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3rd Grade
Problem Solving
| Rex's Design Store | E398 |
With Excel
1-3
Help Rex decorate clothing items with combinations of two attributes, shapes and color.
Geometry
| Flash Turtle: A First Look | E669 |
With No Software Required
2-6
Explore shapes, angles, measurement and other math ideas using this simple turtle graphics program.
| Flash Turtle: Symmetry Drawing | E670 |
With No Software Required
3-6
Practice drawing symmetrical shapes using Flash Turtle, a simple turtle graphics program (included).
| Identify and Draw Shapes 1 | E299 |
With PowerPoint
1-3
Learn about common shapes and find them in community photographs.
| Identify and Draw Shapes 2 | E300 |
With Word
1-3
Practice drawing shapes and then make your own shape illustration.
| Play with Tangrams | E393 |
With Word
3-6
Use and make tangrams and tangram puzzles.
Measurement
| Flash Turtle: A First Look | E669 |
With No Software Required
2-6
Explore shapes, angles, measurement and other math ideas using this simple turtle graphics program.
| How Long is Your Hand? | E315 |
With Excel
1-3
Measure the length of your hand. Using the length of your hand as a frame of reference, find objects that have the same length.
Number
| Know Your Multiplication Tables | E347 |
With Excel
3-7
Which multiplication facts do you know well? Which should you learn better? Find out and then focus your practice on the 'tricky' facts.
| Make Sets 1 | E343 |
With Excel
1-3
Sort objects into groups.
| Make Sets 2 | E344 |
With Excel
1-3
Sort objects into groups. Some objects may belong in more than one group.
| Multiplication Turn Around | E353 |
With Excel
3-4
2 x 3 is 6. Is 3 x 2 also 6? Color models to show that the two numbers in a multiplication equation are reversible. Use a grid to solve multiplication problems.
| Numbers and Squares | E327 |
With Word
3-5
Search for square numbers from 1 to 25 by arranging square tiles into square shapes. For an extra challenge explore square numbers from 26 to 100.
| Tables Generator | E323 |
With Excel
3-6
Learn basic spreadsheet skills while building multiplication tables.
Operations
| Addition and Subtraction Strategy | E352 |
With Excel
2-3
Use a number grid to add one and two digit numbers. Learn strategies that make mental arithmetic easier.
| Division by Partition | E354 |
With Excel
3-4
Show that you can divide numbers by sharing equally.
| Make a Multiplication Calculator | E349 |
With Excel
2-3
Make a multiplication calculator that counts groups of numbers. Use your calculator to play fun games.
Patterns and Algebra
| Multiplication Patterns | E326 |
With Excel
3-6
Many number patterns occur in a multiplication table. Find and describe some of those patterns.
| Number for a Word | E261 |
With Excel
2-3
Use addition to convert your name into a number. Find out the 'value' of your friends' names.
| One and Two-Difference Patterns | E346 |
With Excel
2-3
Make patterns using blocks with different colors and shapes.
| One Thousand Things | E334 |
With PowerPoint
3-4
Students explore the magnitude of numbers in multiplicative patterns.
| Patterns Everywhere | E329 |
With Excel, PowerPoint
K-3
Identify patterns in everyday sights and objects, then create your own patterns.
| Triangle Number Patterns | E333 |
With Word
3-5
Explore a triangle number pattern by using circles to build triangles. Can you find the pattern?
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