Source: Cyberchase
Explore the concept of place value while playing a game. Discover the important role of zero in the place-value system.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Guess the number of apples in a bushel, and then make a reasonable estimate based on a point of reference or benchmark. Compute and analyze the total amount of apple yield per acre.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Cyberchase
Describe the concept and importance of budgeting. Use tables and charts to help budget time and money, create a financial budget challenged by several constraints and adjust budgets accordingly to meet specified goals.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving. Economics.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Estimate the distance between two landmarks on a course, and use and understand proportional reasoning to find the actual distance as depicted on a map of the same course.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Patterns and Algebraic Thinking. Geography.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: The Democracy Project
Determine how much money the student has, how much he or she can afford to spend and how to create a budget. Identify local, state and federal government services, their cost and the income that pays for them.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving. Civics: Community & Citizenship. Civics: United States Government.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: KERA: Math Can Take You Places
Reinforce problem-solving, estimation, addition, and subtraction skills by playing a game in which students are required to use a checkbook to keep track of a vacation budget.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math
Topics: Applied Mathematics. Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: The Democracy Project
Identify features and characteristics of a desirable community, and examine city government, services and location. Create two brochures: one about a randomly selected city, one about the students' own city.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Measurement. Numbers and Operations. Civics: Community & Citizenship. Geography.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Cyberchase
Estimate how many times students' hearts will beat in a year, and then calculate the answers using a chart.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Cyberchase
Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers and number systems. Solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts, and select, apply and translate among mathematical representations to solve problems.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Cyberchase
Describe the concept of bartering. Examine the use of a substance as the standard value for developing a monetary system, create a monetary system based on fractions and multiples of a standard unit and compare it to our U.S. monetary system.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving. Economics.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Use the Plurality and Plurality with Elimination methods to determine the winner of an election and to rank a series of four football teams.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Applied Mathematics. Data Analysis/Probability. Numbers and Operations. Civics: Community & Citizenship.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: KERA: Math Can Take You Places
Allows students to work in pairs to match word problems to equation strips. Solve the equation for the missing quantity that makes the equation true.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Explore fractions as parts of a set to plan a vegetable garden. Decide how many plots in a grid need to be assigned to each vegetable.
Grade Level: K-2, 3-5
Subjects: Math, Science & Tech
Topics: Applied Mathematics. Numbers and Operations. Earth Science. Agriculture.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Estimate the size of one ounce to answer the question, "How much is an ounce of cereal?" Use computation and problem-solving strategies to determine the unit cost of one ounce of a particular cereal.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Applied Mathematics. Measurement. Numbers and Operations. Economics.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: The Democracy Project
Explore the relationship between state population and federal congressional representation.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Data Analysis/Probability. Numbers and Operations. Civics: Community & Citizenship. Civics: United States Government.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Calculate your resting heart rate in beats per minute, and estimate how long it would take for your heart to beat a billion times. Compute your average maximum heart rate, and attempt to reach your target heart rate zone while exercising.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Health & Fitness, Math
Topics: Fitness. Applied Mathematics. Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Research the history and legend of the Chinese mathematical puzzle known as the Magic Square, and explore various methods for reconstructing magic squares.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving. Cultural Studies: Asian Studies. World History: 4000-1000 BCE.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Cyberchase
Describe a fraction, understand the meaning of the parts of a fraction, add and subtract like fractions and apply fractions to problem situations. Recognize and use equivalent fractions, and represent them geometrically.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: The Democracy Project
Examine the causes, the consequences, the amount and the history of the national debt. Develop solutions for overcoming the debt.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving. Statistics. Civics: United States Government. Economics.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Jazz
Collect data through listening, counting and timing, and use ratios, rates and proportions to report data. Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of rhythm and tempo in music.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, The Arts
Topics: Data Analysis/Probability. Numbers and Operations. Music.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Work with rectangles to find generalizations for adding and subtracting odd and even numbers. Use geoboards to construct polygons, look for patterns and find a general rule.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Geometry and Spatial Sense. Numbers and Operations. Patterns and Algebraic Thinking.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: KERA: Math Can Take You Places
Help students develop problem solving and logic skills as they use basic computation to play a game of strategy.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Apply the use of measuring, multiplication, division and remainders to situations involving movie stunts. Investigate the size of airbags and ratios of jump height to airbag safety and inflation rates.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, The Arts
Topics: Applied Mathematics. Measurement. Numbers and Operations. Film.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Compare money values of the time of President Thomas Jefferson's presidency with today. Create and interpret graphs to calculate the actual price of the Louisiana Territory and the cost of Jefferson's library in today's dollars.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Patterns and Algebraic Thinking. Functions and Algebra. Economics. United States History: 1754-1820s.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: KERA: Math Can Take You Places
Try various math activities related to real life situations such as eating, traveling and growing. Solve problems that use measurement, percentages, multiplication facts and fractions.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math
Topics: Applied Mathematics. Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Cyberchase
Use multiplication skills and knowledge of odd and even numbers to practice mental arithmetic while learning magic tricks.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Demonstrate the ability to use a light year as a standard of measurement to calculate time and distance from the earth. Solve problems based on light years.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math, Science & Tech
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Atmosphere & Space Science.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Compare and contrast Chinese and Japanese abaci, and explore calculations on the Japanese abacus. Read numbers depicted by an abacus.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Cultural Studies: Asian Studies.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: KERA: Math Can Take You Places
Allow students to work in teams to practice recognizing equivalent fractions. Use provided fraction strips in a game to determine the fraction in lowest terms that generated each set of equivalent fractions.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Cyberchase
Estimate the number of penguins in a pool by using an estimation method where one picks a section of the pool, counts the penguins inside, then multiplies by the number of sections to find an estimate for the total number of penguins.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Cyberchase
Create a bar graph that communicates amounts without knowing exact data, and compare values in different categories using bar graphs. Determine the best scale to use, and compare and interpret heights of bars on bar graphs that have the same scale.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Utah Education Network: Core Lesson Plans
Look for patterns in whole-number scientific notation and then apply what you have learned to explore scientific notation with decimals. Connect the movement of the decimal point with the power of ten.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Patterns and Algebraic Thinking.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: NOVA
Determine ratios for comparing weights of objects and compare the weights of Egyptian obelisks and Rapa Nui moai to other objects.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: NOVA
Analyze caloric intake vs. caloric expenditure, understand the nutritional value of the explorer's meals, describe the trend in diet changes the explorers experienced and explain the physiological consequences these changes caused.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Health & Fitness, Math
Topics: Body Systems & Senses. Nutrition. Measurement. Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: NOVA
Understand the scope of Shackleton's journey by tracing his intended and actual routes and estimating the trip miles using a map scale. Describe the altitude changes in the trek and compare basic facts about Antarctica to your home state.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Measurement. Numbers and Operations. Geography. Transportation.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Mathline
Compare three prototypes of paper towels using strategies to find the best value in terms of cost and quality. Determine the surface area of a water stain on a paper towel using a transparent grid.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Applied Mathematics. Measurement. Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Cyberchase
Understand the needs for measuring with standard units to measure time between events in this online interactive avtivity.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Measurement. Numbers and Operations.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: KERA: Math Can Take You Places
Utilize front-end estimation, basic computation, and strategy skills to complete a course across a U.S.A. game board.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Big Apple History
Compare prices of 150 years ago to those of today. Figure the costs of items and services in New York in the 1850s and the costs for the same items and services today in inflation-adjusted terms.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving. Economics.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Source: Cyberchase
Describe the difference between an estimate and a guess, create reasonable estimates based on observation and hands-on activities and describe how estimation can be applied to real-world situations.
Grade Level: 3-5
Subjects: Math
Topics: Numbers and Operations. Problem Solving.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
