You'll C-E-R a difference in classroom achievement after using a helpful activity. Designed for economics, civics, government, and US history classes, participants practice using the CER model to craft arguments about primary and...

Lights, camera, action! Math educators consider how to improve their instruction by examining a model of the five-practice problem-solving model involving a movie theater. Participants examine cognitive demand in relation to problem...

What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...

Flipped classrooms and online tools killed the chalkboard! An awesome, hands-on technology workshop asks teachers across all content areas. to examine model lessons, become familiar with research, and explore tech tools they can...

Are video games sports? Pupils investigate this question as well as various nonfiction selections to learn more about claims and the support that defines them. All of the selections mimic the rigor on state tests and encourage close...

How have educational standards evolved? Educators of adults examine expectations in the 10th workshop out of 15 to better determine how standards have grown. Participants respond to a variety of sample questions to determine how they...

Designed specifically for math instructors, the seventh workshop of a 15-part series allows time to explore Webb's DOK, ponder open-ended questions, and create lessons to apply what is learned. Teachers craft high-quality math problems...

How can opinions slant facts? Workshop participants learn how to examine primary and secondary sources and identify the author's point of view. They also examine how visual art impacts the meaning and rhetoric of sources. Full of...

Lesson plan in which students calculate area, build areas to a given amount, and calculate the perimeter with the use of Legos. Step by step instructions and videos are provided. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7.c Use area models to represent...

Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of area models and probability. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click...

Third graders use area models to find the total area of a store, home, or other real world space.

An interactive for investigating what fraction multiplication looks like. Students choose two fractions to multiply, then observe as one fraction bar model is overlaid on the second, showing the common grid area as the product. Students...

Use an area model to decompose factors and multiply. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Visualize solutions to multi-digit division problems by modeling them with virtual manipulatives. This interactive exercise focuses on calculating quotients by working with area models and visualizing the distributive property of division.

Use area models to show a visual representation of the product of two fractions. This interactive exercise focuses on multiplying fractions and reducing them when possible.

Use an area model to decompose the larger factor and multiply. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the product of two decimals using area models.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are presented with a rectangular area model and asked to write an equation that represents the distributive property. Detailed lesson plan provided, along with assessment methods,...

Students will approximate pi by setting up trigonometric ratios and calculating the areas of regular polygons inscribed within and circumscribed about a circle.

Use area to understand how to multiply monomials by polynomials. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Explore this interactive to visualize what it means to multiply two fractions together. Use the sliders to change the numerators and denominators and move one fraction bar image on top of the other. The product is represented by the area...

Given concrete models and nets (2-dimensional models) of prisms, pyramids, and cylinders, the student will find and determine the lateral and total surface area.

The tutorial investigates area and how it is the total number of square tiles covered. Examples and practice problems are included.

A guide to support parents as they work with their students in multiplication and area.