Retrieving 2/8 of the Healing Stone
(View Complete Item Description)In this video segment from Cyberchase, Matt and Digit divide up the healing stone and discover equivalent fractions.
Material Type: Lecture
All resources in Wisconsin Digital Learning Collaborative CCSS Math Resources
Inventing Bar Graphs
(View Complete Item Description)The CyberSquad creates a bar graph representing the amount of bugs that are infecting the Cybrary in this video from Cyberchase.
Material Type: Lecture
Pizza Toppings
(View Complete Item Description)This Cyberchase video features Bianca who uses Venn Diagrams to make a pizza that satisfies the topping preferences of her friends.
Material Type: Lecture
Equal Amounts of Gold
(View Complete Item Description)In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad helps Pan and Pin divide up 15 gold bars. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
Material Type: Lecture
A Cage to Save a Whale
(View Complete Item Description)In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad must estimate the measurements of Spout the Whale in order to find a cage that will fit him.Ű_í_
Material Type: Lecture
An Egyptian Clock
(View Complete Item Description)The CyberSquad must construct a clock of sorts in order to keep track of the amount of time they have to rescue Dr. Marbles in this video segment from Cyberchase.
Material Type: Lecture
Retrieving 2/5 of Electro-Root
(View Complete Item Description)In this video segment from Cyberchase, Jackie and Inez figure out how to break an Electro-Root into 2/5, one of the ingredients for the antidote to Motherboardë_í__ virus.
Material Type: Lecture
Measuring Length Precisely
(View Complete Item Description)In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad must measure the length of the rope that will lower Digit from the ceiling to remove the voice box from a statue of Hacker.
Material Type: Lecture
Math Activity Themes: Bats
(View Complete Item Description)Bats are a common theme at Halloween. Use these resources to capitalize on student interest in bats and develop student understanding of common mathematical patterns.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game
Back to School Problem Solving
(View Complete Item Description)September is a great time for data collection activities as students are naturally curious about their new classmates. Ask questions that require students to analyze data and support their conclusions.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Problem Solving: 100 Board Logic Problems
(View Complete Item Description)Students use a hundred board to eliminate numbers after reading each clue. Students must apply their knowledge of even-odd, multiples and place value to successfully eliminate numbers until the solution is revealed.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Number Sense Activities: Climb the Ladder
(View Complete Item Description)Some students need prompts to help them write mathematical expressions for target numbers. Climb the Ladder is an activity that prompts students to move from all addition or subtraction problems and include many mathematical topics to generate equivalent names.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Problem Solving: Logic Number Puzzles
(View Complete Item Description)These logic number puzzles help students develop strong number sense as they work, clue by clue, to identify the digits of the missing number. The mixed-skills clues incorporate even-odd, less than-greater than, operations (sum, difference), multiples of 5 and 10, geometric terms (octagaon, pentagon, hexagon, quadrilateral, trapezoid, parallelogram), money (quarters, nickels) and measurement (cup, pint, quart, gallon). Students must squeeze every bit of knowledge from each clue to eliminate possible digits until they finally identify the missing digits.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game, Lesson Plan
Addition and Subtraction Face-Off! Game
(View Complete Item Description)Students place markers on the numbers 2-12. Students toss two 6-sided dice, find the sum and remove a marker from that number, if there is still one. The first player to remove all markers wins the game. This game can be used as addition practice or as an introduction to the probability of the different outcomes of rolling two dice. This game was developed by a Monmouth University student for the Probability Fair. These games help students acquire proficiency in addition and subtraction facts.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game, Lesson Plan
Investigating Dominoes
(View Complete Item Description)Dominoes have become a staple in most primary classrooms. They build upon dice patterns and are often used to model decomposition of numbers, building student knowledge of addition facts. They are an excellent manipulative for primary students to use and these are some examples of how students might use dominoes in the math center. Try these domino games with students to improve math skills and number recognition. Encourage students to play these games at home with their families, using real dominoes or paper copies.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Arithmetic
(View Complete Item Description)Remember your multiplication tables? ... me neither. Brush up on your multiplication, division, and factoring skills with this exciting game. No calculators allowed! The students will be given mutiplication and division problems which they must answer. They also have the option of being given a number then stating the factors of how that number was attained using either multiplication or division.
Material Type: Simulation
A World Tour of Clocks
(View Complete Item Description)In this video segment from Cyberchase, learn about the workings of a variety of timekeepers. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
Material Type: Lecture
What's in that Box of Cookies, Anyway?
(View Complete Item Description)In this video segment from TV 411, learn how to read nutrition labels on food containers and calculate the calorie content of different serving amounts. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
Material Type: Lecture
Skate-Off: Round One
(View Complete Item Description)In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad learns what happens to the area of a rectangle when the shape enclosed by the perimeter changes.
Material Type: Lecture
Sharing Candy Among Gargoyles
(View Complete Item Description)The CyberSquad must divide 35 candies evenly among seven gargoyles in this video segment from Cyberchase.
Material Type: Lecture