In this light and optics worksheet, students match the light and optics vocabulary with their definitions. Students match 21 words to their definitions.

Help young mathematicians see the value in addition and subtraction. Offering one addition and one subtraction problem, this worksheet walks students step-by-step through the solutions of each, starting in the ones place and working...

Many problems in life have more than one possible solution, and the same is true for advanced mathematics. Scholars solve seven problems that all have at least two solutions. Then three higher-level thinking questions challenge them to...

Supplement your lesson on improper fractions with this simple resource. Working on number lines labeled with whole numbers between 0 and 5, young mathematicians represent basic improper fractions with halves and thirds. The fractions...

Statistics are more than just numbers—they can give you important information about a set of data. Pupils learn how to find the mean, median, and mode of a data set. They also find the next score to reach a desired mean.

Whether or not your school has adopted Common Core standards, this resource provides great tools for assessing kindergartners' key numeracy and computation skills.

Jim and Jesse started their road trip with the same amount of money. Your class must find the amount of money each one had given, the amount of money spent, and the ratio of money at the end. This is a comprehensive problem that...

Factoring is an essential component in algebra, and this worksheet prepares learners with a quick reference guide and examples. After they find all the factors, they decipher whether the number is prime or composite.

The middle of the data is important, but what about the rest of it? The instructional activity shows learners the importance of the range, quartiles, and extreme values. Pupils practice finding each of these values from given data sets.

Part lesson, part worksheet, this handout walks math minors through the comparison of two decimal numbers. It teaches them the trick of tagging zeroes in to get the numbers to be the same length to better understand place value. A set of...

Primary graders practice forming the plural form of singular nouns and removing the "s" to create the singular form of plural nouns.

Your class is asked to use inverse operations to solve eleven equations for unknown variables or to rearrange formulas to highlight a quantity of interest. By using the same reasoning as solving one- and two-step equations, algebra...

Increase the percent of pupils that are fluent in solving change problems with an activity that asks class members to look at problems that involve either increases or decreases and to express the change in terms of the percent of...

In this everyday editing learning exercise, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Lucy Cousins. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.

Estimating the value of numbers is much harder than it sounds! Scholars compare and order the value of numbers presented in different forms including fractions, decimals, roots, integers, and pi. This builds on the previous lessons in...

Make your own number line ... using a compass. The first installment of a 21-part series has scholars investigate positive and negative integers on a number line by using a compass to construct points that are the same distance from zero...

Is the gestation length of an animal a predictor of the average life expectancy of that animal? Learners analyze similar data for more than 50 different animals. They choose a data display and draw conclusions from their graphs.

After reading 25 sentences, individuals decide if they are facts or opinions. Then, they explain their answer in a supporting sentence.

Getting the right measurements can save a lot of time and money in the real world. Learners are introduced to unit conversion and how to accurately go from one unit to another. The first pages are notes and then the packet finishes with...

What would it have been like to have heard the debate on the issue of slavery at the Constitutional Convention of 1787? With this resource, you are given the opportunity to read through a reconstruction of speeches on the topic with your...

Introduce your pupils to the invaluable life skill of team and project management. Through worksheets, discussion, and role-playing activities, learners practice using tactful language, explore various management styles, and...

How are the stars similar to the sun in our galaxy? Learn all about the solar system with a reading excerpt about the sun and the stars. Kids read an informational passage before they answer questions about reading comprehension,...

Fling your class into spring with a set of math and literacy center worksheets. Learners will enjoy the variety with sheets that practice multiplication, missing addends, before/after and more/less than number comparisons, as well...

Build tables by understanding their structure. Scholars take a closer look at the structure of ratio tables in the 10th segment in a 29-part series. Individuals realize that the tables can be built using an additive or...