in mathematics as they calculate angles and distances using the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines. ...
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Banking on Family
Middle schoolers examine the meaning of a trust bank account. In this financial awareness lesson, students brainstorm ways they are trustworthy to their family and define the meaning of a trust bank account.
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Reciipes Made for More
Students write recipes. In this recipe lesson, students double and triple recipes. They perform calculations with fractions, whole numbers and mixed numbers. They explore cooking websites to find their favorite recipe.