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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPan Balance -- Shapes
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: MathematicsThis student interactive, from Illuminations, provides an interesting environment in which students can consider the concept of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Variable Machine
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, Number SenseThis Illuminations lesson provides an introduction to the use of variables. Students explore the idea of variable as a symbol th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMathematics and Football: Unit Overview
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this five-lesson unit, from Illuminations, students participate in activities in which they analyze information represented g...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat If We Changed the Book? Problem-Posing with "Sixteen Cows"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, demonstrates the strategy of problem posing, using a piece of math-related children's literatu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBridging Literature and Mathematics by Visualizing Mathematical Concepts
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses "Actual Size" by Steve Jenkins and "If You Hopped Like a Frog" by David M. Schwartz to co...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreating "AB" Patterns
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Mathematics, Visual ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students recognize AB patterns in nature and man-made objects. They learn the meaning of the words "pat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSizing Up
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students use measurement to investigate where clothing sizes come from and to explore how sizes di...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlane Capacity
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Addition & Subtraction, MathematicsThis resource, from PlaneMath, focuses on the maximum capacity of a plane. A plane that s too heavy is a plane that s too danger...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Most Colorful Math of All
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Calculus, History-Social Science, GeographyThis activity, from Los Alamos National Lab, focuses on the question of how many colors are needed to color in a map. With a few...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhich Way?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, CalculusThis lesson plan, from the Figure This! Web site, helps students to determine which sidewalk-based path from their home to the v...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEasy Fibonacci Numbers
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & FunctionsThis resource, created by Dr. Ron Knott, features a collection of math challenges that all involve Fibonacci numbers. The patter...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFree Standing Structure
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, CalculusIn this lesson, from the Columbia Education Center, students work in groups to build structures using straws and other materials...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDouble or Not
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, Addition & SubtractionThis activity from Figure This!, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, is a problem solving challenge that has students deci...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Young Map Colorer
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Geometry, Calculus, History-Social Science, GeographyThis lesson, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, focuses on map coloring. Students wo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Pascal's Triangle
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, Number SenseIn this activity from the Math Forum, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, students work with a partner on an exploration o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJAVA Puzzles
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, Number Sense, Calculus, Measurement & GeometryThis web page from Enchanted Mind, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, provides teachers and students with a collection of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTangram Games
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, GeometryThis resource from KidsCom, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, features a set of twelve interactive puzzles based on the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreating, Describing, and Analyzing Patterns to Recognize Relationships and Make Predictions: Making Patterns
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 2Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, Measurement & GeometryThis is part one of a three-part E-example from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics that highlights different aspect...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0