Young mathematicians find the surface area and volume of a square pyramid and a cone. In what looks like a typical activity out of a textbook, you'll find an activity where learners find an unknown measurement of a pyramid or...

Shape one's understanding of geometry using the resource. The sixth of seven chapters in 6th Grade Math focuses on geometry principles. Future mathematicians learn to find the area of parallelograms, trapezoids, triangles, and other...

Learners play a game with shapes. They work in groups to identify the names and characteristics of various shapes. They give each other clues to see if others can identify the shape being described. This is a great hands on activity.

Elementary pupils are introduced to the Great Depression as a critical period of hardship in United States history. They engage in collaborative assignments researching the Dust Bowl, the New Deal, US presidents, and presidential libraries.

Eighth graders practice utilizing motor skills by participating in different sports activities.  For this physical education lesson, 8th graders participate in racquetball, shuttle cock, and baseball style activities in order to...

Who are les locavores? Introduce your French class to the benefits of eating local with this reading passage and the activities that accompany it. Pupils focus on developing their vocabulary, entering into a discussion with a peer, and...

Mastering the past tense in French can be tricky, as you have to memorize which verbs use avoir and which use être. Provide your class with 25 fill-in-the-blank sentences to practice conjugating common verbs like prendre, faire, dire,...

In this music poem instructional activity, students spell out the music words using the music notes instead of alphabet letters. They also determine the 10 note names and write them in the blanks to solve the puzzle.

For this music notes worksheet, learners name 10 notes in a timed activity. Students then repeat the activity and try to better their times.

In this music notes activity, students name 10 notes in a timed activity. Students record their times and try multiple times to improve their scores.

Students investigate Euler's Formula. In this geometry lesson, students perform an inductive activity of Euler's Formula using nets to identify a variety of prism, pyramids, cylinders, and cones.

Students practice the alphabet using a variety of songs, books and activities.

Learners recognize, describe and extend patterns in three activities. They organize data, find patterns and describe the rule for the pattern as well as use the graphing calculator to graph the data to make and test predictions. In the...

Students invent words using a set of letters.  In this Alien word lesson, students determine if the letters made a real word.  Students record problem words in an activity log.

Unlock the keys to fluent multiplication with this upper-elementary math lesson. After an introduction to the five properties of multiplication, students match cards with different math problems to posters describing each...

Lesson 8 in this series of seventeen volleyball lessons focuses on the basic footsteps of approaching the net to spike the ball. It takes a lot of practice to get good at spiking the volleyball. It is also one of the most thrilling...

Students explore perimeter and area of regular and irregular polygons. They experiment with color squares and create different arrangements using the same number squares. Then they compare the area and perimeter measurements of each.

Students participate in an activity to find initial consonant "D" words.  In this phonics activity students find as many "D" words as they can. Students play again with various letters.

Young scholars explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book One Hungry Monster and identify the use of three vocabulary words. Young scholars define the chosen...

Students discover patterns and write conjectures relating to perimeters and polygons. Working in cooperative learning groups, they use manipulatives and graphic organizers to solve problems then answer a series of questions in which they...

Students create a geometric pattern using mandalas, polygons and symmetry. For this geometry lesson, students analyze the mathematics involved in making the mandalas, including the shapes and symmetry. Students create their own mandalas...

Fourth graders complete activities to study decimal numbers. In this decimal numbers lesson plan, 4th graders study decimal numbers to express numbers less than one and intervals. Students complete map and location activities to study...

Students explore the alphabet by completing an on-line letter identification activity. In this phonetics instructional activity, students utilize the website www.literarycenter.net and listen to word sounds as they identify the spelling...

Students utilize a checklist in order to help them stay focused on long division problems.