Curated OER
The Strongest Shape
Students work collaboratively to design and construct a roof out of Legos for a house that was built in a previous lesson. The roof must be structurally sound and pass certain criteria determined by the teacher.
Curated OER
Tomb Explorer/Temple Explorer
Fourth graders build an explorer vehicle which they program through an obstacle course to enter the tomb or temple to discover artifacts.
Curated OER
Geo-Town
Second graders use a checklist to construct a Geo-Town map including a compass rose, a map key, and a paragraph about a walk around Geo-Town, using appropriate geometric and directional vocabulary to identify the two-dimensional figures...
Curated OER
Egyptians as Engineers
Student design and build Lego vehicles that drag given amount of weight up an incline. They show how this demonstrates Egyptian methods of pyramid construction.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Find Area by Counting Unit Squares
Find the area of shapes by counting the unit squares inside them. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video tutorial, or receive hints on how to find area....
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Lesson Plans Math Vocabulary 1st Grade
This site includes two first grade math vocabulary lesson plans: one for measurement terms and time and money, and another for geometry terms
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Volume With Unit Cubes 1
In this exercise, students practice figuring volume with unit cubes. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Unit Shapes From Tessellations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video to determine unit shapes from a tessellation and then take an assessment to test their knowledge.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Addition and Subtraction of Length Units
A guide to support parents as they work with their students addition and subtraction of length units.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Counting Unit Squares to Find Area Formula
This tutorial includes a video, questions and explanations around using unit squares to see why multiplying side-lengths can also find the area of rectangles.
Other
Ohio Department of Education: Fifth Grade Achievement Test (Practice Test) [Pdf]
Half-length practice test for the third grade OAT (Ohio Achievement Test). The test includes 17 multiple-choice and 3 open-response question dealing with topics such as measurement (unit conversion, time), geometry (volume, area), data...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Understanding Area
Compare the amount of unit squares that cover figures. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video tutorial, or receive hints related to the concept of area.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Create Rectangles With a Given Area
Practice finding the area of rectangles by counting unit square. Create rectangles with a given area by covering unit squares. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Perimeter Quiz
Students take a quiz assessing knowledge of perimeter and units of perimeter. The quiz consists of eight questions, and a results summary is shown at the end.