Curated OER
Driving Warmup
Students respond to various cues and "drive" around while warming up. Cues such as "speed limit" correspond to walking around at normal speed. "Bumpy Road" corresponds to skipping, etc.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Traffic Jam Activity Lesson Plan
There are seven stepping stones and six people - three on the left facing the three on the right. How is it possible to have the three on the left end up on the right, and vice versa, while everyone was at all times standing on a stone...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: N q.a: Traffic Jam
This task, codes to all three standards in this cluster, and also offers students an opportunity to practice modeling (MP4). Students must attempt to make reasonable assumptions about the average length of vehicles in the traffic jam and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Traffic Jam
Sixth graders can first model this fraction division problem with a drawing or manipulatives, then use division to solve it. Aligns with 6.NS.A.1.