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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: English Bus: Length

For Students 4th - 6th
Abbie and her brother are measuring how far they are traveling with an English Bus. Will you join them?
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US Department of Education

Helping Your Child Learn Math: Math on the Go

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Parents and children explore math in the world around them in this collection of math activities. Simple, engaging, and fun, these lessons offer learners the opportunity to discover math even when they're "on the go." An excellent...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Space Math Scale of the Solar System

For Students 6th - 8th
Practice Space Math! Math is the cornerstone of space travel. Familiarize yourself with all the ways math can help you study the solar system. Practice math problems in areas such as speed of light, the distance of planets to the sun,...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Good Bye Training Wheels!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Take a bike ride with Max and add up the miles he has traveled. Use the teacher's guide, activity sheet, and extra challenges to create an engaging learning experience!
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Using Symbol Maps English Lengths and Distances

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to determine total distance traveled using a symbol map. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice the skills...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Using Symbol Maps With Compound Units

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to determine distance traveled using a symbol map, and convert between different units of measurement. The video is followed by additional...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Lengthy Journeys: Olympic Torch Relay

For Students K - 1st
Can you plan routes for the Olympic Torch to visit these cities? How far will it travel? How long will it take? This activity gives children the opportunity to calculate using distance and time and is aimed at Key Stage 2 primary school...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How Light Travels

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson, the students will be experimenting to show how light shines in a straight line. They will also be experimenting to see how light reflects using mirrors. The students will be working in cooperative learning groups to carry...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Traveling on Good Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this high-level math lesson has students delve into the topic of Great Circles on a sphere (specifically, the Earth), in order to find the shortest distances between locations. Students will...
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NASA

Nasa: Exploring Space Through Algebra

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These lesson plans allow students to learn about space exploration while refining their math skills. Each activity provides instructions for both the educator and student.
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Math Science Nucleus

I. Science Ma Te: Integrating Science, Math and Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...
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BBC

Bbc World Service: Figure It Out: Travel and Traffic

For Students 9th - 10th
The learning resource demonstrates how math can be used in the real world. The activity has examples of word problems related to travel and traffic.
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Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Fun and Sun Rent a Car

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A wide range of math skills is incorporated into a lesson that involves planning a family's vacation to Florida. Travel expenses are gathered and compared, graphed, and analyzed in hopes of finding the best prices. There are extension...
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Quia

Quia: Math Journey

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
In this online game London is your starting place! This game lets you practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and rounding as you "Travel," around the world. You can also choose the level of difficulty
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Night Without Light

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses light and the properties of electricity in a storybook format. The theme of the story is that a family lost their power, so the animations discuss power and electricity and how it travels into homes.
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Harbor Seal Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses the harbor seal in a storybook format. It follows the life of Phoca the seal as she is born and travels through the ocean.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Time Travel: Learn to Tell Time

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Students practice telling time by changing both a digital and analog clock to the correct time.
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Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Self Propelling Boat

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use this site to plan, document, and build a self-propelling boat that can travel a set distance. Students will use common materials to build this boat.
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Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Design a Wind Up Mars Rover

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Using common household items, students are challenged to build a Mars rover that can travel using elastic energy. Site includes a lesson plan, tips, and a place for students to document their design process.
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Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Dna Origami Inspired Structure

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Using pasta students will design and construct a container that can travel along a zip line to deliver a cargo which is candy. This challenge is explored on this site as well as tips, a lesson plan, and a place for students to document...
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Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Nanopipe

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this design challenge, students will build walls within a tube so different objects are separated as they travel through the tube. The site contains tips, a lesson plan, and a place for students to document their engineering design...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Taco Cart: A Pythagorean Journey

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
This interactive exercise uses distance and speed of travel to solve a real-life problem focusing on the Pythagorean theorem and rate of change.
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NASA

Nasa: Space Shuttle Glider

For Students 9th - 10th
Assemble a basic scale model of the space shuttle as a hands-on activity. The activity features math-related concepts such as finding the scale of the paper model and the glide ratio of its flight.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Estimating Distance and Travel Time

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad estimates how much air supply they will need to complete an underwater mission.

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