Math at Saguaro National Park

Saguaro with multiple arms

NPS Photo

A collection of lesson plans intended to teach math using saguaros and everything else that lives in the Park!

 

 

High School

The Curious Saguaro

Lesson plan for students learning basic Algebra

Sunny the Saguaro

Lesson plan that looks at finding the volume of a saguaro

Nurse Trees and Saguaros

Lesson plan intended to expose students into working with Excel and graphs

Saguaros and Clinometers

Lesson plan for students learning trigonometry

 

Middle School

Dividing Fractions Using Saguaros

Lesson plan for students learning about fractions.

Understanding Percent Using Buffelgrass

Lesson plan for students learning percent.

Circles and Saguaros

Lesson plan for students learning volume, surface area, and circumference of a circle

Statistics and Saguaros of Section 17

Lesson plan for students learning basic statistics