Mathematics — Grade 4

Nutritional value unit integrated with Microsoft Works

This unit is an example of how to integrate technology into the curriculum to alleviate teaching it in isolation. Students will use Microsoft Works to compare and analyze nutritional values from nonperishable food items.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics)

By Gretchen Parrish.

An average autumn

This lesson will be a review of skills for calculating mean, mode, median, and range of a set of numbers to be created by the students. It will result in a seasonal display for the classroom or school-wide bulletin board.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)

By Scott Counce.

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What's in a name: Looking back and moving forward

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students create graphs based on the characteristics of sets of names and find measures of center and spread. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

What can data tell us?

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students analyze collections of both their own data and that of others. They create data distributions in order to determine the highest, lowest, and middle values, as well as pile ups and gaps, for a particular set of data. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Weather watchers

In this lesson, from Illuminations, students collect and analyze data about the weather and learn to make a stem-and-leaf plot. They spend a month collecting data on high and low temperatures and then work in groups to determine how best to display their data. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

State population projections

In Illuminations lesson plan, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations about population projection, students examine the United States Census Bureau Web site to investigate projections of the total population of states from 1995 to 2025. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

State names

In this Illuminations lesson, students use multiple representations to analyze the frequency of letters that occur in the names of all 50 states. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The soup spot

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students conduct a survey based on a food court theme and then create pictographs and line plots. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Planning a trip: Looking back and moving forward

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use mathematical knowledge and skills developed in the previous lessons while planning a series of class trips. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The pizza palace

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students construct box plots independently. They compute prices from a menu, construct box plots from the data, and then identify the mean, median, mode, and range. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Pitching cards

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students participate in activities in which they focus on the uses of numbers. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The one in the middle

This Science NetLinks lesson provides simple activities to review and reinforce the concepts of mean, median, and mode. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 7 Mathematics)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Numerical data

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students pose and refine questions that can be addressed with numerical data and consider aspects of data collection. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Long distance airplanes

In this lesson, from Illuminations, students make paper airplanes and explore attributes related to increasing flight distances. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Let's compare

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students collect numerical data, generate graphs, and compare two data sets. They also find the mean, mode, median, and range of the data sets. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Last names next

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students collect data based on the number of letters in their first and last names. They then create bar graphs and circle graphs and find the range and mode of the two data sets. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

How do you organize the counties in your state?: Looking back and moving forward

This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, combines the data and activities performed during this plan into a culminating lesson. Students engage in class discussions and comparisons of the population data. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Healthy eating

Third in an eight-part series. Students collect data about the food knowledge of class members. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Food court: Looking back and moving forward

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students conduct and present the results of surveys in several ways. Students work in pairs to plan a party based on four menus and then calculate the party's cost. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Favorite Pizza Toppings

Students make a bar graph to display information about their favorite pizza toppings, analyze the results from the graph, and then share their findings with fellow classmates. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics