Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Number Clues
This lesson allows students to observe and participate in problem solving activites involving mystery numbers, clues, and characteristics of numbers. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Scale Drawings
During this lesson students practice measuring and converting to scaled measurements. Students measure various places on campus, such as a classroom or the gym. They place their findings on a spreadsheet. After converting these...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Nana's Chocolate Milk
How can you fix Nana's chocolate milk? Students work on this problem over time to develop a final product that demonstrates their mathematical thinking and solution.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Math Treasure Hunt
Second graders have worked with models and strategies to solve a variety of math problems. Today they will need to use those strategies to complete the math tasks.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Multiply and Divide by 10
Counting by 10's is easy for students of this age. Knowing that base 10 can be used to help multiply and divide in the higher numbers by decomposing is critical. This lesson sets the base for future work.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Great Barrier Reef: Subtraction
Lana lives near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Help her count the animals in and around the reef.
Channel 4 Learning
Channel 4 Maths: Mathszone
Can you help Ben and Mai escape their captors and foil the robbers' getaway plan? Test your mathematical aptitude in this captivating, interactive, adventure game that uses a PDA/calculator to solve math clues. Students will activate...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Introduction to Estimating: Lesson 3
This lesson should help a learner understand why estimates are used when making calculations. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Introduction to Estimating."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Introduction to Estimating: Lesson 1
This lesson should help a learner understand why estimates are used when making calculations. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Introduction to Estimating."
ClassFlow
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Word Problem Lesson
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart works with word problems and strategies to solve them. There are a number of problems to practice solving.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Estimation
[Free Registration/Login Required] After this lesson, students will be able to solve problems using a variety of mental math strategies.
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides and Strategies: Solving Math Word Problems
This site offers a guide for strategies used to solve word problems. Common phrases and their mathematical translations are included. This can be used by students while working on assignments.
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Problem Solving Strategies
The steps for solving word problems are presented here along with suggestions of how to carry out each step. Learn how to understand, plan, write equations, solve and check each time you work a word problem.