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How Do You Measure Up?
Students explore the concept of measurement, modelling the increments on a standard ruler using cubes and grid paper. They identify the length of a line to a designated standard unit and measure specified body parts.
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Adding and Subtracting Integers
Sixth graders create electronic manipulatives to model addition and subtraction of integers. They are introduced to the software Inspiration and use techniques such as selecting and deselecting an object, resizing an object, moving an...
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Area And Perimeter
Fifth graders practice the skills of finding the perimeter and area of different objects. They integrate technology tools by using a computer software program during the class as the second half of an assessment of measuring student...
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That's So Square
Second graders are introduced to circles, triangles and parallelograms. As a class, they create the shape with their bodies and are shown the shapes in their actual size. To end the lesson, they sketch each shape and identify their...
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The One in the Middle
Students review and reinforce the concepts of mean, median, and mode based on the number of siblings the students have. They use Post-it notes to organize and re-organize the data.
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Graph It!
First graders use organized data to construct real object graphs, picture graphs, and bar-type graphs.
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War On Battle of the Books
Students participate in a statewide Battle of the Books competition. They read books and answer questions about them to earn points for their school.
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Make a Leaf Banner
Students create leaf print banner for parents' night. They sort, classify, and pattern the leaves as they work.
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What's in the News?
Students discuss any news article or video about the environment. They develop their own questions relating to radon and how it effects people and the environment. They answer each others questions to end the lesson.
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Reading to Calculate
Students explore uses of the calculator. They explore using reading strategies to solve problems. Students recognize when calculators are useful. They construct real life situations for calculator use.
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President Abraham Lincoln Word Scramble
In this word scramble worksheet, learners unscramble the letters to spell words associated with Abraham Lincoln. Students spell 20 words.
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Christmas Fun Word Jumble
In this word jumble instructional activity, students unscramble the letters to spell words associated with Christmas. Students spell 40 words.
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Groundhog Day Word Jumble
In this world jumble worksheet, students unscramble the letters to create words associated with Groundhog Day. Students spell 18 words.
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Valentines Day Word Jumble
In this word jumble activity, students unscramble the letters to spell words associated with Valentine's Day. Students spell 20 words.
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Cinco de Mayo Vocabulary Word Jumble
In this word jumble worksheet, learners unscramble the letters to spell words associated with Cinco de Mayo. Students spell 20 words.
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Sample This
Students gain a greater understanding of how statistical samples are conducted by taking polls of specific populations. These polls be expressed in graphs, which be compared with the same questions asked of other populations.
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Flying with Fractions
Students test their knowledge of the Wright Brothers and their aircraft, and compute ratio of two numbers to determine the ratio between wing span and length of aircraft.
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Mathematical Magazines
High schoolers use ads from magazines to create data to be measured and apply the skill of estimation. They record the percentage of magazine ads that could be separated into different categories made by students through the use of...
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Not Everything Is More Expensive
Young scholars investigate the concept of using different types of presentations to help solve mathematical problems. They research the use of illustrations to help understand data and its interpretation in a graphing format. Students...
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Graphs Abound
Young scholars create a survey for their classmates to collect data on their favorite foods, eye color, pets or other categorical data. They compile the data from the survey in a table and then make a bar graph of each category using a...
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Bubble Gum Chemistry
Young scholars explore the concept of graphing data. In this graphing data lesson, students determine the percentage of sugar in bubble gum. Young scholars graph type of gum vs. sugar percentage. Students create a table of their data.
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Beach Zonation
Students identify and separate the different zones of the beach by observation. They investigate beach zonation by gathering and comparing sand samples gathered from different areas of the beach.
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Credit Purchases
Twelfth graders calculate interest on purchases bought with a credit card. They use the formula I=PRT to find the interest. In pairs, they use a flyer to calculate the interest for electronic items.