Learners observe the growth of rock candy. In this crystal growth activity, students make rock candy and measure the crystal growth over five days.

Fourth graders make models of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks out of different types of candy and cookies.

Collect and graph data using Microsoft Excel with your math class. They will make predictions about the number of each colored candy in a bag of M&M's, then sort, classify, count, and record the actual data before using Excel to...

Young scholars view a video on making rock candy and identify the shapes they see while watching. In this 2 and 3 dimensional shape activity, students recognize shapes and complete worksheets to identify them. Young scholars build a...

Students study the monetary value of a penny, nickel, and dime. They simulate a candy store by calculating the proper amount of money needed to purchase candy. After viewing a video, they complete the "Handful of Coins" pictograph .

For this math problem solving worksheet, students read each word problem, underline the code words, and write the operation that should be used to solve each problem. They explain their reasoning for choosing the particular operation.

A series of math and science activities feature M&M's® as manipulatives to help kids work through equations. The resource includes exercises on finding averages, percent of compositions, moles in chemical reactions, genotypes and...

Third graders observe and demonstrate a variety of problems involving subtraction problems using mental math strategies. They discuss the base ten system and the basic concept of subtraction, and complete a variety of activities...

Students connect literature (story Jelly Beans for Sale by Bruce McMillan) to math concepts. In these estimating and money lessons, students work with jelly beans, unifix cubes, pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, to estimate and make...

In these math lessons worksheets, 4th graders practice their math skills of multiplication, subtraction, number patterns and addition by completing the 20 pages of equations and word problems.

Young scholars classify, weight and organize items during this activity. This activity works great as or with an introduction of the Periodic Table of Elements.

Pupils find lost "treasure" using a treasure map after being shown a map that you have created where terms and symbols are discussed. The class is divided into small groups where they locate your treasure and then read a section from...

In this video segment from Cyberchase, two friends make rock candy while learning about 2-D and 3-D shapes.