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4th – 5th Grades
Problem Solving
| MathGloss | E307 |
With PowerPoint
5-11
Build an interactive glossary and use it to assist you in learning and organizing important mathematics terms and concepts.
| Review IT | E26 |
With Excel
5-7
Choose a topic you have been learning about. Identify the important ideas, facts and issues and then create a review quiz.
| A Day at Disneyland | E402 |
With Excel, Word
4-7
Given information on the rides at Disneyland, plan a day so that you will experience as many rides as possible.
| Build a Mastermind Game | E403 |
With Excel
4-8
Use conditional formatting and apply logical thinking when you build and play your own Mastermind game.
| Latin Squares | E394 |
With Word
4-6
Learn about Latin Square puzzles and how to use them. Solve 4 by 4 puzzles and then try a 5 by 5 puzzle. Latin Square puzzles are great for solving logic clue problems.
| Magic Squares | E395 |
With Excel
4-6
Learn to add borders and enter simple formulas as you build a self-checking magic square.
| Number Magic | E396 |
With Excel
4-6
Play a number game and then problem solve to determine how it works. Demonstrate your understanding by extending the game.
| Reaction Time | E391 |
With Excel
5-6
Working in groups determine who has the fastest reaction time. Devise a plan and use a spreadsheet to perform and explain your calculations.
Data and Graphs
| A Nautical Adventure | E64 |
With Excel, Internet, PowerPoint
4-8
Using live data from the Internet, track a ship crossing a major ocean. During the journey complete Social Studies, Science, Mathematics and Language Arts tasks.
| Car Color Pictograph | E277 |
With Excel
4-6
Gather data about car colors and make a pictograph to show how they are distributed.
| Conduct an Opinion Survey | E27 |
With Excel
5-8
Use an opinion survey to collect and organize data. Summarize the data and draw conclusions.
| Create Bar Graphs | E306 |
With Excel
5-8
Learn how to create bar graphs in Excel. Using data about common languages spoken, create and format bar graphs and copy them into a Word document or a PowerPoint slide.
| Create Pie Charts | E305 |
With Excel
5-7
Learn how to create pie charts in Excel. Using nutritional data from the United States and Asia, create pie charts and copy them into a Word document and a PowerPoint slide.
| Diving Competition | E278 |
With Excel
4-6
Learn the spreadsheet functions SUM, MIN, and MAX. Using these functions, create tables to calculate and arrange the scores for an international diving competition.
| Draw Conclusions: Pie Charts | E101 |
With Excel
5-9
Read and draw conclusions from various pie charts: the school day, popular pets and labor statistics. Try changing the data and making your own charts.
| Letter Probability | E365 |
With Excel
5-7
Determine the frequency and probability of the occurrence of each letter in English words. This may help you to win certain types of word games.
| M&Ms for Smarties | E291 |
With Excel, Word
5-8
Learn some basic statistics concepts as you explore the color distribution of M&Ms.
Geometry
| Explore Areas | E301 |
With Word
4-7
What is the relationship between the area of a triangle and the area of a rectangle? Explore shapes to answer this question.
| Flash Turtle: Symmetry Drawing | E670 |
With No Software Required
3-6
Practice drawing symmetrical shapes using Flash Turtle, a simple turtle graphics program (included).
| Flash Turtle: The Angle Game | E671 |
With No Software Required
4-6
Practice estimating angles using Flash Turtle, a simple turtle graphics program (included).
| Play with Pentominoes | E380 |
With Word
4-6
Work with a partner to create a set of twelve pentominoes. Challenge each other to a strategy game using the shapes you created.
| Slide Tessellations | E2 |
With Paint
5-9
Learn to form shapes that fit together when you slide them. Create appealing designs.
Measurement
| A Nautical Adventure | E64 |
With Excel, Internet, PowerPoint
4-8
Using live data from the Internet, track a ship crossing a major ocean. During the journey complete Social Studies, Science, Mathematics and Language Arts tasks.
| A Painting Problem | E314 |
With Excel
5-7
Calculate surface area and use your problem solving skills to determine how much it would cost paint your bedroom or classroom.
| Are You a Square? | E312 |
With Excel, Paint
4-6
Compare the ratio of your height to your arm span. Are you a square or a rectangle? Use the AVERAGE function to find the average shape in your class.
| A Spaghetti Problem | E390 |
With Excel
5-6
How much spaghetti would you need to line-up to reach around the world? Devise your own solution using a spreadsheet to perform calculations and explain your thinking.
| Every Drop Counts | E309 |
With Excel
4-6
Determine how much water is wasted by a dripping tap over a year.
| Flash Turtle: The Angle Game | E671 |
With No Software Required
4-6
Practice estimating angles using Flash Turtle, a simple turtle graphics program (included).
| Investigate Stride Length | E313 |
With Excel
4-6
What is the difference in stride length when running as opposed to walking? Generate data, perform the calculations and present your findings.
| Walking Speed | E316 |
With Excel
4-6
Measure how far you walk in a minute and use the results to determine your walking speed.
Number
| Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe | E332 |
With Excel
4-7
Subtract and multiply fractions in Excel to adjust a recipe.
| Equivalent Fractions | E340 |
With Excel
4-6
Find equivalent fractions using Excel and its fraction-formatting feature. Describe the rule for each type of equivalent fraction.
| Factor Trees | E321 |
With Excel
4-6
Learn about factors, prime numbers and composite numbers and then build dynamic factor trees.
| Greatest Common Factor | E330 |
With Excel
4-8
Learn about greatest common factors. Apply what you know to make a worksheet that determines the GCF for any two or three numbers.
| 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.
| Least Common Multiple | E331 |
With Excel
4-8
Learn about the least common multiple. Apply what you know to make a worksheet that determines the LCM for any two or three numbers.
| Look For Number Patterns | E688 |
With Excel
5-7
Use a grid to explore number patterns.
| 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.
| Number Shapes | E324 |
With Excel
5-6
Represent numbers as shapes to develop your understanding of factors and prime and composite numbers.
| Tables Generator | E323 |
With Excel
3-6
Learn basic spreadsheet skills while building multiplication tables.
| Three Number Multiplication Game | E348 |
With Excel
4-6
Make a calculator that you can use to solve multiplication problems involving three numbers. Use your calculator to play a fun game.
Operations
| Division by Partition | E354 |
With Excel
3-4
Show that you can divide numbers by sharing equally.
| Lattice Multiplication Algorithm | E350 |
With Excel
4-6
Learn about the Lattice Multiplication Algorithm. Use it to find the products of numbers with two or more digits.
| Visually Represent Percent | E335 |
With Excel
5-7
Look at 10 x 10 grids that represent different percentages. Show the fraction of filled cells as percentages, ratios, decimals and reduced fractions.
Patterns and Algebra
| Circles, Triangles and Squares | E318 |
With Excel, Word
4-8
Investigate a sequence of numbers to see whether you can determine an underlying pattern. Apply your findings to calculate more numbers in the sequence.
| McMathematics | E399 |
With Excel
5-8
McDonald's sells Chicken McNuggets in boxes of 6, 9 and 20. What is the cost per McNugget for each of the different boxes? Is it possible to purchase 53 McNuggets?
| Multiplication Patterns | E326 |
With Excel
3-6
Many number patterns occur in a multiplication table. Find and describe some of those patterns.
| One Thousand Things | E334 |
With PowerPoint
3-4
Students explore the magnitude of numbers in multiplicative 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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