Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Decode the Barcode
Do you know what the barcode means at the bottom of an envelope? See if you can figure out how to crack the code that the postal service uses to deliver mail in this fun activity.
PBS
Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Games: Quack's Apples
Students are challenged to position sticks creating a path so apples land into the pond.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: How Old Are Galaxies?
Learn about galaxies: How old are they? How can we study things so far away? What is the most distant galaxy? What can we learn by studying distant galaxies?
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Postage Stamp
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students solve problems set around postage stamps.
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Class Flow: Pre Algebra Problem Solving
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains manipulatives for creating addition and subtraction problems using positive and negative numbers. There is an example problem which teachers can use to help design their own...
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Class Flow: Problem Solving
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces a 4 step strategy for problem solving.
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Class Flow: Problem Solving Techniques
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart demonstrates techniques for problem solving and gives students concrete examples of how to solve problems, eliminate unnecessary information and access the correct operation to solve the...
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Class Flow: Problem Solving With Large Numbers
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to add or subtract numbers up to 9,999. Students highlight key words that help determine the appropriate operation to use for solving. Activotes are used to identify...
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Class Flow: Quick Math
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on middle school math problem solving. Integration of Activotes is included.
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Class Flow: Secret Numbers
[Free Registration/Login Required] The 100 chart is used to locate the secret number using problem-solving clues.
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Class Flow: Solving Equations: Addition and Place Value
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a very interactive lesson to teach the students how to solve equations and word problems using the addition properties. The lesson includes Activote questions and student interaction.
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Class Flow: Story Problem Vote
[Free Registration/Login Required] The goal of this lesson is to solve one- and two-step word problems related to appropriate third grade objectives.
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Class Flow: Strategies to Meet Challenges
[Free Registration/Login Required] Challenge is another word for problem solving. In this flipchart students are given the four strategies for problem solving: Explore, plan, solve and reflect.
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Class Flow: Tangrams
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will read an online story that integrates the use of tangrams. They will then use problem solving skills to recreate characters for the story.
Math Slice
Math Slice: Math 4 Game
Create four number equations with the eight numbers and four operation symbols you are given to win this challenging game. Immediate feedback given to responses
ABCya
Ab Cya: Tanagrams Puzzles for Kids
Explore shape recognition and visual spatial reasoning when you play this interactive tangram game. Answers can be checked immediately.
Wyzant
Wyzant: Basics of Word Problems
At this site from WyzAnt, learn the steps necessary to solve a word problem using algebra. Problems involve one-answer and multiple-answer solutions.
Other
Websudoku
A fun puzzler to get any mind thinking logically! Try many levels of puzzles using the following rules: "Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3...
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Five Math (Page 2)
Use this interactive worksheet for practice or assessment of basic computation skills. Problems covering all four operations are included such as four-digit addition and subtraction and multiplication and division facts through twelve...
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Six Math (Page 1)
Use this interactive worksheet to build your multiplication, division, and problem solving skills. This collection of word problems also focuses on concepts such as part of whole and equivalent fractions. Answers can be checked...
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Eight Nine Math (Page 3)
This interactive worksheet focuses on math concepts such as algebra, measurement, geometry, problem solving, and number sense. Answers to questions are available immediately and can be printed. Help links are also available to learners...
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Eight Nine Math (Measurement)
Display your knowledge of Pythagoras theorem, pi, measurement, and algebra using this interactive worksheet. Answers can be accessed immediately and help links are provided for learners who may have difficulty grasping these concepts....
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Four Timed Mental Math (Page 2)
Improve your computations skills in all four operations with this timed interactive worksheet. Solve ten problems in five minutes or less. Problems are presented in horizontal format and answers can be checked immediately. This worksheet...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Two Digit Addition With Regrouping
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help the second grade student review three digit place value and comparing numbers. It has a helpful work mat for teaching two digit addition with regrouping. Students will learn how...