Welcome to AIMS Essential Math!

Essential MathHelp your students discover and make sense of key mathematical concepts. Essential Math gives you content knowledge in a fun format that will engage and motivate your students.

Each unit is narrowly focused and conceptually developed – easy to align to your standards - and includes:

Grades 3-8 Guided Hands-on Investigations

Comics to help students review and clarify what they've learned from the investigations

Animation and Video to visually illustrate essential concepts

Problem Solving Activities

Assessments

Day-by-day lesson plan

The accompanying CD includes:

  • video help for each activity

  • pdf versions of the student pages to facilitate
    printing and use on interactive boards

  • the comics and animations (also on our website
    so students can preview them as homework)

The required materials are readily available, and most are already in your classroom.

All for an introductory price of $9.95 per unit!   Browse and Preview Essential Math

Unit Resources

View comics, animations, and activity help videos online.

View Unit Resources

Video Intro

Video Introduction
Video Introduction

"The use of graphic-novel-style readings called "comics," instructional video clips called "animations," and authentic measurement experiences make this is an extremely useful product for engaging middle school students…"
from a review of an Essential Math unit in NCTM's "Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School" (Feb 2011)