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GRADE TECHNOLOGY LINKS FOR MATH (GAMES)
Unit 1
1. http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/EstimatorFour/?version=1.6.0_02&browser=MSIE&vendor=Sun_Microsyste
ms_Inc. A Four in a Row game where players get checkers when they quickly and efficiently estimate a sum to two
numbers.
2. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Estimate/estimate.html Students estimate the number indicated on a number
line.
3. http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/math1-3/p-mentalmath.html Teacher background information as well as student practice materials
on the topic of elementary mental math strategies
4. http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/primary/mathematics/numeracy/mental/index.htm Mental computation
strategies with some fun graphics to demonstrate the strategies.
5. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SpeedGrid/Addition/urikaadd2res.html A fun race against time using mental
addition skills.
6. http://letsplaymath.wordpress.com/tag/mental-math/ Offers ideas for other games and links to additional math sites.
7. http://www.aaamath.com/pro.html Students practice identification and application of arithmetic properties
8. http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/math_problems.htm A source for teachers to get ideas for additional word problems for students
Graphs can be created using templates such as the pictograph template below:
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/2351_5255.pdf
Pictographs can be created using excel following the directions below:
http://faculty.kutztown.edu/schaeffe/Excel/Vallone/Vallone_Excel.pdf
Pictographs can be created using a website such as: http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/numbers/pictogram/pictogram.htm
Bar graphs can be created using a website such as:
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ or
9. http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=63
If students are having difficulty thinking of a question, these websites have many ideas:
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/numbers13.html
http://www.uen.org/lessonplan/upload/10867-2-14587-graphing_ideas.pdf
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/BarGraphSorter/ Create bar graphs based on random sets of shapes.
Unit 2
1.http://maso.gmu.edu/~mmankus/whole/base10/asmdb10.htm#div A site for teachers and parents provides information
on using base 10 blocks to solve division problems with an area model.
2.http://mcq.wrdsb.on.ca/Admin/Documents/WORC/PDFs/LESSON%20PrimaryMath.pdf
3.http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathLAMultiplicationDivisionUsingTheDoorbellRang23.htm provide teacher
resources for the book The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins.
4,http://www.stuartjmurphy.com/activities/activity_ideas.php Stuart Murphy website with activity suggestions for Divide
and Ride. (Click on level 3 and then click on the title of the book.)
5.http://www.softschools.com/math/games/division_practice.jsp Division practice; the student or teacher can
determine the parameters for the divisor, dividend, and number of problems
Directions for origami frog http://www.ljhs.sandi.net/faculty/mteachworth/avid-information/origami-frog-lab-avid.pdf
6.http://www.frogtown.org/ This is a YouTube video of a frog jumping contest
7.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luG7_nzBHjI&feature=fvo&ad=21937675894 This is a YouTube video that provides
instructions for making an origami frog.
Unit 3
1. http://www.multiplication.com/ Practice games for multiplication facts as well as teacher resource pages with
instructional ideas on how to introduce multiplication. NOTE: this site contains advertising
2. http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=U109 Numerous ideas for introducing multiplication, including the
array model.
3. http://www.eduplace.com/math/mw/background/3/08/te_3_08_overview.html Provides background information on the
relationship between multiplication and division.
4, http://www.arcytech.org/java/patterns/patterns_d.shtml Allows students to work with pattern blocks in an interactive
applet and easily print their work.
Unit 4
1.http://www.brainpopjr.com/math/measurement/area/grownups.weml
2. http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=204
3. http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=204
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6eTMRXHhmE
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6eTMRXHhmE
6. http://mrsrenz.net/mathsites.htm#area-perim
Unit 5
1. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/buzz/buzz.html
2. http://www.ablongman.com/vandewalleseries/Vol_2_BLM_PDFs/BLM20-26.pdf
3. http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_172_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities&from=category_g_2_t_3.html Interactive
geoboard from the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
4. http://nlvm.usu.edu/
5. http://www.mathcats.com/explore/polygons.html - Explore Polygons
6. http://www.math-play.com/Polygon-Game.html - Name the Shape
7. http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_170_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities&from=category_g_2_t_3.html Compose
Shapes
8. http://www.learner.org/courses/learningmath/video/geometry/wmp/geo_10_k5_ch1.html - Video of teacher using Venn
Diagram to sort polygons with whole class
9. http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/geometry/GP9/LQuad.htm
10.http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/quadrilaterals-interactive.html - allows students to move corners to make sizes.
11. http://www.interactivestuff.org/match/maker.phtml?featured=1&id=24 matching game
12. http://www.mathplayground.com/matching_shapes.html - matching games - has kite
13. http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/3464/3547873/blackline_masters/BLM_40.pdf
14.http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_172_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities This site offers an easy to use virtual
geoboard.
15.http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_271_g_2_t_3.html?open=instructions&from=category_g_2_t_3.html
Students follow a pattern to create attribute trains based on color, shape, or the number on the shape (e.g. triangle,
square pattern; red, red, blue pattern; triangle, square, square pattern; 2,3,1 pattern).
16.http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/geometry/GP9/LQuad.htm A summary of the properties of several
quadrilaterals.
17.http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/geometry/6-8/activities/new_quads/quads.html A virtual Quest
where students match properties with quadrilaterals.
18.http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/lessons/IntroQuadrilaterals/ An introduction to Quadrilaterals
19.http://www.mathsisfun.com/quadrilaterals.html - Use after completing the Quadrilateral Challenge; does allow for
students to move the corners of the quadrilaterals
20.http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L350 Complete lesson on rectangles and parallelograms
21.http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L813 Shape Up Lesson from Illumination
22.http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L346
23.http://ejad.best.vwh.net/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml - Pattern Blocks
24.http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_170_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities&from=category_g_2_t_3.html National
Library of Virtual Manipulatives
25.http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/3464/3547873/blackline_masters/BLM_38.pdf
26.http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/sitemap/fractions.php
27.http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_vandewalle_math_6/0,12312,3547876-,00.html
28.http://www.edemberley.com/pages/main.aspx?section=db&subSection=capPages,
http://www.edemberley.com/pages/main.aspx?section=db
29.http://www.edemberley.com/pages/main.aspx?section=legal
30.http://www.kellyskindergarten.com/math/math_activities.htm
31.http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ - Create a bar graph online.
32.http://www.softschools.com/math/data_analysis/pictograph/make_your_own_pictograph/ Create a Picture Graph
33.http://www.eduplace.com/math/mthexp/g3/visual/pdf/vs_g3_144.pdf
Unit 6
1.http://www.kidsnumbers.com/turkey-terminator-math-game.php
2.http://www.visualfractions.com/
3.http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_103_g_1_t_1.html?from=topic_t_1.html
4.http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_274_g_2_t_1.html?open=activities&from=topic_t_1.html
5.http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_104_g_2_t_1.html?from=topic_t_1.html
6.http://www.mathplayground.com/Scale_Fractions.html
7.http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_105_g_2_t_1.html?from=topic_t_1.html
8.http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=80
9.http://www.gamequarium.com/fractions.html
10.http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/ff/index.asp
11.http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fraction-number-line.html
12.http://mrnussbaum.com/pizza_game/index.html
13.http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/index.htm
14.http://www.primarygames.com/fractions/2a.htm
15.http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fractions-match-words-pizza.html
Unit 7
1,http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_318_g_2_t_4.html Elapsed time problems using two clocks, both analog and
digital
2.http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ElapsedTime/?version=disabled&browser=MSIE&vendor=na&flash=10.0.3
2 Several activities surrounding elapsed time using analog or digital clocks.
3.http://donnayoung.org/math/clock.htm Printable blank clock faces.
4.http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=63 Students can use this website to enter their data and create a
bar graph.
5.http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/BarGraph/ different link to the same program as above.
6.http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_114_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities
7.http://people.rit.edu/mecsma/Professional/Puzzles/Pentominoes/P-A.html
8.http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_114_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities Interactive pentomino tasks
9.http://people.rit.edu/mecsma/Professional/Puzzles/Pentominoes/P-A.html Provides several beginner problems with
solutions for pentominos.
10.http://puzzler.sourceforge.net/docs/pentominoes.html Solutions to several pentominos puzzles such as the one below.
11.http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_172_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities Geoboard with area/perimeter activity
(Look for the activity titled, Shapes with Perimeter 16.)
12.http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072532947/student_view0/grid_and_dot_paper.html Printable dot and graph
paper
13.http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ShapeExplorer/?version=1.6.0_07&browser=MSIE&vendor=Sun_Microsy
stems_Inc.&flash=10.0.32 Randomly generated rectangles for which the perimeter and the area can be found
14,http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/perimeter_and_area/index.html Instruction on
finding area and perimeter of shapes with practice. Levels 2 and 3 for area require finding the area of several rectangles
and adding the areas together.
15.http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_169_g_1_t_3.html?open=activities&from=category_g_1_t_3.html The squares
from this virtual pattern blocks web site can be used. Students can use six squares from the pattern blocks and find
different arrangements of the squares that meet the required conditions.
16.http://www.learner.org/courses/learningmath/measurement/session9/part_a/index.html An interactive task for teachers
to explore area and perimeter.
17.http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/DMGetDocument.aspx/Grade%204%20Unit%203%20Creating%20Scales.pdf?p=6CC6799
F8C1371F6CA1D4816B288AA4D386F6BD621BEA7BF4B4B9C6CFBBB4292&Type=D Link to directions on how to
make a balance scale and a spring scale using common materials.
18.http://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/metric-mass.html Provides some background on metric measures and lists items
that weigh about one kilogram.
19.http://gadoe.georgiastandards.org/mathframework.aspx?PageReq=MathHunt Is a link to a classroom video of this
task. Teachers may want to view this video to see how one teacher implemented this task in his classroom.
20.http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx?ID=3525a186ca2b4d3e8589a61cbefa47ac.
21.http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx Create A Graph by the National Center for Education Statistics
is a web-based program which allows students to create a bar graph.
22.http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/grapher.html Limited in its use but very simple to use
most labels can be renamed.
23.http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255w03/cs255students/nsovey/P5/P5.html Provides instructions to create a line
plot graph as well as features to look for in a line plot graph.
24.http://www.thefutureschannel.com/dockets/realworld/teaching_zoo/ This FUTURES video is a great introduction
to this task. Students see how important accurate measurements using both metric and standard weights are
important in a zoo.
