Students explore the nature of the air we breathe by observing petri dishes that have accumulated particulate matter from the atmosphere. Students make mathematical calculations and inferences about the effect of this matter on...

Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.

Students demonstrate fraction symbols. In this fractions lesson plan, students use paper strips to represent various fractions. Students then use fraction circles to compare various given fractions.

The triathlon is a physically gruelling challenge. Can you work out which athlete burnt the most calories? This activity provides a real-life context for working with proportionality, speed, rates, and units of measurement and is aimed...

In this lesson, the students will learn what a ratio is and how it can be used in a comparison. In this lesson, students will also determine how to combine a sports drink in powder form and water to make enough for a whole football team....

As a coach for a long distance cyclist, can you come up with a race plan to help him win his ride from Lands End to John o' Groats? This activity is a more challenging follow-on from Nutrition and Cycling and is aimed at secondary...

This is a beginning lesson on the concept of probability. Through a series of informal comparisons, the student will explore the chances of various outcomes of an event. The student will use vocabulary associated with probability.This...

In this lesson, Roald Dahl's book The Witches is used as a mentor text. Young scholars will attempt to save themselves and the other children. Students will analyze real population statistics from world-wide and details from the story to...