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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Grouping and Grazing
A game that reviews grouping in fives and tens, and adding and subtracting. The instuctions are clear and include a video of how to play.
Other
Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Math Centers Sorting
In order to pull small groups during math instruction, the rest of the students need engaging activities that they can complete independently. These simple sorting activities help students learn the procedures for completing math centers.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Elementary Level Problems 1999
Pre-service Faculty of Education students from the University of Regina created this collection of real-world math problems that address Saskatchewan elementary mathematics content. The problems are geared towards students in grades four...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Can Shapes Be
This is a hands-on lesson that will help students explore shapes in their environment. Students will work in diverse groups to complete this activity. Students will make a class book of their findings.This lesson plan was created as a...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Finding Equal Groups
This activity will test how quickly students can count objects. The teacher will assemble a variety of groups of objects in a few different forms (examples included). Students will race against the clock to sort the groups of objects...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Professional Development Workshops and Courses
Annenberg Media offers over 50 workshops and courses for teachers which can be used for graduate credit (through Colorado State University), for Continuing Education Units (CEUs), or for enrichment. The courses cover subjects in The...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Compare Numbers of Objects 1
Practice counting which group has more objects. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Fast Can You Go?
Students will experience force and speed by constructing model cars in cooperative groups. The students will explore ways to move their cars at different speeds. Each group will do a PhotoStory describing their cars.This lesson plan was...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: 3,2,1 Spinoff
As part of the study of Space, the students will do research on and create a podcast/vodcast about spinoffs developed from space exploration. In groups, students will use various websites to acquire information about technological...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Density
Density is the ratio of mass to volume. Density will be introduced to students by a demonstration of coke verses diet coke. The teacher will then solve density problems for the students on the board. The class will then complete a lab on...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Gas Laws
The teacher will perform a demonstration of imploding a coke can. We will then discuss Boyle's law. After this discussion, we will conduct the science in motion lab "Boyle's Law". Each lab group will load their graphical results into a...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Wired for Learning
As part of a unit on electrical circuits, students will work in collaborative groups to create a video of how to construct parallel and series circuits. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Light Travels
In this lesson, the students will be experimenting to show how light shines in a straight line. They will also be experimenting to see how light reflects using mirrors. The students will be working in cooperative learning groups to carry...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: An Exploration Into Finding Slopes of Inclines
Students will work in small groups to analyze a topographical map of the Fiery Gizzard hiking trail on the Cumberland Plateau in southeastern Tennessee. They will use the map key to determine distance traveled and elevation gained to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Genetic Babies
Learners will explore Gregor Mendel's laws of genetics in this lesson. Students will be paired in male and female groups. If girls and boys can't be evenly divided, same sex learners can be paired to represent research scientists....
Can Teach
Can Teach: Pennies a Little Goes a Long Way Game
Use this fun learning game in your classroom to help students understand the value of money. Groups of students will be exchanging pennies for other types of coins.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Counting Collections: 100 Objects
First graders work to count to 100 in this rigorous counting activity. Students create a shape out of their 100 objects for a creative twist. This lesson contains a detailed plan, video explanation, discussion questions based on ability...
BBC
Bbc: Algebra Revision Bite Solving Equations
BBC Schools offers a test review ("revision") of several aspects of solving equations. Content includes solving simple equations, solving equations with brackets, simplifying letters in equations, plus much more. After working through...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Looking at the Similarities and Differences
La, La, La, La, La, sing a happy song! You will be signing like a Smurf as students use their new founded knowledge of shape characteristics to participate in a whole group discussion and to successfully participate in geometric learning.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Goody Bags
Young scholars will practice counting with this small group activity - great for math stations! The teacher will pre-fill goodie bags with counting objects. Students count the objects, record the number on the post-it note and stick the...