Base Ten Lesson Plans

Students are introduced to scientific notation and the metric system. As a class, they review their prior knowledge on exponents and place value. They relate the metric system to the base ten system and practice converting metrics between prefixes. They write the equivalent expression in scienfitic notation.

Learners explore scientific notation and the structure of the metric system.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students read How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz to introduce learners to the need for scientific notation.  Students explore the relationship between metrics and the base ten system as they convert within the metric system.  The lesson includes an optional video component. 

Learners investigate place value in base ten. In this number sense lesson, students participate in an online lesson at www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/NumberBaseClocks and demonstrate how to convert numbers from base ten to other base values.

Young scholars represent multiplication of a two-digit number by a two-digit number as the area of a rectangle with dimensions of the two factors. They find patterns for the number of different base ten blocks in a rectangle representing a product and use the patterns to find such products mentally.

Students explore 2-digit multiplication. In this 2-digit multiplication math lesson plan, students work in groups to build models of 2-digit multiplication using base 10 manipulatives. Students construct rectangles replacing standard numbers with their place value equivalent using the blocks. Students relate their rectangles to the traditional written multiplication algorithm.

Third graders create a fraction and decimal base ten flip book. In this base ten activity, 3rd graders create a page for fractions and decimals starting at 0.1 and ending at 1.0. For each page, they color a base ten block and label it in fraction and decimal form. 

Learners identify whole numbers through the one millions place. In this place value lesson, students read the book The Day Without Math and use place value mats to create numbers to the millions place. Learners use base ten blocks during this activity.

Third graders observe and demonstrate a variety of problems involving subtraction problems using mental math strategies. They discuss the base ten system and the basic concept of subtraction, and complete a variety of activities involving manipulatives.

Third graders demonstrate place value to the thousands place. Using place value mats and base ten blocks they demonstrate numbers given by the teacher, play the place value game "Hanging Out the Laundry," and play various online place value games.

Students investigate place value. In this math lesson, students read the story How Much Is A Million. Students discuss the vocabulary. Students use base ten blocks to represent various numbers. Students write numbers using standard form, word form and pictorial representations.