Math Lessons
In this section you will find Math lessons from kindergarten through high school. Lessons come with options for modifications and differentiation in order to help you cater to the needs of your studs. Many of the lessons are aligned to Common Core State Standards. With that said, these lessons can easily be integrated into an existing curriculum Math curriculum for any grade. The lessons you see here were submitted by real teachers working in schools across the United States. We encourage you to contact us in order to share your lesson plans with the rest of the Teacher.org community.
Math Environmental Lesson Plans
Angles in Nature
Students will take a walk outside with their protractor and measure the angles in nature. They will record the angles that they find in branches, trees, bushes, flowers, etc… and then determine the supplementary angle.
Math Math Lesson Plans
Angles in Nature
Students will take a walk outside with their protractor and measure the angles in nature. They will record the angles that they find in branches, trees, bushes, flowers, etc… and then determine the supplementary angle.
Big and Small
A fun lesson to help students understand the concept of big and small and how to compare the two. The lesson involved hands-on activities to make the learning fun and engaging.
Box Geometry
Students will learn about using the formulas for the area of squares, rectangles, and triangles to determine how much paint and carpet to purchase for a room. In addition, they will learn about scale measurements.
Charity Begins at School
Pairs of students will design, plan, and create an imaginary fundraiser for a charitable organization.
Comparing Decimals Game
Students will play a game in which they choose cards and choose the best place to put the number they have chosen in order to get the highest answer possible. This should not be the first introduction to the topic.
Comparing Multiplication Facts (Hey Tocayo!)
Students will be assigned a number that has various factors and they will find partners with different factors that have the same product.
Counting Backwards (20-0)
Students will learn how to count backwards from 20-0 in a very fun and exciting way. The lesson includes a hands-on/interactive component where students will be asked to hop backwards while counting. This lesson is great for kindergarten through first grade.
Even or Odd Nature Walk
Students will do a nature walk to find things in nature that are grouped in pairs that are odd or even.
Exchanging Time
The lesson is used for students to practice basic time measurement, and understanding the basic units of time.
Feed the Gator
Students will compare numbers with three or more digits using visual cues.
Fractions, Decimals, Percents, & Graphs
This lesson is designed to explore fractions, decimals, percent’s, and graphs with TRIX cereal.
Fun Fraction Pizza
Students will create a “pizza” from construction paper divided into 8 slices. They will decorate each slice and then exchange slices with classmates and then evaluate the fractions of slices that they have at the end. For example, 1/8 slices of my own pizza, 4/8 or ½ of pizza that was made by a female, 2/8 or ¼ that was made by my buddy. Note: Students should have already had some lessons about simplification of fractions.
Graphing With Insects
This lesson is designed to teach students to draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Plus, solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems.
Ice Cream Cones, Baseballs, and Cans
Students will work in pairs to practice finding the volume of cones, cylinders, and spheres using everyday objects.
Interest-ing Math
Students will learn about simple interest and how to calculate the real cost of a loan, credit card, and other types of borrowing.
Measuring Length
This lesson is designed to teach students how to measure lengths indirectly and by alternating length units.
Measuring Up
This lesson will allow students to demonstrate knowledge of length as compared to other objects.
Natural Disaster Planning and Equations
For a natural disaster there are many variables to be accounted for when planning help for an area. This lesson will give students the opportunity to create a natural disaster plan for a part of their country.
Ocean Animals
This lesson is designed to help students identify and sort common words in basic categories.
Odd or Even
This engaging lesson will help students determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members.
Order of Operations
This lesson is designed to help students solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.
Prices and Percentages
Using a current list of prices for food and clothing, the students will practice math skills related to percentages.
Representing Addition and Subtraction
This lesson is designed to help students represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
Roll the Dice - Probability & Statistics
Students will learn about probability and statistics while rolling dice and flipping a coin carefully recording their results.
Scale It Up
This lesson will allow students to demonstrate knowledge use of scale.
Shape Up
This lesson will allow students to demonstrate knowledge of various grade appropriate shapes.
Silent Geometry
The students will practice using geometry formulas measuring items in the classroom to find area and volume, radius and circumference, and identify the types of angles.
Skittles Graph
Students will learn to create a small bar graph using candy for information.
Sort It Out
Students will learn to categorize in various ways.
Symmetry Search
The students will locate manmade objects or things in nature that are symmetrical.
Take a Vacation
The students will plan a vacation for themselves, group of friends, or family, considering the costs involved.
The Ideal Town
Based on research the students will design a small town with a pre-determined population, assuring there is enough living space, parking spaces, and a sufficient water supply.
The Value of a Number
The students will work in groups of 4-6 physically learning and reviewing place value.
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