The mean might not always be the best representation of the average. The assessment task has individuals determine the measures of center for the salaries of a company. They determine which of the three would be the best representation...

How does your garden grow? Use proportions to help Tim answer that question. By using their understanding of proportional relationships, pupils determine the number of seeds that will sprout. They create their own linear...

Go over the basics of matrix multiplication, from checking the dimension of the factors, to applying the distributive property. This worksheet includes directions on when and how to multiply matrices, one example, and a few problems your...

They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems by David Bowles is the focus of a five-week language arts unit unit. Fifth graders listen to various poems and participate in thoughtful discussions, examining vocabulary and learning new words in...

Once the class learns about the hero's journey, they'll find it in every story and movie they see! Take characters from their humble beginnings to their atonement and apotheosis with a set of lessons about the hero's journey...

In this Algebra I learning exercise, 9th graders identify properties from the real number system and use the distributive property to collect simplify expressions with parentheses.  The one page interactive learning exercise...

In this properties of real numbers worksheet, students solve 10 different problems related to various properties of real numbers. They determine for each problem which property of numbers is represented. Then, students solve each of the...

Students discover how getting food from farm-to-fork involves several steps and many hands. In this interactive food chain lesson, students respond to a series of questions about food distribution then work collaboratively to create a...

Twelfth graders read "A Primer on Gasoline Prices" and complete a worksheet on the price of gas. They discuss supply and demand and what a consumer can do about prices at the pump.

In this algebra worksheet, students solve problems using the 4 different properties of numbers. They apply associative, commutative, additive and distributive properties to each equation. There are 10 multiple choice questions with an...

Not many lessons on states of matter can hold a candle to this one! Junior chemists gauge the density of paraffin in both liquid and solid phases. They fill 60 mL syringes with different materials to experiment with compressibility and...

National Chemistry Olympiad tests are released after their use each year, since they cannot use them again for this event. The result: outstanding comprehensive assessment resources for general chemistry classes! This 2005 version covers...

Learners gain an understanding of the concept of Diaspora relating to Greeks. They use guided discovery to apply the geographic inquiry model to an examination of the reasons for Greek Diaspora.

Seventh graders discuss the associative property of math. They are to find examples of the property and others. They also write in their journals about what they learned.

Helpful for building a multiplication unit that focuses on different strategies. With explanations about repeated addition and subtraction as foundations for multiplication, scaling, summaries of progression, and basic multiplication and...

Hooray for chocolate chip cookies! Ask your mathematicians to triple a chocolate chip cookie recipe and then reduce the recipe by one-fourth. Your class may need two days to complete, tripling the recipe the first day and reducing the...

Mission Possible: Your task is to design a new highway route from Tunis, Tunisia to Cape Town, South Africa. If you accept the challenge, you must create a small map of the route that has already been rejected, a...

It's no myth: this packet on Greek mythology is an excellent addition to your social studies curriculum. With writing activities, such as short answer responses and biopoems, and reading activities, which include creation stories and...

Language arts learners don't need a lecture about poetry; they listen to poetry every day on the radio! Apply skills from literary analysis to famous songs and beautiful lyrics with a lesson about literary devices. As...

Young learners today are bombarded by media manipulation. Help them develop the skills they will need to become savvy 21st century media consumers with a unit on media literacy.

Students participate in a unit that introduces them to solving problems that is introductory to algebra. They look at positive and negative numbers on the number line and practice solving problems using the distributive property.

In this mental math reteach learning exercise, students review the commutative, associative and distributive properties, then complete a set of 13 problems. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this factoring trinomials activity, 9th graders solve and complete 18 different problems that include identifying the product and sum of numbers. First, they factor the GCF from each group of numbers and complete. Then, students...

It's all about lines when going around. Pupils graph the relationship between the length of a side of a square and its perimeter. Class members explain the origin in context of the side length and perimeter. They compare the graph to the...