What Coins Do They Have?

Fill up your piggy banks! First graders find different ways to fill up cute piggy banks with 30 cents. Will they use two dimes and two nickels? Or a quarter and five pennies? Use this activity with groups to reinforce your money math...

Math can be a work of art! Reach your artistic pupils as they explore angle measures. A creative set of five problems of varying levels has young learners study interior and exterior angle measures of polygons. The introductory levels...

Let's build a castle! Dennis and Cody have big plans, but do they have enough blocks between the two of them to accomplish their goal? A great context that requires young scholars to add and compare mixed numbers. Encourage the use of...

Do all quadrilaterals have right angles? Investigate attributes of these shapes with geometers, starting by finding four-sided shapes in the classroom. Learners conduct a think-pair-share search for quadrilaterals they can see then...

Adding fractions? Do they have a common denominator? Then all that needs to be done is to add the numerators and keep the value of the denominator the same.

Get ready for a 1000-mile road trip with young mathematicians on a journey to understand subtraction concepts. Begin by presenting this scenario, telling them you have already traveled 632 miles. How many more do they have to go? Review...

Young consumers identify U.S. coins, watch a video clip about the differences in the four U.S. coins, sort real coins by attributes. They also graph collections of their coins.

Integrate math, science, and speaking/listening with a collaborative hands-on activity. Each group works with a single penny, examining it with the naked eye and recording observations. Repeat using magnifying glasses. Then repeat with a...

Elementary ecologists examine trophic relationships using a coral reef food pyramid as an example. They play a game applying math skills that ultimately demonstrate the important role of the ever-scary top predator, the shark. This is a...

Earthquakes can be frightening and dangerous, but being prepared can make a world of difference. Perform an earthquake simulation during which the class practices how to drop, cover, and hold on as you read a script describing what might...