Mathematics — Grade 6

Spin, toss, and roll!

Students will use hands-on experiments to find the probability that certain events will occur.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)

By Carol Baldwin.

Medical careers: Working with probability

In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.8

In this lesson for grade six, students will use probability to predict the likelihood of occurrence of two unrelated health conditions and will understand how math can be applied to careers in mathematics.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)

By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.

Resources on the web

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

The Game of SKUNK

Students practice decision-making skills while playing a dice game called “Skunk.” (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 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

Burning questions

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use information from a quiz, along with what they learned in the previous four lessons, to write a summary and finalize a property sketch demonstrating their understanding of wildfires. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Boxing Up

Students explore the relationship between theoretical and experimental probabilities. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 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

Barbie bungee

In this Illuminations lesson, students model a bungee jump using a Barbie doll and rubber bands. The distance to which the doll will fall is directly proportional to the number of rubber bands, so this context is used to examine linear functions. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics