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- 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.
- Lattice multiplication
- Lattice multiplication is a method of multiplying large numbers using a grid. This method breaks the multiplication process into smaller steps, which some students find easier. Digits to be carried are written within the grid, making them harder to miss.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- In math, "elegant" means "cool"!
- An elegant solution to a math problem is one that requires less time and work. Encouraging students to find such solutions will help them build number sense or numeracy.
- By Russ Rowlett.
Resources on the web
- Art algorithms
- In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about new methods of art conservation. Art conservation is traditionally a painstaking and time-consuming business. (Learn more)
- Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education and Science)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 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
- 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)
- Provided by: 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)
- 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
- Super Bowl scavenger hunt
- In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students bring home an activity sheet designed to have families examine some enjoyable (and, sometimes, obscure) questions using mathematics during the Super Bowl game. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
