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Why We Trade: Exchanging Goods and Services
Students conduct simple bartering and trading activities and consider how product value can be altered by the market.
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Two of Everything
Pupils listen to story Two of Everything, illustrate coins they would put into the Magic Pot using paper and pencil, and solve Magic Pot riddles by viewing slide show and predicting coin totals. Students then create table listing...
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Trail Mix
Third graders, given the price of different ingredients, make a trail mix of five different items without exceeding their budget of five dollars. They choose between pretzels, M&M's, twizzlers, popcorn, etc,. Each student practices...
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Get Ready, Get Set, Squeeze!
Students explore coin value and count coin combinations. In this money counting and social studies lesson, students read The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams and practice counting money and making change for a lemonade...
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Algebra: Evaluating Expressions Using Tiles
Sixth graders evaluate algebraic expressions. In this introduction to algebra lesson plan, 6th graders use manipulatives (algebra tiles) to solve problems involving one and two variables. Students apply this knowledge to real life...
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Graphing Linear Equations
Students graph linear equations. In this algebra lesson plan, students solve linear equations and graph it on a coordinate plane. They evaluate integers using linear equations.
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Graphing Parabolas and Circles
Students graph parabolas and circles. In this algebra lesson, students create a table of values and graph the coordinate pairs to create a graph. They graph a circle using the radius and center.
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Analyzing Health
Third graders analyze their health. In this analysis lesson plan, 3rd graders rate their health on a 1-10 scale. They then tally the scores from the class and create a data chart. Then they answer true and false questions based on...
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Spending Money
Students complete activities to study the value of money. In this money study lesson, students read a story about money and discuss how they earn money at home. Students watch a related video clip and create a class book about the ways...
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Decimal Notation for Pennies and Dimes
Second graders write money in decimal form. In this money lesson, 2nd graders discuss the value of coins and find the placement of the decimal in writing the amount. They find the fractional parts of coins in a dollar.
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Solving Quadratic Equations by Graphing
Students solve quadratic equation by graphing. For this algebra lesson, students use the TI calculator to get a visual of their graph. They create a table of values, plot their points and graph the parabola.
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Chart This!
Learners collect and analyze data. In this middle school mathematics lesson, students collect data on three to four traits or favorites. Learners analyze their data and create a chart of graph for each trait or favorite they researched.
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What "Ohm's" You?
Students use the CBL and voltage probe to observe electricity. In this algebra activity, students use the TI calculator with the CBL to explore Ohm's Law. They discuss exponential equations and how it relates to Ohm's Law.
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Graphing System of Equations
Students solve system of equation. In this algebra lesson plan, students graph, substitute and eliminate to solve system of equation. They identify the point of intersection and how many solution each system will have.
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Helping
Students awareness is raised when they are called to look after one's surrounding and have a good attitude toward helping others and working cooperatively. Students write down times of day and how that time was wasted and time helping...
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Sinusoidal modelling of Canad'a youth cohorts
Students explore the general form of the sine equation. In this trigonometry instructional activity, students explore the relationship between the changing parameters and the graph of the sine equation. Students use data and a...
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Hit Me If You Can!
Students graph linear equations using slopes and intercepts. In this algebra lesson, students identify the slope as being positive,negative or undefined. They differentiate between different quadrants on a coordinate plane.
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Return On Investment
Students engage in a instructional activity introducing them to the concept of return on investment, or ROI. Return on investment is a basic principle that should be understood before investing money.
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Spend, Save, Invest or Donate
Learners explore the concept of philanthropy. In this personal finance lesson, students consider economic choices and why people donate to causes. Learners investigate the processes of borrowing money and investing money in the lesson as...
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The Binary Counter Circuit
Students count from 0-99 using the binary number system. In this algebra activity, students problem solve by working with faulty circuits and applying their knowledge f Binary Numbers. They work in team to create a solution.
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Solution Sets and Linear Independence of Vectors
Eleventh graders study homogeneous linear systems. In this linear system of equations lesson, 11th graders write linear system solutions in parametric vector form. Students also identify the connection between linear independence and...
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Target Number
Students manipulate five random cards out of a deck of cards to get the target number. In this equations lesson plan, students manipulate cards around with the use of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in order to get...
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Linear Systems
Students solve and graph linear equations. For this algebra lesson, students solve systems of equations using elimination and substitution. They graph their answer and identify the point of intersection.
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Exploring the FTC using the TI
Students use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to solve problems. In this calculus instructional activity, students use the TI to solve the graphing porting of the problem. They practice graphing functions and discuss their place in...