Young scholars are given data and are to calculate averages and yearly totals of how many cars travel the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. They also make a graph of the data.

Learners participate in a jigsaw reading activity about the contributions of Sacagawea to the Corps of Discovery. They also write a poem to reflect upon what they studied.

Learners explore the concept of work, and work typically assigned to women, through artwork depicting laundresses.

Students examine world trade patterns and discover the role of commodities in trade. While explaining the benefits of trade, they create maps and flowcharts depicting the patterns of goods and people movement. Also, students write...

Students will play learning games to explore addition.

In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving flea circus high jumps. Then, add two consecutive jumps and place them on a vertical number line. This often requires you to find equivalent fractions with common denominators....

Practice adding and subtracting numbers like 554 and 237 using a number line. All numbers are less than 1000. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Work against a timer as you test your ability to add and to solve word problems. Use number-line clue for help and score points. Fun activity for individuals, small groups, on an entire class.

The number line is a powerful math tool students can use to model their thinking when solving addition and subtraction problems. Use this lesson to help students use the number line to count forwards and backwards from 0 to 30.

In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a wallaby jumping contest. Add two consecutive jumps and place them on a number line, finding equivalent fractions and common denominators to do so. Backward jumps represent...

On this interactive site students practice with basic multiplication skills including counting forward by two's, skip counting to find the total number, and using a number line to solve multiplication problems.

Practice working through addition and subtraction problems using the number line. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Students solve addition and subtraction problems using a positive number line.

Practice adding and subtracting using the number line. Numbers used are 100 or less. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

A set of seven short tutorials on addition. Begins with a basic introduction to how addition works, and covers topics such as using a number line, place value, and regrouping.

The purpose of this task is for students to reason about base-ten numbers on the number line in a way that will require them to use what they know about place value. Students first represent addition and subtraction on the number line in...

In this OER Commons resource students will use the Hot Air Balloon interactive to model integer addition. They then move to modeling addition on horizontal number lines. They look for patterns in their work and their answers to...

This site is provided for by Visual Fractions. Add mixed numbers with like denominators using circles. Click on the "Explain" button to understand the answer.

Teaches addition and subtraction facts up to twenty using animated penguins. The penguins jump between two icebergs to show addition facts for the given total. For subtraction facts the penguins dive off the iceberg into the water below....

Test your aptitude at adding fractions on a number line. Enhance your skills using this interactive math game. Immediate feedback and examples provided.

Students will learn that there are multiple ways to solve math problems, such as drawing a picture, using counters, using fingers, using a number line, and memorizing facts. The teacher writes a simple addition problem on the whiteboard...

Use the number line to recognize the opposite of a number.

Seventh graders use number lines to solve addition and subtraction problems involving positive and negative fractions and decimals.

The purpose of this task is to promote certain addition strategies that will help learners learn to fluently add and subtract within 20. Students will use a number line or magnetic cubes to solve addition problems. Learners will be asked...