Students explore the concept of counting using music.  In this counting lesson, students use the song "Five Little Frogs" and the felt board set to discover one to one counting.  Students repeat the song as they watch and role...

Students explore the graphing calculator feature on the Macintosh computer to explore some "parent" functions and their translations, combinations, and composites.

Students study the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, one each day for four days, using a magnifying glass to identify the similarities. Then students discuss differences and value and learn a 'rap' to memorize values.

Students examine factors that control rates in mechanical system. They identify units associated with speed, calculate speed of moving object, identify units associated with acceleration, and calculate acceleration of moving object.

Fifth graders study place value. After forming teams, they play a game called, "Who Can Line Up the Number." Students observe numbers in expanded form and place representative digits in the correct order.

Fourth graders evaluate the distributive property of multiplication. For this multiplication lesson, 4th graders discover how the distributive property makes problem solving faster. Students complete several problems demonstrating their...

Students participate in a variety of activities to learn about apples. Students graph apples, learn about apple uses, taste apples, and observe what happens when apples are dipped in lemon juice.

Students use their knowledge of multiplication to learn problem solving strategies to solve division problems. In this division lesson plan, students play a circle game, work in small groups to review times tables, and solve division sums.

Fifth graders examine line, bar and circle graphs in the newspaper and on the Internet. They complete sketches of graphs with an emphasis on selecting the best model to depict the data collected.

Students copy, create, describe, and extend patterns with objects. They explore a variety of patterns through the use of manipulatives, sound, rhythms, songs and movement. Cooperative processes are used to encourage partner discussion.

In this activity, students enhance their number and letter recognition. Students make letters and numbers with pretzel dough. Students prepare the pretzel dough, shape it, bake it, and eat it. In this activity, students test their...

Students review shapes and their cutting skills by making a hamburger collage. In this shapes lesson plan, students identify shapes that make up the food in a hamburger, cut out the food from construction paper, and create a collage out...

Third graders develop and solve comparative number sentences using greater than and less than symbols to feel Hungry Harold.

Students make chocolate chip cookies. In this cooking lesson, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.

Second graders recognize and compare the value of pennies, nickels, and dimes. They review counting pennies, nickels, and dimes.

Students study and apply the Fibonacci numbers and how they occur in nature. Students solve problems using the Fibonacci numbers.

Students, who are adult learners, examine time increments in history. The create their own timelines, and write a compare and contrast essay.

Learners study how forces are applied in the creation of art. They design mobiles and pop-up books while identifying which forces of nature act upon them. They look at air currents, gravity, and hand movement.

The student should be able to transfer his knowledge of graphing functions to graphing trigonometric functions. Student should be able to graph trigonometric functions, find amplitude, period, and frequency.

Students practice multiplication playing a game. In this multiplication lesson plan, students pick numbers and multiply them together. Students are awarded points based on which "hive" their answer falls in. The student with the...

 Students explore the likelihood of events.  In this logical thinking lesson, 3rd graders are given several scenarios and determine whether the possibility of the described event actually happening is likely, unlikely, or...

Students gather data from a web site on number of music albums sold by genre for the last two years. They convert these figures to fractions, decimals, and percents, and display the results in bar graphs and pie charts.

Second graders examine several coins to determine their values. Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are counted. Music is added to the lesson to enhance the experience.

Students study our third president, Thomas Jefferson through stories and poems. They investigate the attributes of a nickel.