Curated OER
H2O in Us
Students discover through this activity that all organisms are composed of water. They find that 70 percent of their bodies are made up of water that is in thier cells and blood, and not free-flowing throughout their body.
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The Diagonal Of A Box
Young scholars solve problems using the pythagorean theorem. They use critical thinking skills in order to use a systematic process to solve the problem. Upon solving each problem the uniqueness of the lesson is asking students to give...
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Million Dollar Gift
Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.
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Percentages On A Grid
Fifth graders show percentages on a 10 x 10 grid. In this percentages lesson plan, 5th graders color in the squares to show a percent.
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Toy Planet
Students design a toy store, supply it with merchandise (on paper) and create advertisements. They also manage the store's debits and credits by using a spreadsheet. They consider how to promote the sale of their merchandise.
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Olympic records through time
Students compare the records of gold medal Olympic winners for the last 100 years and decide if we are faster, stronger than in the past.
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Colorful Triangles
Students make colorful triangles known as Sierpinski's Carpet, using colored pencils and paper.
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Walk a Mile in Albatross Shoes
Students recognize the correlation between the trash they dispose of around their school and the environmental hazards that face wildlife, specifically the Laysan albatross. They determine three ways that they can help the albatross chicks.
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Rockets on a Shoestring Budgut
Students work together to create rockets on a budget. They discover the limitations that real engineers face when designing and testing their products. They discuss their findings to complete the lesson plan.
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Careers
Eighth graders research careers on the computer to determine which career they are interested in. They create a spreadsheet using the Excel program and calculate the budget for their desired lifestyle and determine if this income is...
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Olympic Games - Can You Measure Up?
Students complete 6 units to learn about Ancient Greece and the Olympic games through physical education activities as well as math activities. In this Ancient Greece lesson, students complete multiple activities in 6 lessons including...
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Relationships and Functions
Fifth graders describe patterns as relations and functions. In this patterning lesson, 5th graders analyze and continue patterns. Students understand how patterns relate to relations and functions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Practice: Divide Fractions and Whole Numbers: Word Problems
A practice quiz on fraction division with whole numbers. Includes hints.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Dividing Fractions by Whole Numbers
Explains how to divide a fraction by a whole number. Includes eleven practice questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Divide Whole Numbers by Fractions
Practice dividing whole numbers by fractions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Division With Fractions and Whole Numbers
Short tutorial explaining how to divide fractions by whole numbers.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Practice: Dividing Whole Numbers by Unit Fractions
Practice dividing a whole number by a unit fraction. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Science Struck
Science Struck: How to Divide Fractions With Whole Numbers
Demonstrates how to divide a fraction by a whole number.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Dividing Whole Numbers by Fractions: Lesson 2
This lesson goes over how to divide a whole number by a fraction. It is 2 of 11 in the series titled "Dividing Whole Numbers by Fractions."
Queen's Printer for Ontario
E workshop.on.ca: Effective Instr'n in Math, K 6: Multidigit Computation [Pdf]
Volume 5 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for teach basic facts and multidigit computation to students in kindergarten through grade 6.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Number and Operation Sense: Whole Numbers
In this activity, students attain a basic understanding of numbers and number operations, developing number sense, and gaining fluency in arithmetic computation. They also learn to use the calculator to explore the mathematical...
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Computation and Picture Books
This sample chapter from Hurst's book Picturing Math is an excellent resource for using picture books and activities for learning computation.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Area of Rectangles: A More Efficient Way?
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will connect the concepts of counting each square unit and multiplying the side lengths to compute the area of a rectangle. They will extend this knowledge by computing a side...
Quia
Quia: Subtracting to Win a Million
Students will love playing this "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," style game as they work through the subtraction problems. Some of the numbers are large, but there is no regrouping necessary.