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Activity
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Sample Problems for Grades 1 5

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The Saskatoon Board of Education gives samples of math word problems for pairs or small groups of students. At each grade level three types of problems are provided: translation, process, and realistic.
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: I Spy: Bingo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
I SPY activities consist of software, jigsaw puzzles, and games for children. Students use problem-solving skills when playing the visual bingo. The bingo game examines food and fruit while learners look for a match.
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: I Spy: The Library

For Students Pre-K - 1st
I SPY activities consist of software, jigsaw puzzles, and games for children. Students use problem-solving skills when playing the visual brain-teasing puzzle. The resource combines photographs of familiar object collections with rich...
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: I Spy: Mystery Match

For Students 1st - 8th
I SPY activities consist of software, jigsaw puzzles, and games for children. Students use problem-solving skills to complete the interactive matching game. The sample match gives learners a clue to whether the match is by association,...
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: I Spy: Puzzler

For Students Pre-K - 1st
I SPY activities consist of software, jigsaw puzzles, and games for children. Students use problem-solving skills to complete the interactive puzzle. Learners connect the shapes to solve the secret puzzle.
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: I Spy: City

For Students Pre-K - 1st
I SPY activities consists of software, jigsaw puzzles, and games for children. Students use problem-solving skills when playing the visual brain-teasing puzzle. The resource combines photographs of familiar-object collections with rich...
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Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: I Spy: The View From Duck Pond Inn

For Students Pre-K - 1st
I SPY activities consist of software, jigsaw puzzles, and games for children. Students use problem solving skills when playing the visual brain-teasing puzzle. The resource combines photographs of familiar-object collections with rich...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Tiling the Plaza Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are given pattern blocks and are told to create a tile design for a building to use on the floor. Printable lesson.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: What's Your Angle? Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Use an angle wheel to make estimates of the measures of various angles. Printable lesson.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Perfect Fit Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use pattern blocks to explore the shapes that can fit into the given shape.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Perfect Fit Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use pattern blocks to explore different shapes within a shape.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Here, There and Everywhere Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This interdisciplianry lesson uses the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? to explore creating patterns. Printable lesson.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Problem Solving Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of problem solving. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It" button and...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: K Act. 07: Fruity Counters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students use pattern block stickers to determine and explore patterns.
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Activity
Other

Edte.ch: Maths Maps

For Students 1st - 8th
Maths Maps is a collaborative project where participants use Google maps to choose a location within one of the cities highlighted, then create a Math problem about the site. The problems are marked on the map with various colors...
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Professional Doc
Queen's Printer for Ontario

E workshop.on.ca: Effective Instruction in Math, K 6: Problem Solving [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Volume 2 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for building mathematical problem-solving skills and skills in communicating mathematical concepts to students in...
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: How Many Valentines?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students look for patterns to determine how many valentines will be distributed in a class of 28 students. After trying the problem, they can look at several other methods that could be used and compare the answer they got. There is also...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nz Maths Problem Solving Lesson Plans: Level 1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
NZMaths, a New Zealand teacher resource, provides lesson plans for learners in algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, logic and reasoning.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nz Maths Problem Solving Lesson Plans: Level 2

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
NZMaths is a New Zealand teacher resource that provides lesson plans for learners in algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, logic and reasoning.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nz Maths: Problem Solving Lesson Plans: Level 3 Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This New Zealand Problems website is an excellent resource for lesson plans in problem-solving. They are organized into the following categories: algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and logic and reasoning.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nz Maths Problem Solving Lesson Plans: Level 4

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This New Zealand Problem Solving website is an outstanding resource for lesson plans. They are organized into the following categories: algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and logic and reasoning.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nz Maths Problem Solving Lesson Plans: Level 5

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Teachers, this New Zealand Problem Solving website is an outstanding resource for lesson plans. They are organized into the following categories: algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and logic and reasoning.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nz Maths Problem Solving Lesson Plans: Level 6

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers, this New Zealand Problem Solving website is an outstanding resource for lesson plans. They are organized into the following categories: Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Numbers, Statistics, and Logic and Reasoning.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families

For Students 2nd - 8th
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...