Students calculate real ratios that exist between the planets Earth and Mars. After a lecture/demo, students use worksheets and access Internet sites to do their calculations.

Tenth graders create polynomial quilts. In this polynomials lesson, 10th graders use concrete models, such as construction paper, to create various shapes described. Students use the FOIL method to multiply terms and to get a square...

Students investigate trigonometry.  In this Algebra II/Pre-calculus/Trigonometry lesson, students explore Islamic achievements in mathematics as they calculate angles and distances using the Law of Sines and the Law of...

Fourth graders become familiar with a chart and use the information to create a flight plan.  In this flight plan instructional activity, 4th graders access background knowledge of the role of flight controllers and the number...

Students solve problems using the law of sines.  In this sines lesson, students work in groups and individually to solve problems using the law of sines.  They identify real life problems that require the use of the law of...

Young scholars plot the route of the Pony Express. They discover the kinds of terrain it crossed. They calculate the number of legs needed to cover the distance of its total route.

Students, after researching the history and foundation of Renaissance rose windows, access ArtEmboss to create an original window design. They employ a basic metalworking technique utilizing a soft metal. The design created incorporates...

Learners brainstorm and discuss the concept of cryptography, the science of secrets in today's world and then focus on a system for sending secret messages used by Julius Caesar. They make a Caesar wheel assessing encrypting and...

Sixth graders work with equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents. In this equivalency lesson, 6th graders participate in a number of activities aimed at increasing their understanding of equivalent expressions. They form a human...

Students explore the history of teddy bears. For this comprehension lesson, students bring a bear of their own to compare and contrast with their classmates. Students read book and discuss the events and draw pictures of the scenes.

Students solve problems involving percents and ratios. In this algebra lesson, students convert decimals to percents and percents to decimals. They solve problems involving algebraic expressions and four different kinds of percent problems.

In this division worksheet, young scholars write the missing numbers in the division problems where the numbers are given and the missing numbers are in a number bank. Students complete 9 problems.

Young scholars pair up and shuffle cards. They deal the cards out evenly and stack them face down. Both students turn over their top at the same time. They multiply the 2 cards and shout the answer. Winner puts the cards in his/her...

This instructional activity, focused on profile writing and its unique characteristics, considers the profiles developed in the film The Soul of a Man while also asking learners to consider other profiles they are familiar with and to...

Students describe how the sun heats the Earth, explain the nature of infrared light, explain how thunderstorms are formed and use infrared maps to predict severe weather.

Young scholars discover that proportions are made up of equal ratios each containing the same building blocks. They, using the Internet, apply their knowledge of direct relationships and proportions to problems in planetary science.

Third graders discuss how Aristotle concluded that the Earth was round. As a class, they review theories about the Earth's shape and describe how life on Earth would be different if it were flat. Individually, they make a moon book in...

Students examine how to determine temperature on a thermometer. They read and discuss an informational handout, discuss examples of Fahrenheit and Celsius scales, and complete a worksheet.

In this General Douglas MacArthur worksheet, students answer six problem solving questions about MacArthur's age and one essay question about who MacArthur was and what he did.

High schoolers study the concept of mean values using a data plot. Learners enter the given data in the activity to create their data table. They use the data table to calculate the mean of the snowfall percentage provided in the...

This unit covers the basic trigonometry including understanding radians, how to convert between radians and degrees, the area of a circle subtended by an angle, basic properties and graphs of sine, cosine, tangent, and solving...

Students observe and sort tree leaves. In this earth science instructional activity, students observe the attributes of real leaves and measure leaves using Unifix cubes.

Students become familiar with the importance of money now and the forms of money used in the past.  In this money lesson, students investigate the cour characteristics of money: portable, divisible, durable and acceptable. ...

Students investigate proofs used to solve geometric problems. In this geometry lesson, students read about the history behind early geometry and learn how to write proofs correctly using two columns. The define terminology valuable to...