The Lesson Plans Page - Math Lesson Plans, Math Ideas, and Math Activities
This site is the lesson plan section of HotChalk. HotChalk is a corporate sponsored site that contains teacher created lesson plans and premium digital video. While much of the site is free with some corporate advertising, there are some premium services available for a subscription fee. The math lesson plans cover the full K-12 grade range and are categorized by grade and topic. In addition to lesson plans that focus solely on math, there are several that make interdisciplinary connections. The lesson plans are complete and are available in a printer friendly version.
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This site is hosted by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). It contains over 500 lesson plans for grades K-12. Lessons are broken down into 5 general categories which can be searched separately by grade level. The lesson plans are professionally laid out and aligned to NCTM standards. Many of the lessons have online activities which accompany them.
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This site is hosted by the Columbia Education Center in Portland, OR. The lesson plans were created by teachers for use in their own classrooms. The lesson plans are simple text documents that are easy to print.
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OFCN's Academy Curricular Exchange - Mathematics
This site it hosted by the Organization For Community Networks and contains several teacher created lesson plans. Some of the lesson plans will require more work on the teacher's part to make them complete, but give some good ideas activities.
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Educator's Reference Desk - Mathematics
This site contains lots of lesson plans grouped by mathematical topic. The lesson plans cover the full K-12 grade range. The lesson plans are well organized and easy to follow and print. Most of the lessons are teacher created and then formatted to create a common look and feel.
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LessonPlanz.com :: Lesson Plans: Mathematics
The lesson plans on this site are primarily a selection of lesson plans from other sites. The site only has links to 18 middle school lesson plans and appears to be a giant add for teacher supplies. Several of these sites exist with different names.
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SMILE Program Mathematics Index
The SMILE (Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement) program was designed to enhance the elementary and high school learning of Science and Mathematics through the use of the phenomenological approach. Between 1986 and 1997 each summer session participant was asked to create and publish a single concept lesson plan. These lesson plans include the materials needed, a suggested strategy and expected outcomes. The lessons are grouped by general mathematical subject category. In general they do not specify a specific grade, but should be very adaptable at the middle and high school level.
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Lesson Plan Library - Mathematics
This site was developed by Discovery Education. The lesson plans cover a range of topics from general math to probability. While the lesson plans are free, some of the lesson plans incorporate the use of videos which are sold separately. All of the lesson plans come in a printer friendly version.
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From the New York Times Learning Network, these lesson and activities are built as interdisciplinary lessons. Lessons can be adapted for use in a middle school or a high school setting. Lesson plans come complete with online references and worksheets as needed. They are also available in a printer friendly version.
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Math Portal: 8th Grade Lesson Plans
This site contains lesson plans designed for the Florida Center for Instructional Technology. These activities are models for lesson plans that exemplify best practice teaching in 8th grade mathematics. Teacher and student versions of each lesson are provided. All of the lessons are activity based and require data gathering or problem solving of some kind.
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Education WorldŽ : Lesson Planning Channel : Lesson Plan of the Day: Math
This web site contains developed by Education World. Many of the lesson plan can be adjusted to the grade level of the students. All of the lesson plans come complete with worksheets and links to online resources. The index includes a brief description of the lesson and an indication of the applicable grade levels.
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Hosted by InstructorWeb.com, this site contains lesson plans that range from K through Pre-Algebra. It contains some good lesson plans for teaching integers, one-step and two-step equations and general problem solving. The site also contains several addition math activities and worksheets.
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Produced by the Schools of California Online Resources for Education, these lesson plans were written by teacher who participated in SCORE mathematics workshops. The lessons were specifically designed to align with the California state standards as well as the NCTM standards. All lessons come complete with student worksheets, if applicable, as well as links to online resources.
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Money, Personal Finance, Business, Careers, Life Skills: Lessons, Education
Hosted by MoneyInstructor.com, this site contains lesson plans for teaching all of the ins and outs of money. The lesson plans range from basic money concepts, like counting, to advanced concepts of banking and compound interest.
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This web site is a product of the Media Literacy Clearinghouse and is designed to provide teachers with ideas for connecting math with the media. The principle lesson plan has several parts and explains how television ratings work and how they are calculated. There are also other math activities associated with various types of media.
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Thirteen Ed Online - Original Lesson Plans
This web site contains several lesson plans for math WebQuests. Each quest requires the student to search for information on the web and then create a presentation of their findings. The lesson Plans is designed in 3 parts, an introduction, a teacher section and a section with student handouts.
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Math Activities and Lesson Plans for Teachers in Grades 5-8
These lesson plans were written by Dr. Robin Ward of the University of Arizona, Department of Education. The lessons use Aeronautics as a basis for understanding basic geometric problems. The lesson plans grouped by the math subject they correspond to. They also include lesson plans for connecting to science and writing.
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Project SkyMath: Making Mathematical Connections
This Web Page is designed for middle school mathematics teachers. It contains all of the information needed for teachers to use the 16 classroom activities of SkyMath, including the module itself. Project SkyMath is a product of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. The SkyMath calls for the development of several mathematical concepts using a single central concept from weather --- temperature. The module gives a complete breakdown of how each activity aligns with the NCTM Standards.
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Commonwealth of Knowledge - Lesson Plans
Hosted by James Madison University in conjunction with the Virginia Board of Education, this site contains many lesson plans for K-12. Though not noted in the index, the lesson plans are ordered by grade level. The lessons plans are teacher created and easy to read and print. The index annotates the Virginia State Standard associated with each lesson.
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MiddleSchool.net - Math Lesson Plans
A good set of lesson plans that integrate math with technology. All lesson plans are teacher created with middle school math in mind. some of the lesson plans are missing supporting handouts that would not be too difficult to recreate.
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Hosted by St. Francis Xavier University; Nova Scotia, Canada, this web site contains word problems for students and teachers. The problems are classified into grade levels from Grade 5 to Grade 12. They are a set of carefully selected problems which can help improve problem solving skills. Hints for solving the problems are available.
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