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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Jumping

For Students K - 1st Standards
After training hard, Ben and Mia have improved their performance in the long jump and high jump. Can you work out the length and height of their original jumps? This activity explores multiplication, division and fractions in the context...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Now and Then

For Students K - 1st Standards
Look at the changes in results on some of the athletics track events at the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948. What will the results be in 2012? This slightly more challenging activity encourages children to examine data and consider...
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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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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Hamburger Restaurant: Time and Mass

For Students K - 1st Standards
On this interactive site students practice time and mass skills. By the end of the lesson students will be able to describe the mass of more than two objects and record the mass of three objects by lifting.
Article
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Fractions, Multiples, Beats, and Measures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Engage your students in a lesson that uses music to identify multiples and fractions. Your students will enjoy participating in this activity as they learn and explore music and math.
Interactive
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Math and Logic Puzzles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A collection of puzzles that will challenge your knowledge of measurement, logic, symmetry, numbers, algebra, and other math-related topics.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: Position & Length

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
On this interactive site students learn to use ordinary language to describe position and length.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Math: Units of Measurement Glossary and Terms

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Math glossary and terms on units of measurement for kids. Learn the definitions used in this mathematics subject such as time, temperature, length, and distance.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Nonstandard Measurement

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students review nonstandard measurement from first grade and volume from second grade math SOLS. Virginia assessment material is used for Activote opportunity.
Interactive
TVOntario

Tvo Kids: Tumbletown Mathletics Game

For Students K - 1st Standards
Practice fractions, counting money, understanding spatial relationships, perimeter measurement, and basic arithmetic calculations such as adding, subtracting, simple multiplying and dividing while earning points in this fast-paced game.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Martha's Stem Stories Activity Plan

For Students 1st - 3rd
Welcome to Martha's STEM Stories! STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. You may already know that doing STEM means testing ideas, collecting data, making calculations, and drawing graphs and charts-but you...
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Months

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Remember how many days there are in each month by learning and singing a rhyme.
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Time Slice Special Test

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
A concise tool for assessing time concepts such as telling time and elapsed time using analog clocks. Assessment is scored online and scores are compared with scores of all test takers. Great for use as a quick assessment.
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Money Slice Special Test

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Assess money estimation skills with this concise test that focuses on application of these skills in real world situations. Assessment is scored online providing students with immediate feedback. Excellent tool for a quick assessment.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Indirect Measurement

For Students K - 1st Standards
Compare the lengths of 2 objects indirectly by using a third object. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Professional Doc
Other

Erikson Institute: Halloween and Animal Fun While Exploring Big, Bigger

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Here are two books to help students understand the concept of big, bigger, and biggest. Thinking about what big and bigger means helps children build the mathematical concept of measurement, particularly the big idea that all measurement...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Longer and Heavier? Shorter and Heavier?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will compare the length and weight of several pairs of objects to learn that weight and length are separate measurable attributes, and not always related.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Stories From Africa

For Teachers 1st - 5th
At the end of this lesson, students will have a better understanding of the size of the African elephant. This could be used in an animal science unit, a measuring unit in math, an extension to literature, or for social studies...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Is an Inch?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This activity gives the students the opportunity to see what an inch really looks like. It also provides them with a chance to be creative using various inch materials and to create a visual for what an inch is. It is a great lesson to...
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PBS

Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 203 Blossom and Snappy Go to the Farm, Part I

For Students K - 1st Standards
Blossom and Snappy decide to surprise Robbie by making her a pumpkin pie using math in some creative ways. They visit a pumpkin farm, dairy farm, and a dairy plant, finding out all the ways math is used in each of these places.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Gone Fishing (Pdf)

For Students 1st - 3rd
Use your algebraic reasoning to solve this math challenge that explores the relationship between quantities and weights. Try this math challenge from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series. Also, discover how mastering this skill...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Turns

For Students K - 1st Standards
What angles can you see in these photos of Olympic sports? Can you estimate them? This challenging activity is aimed at older primary pupils at Key Stage 2.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Riksjas, Toek Toek: Time and Capacity

For Students K - 1st
Students will find capacity of objects and practice telling time to the half-hour while playing learning games.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Years

For Students 1st - 3rd
The mathematics resource discusses years. Students review the concept using the provided notes and then answer questions to check for comprehension of the topic.

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