Source: Wonders Of The African World

Construct a three-dimensional model of a geometric pyramid using measurement and engineering skills. Explore the different theories of how the Egyptian pyramids were constructed, and test the practical application of the multiple ramp theory.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Social Studies

Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. Measurement. Archeology. World History: 4000-1000 BCE.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Source: Mathline

Explore general patterns of polynomial and rational functions. Construct boxes of various dimensions, collect height and volume data and create a scatterplot in order to determine the height of the box with the maximum volume.

Grade Level: 9-12

Subjects: Math

Topics: Functions and Algebra. Geometry and Spatial Sense.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Source: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Explore modern specifications and construction of boxing rings. Apply various methods for finding the area of circles, rectangles, trapezoids and complex area coverings, and compare and contrast areas and overlaps for attack and defense in the ring.

Grade Level: 9-12

Subjects: Math

Topics: Functions and Algebra. Geometry and Spatial Sense.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Source: NOVA

Define perimeter, circumference, radius, diameter and area and demonstrate how to draw polygons that are inscribed in a circle and circumscribed around a circle. Estimate the value of pi by duplicating the method Archimedes used.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Social Studies

Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. Measurement. World History: 1000 BCE-300 CE.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Source: Mathline

Prove the Pythagorean theorem using the method developed by President James A. Garfield, a former public school math teacher.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Social Studies

Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. United States History: 1870-1900.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Source: Mathline

Explore the mathematics of architecture by investigating the unusual shapes of some of the rooms in the White House, such as the Blue Room's elliptical shape. Use a graph to plot, draw and determine the equation of an ellipse.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, The Arts

Topics: Applied Mathematics. Functions and Algebra. Geometry and Spatial Sense. Architecture.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Source: Mathline

Represent numbers in scientific notation, and use geometry to solve problems related to three-dimensional figures. Explore distance and capacity problems about planets in the solar system.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Science & Tech

Topics: Applied Mathematics. Geometry and Spatial Sense. Numbers and Operations. Atmosphere & Space Science.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Source: NOVA

Give a basic definition of a fullerene, construct a paper model of the 60-carbon-atom buckyball and discuss findings that there may be other types of fullerenes based on hexagons and pentagons.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Science & Tech

Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. Chemistry. Design & Invention. Atomic.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Source: NOVA

Define the geometric principle "perspective," assemble a distorted room using a template and investigate how geometry plays a role in perspective.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math

Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Source: NOVA

Understand how string theory supports the idea that the universe is made up of more than the four commonly experienced spacetime dimensions and consider how more than three spatial dimensions could exist in the universe.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Science & Tech

Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. Chemistry. Motion & Forces. Atomic.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Source: NOVA

Determine a common definition for the term "curve," construct a simple curve, explain the patterns students notice among the segments that make up each curve and determine if the definition should change based on what is now known.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math

Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan

Source: NOVA

Examine the geometric process known as triangulation and simulate the Global Positioning System by using triangulation to locate a target.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math

Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. Measurement.

Resource Type: Lesson Plan