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Class Time Capsule
Students record and graph information about themselves and the class. They put the information in a time capsule that they reopen at the end of the year.
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A Measure of Happiness
Learners share opinions about the factors that contribute to or detract from their happiness. They create survey to determine how people in their community measure happiness, and write reflections on the relationship between money and...
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Scientific Notation I: The Exponent
Students manipulate and interpret large numbers expressed in the "exponent" format of scientific notation.
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"The Grapes of Math" by Gregg Tang
Learners practice mental addition and use the associative and commutative properties of addition to solve problems.
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"Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka
Students practice estimation skills for measurement, and work with metric units of measurement.
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poem "Smart" by Shel Silverstein from "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
Students explore unit rate and ratio and discuss the relationship.
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Who Wants Pizza?
Students practice fraction skills online at the "Want Some Pizza" website. They complete activities via the internet and on square grid paper. They pull down tabs to check their answers.
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Aldridge Sawmill - The Story in Numbers
Seventh graders practice math skills while becoming familiar with Texas' "Boom & Bust" economy and the natural history of the east Texas Piney Woods. After researching the Aldridge Sawmill, 7th graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in...
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FREE STANDING STRUCTURE
Students demonstrate basic construction skills by building a free standing structure. They compute the cost of the structure.
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Basketball Calculating Percentage
Seventh graders calculate percentages, convert fractions to decimals, and decimals to fractions using information from a basketball game.
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Classification And Identification
Students explore diagrammatic and taxonomic keys and their application in the marine sciences. They sort and classify objects and organisms based on visual attributes.
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Christmas Presents
Seventh graders create a graph of their Christmas gifts. They develop categories, compute fractional and decimal parts for each category, identify the number of degrees to represent each fractional part, and create a circle graph to...
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Why Do We Add The Bases To Find The Area of A Trapezoid?
Young scholars are given patterns of trapezoids and are to calculate the area of one trapezoid by using both patterns. They should form a parallelogram and calculate the area. They practice this technique until there is understanding.
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Add'm and Eve in the Garden
Students research and design five different shaped raised beds for the school garden. In small groups, they conduct Internet research, measure and create a cost analysis for the construction and design, and submit their plans to the...
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Tilings with Multiple Symmetries
Students explore how some tilings can display rotational and/or reflection symmetry in addition to translational symmetry. Students demonstrate how these tilings can be generated using either one of the symmetry concepts and Zome System...
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Attributes of Accuracy
Middle schoolers explain necessity in using accurate instruments when measuring, and how measurements can be checked for accuracy. They make a six-inch ruler, design, test, and evaluate a system to measure work, and produce a table and...
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Don't Burst My Bubble
Students practice using measuring techniques by examining bubbles. In this geometry activity, students utilize mathematic formulas to discover the circumference and diameter of soap bubbles they blow. Students practice creating larger...
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Taste the Rainbow
Students practice estimating and graphing by utilizing Skittles. In this statistics lesson, students complete worksheets based on the likelihood of a certain color of skittle coming out of the bag. Students create a graph based on the...
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Human Number Line
Students compare different types of numbers. Each student is given a flashcard containing a decimal, percent, fraction or integer. Teams of students compete, in silence, to determine who can line up in numerical order correctly. They...
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Saving For Your Future
Students examine their long-term financial goals and research the costs of their goals and investment strategies for meeting them. They identify their goals for the future, conduct Internet research on prices for items on their list,...
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Metric Measuring
Middle schoolers design their dream gardens and work together to build a class model. They use software to create a virtual model. They only use metric measurements.
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Fraction Facts
Students are introduced to fractions, including operations with fractionsm converting fractions to decimals and percents. They are provided with activities that provide ample practice opportunities to reinforce the information from the...
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Multiplying Decimals and Mixed Numbers
Middle schoolers multiply decimals and/or mixed numbers. They explore the effects of multiplying decimals and mixed numbers. They practice estimating answers when a number is multiplied by a decimal or mixed number.
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Probability and Sports
Students research topics on the internet where probability is relevant. Students study statistics and probability concepts by looking at practical questions that arise in professional sports.
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