Worksheet
Curated OER

Hands-On Equations

For Students 5th
Use this worksheet with the Hands-On Equations kit of manipulatives. Learners find the value of x in 5 equations, then check their answers. A great addition to your math lesson!
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using M&M's to Teach Bar Graphs

For Teachers 1st
Motivate your class with this lesson. While not fully fleshed out, this activity is meant to be used as an introduction to the use of bar graphs. Learners sort M&M's and create bar graphs to display their information.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measurement: Measuring Hand and Feet

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Here is a good activity which invites learners to practice measurement using standard and nonstandard measuring tools. In this measurement activity, learners work with length, width, height, and area. They use standard and nonstandard...
PPT
Curated OER

Sound and Say

For Teachers K
Practice sight words with your class. This series of slides featuring words such as they, all, and are, could be used as a daily review. It would also make a good center activity. Use this same technique to review other topics.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

2-D polygons

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A hands-on activity uses the Zome modeling system, and helps young geometers either learn or review their knowledge of polygons. Students build as many different 2-dimensional polygons as possible: triangle, square, rectangle, pentagon,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

For Students K - 1st
Review addition and color recognition skills using this resource. After reading the Dr. Seuss story One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, learners practice one digit addition by completing six problems. They color the fish on the sheet...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reteaching Page: Adding and Subtracting Decimals

For Students 4th - 5th
Here is a decimal worksheet in which learners review the process for decimal computation, then add or subtract a set of three problems. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Line With Printmaking

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the use of lines in different pieces of art by creating their own ink print.  In this art analysis lesson, 3rd graders identify the contours and lines of natural objects such as twigs and leaves. Students...
PPT
Curated OER

Who Wants to Win Millions: Counting

For Teachers K - 1st
Have your learners review counting skills using this motivating game. Using enticing visuals, they identify the number of items displayed. This would make a terrific center activity.
PPT
Curated OER

Who Wants to Win Millions: Number Up to 1,000

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Challenge your second or third graders with this game in which they have to spell numbers up to a thousand. This is a fun and motivating way to review this concept. It could be used as a center activity.
PPT
Curated OER

Who Wants to Win Millions - Place Value

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Make a review of place value fun using this resource. Learners answer a series of questions related to place value in numbers up to 1,000,000. This game would be a great center activity.
Worksheet
Yummy Math

Happy 14th B’ak’tun, the start of the next Great Mayan cycle

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
The ancient Mayans had a complex calendar and number system with a rich history. In fact, the date 12/21/2012 was the center of much controversy as to whether or not it was the end of time. It wasn't the end of time, but...
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Which Function?

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Learners are given a graph of a parabola on a coordinate system, but intercepts and vertex are not labeled. The task is to analyze eight given quadratic functions and determine which ones might possibly be represented by the graph. The...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Midpoints of the Sides of a Paralellogram

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
This task asks learners to prove that the segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a parallelogram is both congruent and parallel to an adjacent side of the parallelogram. The activity would be good to use in a discussion about how...
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Utah Education Network (UEN)

Ch 6: Expressions & Equations II–Real-world equations, Inequalities

For Students 7th Standards
Use of the resource = Opportunities for increased learning. Learners must use equations and inequalities to solve real-world and geometric problems.
Lesson Plan
Odell Education

Normal Distributions

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Pupils work to find probabilities by using areas under the normal curve. Groups work to calculate z-scores and solve real-world problems using the empirical rule or tables.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Inscribed Angle Alternate – A Tangent Angle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
You know the Inscribed Angle Theorem and you know about tangent lines; now let's consider them together! Learners first explore angle measures when one of the rays of the angle is a tangent to a circle. They then apply their...
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Teach Engineering

How Big? Necessary Area and Volume for Shelter

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Teams must determine the size of cavern needed to house the citizens of Alabraska to protect them from the asteroid impact. Using scaling properties, teams first determining the number of people that could sleep in a classroom and then...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Perimeter and Area of Triangles in the Cartesian Plane

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils figure out how to be resourceful when tasked with finding the area of a triangle knowing nothing but its endpoints. Beginning by exploring and decomposing a triangle, learners find the perimeter and area of a triangle. They...
Lesson Plan
Space Awareness

How To Travel On Earth Without Getting Lost

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Have you ever wanted to travel the world? Take a virtual trip with a geography lesson plan that uses longitude and latitude, the position of the sun, an astronomy app, and a classroom globe.
Unit Plan
Beyond Benign

Municipal Waste Generation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Statistically, waste may become a problem in the future if people do not take action. Using their knowledge of statistics and data representation, pupils take a look at the idea of waste generation. The four-part unit has class members...
Unit Plan
Beyond Benign

Can You Hear Me Now? Cell Phone Accounts

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How sustainable are cell phones? Throughout the unit, learners explore the issues around cell phones concerning sustainability. Class members take a graphical look at the number of cell phones across the world using a box-and-whisker...
Lesson Plan
Odell Education

Similar Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Pupils work in pairs to investigate what it takes to prove that two triangles are similar. They work through various shortcuts to find which are enough to show a similarity relationship between the triangles. Small groups work with the...
Lesson Plan
Mathematics Assessment Project

Building and Solving Linear Equations

For Teachers 8th Standards
Young scholars write and solve linear equations in one variable based on descriptions of the operations that are applied to the unknown variable in an algebra machine. They then create their own problems for classmates to solve.