Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Papier-Mache Mask

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze mask visuals provided by the teacher. They experience a paper-mache hands on activity that produces a three dimensional product. Students produce/make a mask.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mobius Band

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders discuss sides of a shape and how to collect data correctly. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders examine shapes and count the surfaces on the shape. They read the history of Mobius Band and relate it to surface area.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Our Hour

For Teachers 1st
First graders keep track of time throughout the day by recording the time and what activity they are doing at that particular hour. They keep both analog and digital time.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Quilts, Quilts, and More Quilts!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice making sampler quilts out of various fabrics. As a class, they watch a demonstration by their teacher discussing the different techniques. They make their own and share them with the class asking for constructive...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

They

For Teachers K
Students trace over their names with glue and then glue alphabet macaroni on top.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Earthquake Machine

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore plate tectonics by conducting a class experiment. In this earthquake lesson, students utilize scrap wood, sandpaper, rubber bands and a sanding belt to create a model earthquake experiment which shakes a nearby building....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dividing Whole Numbers By Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students find the answers to the division problems for the whole numbers and fractions. The answers are also available.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spring Art Activities

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students complete a variety of art projects to celebrate the arrival of spring. They create symmetrical butterfly designs, paper mache eggs, and caterpillars, and complete a crayon resist and marble painting.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Do Human Practices Affect Water Quality?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars determine if human practices have any noticeable effects on the quality of stream life as measured by the presence of certain macroinvertebrates. They collect, preserve and identify macroinvertibrate samples and quantify...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Notes to a Mathematician

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders analyze the likelihood of simple events.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making a Food Web and Learning About Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the difference between a food web and food chain. They also examine the importance of the sun in a food web and food chain. Students understand what happens when you remove parts of the chain.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Can We Observe Genetic Variation Within a Species?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students observe intra-species variation by completing standard microbial streaking procedures. They collect data from which they draw observations and complete a worksheet.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Division of Fractions: Using Fraction Strips

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Model division by a fraction using fraction strips. This video focuses on modeling division of a whole number by fractions.
Interactive
Toy Theater

Toy Theater: Fraction Strips

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use these colorful fraction strips to model fraction relationships and solve mixed fraction problems.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Subtracting Mixed Numbers

For Teachers 4th Standards
A lesson focused on subtracting mixed numbers using fraction strips and an interactive fraction pad.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Finding Equivalent Fractions

For Teachers 6th
Using number lines and fraction strips helps students become familiar with benchmark fractions, equivalent fractions, and comparing fractions.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Folding Strips of Paper

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is to provide students with a concrete experience they can relate to fraction multiplication. Perhaps more importantly, the task also purposefully relates length and locations of points on a number line, a common...
Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Exploring Equivalent Fractions [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
Use fraction strips to explore equivalent fractions.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Rational Numbers Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This hands-on lesson plan discusses and explores rational numbers. Students construct personal fractional strip kits and use them to compare fractional amounts and investigate equivalence. The lesson plan includes instructions,...
Handout
Other

The Distillation Group: An Overview of the Distillation Process

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about the basic process of industrial distillation. There is also a photo gallery to view real-world distillation plants.