LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 1

Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with rational numbers.

Objective 1.03

Compare and order rational numbers.

Resources aligned to this objective

The prime team
Students will learn their prime numbers by creating and manipulating their own Sieve of Eratosthenes.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Lori Bradley.
Perimeter and area around the North Carolina zoo
Students learn about perimeter, area and scale drawings of various geometric shapes. As they learn they apply their knowledge to different animal enclosures at the North Carolina Zoo. To gather information about design of animal enclosures the classes visit the zoo. The students then compile all they learned by creating a scaled drawing and model of an human habitation exhibit for a zoo.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Susan Hoercher.
Newspaper basket
Students use measurement skills to create a basket and respond to questions involving fractions, decimals, and geometric measurements.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Susan Jennings.
Discovering Pi
This lesson introduces students to Pi through the discovery method of instruction. Students practice simple measuring skills to discover the relationship between the circumference and diameter of circular objects (Pi).They will be able to use this concept to find the circumference of any circle when the diameter is given.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Betty Shell.
Coordinate plane artwork
For this lesson students will go to the computer lab and use the General Coordinate Game applet created by the Shodor Foundation to obtain a more specific understanding of the coordinate plane, its parts, and how it can be used to graph points. Afterward, the students will practice using the coordinate plane by drawing a picture on a coordinate plane and then writing out directions (using coordinates) for that picture to be replicated exactly by another student, who will not see the picture but will follow the directions.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Erin Foerster.
ACC basketball
The students will use ACC basketball statistics to practice the process of converting fractions to decimals then to percents and will learn how to create and edit a spreadsheet. They will then use this spreadsheet to analyze their data. This unit is done during the basketball season.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
By Susan Dougherty.

Resources on the web

Understanding Rational Numbers and Proportions
Students use real-world models to develop an understanding of fractions, decimals, unit rates, proportions, and problem solving. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–7 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Product Game: Connections and extensions
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students review strategies for playing the Product Game. In this game, players start with a set of given factors and then multiply to find the product. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Playing the product game
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn the rules of and play the Product Game, which challenges them to find a product of several numbers using a game board. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Football finances
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students analyze pictures of football stands to make estimates related to attendance at the Super Bowl, and then they make estimates about the television audience. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The factor game
In this Illuminations lesson, students play the Factor Game, which engages students in a friendly contest where strategies involve distinguishing between numbers with many factors and numbers with few factors. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Create an address number: Grades 5-6
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students look for all the possible solution sets for a mathematics problem involving a three-digit house number. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Classifying numbers
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use Venn diagrams to organize information about numbers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics