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Geo Jammin By Design: The Important Thing
Learners brainstorm what they know about geometric terms and patterns. They identify symmetry, shapes and congruency. They create a book of symmetry.
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Valentine Hearts
Students sort candy Valentine hearts into groups and create individual graphs.
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Going My Way?
Students discuss how each one of them leaves school each day. They create and analyze a class graph displaying the information collected.
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Fast Food Survey Using Bar Graphs
Second graders conduct survey and sort data according to categories, construct bar graph with intervals of 1, and write a few sentences about their graphs.
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Review for the Algebra One SOLs
Students review the standards for Algebra I. Using the text, they discover two problems that match each standard and solve them showing all steps on paper. They create a PowerPoint slide for each problem and go through the correct...
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It's Your Choice
Students compare data and determine the appropriate way to organize the data. They use physical graphs, pictographs, and symbolic graphs to display their data. In addition, they complete a Venn diagram.
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Cube Models
Sixth graders are introduced to the concepts of area and volume. In groups, they work together to build models of square centimeters in which they are given no instructions. To end the lesson, they record the dimensions of each model...
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Round to the Nearest Whole $
In this rounding money worksheet, students identify the money amounts in each examples and round to the nearest dollar for the 10 examples.
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Where We Put Ourselves
Pupils examine the form and function of furniture in New Spain, explore the origins of marquetry, and discover the influences of other countries on marquetry in Puebla, Mexico.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 3: Moo-vin
Second graders practice new geometry vocabulary by putting the words to the tune of "Hokey Pokey." students use the lyrics as a guided reading experience.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 7: Start At Square One
Students examine new shape possibilities by combining two and four triangles using manipulatives.
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Geo Jammin By Design: Geo Junction
Students create pictures using a geoboard and straws using the X and Y axis.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 4, Lesson 22: Authentic Design
Students explore the complexity of handmade quilts and their designs by looking a real life samples.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 5, Lesson 24: Read All About It!
Young scholars listen to The Important Thing About Quilt Design and rewrite an original version using geometric terms.
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Manipulative Mania
Students explore tangram vocabulary and tangram designs, creating an art design that contains various geometric parts. They complete a checklist titled, Important Thing About a Quilt Design.
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Applemania
First graders read "Ten Apples Up On Top!" and view real apples in a basket. They taste different kinds of apples and describe the tastes: sour, sweet, etc. They graph everyone's favorite apple. They interpret the graph and draw their...
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Getting to the Bottom of the Pyramids
Middle schoolers work together to develop logical arguments about pyramids and chain letters. They share their ideas with other groups and create a diagram showing the breakdown. They discuss the results.
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Angle Pairs
Students practice identifying right, vertical, and adjacent angles using a Smartboard. They then determine measurements of all of the angles when only one measurement is given.
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The Function Box
Students look around classroom and identify any patterns they see, describe patterns and explain why they are patterns, use pencil to demonstrate arithmetic patterns by tapping, practice predicting patterns by using Function Box, and...
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Classroom Census
Students identify the processes involved in data collection. They decide how census data can be used. Students engage in the data collection process and represent and interpret classroom data. They use scattergrams, arrow diagrams, block...
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Fraction Message
Young scholars practice identifying fractional parts represented in pictures and phrases. In this fraction lesson, students determine the proportion represented by common time and money phrases such as "3 hours in a day". Young scholars...
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The Sine Function
Learners explore the concept of the sine function. In this sine function lesson, students use a plexiglass sine wave generator to visualize the sine function. Learners use a computer program/calculator to adjust aspects of the sine...
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Number Patterns: Triangular & Square Numbers
Learners explore the patterns found in triangular and square numbers. In this number pattern activity, students complete a worksheet exploring the relationship between triangular numbers and square numbers.