Watch your pupils go round and round as they explore periodic behavior. Learners graph the height of a Ferris wheel over time. They repeat the process with Ferris wheels of different diameters.

Build confidence by using multiple approaches to problem solving! This resource uses a visual and algebraic approach to solving application problems. A discussion is included about efficient approaches to different problems.

Arithmetic apprentices practice problem solving and multiplication with a lift-the-flap pair of reproducibles. In this Halloween mathematics lesson, math monsters practice multiplication by making candy corn calculations. They practice...

Molly Mouse and Woovis the Dog are hungry! Can you help them order from a menu with a $5 bill? Kids read five word problems and use the menu to determine what the friends can order.

With so many toppings to chose from, make the ice cream truck combinations a fun math problem that teaches your learners about outcomes. The video introduces a tree diagram that allows your mathematicians to see how to create...

A four-step series of narrated animations teaches elementary mathematicians how to divide a decimal by a whole number. While this skill is not specifically addressed by Common Core standards, it definitely will prepare them to tackle...

Take young scholars on a trip through history with this unit on the mathematics and architecture of the Mayan civilization. Starting with a introduction to their base twenty number system and the symbols they used, this eight-lesson unit...

Introduce ordinal numbers with this simple teaching tool. Young mathematicians trace numbers from 1 to 5. Then they circle the object in a row of 5 that represents the numerical place of the number they just traced. Example: Students...

Can you figure out the code? Learners interpret ten number patterns and write the five numbers that come next. Next, they create their own number patterns based on their own codes.

Welcome to Fraction City! This is an incredibly interactive and fun way to teach properties of fractions, and reaches multiple learning styles. Scholars create "blocks" by folding strips of paper in various increments (thirds, fourths,...

When one method isn't enough to teach GCF, try two! This interactive webpage introduces factors and the prime factor tree to find the greatest common factor of two numbers. After the lesson, have learners click to try the two examples...

Your bakers might not realize that they need to know how to add with unlike denominators in order to figure out how much milk they need for a recipe. In order to make brownies and cookies, this lesson teaches how to find a common...

Expand on prior knowledge of place value to teach your class how to round whole numbers. This essential skill is explained with the help of a number line before introducing the explicit rules for rounding numbers up and down. Work...

With so many combinations, this colorful video allows your learners to mathematically figure out how many options they have when purchasing t-shirts. One instructional activity teaches how to find out the combinations, and the second...

Cupcakes and pancakes help teach young mathematicians about multiples in this mouth-watering presentation. Watch and learn how knowing her multiples helps Zoe bake enough desserts for her birthday party. Following the presentation, go...

Prime or composite, that is the question. Teach your class how to find the answer with this step-by-step presentation that defines and provides examples of each type of number. When addressing larger numbers, divisibility rules are...

RJ and Zoey are at camp and need to get back to the mess hall for lunch, but they don't know how far they have to walk. Help them figure out the distance while teaching young mathematicians how to add and subtract fractions with this...

Third graders create pictures using ordered pairs after listening to a piece of literature. In this ordered pairs and literature lesson, student listen to and discuss The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. They participate in...

Fifth graders explore the connection between poetry and math by reading poems that involve numbers.  In this Shel Silverstein poetry math instructional activity, 5th graders listen to 5 poems read aloud and discuss how math was used...

There is no doubt that learners remember what they have learned when they have a visual representation. Using an egg carton and candy bars, they explore the concept of fractional amounts. By having students cut the egg carton into parts...

Time to teach your students how to read a clock? This resource is here to help! Engaging young mathematicians with two fun videos and a series of hands-on activities, these lessons offer a multimedia approach to teaching this important...

How many ways can you use a chocolate bar to engage mathematical reasoning? This slideshow gives you seven to choose from. Part/whole, fractions, counting, and using chocolate bars as arrays are only a few. Note: This is a presentation...

Here is a new twist on teaching the associative property of multiplication. The author of this presentation makes an analogy between the associative property and a couple getting married. The numbers, like people, are separate, but when...

Pupils work together to develop ratios from a deck of cards. They put the cards into different combinations and discuss the ratio. Everyone calculates probability from one deck of cards.