PBS
Pbs: Division of Fractions: Using Fraction Strips
Model division by a fraction using fraction strips. This video focuses on modeling division of a whole number by fractions.
Toy Theater
Toy Theater: Fraction Strips
Use these colorful fraction strips to model fraction relationships and solve mixed fraction problems.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Subtracting Mixed Numbers
A lesson focused on subtracting mixed numbers using fraction strips and an interactive fraction pad.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Finding Equivalent Fractions
Using number lines and fraction strips helps students become familiar with benchmark fractions, equivalent fractions, and comparing fractions.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Folding Strips of Paper
The purpose of this task is to provide students with a concrete experience they can relate to fraction multiplication. Perhaps more importantly, the task also purposefully relates length and locations of points on a number line, a common...
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Exploring Equivalent Fractions [Pdf]
Use fraction strips to explore equivalent fractions.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environment
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Rational Numbers Lesson
This hands-on lesson plan discusses and explores rational numbers. Students construct personal fractional strip kits and use them to compare fractional amounts and investigate equivalence. The lesson plan includes instructions,...
Other
The Distillation Group: An Overview of the Distillation Process
Use this site to learn about the basic process of industrial distillation. There is also a photo gallery to view real-world distillation plants.