Mathematics

Materials/Supplies:

• Infographic Poster
• Handouts
• Answer Key

Instructions: Use the Pi in the Sky 2 infographic and handouts to do the visual math contained on each interior page of the infographic.

Materials/Supplies: Device with Internet Access

Instructions: Use any of the math simulations to teacher a wide variety of math concepts. *Balancing Act Each simulations has a For Teachers section which contains lessons that go with the simulation to teach the concepts covered by the simulation.

Materials/Supplies: A pair of dice, two different colors (for example, red and blue) A piece of paper Instructions:

1. Students will be learning about probability using nothing but 2 dice.
2. Ask how many different outcomes are possible if you were to roll 2 dice. Remind students that there are 6 options on both sides. Together, you can determine that there are 6 x 6 = 36 possible rolls. Ask how many ways there are to roll a total of “2” using two dice. After thinking, students should conclude that there’s only one way: 1 + 1.
3. Ask how many ways there are to roll a total of “7.” Students should come up with 6 combinations: 1 + 6, 6 + 1, 2 + 5, 5 + 2, 3 + 4, 4 + 3. 5. Time to figure out all of the rolls. Have students fill out the last two columns of the following chart. They have already figured out “2” and “7".

Materials: Computer with Internet Access, Materials required by each lesson plan

Instructions: Use the lesson plans to teach a variety of math concepts with manipulatives, video and every day materials. Lessons vary by grade level and subject. *Bigger and Smaller Exponent Rules. Teacher lesson information lets instructor know how much time lessons take, standards covered, procedures for instruction and materials.

Materials/Supplies:

• SMART Notebook file for Graphing Linear Equations Full Body Style
• Graphing Linear Equations Worksheet
• Lesson Plan: Graphing Linear Equations Full Body

Instructions: Use the instructional video to complete the lesson "Graphing Linear Equations-Full Body Style". Videos on this site have a lesson objective, grade level, math standard addressed and full instructions to integrate into classroom instruction.

Materials/Supplies: materials to create a sloped surface, Lego/Duplo blocks to construct a building, calculator, scratch paper, graph paper

Instructions: Use the plan procedures and the slope equation to figure out the slope of the example surface. Students will use this information to account for this slope when building the example building with blocks.

Materials/Supplies: Device with Internet Access

Instructions: From the Cut the Knot website, choose an activity that matches your standard. These games and activities are designed to reinforce math standards in a variety of grade levels.

Materials/Supplies: Device with Internet Access

Instructions: The Interactivate site allows searching by standards and includes lessons and online activities to support instruction.

Materials/Supplies: Rubik's Cubes, You Can Do the Cube Booklet

Instructions: Using the You Can do the Rubik's Cube site, you will lead students through the process to learning how to solve the Rubik's cube. The standard 3x3 cube has solution videos and a guide with step by step instructions to teach students how to take a scrambled cube and solve all 6 sides.

Materials/Supplies: square piece of paper (a small sticky note works well), scissors, tape, paper, pencil

Instructions: Gather the materials and draw a simple shape on two sides of the sticky note from corner to corner. Cut out one side, then slide it all the way to the other side. Cut out the other shape, then slide it all the way to the other side and fix it in place. With this template, place it on a large piece of paper and trace it. Then, place the template so that it fits onto itself and trace again, repeating until the page is covered. Color the design.

Materials: Meter sticks, measuring tapes, other material as required by activity.

Instructions: Use measuring materials to measure every day objects as required by the activity. Activities focus on the role of measurement in other lessons and instruction. Lessons included from site: measuring, volume, heat tests (calculations), and problem solving.

Materials/Supplies: Device with Internet Access, SumoPaint

Instructions:

1. Start with the canvas provided or pick a different size in the file menu.
2. Click on the symmetry tool on the left hand side toolbar (the icon that looks like a black flower about halfway down).
3. On the top toolbar, change the brush size and type to what you’d like, and pick a color on the right hand side if you don’t want black ink.
4. You can also select the number of symmetry points on the top color, and the “Random Colors” or “Gravity” options (these are big hits with my own kids).
5. Save a copy locally.
6. You can use the bucket tool to fill in the colors digitally, but it saves ink and makes it a bit more fun in my opinion to print out the black line version and then color it in.
7. Print if desired.

Materials: Pretzel sticks, mini-marshmallows, card stock, marker

Instructions: Draw 2D shapes in a piece of card stock. Students will use the pretzels and marshmallows to create the shapes. Students can use the 3D model to identify shapes, count sides and create their own shapes.

Materials/Supplies: Large popsicle sticks, colored dots

Instructions: Have students write a set of math facts on one dot on one end of the stick and the answer on the other end on a dot. Use the completed math fact sticks to connect different problems to different answers, much like dominoes are matched up.

Materials/Supplies: 10 jumbo wooden craft sticks, hot glue, four rubber bands, and a recycled plastic cap, pom pom balls, paper plates with points written on them (5, 10, 15, 20)

Instructions: Students will construct a catapult and then use the pom pom balls to shoot the balls into the point plates. Students can measure the distance of the flights and average, add up the points earned, compete for distance, etc. Great math practice!