To solve or not to solve that is the problem. A slide presentation of 17 items show different ways that Smarter Balanced assesses Claim 2, problem solving. The items span from sixth and seventh grade concepts to highlight the...

Turn your algebra learners into meteorologists. Students are given three graphs that contain information about the weather in Santa Rosa, California during the month of February, 2012. Graph one shows temperatures, graph two displays the...

How many days are in a leap year? Years in a century? Get your mathematicians applying their skills to everyday life with this calendar math worksheet. Ten questions prompt students to think about various time increments. The math...

Make sure your house is warm in the winter. Pupils analyze graphs of heating costs for two similar houses and make hypotheses for why the costs differ. They then build models of houses with appropriate insulation to reduce heating costs.

Develop probability distributions from simulations. Young mathematicians use simulations to collect data. They use the data to draw graphs of probability distributions for the random variable in question.

In this plane worksheet, students find the midpoint of a line, determine points on a plane, and use the cross product to find an equation with given parameters. This two-page worksheet contains three problems.

In this trigonometry worksheet, learners prove that for the given conditions of the problem that cos y = cos2 x.  The one page worksheet contains one problem with the solution. 

High schoolers explore geometry using a Rubik's Cube. In this 2-D and 3-D shapes instructional activity, students use the Rubik's Cube to find the center, edge and corner pieces. High schoolers then find the dimensions of the Rubik's...

In this math/social studies worksheet, students examine 2 calendar pages and answer 12 questions about them. Students then investigate a time line of important math inventions and discoveries and answer 8 questions.

It's all about time as scholars focus on years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds to practice these concepts. First they put all 12 months back in order, numbering them 1st, 2nd, etc. Two are done for them. Next, there are...

This Groundhog's Day, challenge scholars to predict, estimate, tally, and graph in a weather-themed lesson in which class members play the role of the groundhog to forecast the weather come February second. 

In this bridge-crossing worksheet, students read a word problem.  They use logic and deductive reasoning to determine the correct combination for two men to cross a bridge at the same time to get the anticipated results.  This...

Use a probability scale line to help introduce learners to odds and probability. They start by examining an example line, looking at where events would fall from 100% probability to 0%. Next, learners complete two of these on their own,...

Is the path through December, January, and February the only path through winter? Not in a holiday math activity based on Pascal's Triangle! Middle schoolers study a triangle made of the letters from the word winter and decide how...

The month of February is the focus of this calendar instructional activity. Learners must look at the calendar and answer 4 word problems about the month of February. Interestingly, this particular February happens to be a leap year with...

In this interactive calendar math worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions based on their knowledge of the order of the months.

In this interactive calendar math worksheet, students identify the month according to the ordinal number given. There are 12 multiple choice questions to complete.

The teaching of multiplication facts is the focus of this presentation. The author conveys a variety of "tricks" in the presentation which are meant to help students remember their times tables. To me, the "tricks" are rather confusing,...

Leap year is an important concept to understand- give learners some practice with this complete-the-calendar worksheet. The calendar month of February during a leap year is pictured, however it is incomplete. Scholars complete the month...

In this mathematics worksheet, students solve various word problems by selecting the correct fraction for each response. There are eight problems to solve on the sheet.

For this math vocabulary worksheet, students review math vocabulary words that have to do with time. Students complete this for 21 words.

In this math word problems learning exercise, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 story problems that require them to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

In this ordinal numbers worksheet, students read and follow instructions containing ordinal numbers. They draw specified items on a grid, placing them in a described column and row. Afterward, students recognize the months of the year...

In this math card trick worksheet, students follow the directions and learn how to perform a card trick in which the correct month is guessed. Students use a Base 2 arithmetic system.