Mathematics — Grade 6

Leap frogs tend toward the center?

Students learn the meanings of the central tendency concepts range, mean, median, and mode. They will make origami frogs, jump them across a track and record the length of their jumps and the total number of jumps across trials.

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

Wrapping it up

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students finalize their work collecting data, identifying patterns, and making predictions about the game of Paper Pool. They then write a report that summarizes all of their findings. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Sticks and stones

In this Illuminations lesson, students play “Sticks and Stones,” a game based on the Apache game “Throw Sticks,” which was played at multi-nation celebrations. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Off the scale

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use real-world examples to solve problems involving scale as they examine maps of their home states and calculate distances between cities. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics and Social Studies)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Ice Cream Cones

Students predict the number of two-color combinations that can be made from eight colors. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

How many hits?

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students continue their investigation of the Paper Pool game by exploring more tables and organizing the results. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

History of populations

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students analyze information represented graphically. Students are asked to discuss, describe, read, and write about the graphs and the information they contain. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Dealing with data in the elementary school

In this lesson, from Illuminations, students hone their problem-solving skills through the collection and analysis of real data. They use the mean, mode, and median to analyze their data and make graphs to represent their findings. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: 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)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Bouncing Tennis Balls

In this lesson from Illuminations, students develop their skills in collecting and recording data using the real-world situation of a bouncing tennis ball. They use the data collected to formulate the relationship between the dependent and independent variable... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Baseball stats

Students use the Internet to explore datasets and statistics in baseball. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Adjacent circles

Students discover all the combinations that can be made from three colors to strengthen their problem-solving skills (including elimination and collection of organized data) and their ability to draw conclusions. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics