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Pictographs at Canyon De Chelly National Monument

These pictographs of people were drawn by ancient Anasazi Indians. The figures are drawn with white, brown, and yellow pigments. Some of the figures have horns.

Format: image/photograph

M&M math

M&M Math provides students with hands-on activities. Students will be sorting objects, comparing whole numbers, writing fractions, performing addition, subtraction, and division problems with the use of manipulatives.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

By Angela Gillie.

An integrated lesson comparing the butterfly and frog life cycles

Students will build on their prior knowledge about the butterfly life cycle to compare and contrast the life cycles of butterflies and frogs. Students will locate butterflies on the school grounds and create pictographs and models of fractions to explain their findings mathematically. Students will also use a variety of resources to read about and study the food, space and air needed by butterflies and frogs to grow. They will create visual and written products to demonstrate their findings.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Development, Mathematics, and Science)

By Martha Dobson and Margaret Monds.

The Cherokee language and syllabary

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 10.2

In the early nineteenth century, a Cherokee silversmith named Sequoyah invented a syllabary, or syllabic alphabet, for the Cherokee language. Within a few years, books and newspapers were printed in Cherokee, and by 1830, as many as 90 percent of Cherokee were literate in their own language. This article includes audio recordings of spoken Cherokee.

Format: article

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)

First Americans of North Carolina and the United States

This lesson will use shared reading, center time, hands-on projects, and journal writing to help learners discover facts about first Americans, particularly those in the region that is today North Carolina, while at the same time developing their English language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Development and Social Studies)

By Adriane Moser.

Biomagnification and bald eagles

In this activity, students will study biomagnification by using paper cutouts to represent food containing chemicals eaten by fish. The students will then repeat this activity but as an eagle collecting fish. The amount of chemicals taken in by each eagle will then be compared to amounts taken in by each fish.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)

By Elizabeth Caveny, Janet Carson, Heather Subleski, and Jeannie Galluzzo.

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.

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Creating pictographs

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students collect data based on the number of vowels in their first and last names. They then create pictographs and answer questions about the data set. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Look at Me: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Students create pictographs and bar graphs based on data collected, including the ages of classmates, cats owned, and number of teeth missing. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The soup spot

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students conduct a survey based on a food court theme and then create pictographs and line plots. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Exploring Equal Sets

Reading the children's book What Comes in 2's, 3's, and 4's sets the stage for this lesson in which students find products using equal sets and present results in the form of a table. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Name your tune

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 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics