August House
Anansi Goes to Lunch - Pre-Kindergarten
In a multidisciplinary lesson plan, you will focus your instruction around the West African folktale, Anansi Goes to Lunch by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk while your little learners sing songs, play games, participate in a grand...
Inside Mathematics
How Old Are They?
Here is a (great) lesson on using parentheses! The task requires the expression of ages using algebraic expressions, including the distributive property. Pupils use their expressions to determine the individual ages.
Achieve
Spread of Disease
Viruses can spread like wildfire, and mathematics can model the speed of infection. Given a function, scholars analyze it to describe the spread of a disease within a stadium. Learners find the initial number infected and the maximum...
Curated OER
My Test Book: Money Problems
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that regarding money. Students may view the correct answers.
Noyce Foundation
Gym
Give the class a mental work out with an assessment task in which young mathematicians compare several gym membership options. They use substitution to calculate the cost for given numbers of months.
California Education Partners
T Shirts
Which deal is best? Learners determine which of two companies has the best deal for a particular number of shirts. They begin by creating a table and equations containing each company's pricing structure. Individuals finish the seventh...
Curated OER
Math Maven's Mysteries: Race Against Captain Devious
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery about the 'Race Against Captain Devious.' Students must solve the distance travel word problem using kilometers and rounding their answers to the nearest whole number.
Willow Tree
Number Properties
The number of basic algebraic properties can become overwhelming for learners. A lesson plan explains and gives examples for all the basic algebraic properties. The resource is perfect to use as a way for pupils to organize and study the...
Balanced Assessment
MasterMind
Knowledge of statistics and probability can increase your advantage when playing games. The activity asks learners to analyze the game of MasterMind to determine the number of possible codes. They also examine different variations of the...
Curated OER
Picture It
In this story problem activity, students answer short answer question about a story problem. Students complete 6 questions about a story problems with 1 digit numbers.
Curated OER
Computation with Real and Complex Numbers
In this computation with real and complex numbers worksheet, high schoolers use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve 26 problems with complex numbers to win a bingo game.
Curated OER
Problem-Solving Application: Use Probability
In this spinner probability learning exercise, students read one story problem about a spinner game and how fair it is. Students answer 4 short answer questions about solving this problem.
Curated OER
Word Problems
In this math word problems worksheet, 3rd graders complete word problems containing one and two digit numbers. Students complete 7 math word problems.
Curated OER
Applications of Derivatives: Concavity and Optimization
For this derivatives worksheet, students sketch the graph of a function by determining the local maxima, minima and inflection points. They graph a second function when given the interval. Students solve two word problems involving...
Curated OER
Not So Snappy 5 Word Problems
In this math worksheet, 5th graders analyze 5 word problems in which the numbers are written in a mix of digits and words. Students read and solve the problems.
Inside Mathematics
Quadratic (2009)
Functions require an input in order to get an output, which explains why the answer always has at least two parts. After only three multi-part questions, the teacher can analyze pupils' strengths and weaknesses when it comes to quadratic...
Teach Engineering
The Great Gravity Escape
Groups simulate an orbit using a piece of string and a water balloon. Individuals spin in a circular path and calculate the balloon's velocity when the clothes pin can no longer hold onto the balloon.
Yummy Math
Diapers
Most of your learners probably think a car or college is the first big expense their parents could help them with, but as it turns out these kids have been costing their parents for their whole lives. Have they ever considered how much...
Curated OER
Problems With Arithmetic
In this money word problems learning exercise, students solve 10 problems in which money is added and subtracted. Note: This is English pounds and pence.
Teach Engineering
Matching the Motion
It is not always easy to walk the straight and narrow. In the sixth portion of a nine-part unit, groups actively recreate a graph depicting motion. Individuals walk toward or away from a motion detector while trying to match a given...
Curated OER
Properties of Exponential Functions
In this algebra activity, students graph exponential equations and use the formula to translate the graph on a coordinate plane. There are 3 word problems.
Curated OER
Simple Machines
In this simple machines instructional activity, students read about different simple machines and then complete word problems about a ramp and a lever. Students complete 2 word problems.