Students learn the four orders of architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite and create their own 3D structures in this Art/Art History lesson plan for fourth through sixth grade. The lesson plan includes a book resource list...

Students create Butterflies out of sandwich baggies in this interesting Art lesson plan for the early-elementary classroom. The lesson plan can be connected to a science lesson plan about butterflies, can be used with other Butterfly...

Fifth graders explore patterns and relationships among the numbers that form arithmagons. They create and attempt different rules that can be used to solve arithmagons. Students use linear algebra to solve arithmagons.

Students practice a modified version of paddle tennis. They set up the court and review the elements of the game. Students practice serving and returnig the ball. They practice keeping score.

Fifth graders experience a lesson to investigate the methods for finding the area of a circle. They use the drawing of segments in order to visualize how a circle can be proposed of many parts. Then students brainstorm in order to derive...

Seventh graders listen to a set of instructions and complete a drawing. In this listening skills lesson plan, 7th graders listen to a set of oral directions and follow a command. Students then listen to a second set of directions to draw...

Students engage in a classroom discussion about the shape of a parabola using real world examples. They define and discuss the important vocabulary and the teacher scaffolds by making clarification as necessary. For practice students...

Fourth graders combine geometry and language arts skills while examining quilt-making. After identifying the geometric shapes contained in quilts, they write stories to encompass the quilt border. Students conclude by creating and...

Students practice different skills of mathematics used when working with exponents. The lesson has examples that can be used during direct instruction. They complete an exercise on a worksheet before advancing to a new standard.

Fifth graders investigate the concept of median, mode, and range using a simple model for display purposes. They examine different shaped crackers out of a box and identify the ones that occur the most. Then the calculations for the...

Students are encouraged to use senses other than sight to record observations. They explore scientific questioning, observations and human senses (touch, hearing and sight). Students describe objects using their sense of touch and then...

Sixth graders will have the opportunity to build upon previously learned mathematical skills, which include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers. They then take the next step and divide by decimals.

Students discover the purpose of plant roots and how they move water through a vascular system. They conduct an experiment using colored water to observe the movement of water through the roots and stem of a plant in a controlled...

Learners complete a Sudoku puzzle using their math skills. After listening to the rules of Sudoku and observing a demonstration, students use the process of elimination and other methods to complete puzzles. They explore how the...

Students spend time examining the concept of water pressure. In groups, they research the amount of air pressure that is felt at different levels above sea level. Using a calculator, they calculate the water pressure given different...

Pupils explore the why the balance among producers, predators and prey is necessary in order for an ecosystem to be sustained over time. Through web games and activities, they discover how each component of the food chain works to...

Students, after describing and identifying a variety of major consequences and sequences of major historical events and developments in American History, create a mobile on a specific event in history. They follow specific instructions...

Young scholars calculate the hourly irradiance of the earth at a site given the near-surface air temperature of the site. They compare the calculated values of irradiance with those measured by instruments at the site. Students need to...

Second graders model multiplication facts on a multiplication grid. They use the hundreds array to find groupings, known facts to solve multiplication facts. Students demonstrate the ability to use the multiplication facts. They are...

Second graders participate in a math game that allows the students to practice their multiplication skills, and reinforces the 'array' concept of multiplication. They perform multiplication calculations using numbers one to six and...

For this TAKS worksheet, 4th graders identify patterns, determine the best operation, and plot numbers on a number line. The three questions pertain to objectives covered on the Texas state test. This would be good bellwork.

In this precalculus instructional activity, students examine and determine the domain of the three functions provided and apply them to the three problems.

Ten divided bars are given for students to practice number bonds. They will create all number bonds for ten, as well as write the corresponding equation. This would be a fantastic worksheet to complete with unifix cubes.

In this math worksheet, students solve 6 story problems in which area or perimeter is calculated. These are construction related problems that students must solve and indicate if area or perimeter is used. The meaning of the title is...