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6-8 Baseball Fun: Percentages, Decimals, and Fractions
Middle schoolers practice the concepts behind fractions, decimals, and percents by using sports statistics on baseball cards. In this baseball math lesson, students use fractions and estimation to calculate statistics. Middle schoolers...
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Justifying Answers
Students demonstrate how to solve word problems. In this problem solving lesson, students use strategies such as drawing pictures, using counters, and making a table to justify how they solved the word problem.
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Cell Phone Plans
Students relate the use of a cell phone to math. In this algebra lesson, students collect data on the usage of their phones and plot it. They analyze the graph and make predictions based on the rate per minute.
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Probability
Fourth graders perform probability experiments. In this math lesson, 4th graders complete a penny toss to evaluate and graph the combinations of outcomes. In a second activity, students draw M&Ms out of a bag and graph results. In a...
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Iron Oxide Lab: Incorporating Math and Science
Learners conduct an experiment in small groups, draw conclusions about the amount heat of a compound achieves and practice their data analysis skills.
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Investigation - The Bakery Shop
Students participate in mathematical music and subtraction using their fingers when indicated in the song. In this music/math instructional activity, students count their fingers and pretend their fingers are cookies. Students sing the...
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Fibonacci Sequences Icebreaker
Pupils explore Fibonacci sequences. In this math lesson, students identify the relationship between two numbers. Pupils use Fibonacci sequences to create algebraic equations.
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Exponents
Ninth graders solve problems involving exponential functions. In this algebra lesson, 9th graders apply their knowledge of exponential properties to add, multiply, divide and subtract exponential functions. They perform these operations...
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Area: Algebra/Geometry Institute Summer 2009
Students compute the area of a rectangle. In this area lesson, students measure the sides of rectangles and squares. They cut figures, measure them, and determine the area of each given figure. Students justify their answers.
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Natural Inspiration
Students relate math to the real world. In this algebra lesson, students compare plants to math and relate their artistic ability to concepts in math. They draw pictures of flowers, leaves and trees.
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Odd and Even
First graders identify odd and even numbers. In this odd and even numbers lesson, 1st graders participate in a partner activity to determine odd and even. Students break into groups and lock arms together and are asked if they have a...
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Contaminated Drinking Water
Students predict, experiment, and draw conclusions about the safety of drinking water. In this ecology activity, students participate in an experiment to determine if they can taste or see contamination in drinking water. Data is...
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Metric System
Students solve problems using the metric system. In this algebra lesson, students convert between the metric system and the Imperial system. They use these two systems to solve real life problems.
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Analyze The Learner; Chocolate Fractions
Third graders describe, represent and compare fractions using pieces of a chocolate bar. In this fractions instructional activity, 3rd graders demonstrate how to read and write fractions correctly. Students then integrate technology by...
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Two Digit Addition with Regrouping
Students explore the concept of "regrouping." For this 2-digit addition with regrouping lesson, students create visual representations of combinations that equal ten using a tens frame. Students use manipulatives to represent the tens...
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Give Me A Break!
Students create and conduct a survey. In this broken bones lesson, students discuss if they've ever broken a bone and how a broken bone heals. Students generate questions for a survey on broken bones and healing time, conduct the survey...
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Changing the Different Currency of Different Countries
Students change the money used in different countries into our currency. In this algebra instructional activity, students rewrite word problems using variables and inequalities. They label each unknown with a letter and identify the...
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Let the Sun Shine In: Energy Conservation
Students create a project applying their math skills as they discuss energy conservation. In this geometry lesson plan, students define vocabulary relating to the environment and energy conservation. They construct a building that allow...
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Our City's Temperature
Middle schoolers use a thermometer to record temperatures from their homes throughout the city, and then hypothesize reasons for the temperature variations. They use a weather graph worksheet that's imbedded in this lesson to orgainize...
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What Are The Odds?
Students read the book, Jim Ugly, and discuss whether the odds were in favor of or against the character Jake finding his dad. They demonstrate an experiment involving odds by keeping a tally of how many times a colored die is pulled out...
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Gravity, Angles, and Measurement
Students relate math to real life scenarios. In this geometry lesson, students launch a ball tracking each launch using a graph. They analyze their data for speed, angles and distance, trying to improve on each launch.
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Activity Plan 5-6: Book-Character Homes
Students use their creativity to build character homes. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop creative-thinking, social, language, math, and motor skills as they work together to create buildings for characters from...
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Relating Fractions, Decimals and Percents
Students convert numbers to fractions, decimals and percents. For this conversion lesson, students convert fractions, decimals and percents to a specified form. Groups of students play a conversion index card game. A worksheet, game...
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Henry's Freedom Box
Third graders create a shipping box from a cardboard material. In this measuring activity, 3rd graders read the book Henry's Freedom Box and discuss the main idea. In the story a slave ships himself to freedom and the students measure...