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Use Google Maps to Teach Math

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Capture the engagement of young mathematicians with this upper-elementary math lesson on measuring time and distance. Using Google Maps, learners first measure and compare the distance and time it takes to travel between different...
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Virginia Department of Education

Modeling Division of Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Provide a meaningful context for learning about the division of fractions with this upper-elementary math lesson. Presented with a simple, real-world problem, young mathematicians work in small groups to develop visual models...
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Unlocking the Secrets of Math: Simple Steps to Becoming a Better Mathematician

For Teachers 6th
Help your students remember math tricks and rules. Review working with positive and negative numbers, decimals, and the order of operations in this engaging presentation.
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University of Minnesota

Fraction Operations and Initial Decimal Ideas

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Add another strategy to the toolboxes of young mathematicians with this elementary math lesson on using number lines to add and subtract fractions.
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Math Can Be Electrifying

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore how math can be used to calculate and analyze how electricity causes air pollution. Students design a campaign to educate family members on ways they can save electricity. They create a graph that compares two electric...
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Curated OER

Math Quilts

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine geometric quilt patterns to identify how math may have been used to help slaves escape to freedom. They slide, flip and turn geometric shapes to create a map quilt.
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Curated OER

Manipulatives for the Upper Elementary

For Teachers 4th - 6th
An impressive number of math manipulative ideas are available in this math resource. This page is really a resource guide with links to 18 different math manipulative ideas. The ideas are quite good, and the pages are all printable.
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Migration Math Madness

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
A great way to incorporate math into life science, this instructional activity has learners measure migratory routes on a map and calculate the actual distance that shorebirds on the routes would cover. Learners compute the distance...
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Rational Number Project

Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 9 Overview

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Visual models support young mathematicians with exploring equivalent fractions. Starting with a quick warm-up problem, children go on to work through a series of guiding practice problems before working with a partner identifying and...
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Math Memories

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars discuss their math experiences from the past. In this math activity, students write to describe their experiences in math. Additionally, young scholars list math skills that they have.
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Curated OER

Mastering Math Vocabulary of Prime and Composite Numbers Using Venn Diagrams

For Teachers 6th
Create Venn diagrams. Your class will discover the relationships between even and prime numbers. Next, they will compare that to the relationship between odd and composite numbers.
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Halloween Math Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice their multiplication and division by creating a Witches Brew.  In this holiday math instructional activity, students utilize Halloween style ingredients to create a fun edible treat for themselves.  Students...
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Math Game Using A Tic-Tac-Toe Board

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Elementary schoolers play a math game using a Tic-Tac-Toe Board. This simple idea can be used with virtually any grade level. A team of learners are the "O's," and the other is the team of "X's." Each time a team gets a problem correct,...
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Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Math

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Choose to supplement your probability unit with this resource and you won't be disappointed with the outcome. Teach young mathematicians to organize information using tree diagrams and lists in order to determine the possible outcomes of...
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Rational Number Project

Initial Fraction Ideas: Lesson 3

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Visual models support young mathematicians as they deepen their fractional number sense in this elementary math lesson. Using fraction circle manipulatives, children explore basic unit fractions as they develop the fundamental...
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Fractions . . . Are They Intricate or Elementary?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Elementary schoolers add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers and identify equivalent fractions of the same number. They use marshmallows to help them add fractions.
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Virginia Department of Education

Integers: Addition and Subtraction

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Young mathematicians construct their own understanding of integers with an inquiry-based math activity. Using colored chips to represent positive and negative numbers, children model a series of addition and subtraction problems as...
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Math Solutions

Factor Game

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Learning about factors and multiples is all fun and games with this simple math activity. The lesson begins with the teacher and class playing the Factor Game together as students figure out the rules and uncover key...
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PBS

Garden Grade 6 Area and Perimeter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Engage young mathematicians in applying their knowledge of area and perimeter with a fun geometry instructional activity. Through a series of problem solving exercises, children use their math knowledge to design...
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I Can Author a Children's Math Book!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars write short books teaching a mathematical concept. They may work in teams, with one student being the author and one student being the illustrator. They view examples of studenT books that deal with math concepts before...
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Applied Science - Science and Math Post Lab

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Young scholars utilize a balance scale. In this applied science instructional activity, students compare the weights of two objects using an elementary balance scale. Young scholars balance the scale with weights to find how heavy an...
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Math, Music and Architecture: Kindergarten Geometry and Aesthetics in Music and Architecture

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners identify and name different geometrical shapes. In this math lesson, students distinguish odd from even numbers. They describe the properties of 2 and 3 dimensional objects.
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Area Applet

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Elementary math classes calculate the area of a shape and explain the correlation between the size of the perimeter and the areas that can be contained within that perimeter. They also explain the effect the shape of the perimeter has on...
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Math Shortcuts

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Looking for a different way to introduce long division? Need a shortcut for checking multiplication answers? Then this is for you! The multiplication method uses a quick trick to check for accuracy. The division method allows learners to...

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