This New Zealand Problems website is an excellent resource for lesson plans in problem-solving. They are organized into the following categories: algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and logic and reasoning.

This New Zealand Problem Solving website is an outstanding resource for lesson plans. They are organized into the following categories: algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and logic and reasoning.

This excellent high school physics tutorial from The Physics Classroom investigates motion formulas using several problem-solving strategies including diagrams, equations, and lists.

NZMaths, a New Zealand teacher resource, provides lesson plans for students in algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, logic and reasoning.

Problem-solving is hard for preschool students! This article shows how to teach them problem-solving strategies they can use when they encounter problems. Included are techniques, visuals, and books that lead to discussions on...

Working with students on identifying problem and solution in their reading? Here is a simple concept, with a printable chart, for teaching and reinforcing this concept. Applicable for any subject area, could be used (modified) at any level.

The steps for solving word problems are presented here along with suggestions of how to carry out each step. Learn how to understand, plan, write equations, solve and check each time you work a word problem.

The lesson plan for an interesting word problem concerning swimming and rowing across a river, being swept downstream by the current, and walking back up the other side. Basic arithmetic skills are all that are needed to approach the...

It's a mathematician's dream come true. An easy trick for checking mathematical computations, without a calculator! Believe it or not, it works with all four operations.

This interactive activity gives you an opportunity to explore a specific number pattern named the "Fibonacci sequence." See what other patterns you can discover while you manipulate the blocks. There is a "Printable Page" link if you...

Through this tutorial, you'll learn strategies and definitions that will help you solve linear equations. Example problems with step-by-step solutions and practice exercises with answers and explanations make this resource perfect for...

This article looks at applying the Big6 process to issues raised by No Child Left Behind legislation. The goal of the Big6 process is to improve performance by improving thinking through application of information technology skills. This...

These teaching notes for Beowulf provide a model for your own lesson plan and as a basic resource to study Beowulf. These notes can help you remember the pertinent points of Anglo-Saxon epic poem and help to deepen your understanding.

Explore methods for calculating and comparing discounts in this video from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students develop different strategies for calculating and comparing discounts, including percent off a price,...