Standard Course of Study :: Mathematics

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Creating and Understanding Circles and Their Parts: This lesson will offer a hands-on opportunity to explore and construct circles. Students will develop a definition for identifying the parts of a circle such as the center, radius, diameter, chord, and circumference. Students will use compasses and rulers in constructing these parts of a circle.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Patricia Tingen.

Finding Patterns Using Fractals: This lesson will introduce students to patterns in fractals using 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.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Computer Technology Skills and Mathematics); By Wendy Korbusieski.

Pizza Anyone?: Students survey their class and analyze data about favorite pizza toppings.

This activity is meant to be fun and engaging, with the class participating and making decisions as a whole.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Jack Hunter.

Sale! Sale! Sale!: Consumer math often requires shoppers to analyze and compare the same products at different stores. In addition to price variations, retailers offer incentives or discounts. This lesson requires students to be informed consumers who calculate three purchasing options and conclude which is the best deal. The activity enables students to apply mathematics to a real-life situation.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Leslie Hawes.

See How They Run! The 100 Meter Dash: Middle level students will collect times as they run the 100 meter dash. These times will be depicted through various graphic representations (bar, circle, histogram). Times will be compared to current world records for the 100 meters. Students will decide which Math class ran fastest and support that choice in short essay form. They will also try to determine the faster gender based on the data collected.

This lesson plan is a unit filled with related lesson plans. One or two parts of this project could be completed as a stand-alone lesson, or the entire set of activities and extensions could be completed for an involved, integrated unit.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); By Holly Smith.

Balancing shapes: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students balance shapes using an interactive pan balance applet to study equality as an introduction to algebra. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Classic Middle-Grades Problems for the Classroom: Students work in groups on classic problems that can be represented and solved in several ways. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); Provider: 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); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Commutative rectangle: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students investigate the concepts of identity, inverse, commutativity, and associativity using a geometric model. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Counting Embedded Figures: Students look for patterns within a given figure, count embedded squares, rectangles, or triangles, attempt to form generalizations, and sharpen their algebraic thinking skills.
(Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5–8 Mathematics); Provider: 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); Provider: 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); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding satisfactory solutions: Students apply creative solutions to problem solving in the context of a story problem. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Fun with Baseball Stats: In this lesson, from Illuminations, students explore statistics surrounding baseball, and are exposed to connections between various mathematical concepts. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

A Lunch-In Affair: Students apply previous learning to decision-making that involves purchasing and preparing at least a five-item menu. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Magic Squares: This lesson, from Illuminations, explores magic squares from both a historical and mathematical perspective. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Making your first million: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students attempt to identify the concept of a million by working with smaller numerical units, such as blocks of 10 or 100. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–6 Mathematics); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Making your own product game: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students review strategies for playing the Product Game. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics); Provider: 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); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics