Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway

Mathlanding offers high-quality digital mathematics content and contextualized resources, enabling educators to easily incorporate them into effective instructional practice. This NSDL Pathway is provided by Maryland Public Television (MPT), Math Forum at Drexel University, and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) to foster excellence in elementary mathematics education, and is targeted to support elementary classroom teachers and specialists, coaches, supervisors, educators involved in teacher preparation, and parents.

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100 Square Jigsaw

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100 Square Jigsaw

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This interactive Flash puzzle helps children develop number sense and an understanding of our decimal number system. A 0-99 square has been cut into 11 irregular pieces which the user re-assembles. A printable (pdf) version is included along with questions for Getting Started and a Teachers' Resources page with implementation suggestions.

Subject:: Engineering; Education; Mathematics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Date Added:: 11/05/2013

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10 Frame Fill

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This iOS app requires students to use a ten frame to fill in the remaining addend with contrasting chips and then count them to tell how many more to make ten. The app can be set to build sequentially or it can be set to give random values. Additionally, the app includes an option to show number sentences when the problem is complete.

Subject:: Education; Life Science; Mathematics; Chemistry
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Interactive
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Randy Hengst
Date Added:: 12/13/2012

10 Ways to Build Math Skills This Summer

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10 Ways to Build Math Skills This Summer

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This short article suggests ten math activities which parents can incorporate into their children's summer routines to prevent loss of learning over the summer months. These suggestions can be used year round to help students develop number sense and positive connections to mathematics.

Subject:: Education; Mathematics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: GreatSchools Staff
Date Added:: 11/05/2014

10monkeys Multiplication

10monkeys Multiplication

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This free iOS app provides practice with multiplication facts in an arcade-like format. Students choose from among 10 levels (2 to 10 times tables and mixed times tables) and identify products of given factors in order to free trapped monkeys. Scoring rewards both accuracy and speed.

Subject:: Education; Mathematics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Interactive
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Date Added:: 07/03/2013

1 and prime numbers - Numberphile

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1 and prime numbers - Numberphile

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In this 5.5 minute video Dr James Grime (Cambridge University, UK) explains why mathematicians don't classify the number 1 as a prime. He includes historical background and an explanation of the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic.

Subject:: Education; Life Science; Mathematics; Chemistry
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Brady Haran; James Grime
Date Added:: 02/03/2012

1st Grade Content Standards

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1st Grade Content Standards

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This web page provides links to resources aligned to the CCSS that guide and support first grade mathematics teaching and learning. Tasks developed by the Mathematics Assessment Resource Service (MARS) and Problems of the Month, (POM home page is cataloged separately) developed by the Noyce Foundation are included. The activities were designed to measure students' ability to solve non-routine problems, explain and justify their solutions, and promote high level thinking skills. Resources are listed for specific grade 1 standards and are also organized by progression for an alternate search route.

Subject:: Engineering; Education; Life Science; Mathematics; Algebra; Geometry; Chemistry; Physics
Material Type:: Lecture Notes; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Noyce Foundation; The Shell Centre
Date Added:: 11/05/2012

1st Grade Geometry

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1st Grade Geometry

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This page hosts a collection of geometric tasks in pdf format that are aligned to the CCSS standards 1.G1 through 1.G3. It also has links to supplementary literature and learning materials.

Subject:: Engineering; Education; Mathematics; Geometry; Geoscience; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Date Added:: 11/05/2013

1st Grade Measurement and Data

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This page provides examples of 1st Grade Measurement and Data activities aligned with the Common Core State Standards. A CCSS standard is stated and the possible activities are listed below and linked. All activities are suitable for use in Math Centers, small group, or whole class settings and are designed to elicit a range of responses and provide opportunities for students to communicate their reasoning and mathematical thinking. Instructions for each task are typed in large print and written in child-friendly language to enable students to work on activities independently after a brief introduction to the task. All files for 1st Grade Measurement and Data Activities listed are in PDF format.

Subject:: Education; Mathematics; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Nicola Godwin
Date Added:: 11/05/2012

20+ Things to Do with a Hundred Chart

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20+ Things to Do with a Hundred Chart

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This blog page offers more than 25 activities and games that use a Hundred Chart to develop students' skills and concepts in a variety of math topics: basic operations, number sense, patterns, number theory, fractions, decimals, and logic. The suggestions include links to materials and to other websites.

Subject:: Engineering; Education; Mathematics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Game; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Denise
Date Added:: 09/22/2088

21st Century Skills Map: Math

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21st Century Skills Map: Math

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This 34-page document (pdf) identifies student learning outcomes for each of eleven 21st Century Skills and provides examples of tasks for grade 4, 8, and 12. It strives to fuse mathematical content and mathematical practices with the 4Cs (communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity) and integrate them with interdisciplinary themes. Each skill is aligned with CCSS mathematical practices. This map was designed by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) in cooperation with the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and dozens of math educators across the country.

Subject:: Engineering; Technology; Education; Mathematics; Algebra; Geometry
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Susan Saltrick, et al.
Date Added:: 04/05/2012

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2, 4, 6, 8

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This problem with multiple solutions offers an opportunity for students to practice simple addition and subtraction, work with number sentences (equations), and develop systematic work habits. Given cards containing the addition, subtraction and equal signs along with the digits 2, 4, 6, and 8. solvers are challenged to find as many ways as possible to arrange some or all seven cards to create true statements. The Teachers' Notes page offers suggestions for implementation, discussion questions, ideas for extension and support, printable cards (pdf) and a link to an interactive Flash applet.

Subject:: Engineering; Education; Life Science; Mathematics; Chemistry
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Interactive
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Date Added:: 06/05/2000

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24-Game

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This Java applet game promotes mental math and strategic thinking skills using a card from Suntex's 24 Game. The player is presented with four numbers (1-9) on a card. The goal is to manipulate each of the four numbers only once so that the end result is 24. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and/or parentheses maybe used and the player must be able to enter the expression using the online calculator.

Subject:: Engineering; Education; Life Science; Mathematics; Algebra; Chemistry
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Game; Interactive
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Michiel Doorman
Date Added:: 01/07/2012

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The 24 Game

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This number challenge is an opportunity to reinforce mental arithmetic and order of operations while developing systematic work habits. Students are asked to use the numbers 4, 6, 6, and 8 (exactly once each) and the four basic operations to find as many ways as they can to represent the number 24. There are over 60 different ways! The Teachers' Notes page includes suggestions for implementation, discussion questions, ideas for support, and a link to a related article, Opening Out. (cataloged separately).

Subject:: Education; Life Science; Mathematics; Algebra; Chemistry
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Date Added:: 04/05/1999

28 and It's Upward and Onward

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28 and It's Upward and Onward

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In this open-ended investigation, students use visualizing skill and work systematically to explore surface area. Learners use linking cubes to build three-dimensional objects with exactly 28 faces exposed. Ideas for implementation, extension and support are included.

Subject:: Education; Mathematics; Geometry; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Date Added:: 12/05/2009

29 and Leap Years - Numberphile

29 and Leap Years - Numberphile

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In this 7-minute video astronomer Dr Meghan Gray explains the relationship of the Earth's rotation and its revolution around the Sun, resulting in the need to add an extra day to our calendar every four years. She describes additional adjustments required to keep our calendar aligned with the Earth's movements. Dr Gray explains the Julian date and its usefulness.

Subject:: Education; Mathematics; Chemistry; Geoscience; Physics
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Brady Haran; Dr Meghan Gray
Date Added:: 02/29/2012

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2 Rings

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This activity helps students develop concepts and language related to position by experimenting with the size and relationships between two circles in a qualitative way. They use terms such as outside, touching and overlapping. The Teachers' Notes page includes suggestions for implementation and discussion questions. Students then can move to a follow-up activity, 3 Rings, cataloged separately.

Subject:: Education; Mathematics; Geometry
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Date Added:: 02/05/2007

2nd Grade Content Standards

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2nd Grade Content Standards

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This web page provides links to resources aligned to the CCSS that guide and support second grade mathematics teaching and learning. Tasks developed by the Mathematics Assessment Resource Service (MARS), Problems of the Month, (POM home page is cataloged separately) and videos of public lessons and number talks developed by the Noyce Foundation are included. The tasks were designed to measure students’ ability to solve non-routine problems, explain and justify their solutions, and promote high level thinking skills. They include the scoring rubric, student responses, and discussion of student understanding and misconceptions. Resources are listed for specific grade 2 standards and are also organized by progression for an alternate search route.

Subject:: Engineering; Education; Life Science; Mathematics; Algebra; Geometry; Chemistry; Physics
Material Type:: Assessment; Lecture Notes; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Noyce Foundation; The Shell Centre
Date Added:: 11/05/2012

2nd Grade Geometry

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2nd Grade Geometry

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This page hosts a collection of geometric tasks in pdf format that are aligned to the CCSS standards 2.G1 through 2.G3. It also has links to supplementary literature and learning materials.

Subject:: Engineering; Education; Life Science; Mathematics; Geometry; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Lecture Notes
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Date Added:: 11/05/2013

2nd Grade Measurement and Data

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2nd Grade Measurement and Data

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This page provides examples of 2nd Grade Measurement and Data activities aligned with the Common Core State Standards. A CCSS standard is stated and the possible activities are listed below and linked. All activities are suitable for use in Math Centers, small group, or whole class settings and are designed to elicit a range of responses and provide opportunities for students to communicate their reasoning and mathematical thinking. Instructions for each task are typed in large print and written in child-friendly language to enable students to work on activities independently after a brief introduction to the task. All files for 2nd Grade Measurement and Data Activities listed are in PDF format.

Subject:: Education; Mathematics; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Nicola Godwin
Date Added:: 11/05/2012

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3D Shape Match

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This interactive Flash applet provides a Concentration-type game (called pelmanism in the UK) in which students must discern the properties of three-dimensional solids and their colors in order to match them in pairs. Spheres, cones, prisms and other standard 3-D shapes are hidden face down on cards. Time and number of trials needed to solve are recorded.

Subject:: Education; Life Science; Mathematics; Geometry; Geoscience; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Game; Interactive
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Dan Bunker
Date Added:: 11/05/2011