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Subtraction sticks

Using craft sticks, students will practice subtraction of 2 and 3 digit numbers with renaming.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

By Susan Fry.

Measurement

Children will work with a partner to measure their hands, feet, and smiles to the nearest inch and centimeter. Children will measure cut slips of different colored construction paper from 1 - 12 inches and graph into even-odd, shortest to longest, longest to shortest. Children will record their information, use the information to solve word problems, and create a number sentence.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)

By Ann Franklin.

Taxes

Students earn classroom dollars, set up a bank book, pay fines, figure interest and pay taxes.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)

By Cecelia Zimerle.

Mass of maize

Students will weigh different products made from corn to determine if a cup of each product has the same mass. Students will use measurement and estimation skills.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)

By Julie Franklin.

Number sense every day

Number sense – an intuitive feel for numbers and their relationships – develops when children solve problems for themselves.

By Lisa Wilson Carboni.

Algebra for the real world

Students will solve real world and mathematical problem situations using simple algebraic concepts including variables and open sentences.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)

Bouncing ball experiment

In this experiment students should be in groups of 3. Students will drop a ball from different heights and measure the corresponding bounce. Since each group will use a different ball, they will generate different sets of data. They will be asked to discuss and compare their linear function with that of their classmates. They should practice measuring the ball bounce before they begin to collect data.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)

By alicia jones.

Intrigue of the Past

Lesson plans and essays for teachers and students explore North Carolina's past before European contact. Designed for grades four through eight, the web edition of this book covers fundamental concepts, processes, and issues of archaeology, and describes the peoples and cultures of the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods.

Format: book (multiple pages)

A math story!

This lesson plan is designed to use a basic third grade math fact as a prompt to write and illustrate a math story. A hands on math activity using math manipulatives will serve as the focus and review for this lesson. A writing activity will serve as a conclusion as well as an assessment for understanding.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

By Sherrill Haltigan.

Confirming and visualizing Lewis dot structures

With this activity, students can calculate and visualize the atomic and molecular structures of bonds and lone pairs in the molecule methanol (methyl alcohol, CH3OH).

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

By Bob Gotwals.

Research and strategies for problem-centered math

In Problem centered math, page 7

A bibliography of research-driven strategies for teaching problem-centered math at all grade levels.

By Libby Montagne.

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.

The clinical interview

In Problem centered math, page 3

Do your students have a strong number sense, or do they rely on memorized procedures, floundering when faced with unfamiliar problems? A clinical interview can help you to assess how your students think about mathematics. This example interview provides a model.

By David Walbert.

Measuring pots

In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.7

Students will use an activity sheet or modern pottery rim sherds to compute circumference from a section of a circle and construct analogies based on their own experience about possible functions of ancient or historic ceramics.

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

Shifting coastlines

In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.3

In their study of North Carolina's changing coastline during the Paleoindian and Archaic periods, students will determine the positions of the coastline at different times and decide what types of archaeological information has been lost due to rising sea levels.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Science and Social Studies)

Language families

In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.7

Students will identify and locate the three language families of contact period North Carolina and calculate the physical area covered by each language family.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Mathematics and Social Studies)

Tree-ring dating

In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.5

In their study of dendrochronology, students use activity sheets and a discussion to apply principles of dendrochronology to determine a tree's age and to recognize climatic variation. They will also analyze and experience how archaeologists can sometimes use tree rings to date archaeological evidence and study past climates.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)

Experimental archaeology: Making cordage

In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.8

Students will make cordage and use an activity sheet to experience a technique and skill that ancient Native Americans in North Carolina needed for everyday life. They will also compute the amount of time and materials that might have been required to make cordage and construct a scientific inquiry to study the contents of an archaeological site.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)

William Byrd on the people and environment of North Carolina

In Colonial North Carolina, page 5.6

William Byrd II, a wealthy plantation owner from Virginia, was one of several men commissioned to survey the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina in 1728. His journals describe the people and environment of the region, though not all of his stories are believable. Includes historical commentary.

Format: diary

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Resources on the web

Times six, times seven: Looking backward and moving forward

In this lesson, students play games to help them practice and review the multiplication facts they have memorized. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics