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- 3rd - 5th
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Students demonstrate the properties and operations of a number system and develop an understanding of the commutative, associative and distributive properties of the mechanics of the abacus Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students discover the main concept of the abacus, a counting tool for arithmetic. They make an abacus and demonstrate simple numbers, addition and subtraction. They use examples from worksheets imbedded in this lesson for practice. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students create their own ancient Chinese calculater, the abacus, by using 10 rows of 10 beads each. In a series of six lessons, they se the abacus while playing multiplication games and participating in classroom discussion. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine an abacus. They describe the usage of an abacus for addition and subtraction. Students perform a series of calculations using an abacus. They practice using their abacus to solve a variety of problems in addition and subtraction. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students explore the history and current uses of the abacus. In groups, students develop their own abacus. Students practice adding and subtracting using the abacus. They participate in activities determine which is more efficient, the calculator or the abacus. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students encounter a variety of historic methods of counting. They are introduced to using an abacus. The abacus provides Students with some cross-cultural and historical knowledge of math. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students analyze the mechanics of an abacus. They strengthen their skills of place values and of mental math. Students work on adding and subtracting with partners. A contest between an abacus vs. paper vs. calculator is administered. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students investigate the Food Pyramid by constructing a creative project known as a Food Pyramid Abacus. They correlate the color beads withe each food group and the number of recommended servings from each. The abacus is a learning tool and reminder for better health. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study the abacus as a way to represent whole numbers and build their own. They build an abacus using beads, pipe cleaners, and cardboard and solve problems using the fewest beads. As a reflection, they write in their notebooks how they can use abacuses in the future to represent whole numbers. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Studets explore the various uses for the abacus. After a brief discussion of Chinese culture and the invention of the abacus, students practice using an abacus to display numbers and mathematic operations. They identify numbers demonstrated on an abacus. Full Review »
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