This lesson plan is designed to provide students with the opportunity to participate in engaging activities to review previously learned strategies for adding 3-digit numbers within 1,000, as well as practice in explaining their thinking as they solve addition problems.  

September 17th is Constitution Day, commemorating the day in 1787 when, at the end of a long hot summer of discussion, debate and deliberation, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed America's most important document.

This publication offers online resources that connect mathematics to three subject areas: social studies, art, and science. Each section contains lesson plans, problems to solve, and examples of mathematics at work within contexts not usually associated with school mathematics.

 This is a two day lesson plan to introduce first graders to concepts of light. It includes sources of light, how light helps us to see things in the world around us, darkness is the absence of light, and how light interacts with different mediums.These lesson are meant to teach the concepts of light in fun, interactive ways.  Students will learn through exploration, peer collaboration, reading, critical thinking, fun videos and creativity.  Students will have opportunities for personalized learning through making choices about how they will learn the concepts as well as receive individual support from peers and the teacher.Preview Image by Lori Eastin

This worksheet will help students evaluate their lacrosse skill level with a partner.

BluTrack is a two lane, flexible racetrack. BluTrack is both fun and educational. Bring the racetrack to your library with the Blutrack racing system! See how to implement BluTrack activities in your library. This guide includes: A list of what you’ll need, tips for choosing a theme, ideas to run a library activity, and a DIY (“How To”) guide for the youth.

This worksheet will help students figure out their skill level in softball with a partner through trying exercises like throwing, catching, and pitching.

Toxin Tag illustrates the process of biological magnification by simulating toxins passing up a food chain from phytoplankton, to zooplankton, to bass, to pike, to river otters.

This article explains how hands-on science activity can support vocabulary development and links to two books and six web sites that provide more information.