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Lesson Plans, Materials, Ideas, Activities

Here, you'll discover fun lessons, brain-teasing puzzles, and interesting activities to spark your curiosity about mathematics. Whether you're a student, teacher, or just someone curious about math, our content is here to make math enjoyable and accessible.

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Grade 5

  • Plane Figures

  • Fractions

  • Multiplication and Division with Multi-Digit Numbers

  • Decimals

  • Coordinate Plane

  • Volume

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Grade 6

  • Rational Numbers, Exponents, LCM & GCF

  • Ratio, Rate and Percentages

  • Division Algorithms

  • Decimals, Fractions, Fraction Division

  • Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

  • Area, Surface Area, Coordinate Plane

  • Data Sets and Distributions

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Grade 7

  • Rational Numbers

  • Proportional Relationships, Scale Drawings, Percentages

  • Circles

  • Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

  • Angles, Triangles, and Prisms

  • ​Probability and Sampling

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Grade 8

  • Rigid Transformations and Congruence

  • Exponents and Scientific Notation

  • Pythagorean Theorem and Irrational Numbers

  • Dilations, Similarity

  • Linear Relationships, and Equations, Systems of Eqıations, Slope

  • Functions

  • Volume

  • Associations in Data

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Grade 4 & 5

Fractions

Multiplying Fractions Using Modeling

Polypad Activity: Use modeling to multiply fractions. (Fluency with Polypad Series)

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Grade 4 & 5

Back to School

Balancing 1 to 40

Desmos Classroom Activity: Use the balance scale to balance all the numbers (weights) from 1-40 by using the numbers 1, 3, 9, and 27.

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Grade 5

Fractions

Comparing Fractions

Desmos Classroom Activity:  Roll a pair of dice to create fractions that are less than 1/2, more than 1/2, and more than 1.

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Grade 5

Decimals

Decimals: Multiplication and division with powers of 10

Desmos Classroom Activity: Using the place value chart to multiply and divide decimals with the powers of 10

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Grade 5

Fractions

Fraction Bingo

Desmos Classroom Activity: Roll the dice and cover a square (or multiple squares) that describes your fraction. The winner is the first player to cover all the squares.

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Grade 5

Decimals

Decimals Bingo

Desmos Classroom Activity: Use the spinners to multiply and divide decimals. Cover a square that describes the result of each operation. The winner is the first player to cover all the squares.

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Grade 5

Volume

Missing Volume

Desmos Classroom Activity: Using unit cubes to determine the volume of a rectangular prism.

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Grade 5

Volume

Hidden Cubes

Desmos Classroom Activity: Find the number of hidden cubes by creating the layered view of the given shapes.

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Grade 5

Coordinate Plane 

Plotting Points on the Coordinate Plane

Desmos Classroom Activity: Determine the ordered paırs for the given points and plot the points with the given coordinates.

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Grade 5

Coordinate Plane

Lines on the Coordinate Plane

Desmos Classroom Activity: Draw lines by connecting the points with the given coordinates. 

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Grade 5

Plane  Figures

Definition(s) of Trapezoids

Desmos Classroom Activity: There are two different views regarding the definition of a trapezoid. Here are both views:

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Grade 6

LCM & GCF

LCM & GCF Activity, Concept map and word problems

Polypad Activity, Desmos Classroom Activity, Worksheet

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Grade 6

Prime Numbers

Divisibility and Prime Numbers

Polypads, Project questions, Cicade's lifecycle, Prime Numbers Magic Square ...

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Grade 6

Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

Tetromino Equations

Use algebraic expressions to write a general formula for the sum of the numbers covered by tetrominoes.

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Grade 6

Area, Surface Area, Coordinate Plane

Surface Area and Volume of Rectangular Prisms

Fluency with Polypad: Fold and unfold prisms to calculate surface area and volume

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Grade 6

Area, Surface Area, Coordinate Plane

Volume with Fractional Dimensions

Fluency with Polypad: Fold and unfold prisms to calculate their volume

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Grade 6

Area, Surface Area, Coordinate Plane

Coordinate Plane

Play Star Wars Battleship Game with Polypad

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Grade 6

Area, Surface Area, Coordinate Plane

Coordinate plane

Draw polygons in the coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices; use coordinates to find the length of a side joining points and the area of the polygons. 

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Grade 7

Expressions, Equations

Tetromino Equations

Polypad Activity, Desmos Classroom Activity, Worksheet

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Grade 8

Exponents and Scientific Notation

Exponential Growth of Vampires

Worksheet

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