Lesson Plans for Secondary Math

Links verified on 8/24/09

1. Accessing and Investigating Data Using the World Wide Web - students use census data available on the Web to examine questions about population
2. Applications of Culture in Mathematics - seven complete lesson plans and materials in .pdf format
3. Check Writing Skills - a template to print blank checks for practice
4. Fun and Sun Rent-a-Car - students use tables, graphs, linear functions to solve a real-world problem
5. How much water does your family use? - During this lesson, students will examine the amount of water their family uses on a typical Saturday, record the information in a Microsoft Office Excel template, and analyze and compare their water usage to that of others in the class
6. Lemonade Stand - This is the WWW version of that classic game, with a few differences. For one, you have the option to advertise to try to attract more customers to your stand. You also have $.75 per day rent, which means every day you're not selling, you're losing money - just like real life.
7. Making Money from Lemons - In this lesson, students set up a virtual lemonade stand. The game simulates customer behavior, and students record their decisions and outcomes in a Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet
8. Math In Daily Life: How do numbers affect everyday decisions - A complete math unit from Annenberg CPB
9. Mathematics Lessons - from Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) - the K-7 list is organized by Standard and the 8-12 list is organized by subject
10. Microsoft Lesson Plans - a variety of math based lesson plans are available here
11. Million Dollar Mission - a mathematics fantasy
12. High School Math Webquests - caution, some quests have "gone missing"
13. Taming Word Problems - A WebQuest about learning how to solve word problems.
14. Word Problems For Kids - Hosted by St. Francis Xavier University, this site features about 4 dozen word problems, and solutions, for each grave level from 5 - 12