Curated OER
Google for Education: Children and Technology: Sorting
Students learn about data sorting, and by what criteria can one sort things by different algorithms such as selection, insertion and bubble sort.
Other
Interactive Data Structure Visualizations: Quick Sort
A visualization / animation of a quick sort at work. The animation will work in either automatic mode or a mode where the user can drive. The animation can be found under the "Efficient Sorts" link in the left panel.
University of Auckland School of Computer Science
Morris: Bin Sort
A description and demonstration of the bin sort algorithm.
University of Auckland School of Computer Science
Morris: Quick Sort
A description and demonstration of the quick sort algorithm.
Other
Kinderweb: Educational Children's Games
Use this site to practice identifying shapes, colors, and animals with these interactive games.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Feline Facts
[Free Registration/Login Required] Classification web to sort and group ideas about cats. Students pull facts from behind cat photo and place into proper place on web. Use with any reading books related to cats.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: Guess My Button
This website gives students an opportunity to sort and classify attributes of a group. The applet responds to each selection made and guides student to the next step.
Read Works
Read Works:classify/categorize Kindergarten Unit: Sorting to Predetermined Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big World Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....
Read Works
Read Works: Classify and Categorize Kindergarten Unit: Adding to Sorted Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big Animal Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Sort and Count Ii
The purpose of this task is for students to sort the same set of objects according to different attributes and to practice counting to tell the number of objects in a set. The teacher should accept any way the child wants to sort the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Sort and Count I
Students will have fun moving around the room and comparing items using sorting cards. They will become familiar with the math vocabulary more/less/same and most/least.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Goodie Bags
Pairs of learners will compare 3 quantities and order them from least to greatest. Students will select a pre-filled baggie and sort and count the contents. They will then arrange each group in order from least to most. This activity can...
Kidsource OnLine
Kid Source: Beginning Reading and Phonological Awareness
Key to learning how to read is the ability to identify the different sounds that make words and to associate these sounds with written words. There are 44 phonemes in the English language, including letter combinations such as /th/,...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Analysis: Category Cube
A lesson plan in which students sort word cards according to categories including: food, clothing, sports, animals, classroom things, and things with wheels. Materials are included.
Scholastic
Scholastic Teachers: Celebrate the 100th Day of School!
Scholastic has put together 100th day math ideas from several different teachers. Includes "zero, my hero", probability, sorting, measuring, estimating, counting, weighing, money, and other ideas for celebrating the 100th day.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Fuzz Bugs Counting, Sorting, & Comparing
Fuzz Bugs is fun activity for Pre-K and Kindergarten children to practice counting, sorting, and comparing. Kids will interact with funny little Fuzz Bugs to complete several tasks that include: categorizing by color, counting to ten,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Jelly Beans Add Up
The lesson will explore counting, sorting, and graphing skills. The lesson provides students an exciting and fun way of exploring and internalizing graphing, sorting, and counting skills. Realistically, the students will discover what...
PBS
Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Trash Stash
Cleverly animated sorting game introduces young learners to the mathematical concepts of comparing, sorting, and grouping. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for English language...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Fruit Loop Fun
Using Fruit Loops, students sort by color, count, and enjoy a yummy snack!
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Building and Reading Tables With Three Digit Numbers
Second graders gain fluency in reading and building tables using three-digit numbers. This lesson includes a detailed plan, printable worksheets, a video showing students engaged in the lesson, and an exit ticket to assess understanding.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Building Our Own Bar Graphs (Part I)
Second graders use data to create a tally chart and make a bar graph. This lesson includes a detailed plan, videos of students engaged in the lesson, and printable worksheets.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Litter Critters Learn to Sort and Recycle
Learn the basics of recycling with the Litter Critters! Kids will sort trash into four different litter categories: recyclables, compost, electronic waste, and landfill waste. In Easy Mode, users sort trash into one category of litter at...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Fuzz Bugs Patterns
Creating and interpreting a bar graph has never been so much fun! In this educational game kids will create a bar graph by sorting the Fuzz Bugs. Patterns start off easy and get progressively more difficult.