Comparing and rounding decimals are skills that take practice. This presentation does a great job of clearly showing how to do these techniques, and has many slides where learners get practice while being guided through all of the steps....

Deepen the fractional number sense of young learners with this introductory instructional activity on equivalent fractions. After completing a short warm-up activity, children go on to work in pairs using fraction circles to...

First graders explore the theme of dental health and hygeine. They make tooth loss predictions, count lost teeth, and graph tooth loss. In addition, they listen to dental health stories, read online stories, create spreadsheets, and play...

How are skyscrapers built? What does it take to make a structurally sound building? How can one work within a budget to complete a building project? These guiding questions will be investigated and answered within a hands-on lesson....

How do events reported in mainstream newspapers, on television news, blog posts, and social network sites differ? Ask your class to investigate the way the same news item is presented in the many information sources available. Groups...

Learners practice effectively interviewing a subject and then use that interview to create a movie.

To truly teach through the arts means one must tackle both art and core content in one lesson. This quick activity does just that. Learners make skeletons out of cotton swabs in order to study relief sculpture and the skeletal system....

Seventh graders play a number strategy and addition game.

Learners count back with cubes to model subtraction problems. In this subtraction lesson plan, students compare sets of problems and record their results in a table.

In this math worksheet, students follow the basic activities that are shown in the planning guide written for the teacher. The plan is written in the form of a unit.

In this systems of equations worksheet, students use the elimination method to solve systems of equations. An example and explanation is given at the beginning of the worksheet. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.

Learners explore the calculator utility function on a Macintosh computer.  In this calculation lesson, students launch the calculator feature and complete a problem solving worksheet.

In this cards game, students play a card game in three rounds.  In the first round, the student's objective is to gather the largest sum of cards.  For round two, students try to gather cards to equal a sum of 50.  In the...

In this place value and palindrome riddles worksheet, learners problem solve five mathematical riddles that involve place value and palindromes.

Students strengthen skills in mathematics, problem solving, and communication skills by working together in groups using "Hot Dog Stand: The Works" educational software.

In this math worksheet, students participate in an investigation of Smarties candy. For example, students estimate how many candies they have in each color, count the actual number, and record the information in a tally chart.

In this probability instructional activity, students complete probability word problems about rolling dice. Students complete 9 problems total.

Third graders review the life cycle of a frog. They use the computer to research specific information about their frog and write a descriptive paragraph using the information obtained on the computer. They access websites imbedded in...

In this magic math work activity, students follow the steps for 2 math puzzles where they pick a number, and perform some computations with it.

Fourth graders use movie ticket prices and zoo admission prices to practice multiplying money amounts. In this money multiplication lesson, 4th graders use the Internet to find admission prices for amusement prices and movies. Students...

Students study and participate in the voting process. In this voting process lesson, students read Duck for President and vote on class snacks. Students create posters for the class snacks and present them to the class. Students tally...

In this magic shapes worksheet, 7th graders work in groups to solve 9 magic square puzzles requiring logic and problem solving.

Students practice basic addition and subtration facts to twelve and use thinking skills to win at tick tack toe.

Second graders complete activities to learn how to manage money. For this managing money lesson, 2nd graders read the book How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty and complete two related worksheets.