Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Apple Estimation: Percentages & Subjective Reasoning

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students practice using their estimation skills by utilizing apples.  In this percentage lesson, students utilize a scale and an apple to discover the percentage of each bite they take.  Students share their data with the rest...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Percentages Introduction

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this percentages learning exercise, students color 25% of 100 small squares blue, 35% red and 30% yellow. Students figure out how many squares they have left and then what percent of the 100 squares are left. Students then work out 5...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Pies and Percentages--Learning About Pie Graphs

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this pie graph worksheet, learners draw a pie graph for the zookeeper with the data he collected, choose a different color for each animal species and make a key to the graph.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scaling Up Art

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students measure a sculpture of a human and measure other students. They determine the average size of humans and create a life size image of the sculpture. They work with percentages as they create the images.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Which Color Will You Pick?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create a spreadsheet to chart the different colors found in a package of M&M's or Skittles. They collect data, create appropriate charts, and use percentages to describe quantities.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Moving With Mathematics [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
For this lesson, students explore the concepts of fractions, percentages, and decimals by creating dances using locomotor and non-locomotor movements.