Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Follow That Graph

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the graphs of six trigonometric functions. They discover how changes in the equation of the basic function affect the graph of the function.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Speed + Graphing = Winners!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders take addition timed tests every day for a two week period. Using the data from the timed tests, they create a bar graph using Microsoft Excel computer software, a personal bar graph using graph paper and colored pencils,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Virtual Field Trip/ Gasoline Cost

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete a word problem to determine the cost of gasoline per mile of their virtual field trip. They determine the travel time and gasoline costs for two routes and record the information on a data sheet. They check their work...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create a design for a school garden. In this garden design lesson, students analyze what plants grow best in their school's climate and work in teams to design a garden. Students measure the existing space, determine the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Free Printables: Place Value

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this place value worksheet, students cut out the 10 arrows on the page, each of which contains a number between 0 and 9 and then three 0s after that number. The students then insert a decimal in the right spot to make the correct...
Interactive
Curated OER

Food Web Relationships

For Students 4th - 8th
For this food web worksheet, students create a food web matrix and answer short answer questions about the food chain according to the matrix. Students complete 7 short answer questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Celebrate The Four Seasons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars investigate cause and effect and compare and contrast how recurring cycles are evident in multiple aspects of their education. They answer questions in the chosen field. Students model each aspect by interpreting,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Communities at Work

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore how people function together in small communities to reach a common goal.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electrical motors

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils investigate and experiement with a 9-volt motor. They will use the connecting wire and battery pack to discover fans.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dinosaurs---Read All About Them!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read all about dinosaurs. In this biology lesson plan, students  examine how to use library research as integral part of scientific research.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: English Bus: Pattern and Function

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Help John the bus driver with his payments. Do you know enough about patterns and functions?
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Fashion Store: Pattern and Function

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Molly organizes her clothes in a pattern using functions.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Soccer Stadium: Pattern and Function

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Carlos wants to learn about calculating with decimals before his soccer practice starts. See if you can help!
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: School Bus: Pattern and Function: Number Patterns

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Students will play a variety of learning games to explore and practice number patterns.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Soccer Stadium: Pattern and Function

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Enrique plays soccer. Can you help him find patterns?
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Soccer Stadium: Pattern and Function

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Students will explore patterns through interactive activities.
Lesson Plan
Other

The Actuarial Foundation: Math Academy: Can You See It in Nature? [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students will build, extend, describe, predict, graph and generate rules for patterns and functions designed to help students understand the connection between geometric and numerical patterns (younger students) as well as between...
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Truck Stop: Pattern and Function

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In Pete's truck stop there are trucks loaded with numbers. Help him find the missing numbers for his customers!
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Patterns in Nature

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment [3:25] from Cyberchase, a plant expert shows Bianca the patterns and symmetry found in nature.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Creating Numerical Patterns With Rules: Bianca Functions in the Wild

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Cyberchase video, Bianca and her friend go camping and soon realize that Bianca has left the food at home. They find a vending machine in the woods, but it doesn't dispense the food that corresponds with the numbers Bianca...
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families

For Students 2nd - 8th
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Running a Function Machine

For Students 3rd - 8th
The connected machine is a single function that takes an input, runs it through the network inside and produces an output. You control a network of function machines along with the input and the operation performed by each machine to...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Reading a Thermometer

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns how to read a thermometer as they try to keep their chocolate sculpture from melting.