Curated OER
Tsunami - Five Years On
Students explore the issues of rebuilding after the Indonesian tsunami. In this reconstruction lesson, students investigate the reconstruction that followed the devastating event.
Curated OER
Ratios
Sixth graders investigate the concept of ratios and how they can be used to represent the comparison of quantities. The lesson is taught using a table or graph to compare two categories of data.
Curated OER
Chart This!
Students collect data and graph or chart the information. In this data organization lesson, students poll their classmates about certain topics and chart or graph the information to show the results of their research.
Curated OER
You're the Cashier!
Third graders use manipulatives and computers to count back change from amounts up to $5.00.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Place Value Game
This interactive math game lets you create the largest number possible as the computer gives you numbers.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Place Value
A huge collection of teacher resources for teaching place value. There are games, PowerPoint presentations, pdf files, Word files, Excel files, Publisher files, and smartboard activities available for download at several different skill...
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Place Value Puzzler
An engaging and fast-paced game from FunBrain, where players activate their knowledge of place value and rounding. Numbers range in difficulty from easy to hard. However, for those who are up for a more serious challenge, there's also a...
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Number Power Activity Plan
In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will use number powers to solve problems and save the day! They will use grouping power to save a parade, skip counting power to catch a pie-snatching thief, and speed counting and place...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Place Value Expanded Form
You'll find an explanation of place value in expanded form in this lesson. There is also an interesting game that helps to show place value.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Place Value Arrow Cards
This learning activity explores place value. Students choose cards from hundreds, tens, and ones in order to create a three-digit number.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Follow Me "Loop" Math Games
An extensive collection of premade cards for "loop" games in math. These "I have, Who has?" cards are available for counting on and back, capacity, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, money...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Game Calculator Bingo
Sharpen your place value skills playing this interactive game, Calculator Bingo. The rules are simple but the game requires some thinking if you want to beat the computer. If you respond incorrectly the computer will allow you another turn.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Kids' Place Mathematics
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Kids' Place Mathematics
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...
San Diego State University
Lesson Plan: Place Value Card Game
Using a deck of cards this lesson plan has students arrange the cards they draw to make the largest (or smallest) number possible. This activity helps demonstrate the positional property of the numeration system we use.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Number Detective
On this one page website sharpen your logic and place value skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Base Ten Fun
Base Ten Fun is an educational virtual manipulatives activity for kids learning place value, addition and subtraction. Base Ten Fun is highly customizable; kids can select from ones, tens and hundreds.
Other
Interactive Learning Sites for Education: Decimals
A large collection of links to interactive activities and games on the topic of decimals.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Life Guard
See how many people you can rescue. Click the number of tens and ones you need to move down the number line to the rescue. When you get there click the life preserver and then watch your rescue numbers add up.
Study Ladder
Studyladder: Multiplying Decimals by 10
Studyladder:Multiplying decimals by 10 is an interactive learning activity.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Number Grid Fireworks
This educational activity helps kids to develop an understanding of patterns and number relationships by utilizing a number grid. Each horizontal row represents a tens digit. As you move from top to bottom, the tens digit increases by...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Are Your Numbers Round?
Young scholars will use a variety of activities and games to learn how to round numbers.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project funded by the Malone Family Foundation.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Base Ten Bingo
Base Ten BINGO is a fun educational learning activity for children to practice counting by one's, ten's, hundred's and thousand's. First children select the desired place value and grid size. Next, add up the blocks on the right and...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Math by Hand Concept App
This App helps students build number sense skills and gain confidence at math by hand. Review how to perform algorithms for the four basic operations (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division). A step-by-step mode emphasizes...