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Personal Identity Bust

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a ceramic bust of themselves.
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Fractions in Everyday Life

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students apply understanding of fractions by converting a recipe to feed the class and the whole grade level. They calculate how many cookies the class would eat and multiply each fraction in the recipe accordingly.
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Introducing Calculators:

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work in small groups to record how many pets each has, then use calculators to find the total number of pets owned by students in the entire group. They practice basic addition skills on a worksheet and with a calculator.
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Solving Problems Using Quadratic Equations

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this quadratic equation worksheet, students read short statements and write a quadratic equation to represent the statement. Afterwards, they solve the quadratic equation using factorization. Twelve problems are provided on this...
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Study Buddies: Perimeter

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students will work with a coach to find the perimeter of different shapes. Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.
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Native American Bartering

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create items to barter. In this Native American bartering lesson, 5th graders read a book, design and make items, and barter with their peers. Students reflect on the experience through journal writing.
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the Whale Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students listen to whale stories and answer addition and subtraction problems in the stories.  In this addition and subtraction lesson, students receive 20 goldfish.  Based on the story they eat the goldfish. Students write...
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Reducing Rain Runoff

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students compare roofing materials to determine which ones reduce rain runoff. In this rain runoff lesson plan, students use a milk carton, stickers, soil, and more to create this activity.
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Measuring Temperature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine how to determine temperature on a thermometer. They read and discuss an informational handout, discuss examples of Fahrenheit and Celsius scales, and complete a worksheet.
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Code Cracking

For Teachers 5th - 8th
There is nothing more engaging than cracking a secret code! Middle schoolers will replace letters with numbers to solve problems. This game will help them to begin to understand algebra questions by finding the value of missing numbers....
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Weigh Out the Algebra

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars solve linear equations. In this algebra instructional activity, students use manipulative's to see the steps taken when solving linear equations. They solve using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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Beary Good Problem Solvers

For Teachers 1st
First graders role-play addition and subtraction operations with teddy bears. They practice with the bears first, then write and solve the problems.
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Shopping Spree

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine currency by completing monetary equations.  In this economics lesson, 6th graders participate in a numbers experiment where they roll a die and earn money based on their roll.  Students compete for their...
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Unifying Unlike Denominators

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students play roll of fictional radio disk jockeys. They allocate their daily program time into fractional time slots for the playing of specified catagories of music and commercial advertisements.
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Addition and Subtraction using Manipulatives

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a question and answer session to begin their understanding. Students complete a practice assignment using color counters. Students' assessment is composed of using color counters to complete an independent...
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Decimals: Collaborative Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore mathematics by participating in a group activity. In this number value lesson, students identify the uses for decimals and how to best estimate whole numbers based on decimals and fractions. Students collaborate with...
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Arithmetic: Revision

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students practice with a variety of simple equations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Explanation is followed by each block of equations given to solve. They are set loose to complete additional equations for...
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Charles Darwin's Hardware Shop

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Young scholars construct an evolutionary tree representing specialization, diversity, and selection using easily obtained materials. They use at least twenty pieces of hardware to classify then develop "evolutionary" relationships...
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Understanding number to 100

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research equivalent representations of numbers using the base 10 system. In this Base 10 lesson, students examine place value, representations of numbers, and multiples of one, ten, and one-hundred.
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Mine Field

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experience the loss of their sight and develop feelings for those less fortunate than them.
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Tessellating Art

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create artwork showing their own unique tessellating shapes. They apply the symmetries of a regular polygon and describe the reflection or rotational symmetry of a figure or object. They share their art work with the class.
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It Counts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand and reinforce how numbers are assigned to objects, as well as think about more, less, or equal values. In this lesson, students are asked to describe, compare, and classify plants. They should be able to use numbers...
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Rules of Exponents

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students solve problems involving exponents. Through a teacher led discussion, students explore the rules of exponents and create cards with "x's" on them. Given a division problem, students lay out "x's" to represent the numerator and...
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The Nature of Mathematics

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work in groups to describe plants using numbers. In this number lesson, students use numbers to define plants and then use numbers to write descriptions of themselves.

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