Scholars have an opportunity to use their geometric modeling skills. Pupils determine a reasonable estimate of the number of string beans that would fill the average human body.

Here's a creative lesson that lets pupils be creative as well! While considering many different factors, learners devise a plan to increase the efficiency of container shipments. The design of the activity encourages creative,...

You can't go wrong with Star Wars! A video set to the Star Wars theme song presents a problem solving situation. The task? Determine how many small Post-It notes will fit on a bulletin board. The problem requires individuals to compare...

As the saying goes, a penny saved is a penny earned. Young scholars use a penny activity to earn their way to an understanding of volume. Given three different-sized cylindrical containers, individuals make calculations to determine the...

Totally cube-ular! Cubes are the inspiration for an Australian hotel's interior design. Learners brainstorm items that can be cube-shaped and provide design mock-ups. They soon realize that simple drawings are not enough and add...

If you're a square, be the best square you can be! Young scholars develop a formula to determine the four points that make the best square that considers the area, perimeter, and other dimensions. They use their formulas to rank attempts...

Any vintage video game users in the room? Young scholars use a video presentation to analyze patterns in pixel arrangements. By writing an arithmetic sequence, they make predictions about the size of the image.

You can't often tell pupils that units don't matter ... but in this case, you'd be right! Math scholars discover the magic of the constant dimensions of a rectangle through a creative lesson plan. Partners perform measurements of...

Have you ever finished a piece of cake and wished you had more? Solve this common dilemma with math! A straightforward worksheet prompts middle schoolers to use the given dimensions of a heart-shaped cake when planning to bake two larger...

Does doubling a dimension result in doubling the volume? Pupils analyze the result when doubling a dimension of a cone. Given the formula, young mathematicians determine what happens to the volume of a cone when the height, radius, and...

Let the class stitch together a border-line solution. The one question-assessment requires class members to write and solve a quadratic equation within a context. Given the inside dimensions of a quilt, pupils determine the width of a...

Before we can take you out to the ball game, there needs to be a field on which to play. Future mathematicians design a softball complex given several criteria. They then create a scale drawing of this complex.

How do you calculate problems in alternate dimensions? The interactive allows learners to manipulate points in 2-D as scholars explore the relationship the points must have to create a one-dimensional object. Pupils identify objects that...

But what happens if the matrix is not square? The ninth video in a series of 15 serves as a footnote to discuss non-square matrices. The resource presents them as transformations between two and three dimensions. The presentation...

In a 3-D model, which part of the model is 1-D? The answer: there is no such thing as 1-D! So, why do we use this dimensional description at all? The narrator explains the usefulness of this quirky quantity in a short, animated video....

Make sure this is the big one that doesn't get away! You'll be reeled in by an easy-to-grade formative assessment featuring fish tank fundamentals. Learners calculate volume to determine how much water they can safely add to the tank,...

What happens to the volume if a dimension is changed? Scholars investigate the changes in the volume of rectangular prisms if different dimensions are multiplied by factors. They make the connection to the change by using volume formulas. 

Arrange the dimensions of Marissa's rectangular flower garden so that 12 flowers can be grown. How many factor pairs does the number 12 have? What dimensions are necessary for a square shaped planter?

How would you stack oranges in eight dimensions? The interesting video first describes hyperspheres as spheres in higher dimensions. It then provides some thought experiments to provide ways to think about hyperspheres and sphere packing.

Apply matrices to fashion. Here your classes use a matrix to create a popular clothing design. As they construct the pattern, they review the dimensions of a matrix by considering the rows and columns. 

How many dimensions are there? Latitude, longitude, and altitude are accepted dimensions, but what about time or another type of dimension? An engaging video describes how we theorize that we live in three dimensions and which laws of...

Give the ultimate gift this holiday season: Christmas-themed math skills! Young gift givers calculate the amount of wrapping paper that should be used for a particular wrapping method.

Scaling needs to be picture perfect. Pupils use proportional reasoning to find the missing dimension of a photo. Class members determine the sizes of paper needed for two configurations of pictures in the short assessment task.

The good thing about building this rover is you get to eat it afterwards. Pairs determine rover parts they want to include in their design based upon their cost and usefulness. The teams design their rovers, build them from edible...