Students explore geometric vocabulary through creation of shapes on a geoboard. They present design attributes, transfer of design, and color-coding components mix to create a fun and exciting lesson plan that stretches student thinking.

Students explore how the Inca communicated across the bast stretches of their mountain realm.

Third graders have a blast trying to measure live, wiggly, stretching worms to the nearest inch. Groups record their data onto a class graph and then compare characteristics. They share their findings with the rest of the class. Fun lesson!

Students explore how different textures provide varying amounts of friction to objects moving across them. They build a tool to measure the amount of friction between a note card and various surfaces by measuring the distance that a...

Students study the letters s and h as they blend together to make one sound. They practice making the sound, reciting a tongue twister while stretching the sh sound, and writing the letters. Next, they make words using letter boxes...

Students investigate families of functions.  In this families of functions lesson, students discuss how changing a functions parameters affect its' graph.  Students vary slope and y-intercepts of linear functions. ...

In this gas worksheet, students fill in a four quadrant chart with information from four demonstrations done in class with a bed of nails, suction cups, drinking straws and a stretched balloon. Students explain each experiment using...

Ninth graders explore physics with springs and strings. In this force and motion instructional activity, 9th graders rotate through four stations exploring how various springs stretch and bounce, and how mass and length affect a...

Students dilate functions using transformation. In this algebra lesson, students complete vertical dilation, stretch and shrink. They perform reflection across the x and y axis.

Sooner or later, the learners in your class are going to move on to college and the professional world. Help them organize their goals with a project designed for groups, which prompts them to examine entry points and next steps for...

Young mathematicians first graph a series of quadratic equations, and then investigate how various parts of the equation change the graph of the function in a predictable way.

Animal reproduction in sheep and cattle is explored with the help of Punnet squares. Scholars employ tools using probability to conclude the color of wool a sheep's offspring will have. Acting as animal geneticists, pupils then take...

Find quadratics in the world. Learners select ways to compare and contrast linear and quadratic functions and how to demonstrate knowledge of parabolas in the world. Teachers assign a third task challenging individuals to find equations...

This is just the beginning. Learners take the first step toward their end-of-unit assessments of Unbroken. They use their tools and knowledge gained from the unit to create first drafts of their informational essays. Writers then respond...

Two lessons encourage young scholars to take safety precautions while riding a bicycle. First, learners practice hand signals used to tell others on the road where they are going. Second, pupils decorate a helmet to make a safe...

Students practice sounding out words. In this phonics lesson, students play a baseball game, practicing sounding or stretching out words for accuracy.  Students read the word off the card and stretch it out.

Students plan a road trip, choosing destinations to visit and determining how much the trip cost. They create a journal that illustrates how they got from one place to another, and includes an expense sheet for each stretch.

Students study how drums produce sound by building and playing a simple drum. They measure the diameter of their can, then mark a circle two inches larger in diameter on their piece of plastic with the marker or chalk, and cut out the...

Students participate in a team handball game. In this physical education instructional activity, students are introduced to offensive strategies and implement them into the handball game. Students perform a stretching routine at the end...

Students transform the square root function graphically.  In this transforming the square root function graphically lesson plan, students use their Ti-Nspire to change the a, b, and c values of th square root graph.  Students...

Fifth graders explore energy transfer. In this thermal energy activity, 5th graders stretch rubber bands several times and estimate the band's temperature change. Students identify this action as an example of thermal energy. Students...

Beginning with a general discussion about natural gas, methane, and hydrocarbons, a few videos and diagrams are projected to support the lecture. Individuals participate in a brief activity by drinking juice through a straw, and then...

Students experiment to discover the relationship between the stretch of a spring and the amount of weight attached to the spring using Skittles. They use a CBR and a graphing calculator to gather data.

Young scholars recite a poem and perform motions to the words. In this stretching and moving activity, groups of students perform the motions by crouching into a ball, getting up, breathing deeply, stretching arms, and leaning forward....