University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Atlatl Lessons Grades 4 12
What is an atlatl? Learn how this Aztec dart throwing tool can be used to teach students such things as distance, radius, and linear and angular velocity. Curriculum strands are provided for each of the many lesson plans for students...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Intro Fractals: Infinity/self Similarity/recursion
Explore fractions, ratios, area, and perimeter through guided practice lessons.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Math on the Farm
This article discusses the Mathematics skills that are essential for a crop farmer, particularly measurement, e.g., time, money, volume, area. The article contains a variety of problems based on real life situations.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Measurement Activity
This is a lesson using data from "Census at School" to predict your adult height using your current height.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Time Activity
This activity has students calculate their age in different units of time.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: That's Right
This web lesson teaches students how to estimate various measurements including money, distance, weight, and temperature.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.g Designs
In this lesson plan, 7th graders use the formula for circles to determine the area and perimeter.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Design Your Own Bedroom
Many students dream of designing their ideal bedroom. In this exercise, students will be required to limit their designs by size (as a specific volume) and price (a specific amount). They must design the floor plan, including furniture...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Game Do You Measure Up?
This interactive game gives you a variety of measuring tools and measuring opportunity. For this game of chance you choose the correct tool for the job that needs to be measured. Everything you need for this game is listed and/or...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Activity: Personal Measures
The learning activity explores measurement. Students measure their hand, arm, and fingernails. Then they use their body parts to measure additional items.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Activity: Discover Mass (Weight)
The learning activity explores weight. Students weight different items and compare their mass from smallest to largest.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Math in Daily Life
Read about what math has to do with cooking, chances of winning a game, even decorating your home. Teachers may want to peruse this site for ideas about real world applications in their lesson planning.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Lengthy Journeys: Olympic Torch Relay
Can you plan routes for the Olympic Torch to visit these cities? How far will it travel? How long will it take? This activity gives children the opportunity to calculate using distance and time and is aimed at Key Stage 2 primary school...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Starters
How do you compare to these results from Olympic Games in the past if you try similar running and jumping activities? This activity uses the history of the Olympic Games to introduce ideas about measuring time and distances in standard...
Success Link
Success Link: Jump! Jump!
A lesson plan that expects students to make accurate measurements of long jumps and record the information. It makes suggestions of how to make this a fun, competitive schoolwide program.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Makes a Shape? Analyzing and Script Writing
Third graders will use the bat houses we built as examples of various quadrilaterals.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Graphing With M&m's
M&M's can be used to create a unique data set and can be graphed by students
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Dinosaurs: Area and Perimeter
Students will play learning games to explore area and perimeter and how to solve for each.
University of California
University of California: Geometry in Action
This page collects various areas in which ideas from discrete and computational geometry (meaning mainly low-dimensional Euclidean geometry) meet some real-world applications.