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Rodeo Time
Students use literature (the story Rodeo Time) and appropriate manipulatives to learn and understand mathematics. In these creative thinking measurement lessons, students have a focal point on problem solving strategies while using...
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Fraction Popsicle Pop-ups
Students decorate and use popsicle sticks to use as manipulatives to assist with their learning of fractions. They play learning games with their popsicle sticks with a partner.
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It's Great to Be More
Students compare whole and fractional numbers using <, >, or =, with manipulatives and drawings.
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What Time Is It?
Fourth graders distinguish between analog and digital clocks and read time from both types. In this clock reading lesson, 4th graders discuss the types of clocks and the time zones. Students find times in specific time zones. Students...
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Word Power
Fifth graders identify a set of data from a real world problem. In this statistics instructional activity, 5th graders identify the range, mode, median and mean using some manipulatives. They write words randomizing the letters.
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Show Me The Money
Students use "play money" as manipulatives, moving from coin identification to coin combinations totaling one dollar. They combine classroom work with Internet sites. Students use a buddy system to practice writing and solving word...
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Marvelous Mathematics
Students make a table on the computer, but create fractions and equivalent fractions through the use of color. They are able to manipulate fractions in order to gain a greater understanding of the meaning of whole number that is broken...
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Scientific Notation II: The Mantissa
Students after completing the Part II (of 2) scientific notation online lab exercises, manipulate and interpret large numbers expressed in the "mantissa and exponent" format of scientific notation.
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Scientific Notation I: The Exponent
Students manipulate and interpret large numbers expressed in the "exponent" format of scientific notation.
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Enough for Everybody: Division
Students study division. In this math activity, students arrange manipulatives into equal groups. Students discuss the relationship between multiplication and division.
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Fraction King Lesson Plan
Students examine the concept of fractions. For this fractions king lesson, students review math vocabulary and discover the equivalent forms of fractions as decimals and percents.
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Fun patterns
Students gain an understanding of shapes and patterns using Interactive Math Journey while reviewing the names of shapes and colors.
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Circles and Stars
Students solve multiplication problems utilizing virtual manipulatives, express multiplication problems in form of expressions, enter data into a spreadsheet and analyze results, and play game Circles and Stars.
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Finding Fractions
Learners identify and solve problems using fractions. In this algebra lesson, students compare fractions and simplify with 80% accuracy. They manipulate fraction on the smart board through simplification.
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Arithmetic Artistry
Young scholars create a classroom quilt that illustrates the many unique ways that students use math skills.
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Sun's Impact On Earth's Temperature
Young scholars view NASA images and movies of Venus, Earth, and Mars to deduce weather patterns and manipulate computer models to test competing hypotheses. They manipulate computer models to investigate the influence of solar distance...