Who's the Greatest? (Middle, other)

Sixteen beautifully formatted pages can be printed as a poster or displayed as visual aids during a math lesson in probability. Each of the following are displayed in full color and easy-to-read font: Bar graph Circle graph Double bar...

Factor in different strategies in a lesson for factoring quadratics. Young mathematicians first create tables and area models to factor quadratic trinomials into two binomials by guess and check. Learners then investigate how they can...

Livestock managers reinforce math and science skills while learning about the nutrients found in manure. They predict which animal produces the largest amount and which animal's manure contains the most nitrogen. Finally, they compare...

This exponent lesson has the class find the greatest power of bases such as 2,5,10,100 ... Using a calculator, they find the greatest product that is not displayed in scientific notation.

Pupils use measurement tools to measure the nearest 16th of an inch. They connect fractions and their decimal equivalents and compare this with other decimals. Finally, the class uses algebraic concepts and formulas to solve problems.

Students make their own puzzle grid that illustrates the number of sit-ups students in a gym class did in one minute, then they make a histogram for this same data. Then they title their graph and label the scales and axes and graph the...

A good explanation for blossoming mathematicians, this video explains the difference between average and central tendency, as well as arithmetic mean, median, and mode. Those who haven't grasped these concepts in algebra or those who are...

Students play a card game where they spread their cards face up and arrange them from least to greatest. They figure the mean, median, and the range for their set of cards and write those numbers on a sheet of paper.

Middle schoolers construct a basic cylinder out of a piece of paper, then answer seven questions about their cylinder. Questions have to do with measurement, volume, radius, etc.

Color tiles are used to model perfect squares. Alone or in pairs, middle schoolers will find patterns. Afterward, the relationship between perfect squares and roots will be discussed as a whole class.