Curated OER
The Robot Artist--Aaron
This is a creative multidisciplinary instructional activity which will involve students in art, technology, and psychology. Students learn about Harold Cohen who created a robot programmed to create art. Students will also enjoy the sand...
Curated OER
Banana Man Glider
Students incorporate technology into the classroom as they investigate force and motion. In this science lesson, students construct a glider to be able to safely take a banana to the ground without dropping it. They investigate flight,...
Curated OER
Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other
Learners explore the garden with all five senses. For this Science lesson, students collect specimens from the garden to classify. Learners use adjectives to describe the objects collected.
Curated OER
Money
Students examine ten pennies on their mats as they tell what they know about them. They follow verbal directions that are given by the teacher to count out specified numbers of pennies. They repeat the activity with dimes and talk about...
Curated OER
Sum of Angles on a Triangle
Use this activity for a basic review of angles. While the activities discussed are outlined, there are no materials provided to make implementation possible. When using this resource, it is necessary to create worksheets and other...
Curated OER
Trig functions and Triangles
Here is a basic plan for the beginning teacher to use for introducing the class to the right triangle trigonometric functions. It outlines the lesson plan objectives, class procedures, and basic instructional techniques that could be used.
Curated OER
The Jellybeans and the Big Dance
Enchant your youngsters by reading them The Jellybeans and the Big Dance, by Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans. Ask them to name objects that begin with the letter J like jellybeans. Give each of them some jellybeans to sort by color. They...
Curated OER
Thiebaud Cake Math: Elementary
Students explore the American artist Wayne Thiebaud. They practice addition, subtraction, fractions, money problems, and classification problems by carefully examining his painting entitled Cakes. They create a bold cake painting.
Curated OER
Mapping Natural Disasters
Students use Cartesian coordinates to plot current natural disasters. They relate location of natural disasters to their specific major project countries. Students tie in geometry within this lesson as connected to spatial relationships...
Curated OER
Sorting Objects
Students sort objects by color. In this classification lesson plan, students identify the color of the objects and categorize them according to color.
Curated OER
Addition and Subtraction in Center Time
First graders use bean bags, dominos, number trains, counters, paper clips, flashcards, beads and more in a variety of centers to practice basic addition and subtraction facts.
Curated OER
Bar and Histograms (What Would You Use: Part 1)
Learners practice creating bar graphs using a given set of data. Using the same data, they create a group frequency chart and histograms. They must decide the best graph for the given set of data. They share their graphs with the...
Curated OER
"Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka
Learners practice estimation skills for measurement, and work with metric units of measurement.
Curated OER
Numbers Activity
Learners practice identifying quantities of items and materials using numbers. In this counting lesson, students read The Gummi Bear Counting Book by Lindley Boegehold, and utilize a bag of gummy bears as a counting tool. Learners...
Curated OER
Math in Society
Twelfth graders determine probabilities of real-life events such as life expectancies, winning a lottery ticket and the break-even premium. They apply how life-expectation tables are used to estimate the probability that an individual...
Curated OER
Different! Diverse! Dynamic! Lesson 1: Late Bloomers
Students examine how people grow and mature at different rates. They create a graph and a timeline to organize the data they collect.
Curated OER
What Is It?
Students explore the likelihood of events. In this logical thinking activity, 3rd graders are given several scenarios and determine whether the possibility of the described event actually happening is likely, unlikely, or impossible. ...
Curated OER
Congruent Shapes
In this geometry lesson, students trace the capital letter "T" in different directions to learn how a shape is congruent. Students trace this letter on a sheet of paper, then turn, flip it, and trace it in different
directions, only to...
Curated OER
Iditarod-Statistics and Rates
Students analyze data from the Iditarod race. In this data analysis lesson, students work in pairs to analyze data and answer several questions such as, "what is the difference in the rate of travel" and "how much more prize money does...
Curated OER
Identifying Faces, Edges, and Vertices
Fourth graders examine faces, edges, and vertices. In this geometry lesson, 4th graders participate in classroom activities that require them to compare geometric shapes, figures, and models.
Curated OER
Pizza Fractions
First graders identify a whole and the fractions 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 using pizza. This is a very nice lesson, in that not only do students practice their fractions, they also get to eat the pizza at the end of the lesson!
Curated OER
Chef for a Day
Students make chocolate chip cookies. In this cooking lesson, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.
Curated OER
Three-Dimensional Figures
Sixth graders explore three-dimensional objects. Using various objects found in the classroom, they identify faces, edges, and vertices of objects. Students create their own objects. They describe the polydron, telling the faces,...
Curated OER
Pizza Fraction Fun
Young scholars solve for fractions using a pizza. In this fraction lesson plan, students listen to a read aloud, decorate pizzas, then cut their pizzas apart to show equivalent fractions. Once their pizzas are cut apart, they share...