3-5
In this series of 3 hands-on activities, students develop and reinforce their understanding of hundredths as fractions, decimals, and percentages. Students explore using candy pieces as they physically make and connect a set/linear model to area models.
3-5
Oil spills are in the news. To make real-world connections, this lesson provides hands-on experiences with mixing oil and water, provides surface area information about the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and gives students opportunities to estimate small oil spills of their own making.
Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Need a pentagonal pyramid that's six inches tall? Or a number line that goes from ‑18 to 32 by 5's? You can create all those things and more! Place the images you want, then export it as a PDF or as a JPG image.
3-5, 6-8
Explore different representations for fractions including improper
fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percentages. Additionally, there
are length, area, region, and set models.
Pre-K-2, 3-5
Play a matching game with different representations of equivalent items.
3-5
In this lesson, students use fraction bars to explore
how to compare sizes of fractions. They conclude with an online Calculation
Nation
® game
called Fraction Feud.
3-5, 6-8
This applet allows students to individually practice working with relationships among fractions and ways of combining fractions.
3-5, 6-8
Utilizando el juego en linea Deep Sea Duel, los estudiantes participan en un juego de tarjetas contra Okta. El objetivo es elegir tarjetas de modo que algún subconjunto de tres tarjetas den una cantidad determinada. Los estudiantes jugaran variaciones del juego, intentando identificar una estrategia ganadora, y harán comparacion de este juego con otros juegos que ellos conocen.
3-5
This lesson provides a hands-on approach to converting
improper fractions to mixed numbers. In
addition, students locate improper fractions on a number line. Students use
number cards and counters as manipulatives while exploring the relationship
between improper fractions and mixed numbers. Students reinforce their skills
while playing a modified version of Calculation Nation’s “Dig It.”
3-5
Explore relationships among fractions through
work with the length model.
