Inside Out

Learners follow a series of instructions for drawing and coloring different shapes in order to learn the difference between the perimeter and area of a polygon. Then they are asked to find the perimeter and area of a 3x4 rectangular...

For this ESL worksheet, students learn the positional vocabulary: inside, outside, overlapping. Students follow the directions in each of 4 problems to draw figures in the specified positions.

Finding the area of a rectangle is the focus of this metric worksheet. Here, mathematicians use their knowledge of finding the area of a shape in meters to discover how much material can fit inside a shape.

Start out with angles by asking your pupils to read this reading passage. Class members will learn about degrees, right angles, acute angles, and obtuse angles and then respond to five questions about the text.

Help mathematicians estimate how many seeds are in a given vegetable or fruit. They are divided into pairs and estimate the amount of seeds in a whole fruit without seeing the inside. They then cut the fruit or vegetable in half and...

In this inside and outside worksheet, students, working with a partner, determine how to identify the positions of inside and outside utilizing a piece of string and two buttons.

Students each receive a plastic egg filled with jelly beans. In this Jelly Bean Egg Challenge, students estimate and weight their eggs, they count the number of jelly beans inside their egg, they chart their data and compare their data...

The distributive property is a foundational skill taught two ways in this interactive web page. Your young mathematicians can practice their order of operations by solving distributive problems working from inside out. They then move on...

Students explore the greenhouse effect.  In this environment lesson, students describe how "ice out" affects animals and plants who live in a Maine lake.  Students graph "ice out" data and make predictions about the upcoming weather.

Students explore principles of design and mathematics to create structures as well as the aesthetic considerations involved in designing a building. They design a museum reflecting what is inside the museum while demonstrating an...