Use the 20 Questions game to practice math vocabulary and number properties! Project a hundreds chart and hand one out to learners. Ideally, give them counters (beans would work well) to mark off the chart so you can play multiple times....

Students follow Amelia's adventure on a satellite image. They use measuring and math skills to determine the distance she traveled.

Fifth graders build increasingly larger squares and triangles using pattern blocks. They record the growth patterns on a chart and look for corresponding numerical patterns. Students describe the patterns they find and use them to...

In this field trip study guide for the planetarium show lesson, students construct a model of the Earth and describe the relative positions of the continents using latitude and longitude. Students construct a star chart to find...

Math games, especially in the primary grades, provide great opportunities for developing the number sense of young mathematicians. Working in pairs with a deck of single-digit cards, students take turns drawing two cards and reading the...

Youngsters participate in three activities using the hundreds chart. They will choose numbers to add up to one hundred. Whoever gets the most combinations wins. Two variations of the game are supplied.

Learners plant and maintain a garden. In this plant lesson, students are responsible for a class garden. Learners video the growing process. Students also record the growth results on a class chart. 

In this graphic organizer worksheet, students can record their own data on this tally chart/pictograph. There are two columns and six rows with room for a title.

Fourth graders find new names for fractions.  In this equivalent fractions lesson, 4th graders use manipulatives to model fractions and rename them. Students recognize that the new names show equivalent fractions.  Students...

Eighth graders graph solutions to problems on a number line. After discussing algebraic expressions, 8th graders discuss how to solve them using an inequality. They observe examples and then work problems at their desks and on the...

Young scholars explore the concept of measurement as it relates to equivalencies. They complete simple conversions using visual models of measurement units, and  record their answers in a two-column table.

Second graders listen to and dicuss the story Where the Wild Things Are. They play a pantomime game and act out various feelings so their classmates can guess. They listen for the frequency of certain words, and record their findings on...

Middle schoolers investigate the use of hydroponic gardening on the world food supply. For this hydroponic gardening lesson, students make a garden out of a soda bottle, grow a cilantro plant, and compare hydroponics with regular...

Students investigate what a controlled group is by creating an experiment.  In this plant growth instructional activity, students identify the different parts of a plant and discuss what is needed for a plant to be successfully...

A hands-on activity uses the Zome modeling system, and helps young geometers either learn or review their knowledge of polygons. Young scholars build as many different 2-dimensional polygons as possible: triangle, square, rectangle,...

It's so simple: scoop a spoonful of counters, count them, and then make a set that is one more than that number. Next, make a set that is one less. The tangible nature of this basic addition and subtraction activity will keep learners...

Practice counting by ones up to 20 with your kindergartners using this colorful class experiment. There are two versions for the lesson. Version 1: The Friday beforehand, send home a notice for the week assigning a different color for...

In this Easter themed math learning exercise, students sort jelly beans by color and record the number of each on this chart. They fill in 3 blanks by telling which color had the most, which had the least, and which color is their favorite.

Learners read a story called Mayor Puts City on Diet to Lose a Million Pounds and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current event Lose a Million Pounds lesson plan, students respond to literature by...

This is a cool math activity. Kids collect and interpret data based on a physical act. A board is balanced between a scale and a step, learners record a peer's weight as it decreases while s/he walks further away from the scale. They...

Ready, set, go! Individuals practice converting rational numbers between fractions, decimals, and percents. A speed game has teams match the three forms of rational numbers on a number line.

How many fish are in Mills Pond? Learners examine an image with 17 fish. There are four types of fish, each of which is displayed on a data chart. Focus on collecting data and counting as scholars record the number of each type in its...

In this information table worksheet, students will survey their classmates to find out what types of pets they have at home and record the information using tally marks on a table. Then students will answer 6 short questions about the...

Investigate sound waves with acoustic mirrors. Using audio software, groups make recordings of musical instruments, both with and without acoustic mirrors. They compare the recordings to see the effect of acoustic mirrors on sound...