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Pythagorean Theorem and Special Right Triangles
Learners review the Pythagorean Theorem and apply it to word problems involving special right triangles.
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Working with Business Letters
Students practice with business letters. They identify main ideas and supporting details.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 5--Time and Money
Students, after defining and reviewing the extensive list of vocabulary words on the board, examine various banking systems and terms (loans, interest rates, investments, mortgages, etc.). They also show mastery of this task by...
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Away we Go
Pupils work in groups to calculate the costs of a trip to Six Flags amusement park. In this domain and range lesson plan, students calculate the least and greatest amounts of money needed for tickets, food, souvenirs, and airplane tickets.
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Lines, Segments, and Rays
Fifth graders use their arm, toothpicks, and marshmallows to create lines, segments, and rays. In this lines, segments, and rays lesson plan, 5th graders learn how these appear on a plane.
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Plane Figures
Fifth graders create polygons requested by their teacher. In this polygons lesson, 5th graders watch a video and listen to a song about polygons. Then, students take turns labeling various polygons and practice making polygons.
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Comparing and Ordering Integers
Students compare and order integers on an umber line. In this algebra lesson plan, students differentiate between positive and negative numbers. They plot point in the correct order on a number line.
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Sectors of Pizza
Students identify the properties of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students relate properties of diameter to sections of a pizza. They calculate the measure of an arc and missing angles.
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Combining Integers
Seventh graders explore the concept of adding and subtracting integers. In this adding and subtracting integers lesson, 7th graders use white and red beans to demonstrate adding and subtracting integers. Students play an on-line game...
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Chef for a Day
Students make chocolate chip cookies. In this cooking lesson, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.
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Multiplication Word Problems Using Different Representations
Students solve multiplication word problems by using base 10 blocks and drawing pictures. In this multiplication lesson plan, students also write a reflection of their work.
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Problem Solving Through Communication
Students discuss effective ways to solve and communicate problems. In this word problem lesson, students solve a variety of word problems written by varying authors. They rewrite words using algebraic terminology.
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Dressing for the Season
For each change of season, learners will observe the weather and then dress a cut-out doll appropriately for a field trip outside.
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Sock Walk (Seed Dispersal)
Learners collect seeds from field plants as part of understanding seed dispersal.
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On The Farm
Students identify animals found on farms. They create a farm picture using KidPix Software. They can combine their pictures to create a class book on farm animals. They can use graphic pictures from clipart to decorate the cover of the...
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Percent Box
Learners examine the procedures to determine a number when the percentage of the whole is known or to find the whole number when the part or percentage is known.
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Organizing Paragraphs
Pupils brainstorm transition words, and utilize word list to order paragraphs and multi-paragraph essays.
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Visual Arts - Portraits and Paintings
First graders examine portraits and paintings. They create their own self-portrait.
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Computer Graphing
Students research the Internet or create surveys to find graphable data. They collect, organize, analyze and interpret the data. Finally, they choose the appropriate type of graph to display the data and find the measures of central...
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Creating a Web Page
Students complete a unit focusing on the creation of a student-generated website. They read and evaluate articles about business ethics, critique websites, and develop a student-created webpage.
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Dressing for the Season
Students discuss what types of clothing to wear for the different seasons. They dress a paper doll every morning based on the weather outside. They also discuss what is a typical day in each of the different seasons.
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Mathematics of Ornaments and Architecture
Students study African traditional architecture. They examine how African ornaments, wall painting and motifs use geometric shapes to express and explain the culture.
They discuss the ornaments and architectural designs in the setting...
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Passport to the World
Eighth graders investigate the process for obtaining a United States passport. They plan a trip to a foreign country looking at important information including the climate, geography, culture, money, and language. They complete the...
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Skeletal System
Seventh graders explore the functions of the skeletal system. They collaborate in small groups to determine the function of the skeletal system, the types of joints and movement, bone strength and growth, and bone injuries including...