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A hula hoop is like a racetrack: Calculating the circumference, radius, and area of a circle: In On track learning: Safety through technology and design, page 10; In this lesson, students will use hoops of different sizes to explore geometry concepts such as circumference, area, and radius. They will also use indirect measurement and calculate percent of error.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–10 Mathematics); By Roxanne Moses.

Hula hoop sorting: Students will use two large hula hoops to form a Venn Diagram. Then, using various colored paper shapes, they will recognize, and identify circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, trapezoids, and parallelograms.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics); By Diane Jackson.

Human box and whisker plot: Students will learn how to construct box and whisker plots as they actively participate in being a part of one based upon their heights. As an extension of the lesson, students will learn how to interpret a graph of this type.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); By Nikki Honeycutt.

Human coordinate graph: Students will actively learn how to plot ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. They will also learn how to connect ordered pairs to graph a picture.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics); By Cheryl Sexton.

I have, who has...?: A chain review game involving teacher made cards on the skills of adding and subtracting fractions, and equivalent fractions. This lesson can serve as a review for many math concepts.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics); By Sherry Russell.

I’m on a diet and proud of it: Nutrition through math and science: In this unit, students will be involved in hands-on, inquiry activities that integrate various subject areas in order to learn and apply concepts of food chemistry and nutrition.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Inside, outside, and all around: Students will distinguish between perimeter, area, and volume. They will use tangrams and graph paper to create two-dimensional figures that will be measured for area and perimeter. By creating layers of centimeter cubes, the students will explore the concept of volume.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–6 Mathematics); By Angeli Jarman.

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.

Integrated unit on South America: This lesson includes information concerning database operations, word processing, desktop publishing, and spreadsheet formatting. Students will solve math problems.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Development, Mathematics, and Social Studies); By DPI Integration Strategies.

Integrating Chemistry and Algebra II: This unit links chemistry concepts to algebra II skills. Students will use systems of equations to solve problems and matrices to balance chemical reactions.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Interdisciplinary Integrated Unit on DNA/Genetics Part B: Math: The second lesson of an interdisciplinary integrated unit on DNA and genetics, focusing on math. The other lessons in the unit focus on science and language arts.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics); By Jane Lentz, Jimmy White, Marlene Smith, and Tori Goldrick.

Interior designers: Working with area: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.4; In this lesson for grade seven, students will act as interior designers, and will measure the walls of the classroom to determine the area of each wall.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics); By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.

Interior designers: Working with right triangles: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 3.2; In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of right triangles to create a design for an abstract work of art.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics); By Valerie Davis, Sonya Rexrode, and Monika Vasili.

Introduction to fact families: Addition (commutative property): Students will "invent" their own examples that demonstrate the commutative property of addition through hands-on activities.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics); By William Krupicka.

Introduction to polar coordinates: The student will be introduced to the definition of polar coordinates, how to graph them, and how to compare them to rectangular coordinates.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics); By vicky burlington.

Introduction to Venn diagrams: Students will learn how to use a Venn diagram to categorize data. This activity is done as an introduction to Venn diagrams.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics); By Melissa Bancroft.

Investigating linear equations: Using a graphic calculator to compare the slope and y-intercept of lines to understand the slope-intercept form (y = mx+b) and what effect each has on a line.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Mathematics); By Misty Jarman.

Investigating surface area: This is a hands on lesson best used to introduce geometry students to 3-dimensional figures. Students will have the opportunity to draw 3-dimensionally and create collapsible figures which can be used to develop the standard surface area formulas.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); By Jennifer Bronzini.

Irrational numbers: Application to natural frequency and resonance: In A mathematical model to describe fluid behavior, page 1; After a discussion about the effects of natural phenomena on an object’s natural frequency, students will conduct an experiment to model resonance in plant stems and measure the natural frequency of pine trees. Through these activities, the students will gain an understanding of frequency, natural frequency, resonance, oscillations and square roots.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); By Jenny Rucker.

Is it a duck? Is it a chick?: Students will compare and contrast the characteristics of a chick and a duckling by using a Venn Diagram.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Debbie Beeson.

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