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Goldfish Subtraction

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students manipulate Goldfish crackers to explore subtraction and number sentences.
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Skittles Lab

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use Skittles as manipulatives to practice computing decimals from fractions, computing decimals into percentages, and creating bar graphs from gathered data.
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Determining Red-Shift in a Receding Star

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice manipulating algebra formulas with more than one variable. They examine the topics of velocity, wavelength and frequency. They determine the amount of red-shift in a receding star.
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Area and Perimeter Relationships

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the relationship between area and perimeter. After discovering the definition of perimeter, 6th graders work together to create designs for a flower bed. They observe that the perimeter remains constant even...
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Frogs in Ponds

For Teachers 1st
First graders determine how numbers are made up of other smaller numbers before examining addition and subtraction. They determine the number pairs that make up a given number and determine when no other pairs can be found. They use frog...
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Bar Charts and Pictographs: How can they help us?

For Teachers 1st
First graders work with manipulatives to solve various math problems by using concrete objects to solve a list of problems . They create and evaluate bar graphs and write a statement about the information on their bar graph.
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Nand Gate Logic

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students assess how to construct all possible circuits out of Nand gates. They divide into groups and are given a set of manipulatives to organize and explain the operation of a Nand gate. Each group recognizes the need to construct...
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Let's Learn About Numbers

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a variety of drill and practice activities as they study numbers. They play with numbers, write about numbers and have opportunities to manipulate and match up numerals, number words, and sets of objects.
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Coordinate Grid Twister

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students plot ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. Given a game board and other manipulatives, groups of students participate in a coordinate grid game where they stand and place their feet and hands on a given grid position. Much like...
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Coins

For Students K - 1st
For this money worksheet, students cut paper money to be used for manipulatives in money exercises. Ten pennies, ten nickels, ten dimes and five quarters are included.
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Place Value Investigation (2)

For Students 3rd
In this place value instructional activity, 3rd graders work toward mastery of place value through the hundreds. Students choose three digits and manipulate the numbers in order to respond to 5 short answer questions about the digits...
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Finding Slope of a Line from an Equation

For Students 8th - 10th
In this slope activity, students identify the slope of a line from a linear equation.  This one page activity contains twenty-two linear equations given in various forms.  Students will need to manipulate equations to identify...
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Guess My Shape

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars describe shapes to other students who have to guess that shape. In this shape lesson plan, young scholars describe shape attributes to other students. Then those other young scholars have to guess the shape that is being...
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Subtraction in the Hundreds

For Students 3rd
In this subtraction worksheet, 3rd graders manipulate numbers to create the outcome of the problem. Students must use the given numbers to arrange the numbers and create a subtraction problem with the lowest outcome possible.
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Composite Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a poster to explain composite functions. In this composite function worksheet, students explore linear equations and functions. They complete a worksheet and use manipulatives to complete problems.
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Recognizing Patterns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of patterns. In this patterns instructional activity, students use applets to manipulate tessellations. Students predict the next number in a sequence by recognizing patterns.
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Clock Face

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this telling time worksheet, students cut out an analog clock with hour and minute hands to use as a manipulative to solve problems. Students use 1 clock face.
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Multiplication Live!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write multiplication sentences using manipulatives like food and classroom items. For this multiplication lesson plan, 3rd graders show and explain their problems to one another.
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Linear Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve linear equations by modeling. In this algebra instructional activity, students solve one and two step inequalities and equations. They use manipulative to create a visual of the steps.
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Painted Cube Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students differentiate between cubes and unit cubes. In this geometry lesson, students create linking cubes and use it as a manipulative to answer questions. They define the faces, edges and sides of the cubes as it relates to unit cubes.
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Understanding Rational Numbers and Proportions

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore parts of a whole. In this fraction lesson, students determine what makes a fair share. Working with manipulatives, students solve mathematical problems containing fractions.
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How Sharp Is Your Memory?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students play a memory game as they explore reasoning. In this algebra lesson plan, students identify concepts using pictures and words. They model real life scenarios using hands on manipulatives.
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How Many More?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners complete subtraction problems where they use goldfish crackers as their manipulatives in the problem. In this subtraction lesson plan, students use words and pictures to also show their problems.
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Extending Pattern Understandings

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students use shapes and manipulatives to demonstrate patterns. In this patterns lesson plan, students also break up patterns to identify a pattern unit.

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