Does Dad’s tool box need to be tidied up? Get your child to help you clean, while sneaking in a little math along the way. Sorting objects by size, color, shape, or function is an important concept in mathematical reasoning, and it’s the perfect excuse for a little housekeeping!
This activity can be used as a language development activity for ELL students. You can ask them to describe the shapes and colors of the nuts and bolts. ELL students can use their visual strengths to excel in sorting activities such as this one.
Addition Mission
Game mats
Number cards
This game is designed to practice addition
skills. Children should be somewhat familiar with addition before
playing. Print one set of game mats (enough for 6 players) and one set
of number cards (pages 2-5 ONLY). Then reinsert the number card pages
into your printer so that you can print Buzz Light Year (page 1 ONLY) on
the back (or use your printers double-sided feature if it has one). Cut
apart number cards. Laminate the game mats or place inside plastic
protectors. To play, children take turns choosing 2 Buzz cards. The
child adds the numbers together and if he has the matching sum on his
game mat, he places the cards on the mat. If not, he discards them. Play
continues until one player fills his game mat. This player wins.
Addition Mission: Students each have a game mat and take turns choosing two cards. He/she adds the two cards together, and if he has a matching sum on the game mat, he puts the cards on the mat. If not, he discards him.
Students could each have a different "job" to differentiate skills. Teacher could group the students of different abilities together. Students could wear lab glasses as they measure.
At the end of this game the students will have completed charts that show patterns. Have students describe the patterns and use copies of charts to study from.
CCS: 1:G:1,2,& 3
What is funner than having the kids see the shapes they are learning about in their everyday enviornment. You can teach them about graphing, and also making educated guesses as well. Also helps get teh kids active in their own learning.
6.RP.3 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems
Differentiation:
For gifted students or younger students you could change the percentage amount to make it easier or more challenging to figure out the "winner's tax."
In this game students roll a dice and depending on the number they rool they put that many chips in a cup. At the end of each round the students must count up their chips and winners must put a 20% "winner's tax" back into the cup for the next game.
2.NBT.7 Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value.
Differentiation:
For younger students, use place value cards and base 10 materials. Using these manipulatives have students add and find place value with mats.
Using the game board students will practice rounding whole numbers to the nearest 10,100, and 1,000.
Each opponent takes turns reading a question and then choosing a number to round to the nearest 10, 100, or 1,000. The answer is to be checked by the opponent.
To connect this to social studies, have students find pictures of real world castles and report on location and history of the building to base their model off of.
This is a great science activity that can be used every day during calendar time. This helps the students work on their vocabulary while learning weather terms, as well as incorporating math, using graphs.
Providing visuals to describe the weather at the top of the graph is a great way to provide visual connections for ELL students.
Watching the winter snow pile up on a grassy yard is nice, but investigating it is even better! Boost your child's science and observation skills by guiding her through this winter weather-filled project. She'll chart the amount of snow or hours of rain that have fallen at your house this winter using a ruler, measuring tape, or even her hands! This ongoing seasonal graphing activity will even enlist her math skills and organization ability.
Extensions: This activity connects science with music (sound waves).
Adaptations: Gifted students can adjust the musical notes that are created by adding more or less water to each glass or create a musical tune. Have ESL and Special Ed students give a thumbs up or down if sound is higher or lower in pitch and show why. Do this activity in small groups to help with learning.
Design a Great Glass Xylophone! - science experiment
Explore the effect of varying amounts of water in each glass
Supplies: 6 tall glass glasses, bottles, or jars (preferably the same shape and size), food coloring or colorful soft drink mix, metal spoon, wooden spoon, or wooden popsicle sticks, jug
If students struggle to get this activity there are two more to try to attempt to get them to understand how rocks break down. Not a whole lot else you can do with this activity to differentiate that I can think of, feel free to post any ideas
You could have English Language Learners work in small groups with native English speakers; students often feel more comfortable with contributing comments and asking questions in small groups.
You could address other multiple intelligences by asking students to draw the results of their experiments. There are several variations already included on the site.
To make a math connection, have children imagine they are building a ship (that is X big) and need to fill it with as much cargo as possible without it sinking. They will have to use conversions and multiplications to figure out the solution.
Mystery Canisters: Lab and worksheet to record observations. Students maniuplate three film canisters to make them sink, float and hover in the water. This is an exploration of Mass.
This is a great way for students to visualize what components are actually in our blood. It is hard for most kids to understand what they cannot see. If they cannot see the ed blood cells, white blood cells, and plasma, it can be confusing for them. This activity can imulate blood and the studetns can see all of the different componenets.
This is a great way for students to visualize what components are actually in our blood. It is hard for most kids to understand what they cannot see. If they cannot see the ed blood cells, white blood cells, and plasma, it can be confusing for them. This activity can imulate blood and the studetns can see all of the different componenets.
5.1.3 "Demonstrate that regardless of how parts of an object are assembled the weight of the whole object is identical to the sum of the weight of the parts; however, the volume can differ from the sum of the volumes."
Extension: Incorporate social studies and language arts- The Cartesian diver is named after Rene Descartes, a French philosopher and physicist. Students can do a research report on scientists that have made significant contributions to the world of science throughout history.
Ever wondered how a submarine can control when it rises and sinks in the water? Build a Cartesian diver to find out! Named after French philosopher and physicist René Descartes, this classic science experiment is a great way for kids to see the principle of buoyancy at work. And with such a simple set-up, it's a fun and inexpensive way to dive into physics!
I found this through the website, braincake.com. It's for girls interested in math and science. It's worth checking out. Lots of fun resources and designed for girls only.
To extend this activity, have write in a science journal what they think their carbon footprint would look like, then take the quiz and write a reflection of what they found out. Brainstrom with the class possible solutions and have them make changes at home and at school and report what they have done to change after a few months.
Extensions: Natural Science connects with History (Colonial Herbs)
Adaptations: Gifted students can research herbs from the Colonial time period in history. Students will then select an herb to grow from seed and document sunlight requirements and results. ESL & Special Ed students can keep a journal of drawings that depict findings in experiment.
Have students write what they found about one leaf and take or draw a picture of the leaf before the color change occurs. Then put all the artifacts in a scrap book for the class library.
Observing leaves as they change color. The filters are used to transfer the colors of the leaves. Tape off part of the leaf and watch as light makes it change color like they do in the fall.