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- Beaded Bracelet Multiplication
- Students complete a variety of estimation and multiplication activities to plan, create and write directions for creating beaded bracelets.
Before reading these LONG directions, you may want to download and view the two attached word processing files. They will make the directions much clearer! - Author: Dayle Payne
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Does One Cup of Everything Weigh the Same?
- The student will predict whether one cup of everything weighs the same. Next, the student will estimate the mass of several cups of materials. Then, using a primer balance the student will find the actual mass of each cup of materials in grams. The students will order the cups from lightest to heaviest by mass.
- Author: Christy Bunch
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Exploring place value with M & Ms
- This lesson will use M&Ms to explore place value. The students are given 8-10 M&Ms and assigned a value for each color from one to hundred thousand. The students will then write their number in standard, written and expanded form. The students will also identify the place and value of various digits.
- Author: Amy Bullins
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Gallon Man Saves the Day.
- The "gallon man" is a graphic organizer that helps students visualize and remember the contents of a gallon. It makes conversions from pints to quarts etc., and it is very easy for students to use.
- Author: Jimmy Davis
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- The Grapes of Math
- The book The Grapes of Math is an excellent motivational picture book that models how to use different “thinking” skills to solve word problems by employing a variety of computation strategies. By reading and discussing the possible solutions to the examples provided in the text, students will begin to visualize possible methods to use when trying to solve word problems. Using other word problems to practice the application of these various strategies will enhance the students' abilities to recognize and then apply successful strategies for problem solving.
- Author: Deborah Cook
- Format: lesson plan (grades 3–5)
- Introduction to Spreadsheets
- In this two-week unit the students will use a teacher made spreadsheet to learn how calculations work. Then student teams will work together to create their own "store" order form on a spreadsheet. The final part of the lesson is a simulated game show where students "shop" at each others stores, trying to spend an exact amount of money without going over, getting closer to their required amount than any other team.
- Author: Christine Weaver
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Making Change
- Students will use plastic coins and paper bills to practice making change with a partner.
- Author: Carol Livingston
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Mass of Maize
- Students will weigh different products made from corn to determine if a cup of each product has the same mass. Students will use measurement and estimation skills.
- Author: Julie Franklin
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- North Carolina Numerals
- Students will design their own numeric system using North Carolina state symbols.
- Author: Wendy White
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Origami Geometry
- Students apply their knowledge of geometric terms to follow directions while folding an origami sculpture. Students then solve math problems which relate to the project with follow-up discussions about the project relating to geometric terms such as symmetry, faces, edges, square, triangle, plane, etc.
- Author: Cherl Hollada, Libby Morrison, Michelle Kaczynski and Susan Pope
- Format: lesson plan (grades 3–5)
- Partners in Measurement
- Students will apply their knowledge and demonstrate their ability to use standard and non-standard customary units in a cooperative measurement activity.
- Author: Vanessa Thomas
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Practicing Multiples using Pascal's Triangle
- This lesson will introduce students to Pascal's Triangle. Students will be introduced to the patterns in Pascal's Triangle and complete a 9 level triangle. Then they will color the multiples of specified numbers. This lesson uses resources of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop "Interactivate Your Bored Math Students".
- Author: Bonnie Boaz
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Taxes
- Students earn classroom dollars, set up a bank book, pay fines, figure interest and pay taxes.
- Author: Cecelia Zimerle
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Trees of North Carolina
- Students complete activities including tree and leaf identification, species comparison, online research, measurement, and creative writing in conjunction with monthly visits to the "Iredell County Outdoor Education Site"
- Author: Amy Luna and Kathy Beck
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Another look at the set model using attribute pieces
- In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students work with sets in which the objects look different based on the idea that objects in the set are not the same size and shape. Students also use fractions to describe a set of attribute pieces.
- Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Format: lesson plan (grades 3–5)
- Bag the beans
- Students work with manipulatives (beans) to create and solve math problems, some of which have more than one correct answer.
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Format: lesson plan (grades 3–4)
- Balance beam discoveries
- This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, encourages students to explore two models of multiplication: the balance beam and the inverse of multiplication.
- Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Format: lesson plan (grades 3–4)
- A brownie bake
- This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, focuses on student organization, preparation, and presentation of some simple foods as a way to apply various mathematical concepts, with problem-solving techniques being a central theme.
- Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Format: lesson plan (grades 3–5)
- Class attributes
- In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students create their own classroom survey or use the reproducible classroom Survey handout to study the class and describe the set (class) in fractional parts.
- Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Format: lesson plan (grades 3–5)
- The clucking chicken
- In this lesson, students choose meals from a sample menu, construct a box plot and use the data to find the mean, mode, median, and range of the data set.
- Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Format: lesson plan (grades 4–5)