Adventures in Statistics
This is for the adventurous teacher who is interested in doing a long-term math project. The following question is posed to your 5th graders: Are the areas of classrooms in the 6th grade larger, on the average, than the areas of the 5th grade classrooms? This project incorporates measurement, graphing, computation, data analysis, and presentation of results.
http://mathforum.org/trscavo/statistics.html
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Area & Perimeter Reference Site
This could be a nice link to post on your class website as a reference for your students as they tackle homework problems dealing with area and perimeter.
http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/area.htm#areaofaparallelogram
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Area of Parallelograms
Explore the relationship between the area of a parallelogram and the area of a rectangle using an animation. Also, with the help of an animation, see that any triangle is half of a parallelogram.
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=172
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Area vs. Perimeter
Are you frustrated when your students still can’t remember the difference between these two important measurement concepts? This article might inspire you to try teaching these ideas in a new way.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/anewtmar.htm
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Circle Graph Game
Students decide how many questions to complete, then the circle graph questions begin.
http://www.scweb4free.com/circle.html
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Comparing Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
Find out how to compare fractions, decimals and percentages by reading the fact sheets. Then test your knowledge of fractions, decimals and percentages by taking an online quiz. Finally, students can have fun applying their skills in a matching game. This comes from the BBC, so be prepared to see pounds instead of dollars.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/comparing/comparingall3/index.shtml
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Computer games
Here are games by math strand with different versions for different computers.
http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html
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Coordinate Plane Math Worksheet Generator
Print your own blank coordinate plane worksheets. You determine the number of grids on a sheet and whether the grids are numbered or not.
http://themathworksheetsite.com/coordinate_plane.html
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Create A Graph
Website has been completely redesigned with dozens of new features and better graphs. Students can create a very nice graph after typing in all the necessary information, then print it out. There are five different types of graphs and charts to choose from.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/index.asp
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Decimal and Whole Number Jeopardy
Review place value and comparing and rounding numbers by playing the game of Jeopardy. Also, practice number patterns. Note: when rounding to the nearest dollar, be sure to type in the dollar sign for the answer to be correct.
http://www.quia.com/cb/8142.html
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Decimal Division Powerpoint
Go to this site to download a nice Powerpoint presentation that reviews the steps of dividing a decimal by a decimal. Sometimes the students need to see it up on a screen!
http://www.tburg.k12.ny.us/anderson/ppt.htm
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Divisibility Rules
Students can review the rules of divisibility and get instant feedback as they practice on three and four-digit numbers.
http://www.vectorkids.com/vkdivisible.htm
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Division of All Types
Every type of division problem is covered here. Click on a topic such as Division by Fractions. First, a short tutorial lesson is given, then practice problems, and finally a game to apply the division skill.
http://www.aaaknow.com/div.htm
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Draggable Division
Your students can set the number of problems to solve, as well as the number of digits in the dividend and divisor. Instant feedback is given as students practice the traditional steps of long division.
http://www.mrnussbaumgames.com/draggable_division/index.html
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Function Machine
Students investigate very simple functions by trying to guess the algebraic form from inputs and outputs.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/FunctionMachine/
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Games and activities
Marvelous site with games and activities with specific titles for fifth grade students. You have to look at all of the components to fully appreciate the depth of this site.
http://www.aaamath.com/grade5.html
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Global Grocery List Project:
This project features a Web site where classes can access existing price lists in either metric or imperial units and in any currency. There is also a Web page where lesson plans that utilize GGL price data will be archived. To begin students go to their local grocery stores and record prices for common items. The class then records their prices on the GGL Web site where they become part of a growing, Web accessible database of prices from across the continent and around the world. Any class can access the prices and use them for basic or complex analysis. Details on this project can be found at the project Web site.
http://www.landmark-project.com/ggl/
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Graphing Integers:
Graphing is a way to visualize relationships between two quantities. Help your students understand ordered pairs and graphing linear equations.
http://www.eduplace.com/math/mathsteps/5/
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Guess the View
Students can practice their spatial reasoning with this activity. They are given a 3-D view of an object, and then given a 2-D view of the object. Students must choose which of 6 views is being displayed from a list.
http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/00198/toepassing_wisweb.en.html
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Long Division
Long division is not bad at all... Once you get the hang of it! At first, though, it's going to seem like a LOT of steps and stuff to keep track of. But, each step is easy math. You just need to get used to what to do at each step.
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/long-division/
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Mad Minute Relay
A variant of the twenty year old mad minute. Students learn timed math facts in a team environment. Math problems can be any single operation problem.
http://eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Mathematics/Arithmetic/ATH0047.html
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Math Brain on Funbrain On-line math games.
Students are given one Brain Teaser for their grade level each week to solve, then check back next week to see if they are correct.
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index_sc.html
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Math Forum Lesson Plans: Fractions
Teachers, this is the place to come for fraction lesson plans if you teach elementary students. All the topics have a number of resources available from which to choose.
http://mathforum.org/paths/fractions/e.fraclessons.html
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Math Fries Game
Your students that need to increase their speed and accuracy with basic math facts will enjoy this game. Fun music plays in the background to keep the pace lively, but of course you can mute your computer if it’s too distracting.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mathfries.htm
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Math Internet Searches
Introduce Internet searching techniques by sending your kids on Math
Internet Searches. This is a great way to introduce key words and show
the kids when to use "" and words like 'and, or' etc. when searching.
Print this or send the kids here to do the searching assignment
http://mathforum.org/hunt/archive.htm
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Math League Help Topics
This is a help resource for 4th through 8th grades.
http://www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm
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Math Practice
This site gives a variety of activities for students to practice. Some are online puzzles to solve, while others are simply practice worksheets you can print out. Topics covered are fractions, decimals, measurement, algebra, and operations involving positive and negative integers.
http://www.dositey.com/math58.htm
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Math Puzzlers
Here are math puzzlers for the classroom or for families. Use this much like Sunshine math or just stear your math gamers here!
http://www.figurethis.org
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Math TV: Problem Solving Videos
A really impressive and helpful website! It offers a video library of word problems that are solved step by step on a virtual white board. Each video is followed by an interactive practice problem. Students are encouraged to send in their own original word problems that may be solved in a future video. Topics include algebra, fractions, percentages, geometry, probability and ratios.
http://www.mathtv.org/
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Math Word Problems
Math Word Problems and logic games separated by math strands.
http://mathforum.org/library/problems/
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Math Worksheets
Here are subject specific math worksheets FREE. Send your kids here for practice or just print out more materials for you.
http://www.aplusmath.com/Worksheets/index.html
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MathSteps: teacher support site
Here you'll find lesson plans, background information, and helpful tips on some of the key topics you'll encounter in MathSteps.
http://www.eduplace.com/math/mathsteps/5/
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MIND BENDERS
Number and image searches, puzzle challenges, and shape hunts... Print out copies of these elementary mind bender exercises for your students for sponge activities or to start your school day with some critical thinking exercises.
http://www.createdbyteachers.com/primaryactivitysept.html
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ONLINE MATH TOOLS AND ACTIVITIES
For real world math exercises, use the links here for online math tools, and calculate just how big that tree is that towers outside your school doors, or calculate your carbon debt, convert Roman Numerals, try an abacus, or find flashcards for skills practice.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson124.shtml
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Polygon Quilt
According to NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, students in grades 3-5 should be able to investigate, describe, and reason about the results of subdividing, combining, and transforming shapes. In this activity students practice these skills and use 4 adjacent right triangles to create as many different polygons as possible.
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/geometry/3-4/activities/quilt.html
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PowerPoint Math Lessons: Monica's Math
This site has several PowerPoint math lessons specifically designed for 5th grade. Most of them correspond with chapter 1 in our math text. You can use them to introduce a particular concept for math. There are 6 presentations you can download:
• exponents (2 lessons)
• place value (2 lessons)
• problem solving using a graph
• rounding
5th Grade Math Content Standards
Number Sense
1.1 Estimate, round, and manipulate very large (e.g., millions) and very small (e.g., thousandths) numbers.
1.3 Understand and compute positive integer powers of nonnegative integers
(Other standards are addressed and stated in the other Powerpoint presentations)
http://www.ceres.k12.ca.us/iweb/lessons/5th%20grade/monica5th.htm
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PowerPoint Presentations
...a huge collection of downloadable or viewable
PowerPoint presentations for grades K-12. The presentations focus on the
subject areas of language arts, math, science, social studies, and the arts.
There are a collection of interesting tutorials and teacher-tools in
the navigation bar to the right that you may want to view...
http://jc-schools.net/ppt.html
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Probability Games
Here are some activities to get you started that involve students in thinking about probability ideas while also providing practice with mental addition, experience with strategic thinking, and the opportunity to relate multiplication and geometry. All activities are adapted from Marilyn Burns's About Teaching Mathematics (Math Solutions Publications, 1992).
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/grmagam.htm
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Various Volumes
This hands on activity has students exploring the volume of a cube using paper, tape, and some sand. Patterns are provided.
http://web.archive.org/web/20040614210924/www.galaxy.net/~k12/structure/volume.shtml
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Visual Fractions
Great site for studying all aspects of fractions: identifying, renaming, comparing, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. Each topic is illustrated by either a number line or a circle with a Java applet. There are also a couple of games, for example make cookies for Grampy.
http://www.visualfractions.com/
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What Is a Fraction?
Use this interactive lesson to learn about fractions. You will find equivalent fractions, compare fractions, and more. Immediate feedback is given to your answers.
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/math.cfm?str=math&num=2&act=1
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