Noyce Foundation
Lawn Mowing
This is how long we mow the lawn together. The assessment requires the class to work with combining ratios and proportional reasoning. Pupils determine the unit rate of mowers and calculate the time required to mow a lawn if they work...
Inside Mathematics
Scatter Diagram
It is positive that how one performs on the first test relates to their performance on the second test. The three-question assessment has class members read and analyze a scatter plot of test scores. They must determine whether...
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I'll Have an Order of Subtraction Please!
Students explore number values by completing consumer math worksheets. In this math functions lesson, students identify the use of a decimal in numbers and the place values that are represented when dealing with money. Students complete...
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Number Bonds
In this math worksheet, learners complete the addition number sentence in order to match the correct solution given in the right column.
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Fractions: Adding Same Denominator
In this math instructional activity, students look for the answers to the addition with fractions of the same denominator. There is a button at the top of the page for the answers.
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Getting nosy
A nose knows! Connect animals to their noses with a fun science activity. Animals include elephants, rats, pigs, and even humans. For a science exploration, kindergartners answer questions about what they can smell. A great addition to...
Berkshire Museum
Adopt a Schoolyard Tree
Help young scientists connect with nature and learn about trees with a fun life science lesson. Heading out into the school yard, children choose a tree to adopt, taking measurements, writing descriptions, and drawing sketches of it in...
Sea World
Seaworld Science Activity
A fun collection of activities about marine life would be a great addition to your elementary science unit. From cute penguins to scary sharks, the unit features crafts, experiments, and basic research projects that will teach your...
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Shopping with Money
Students apply their knowledge of addition and subtraction of money into real life situations.
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Giggle, Giggle, Quack Pizza Fractions
Students explore the concept of multiplication by using pizza. They read an article discussing how math is used everyday. They try to determine how many pizzas they would need to feed the class.
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Number Tick Tack Toe
Pupils practice basic addition and subtraction facts to twelve. They use high level thinking skills to win at the game of tick tack toe. Students review the rules to the game. They use strategy skills to master the game.
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Representing Relationships with Equations
Students explore Cuisenaire Rods. In this pre-algebra instructional activity, students work with a partner to generate addition problems with the sum of ten using Cuisenaire Rods. Students construct examples of the Commutative Property...
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Adding and Subtracting Integers
Students add and subtract integers. In this algebra activity, students add, subtract, multiply and divide integers. They apply the properties of numbers as they solve equations.
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PIG/HOG - Activity
Students play PIG, which is an addition game, played between two or more students (but they CAN play alone!). The first player rolls the 6-sided, pip dice. They add up the total by counting the pips, using their fingers.
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One Vs. One Hundred
Learners explore the concept of place value. They differentiate between digits and their values as it related to addition and subtraction. Through the use of technology and manipulatives students investigate the place value of digits by...
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Problem Posing Mathematics
Students work on multiplication problems. In this hands-on math activity, students practice the concept of multiplication through manipulatives, arrays, pictures, and drawings. They discover other ways of learning multiplication besides...
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Counting And Graphing
Students explore counting and graphing. In this math lesson plan, students practice counting from 1-25 and are exposed to two types of graphs: the pie graph and the bar graph. Students use Skittles to represent a variety of measurements.
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Charging Up, Charging Down: Exponential Models
Students collect and analyze voltage data. In this math lesson, students investigate exponential functions using the TI and a Voltage Probe. They graph their data and analyze it using a table.
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Math Problems- Feet and Inches
Students complete basic math problems. In this measurement lesson, students learn about measuring in inches and feet. Students are given a worksheet where they work independently to complete addition problems with inches and feet.
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Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 19: Overview
Young scholars read different scenarios and discuss how to add fractions. in this addition of fractions lesson plan, students learn how to add unlike fractions and practice 4 problems.
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Teaching of Addition
Students add different objects together to find out how many objects there are total. They explain up to 3 different reasons why being able to add is important.
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Johnny Appleseed Walkabout
Second graders calculate mileage for a journey. In this place value and measurement lesson, 2nd graders read Johnny Appleseed, work in groups to locate his birthplace on a map, locate the other states he stopped in, and measure the...
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Do I Add? or Subtract?
Fourth graders read a book. In this word problems lesson, 4th graders review the operations addition and subtraction, read the book Sea Sums, learn strategies for determining if they should add or subtract, and solve story problems,
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Counting on Art
Explore the life and painting style of African-American artist Horace Pippin by looking carefully at its parts, then create a "secret number" painting for a classroom counting book.