Investigations

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1: Mathematical Thinking at Grade 5

1.1: Exploring Numbers and Number Relationships

Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Factor Trees (Factoring Numbers)
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)

1.2: Multiples and Factors up to 1000

Cannonball Clowns (Number Line Estimation)
Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Critter Count (Modeling Multiplication)
Factor Trees (Factoring Numbers)
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)

1.3: Multiples and Factors up to 10000

Cannonball Clowns (Number Line Estimation)
Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Factor Trees (Factoring Numbers)
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)

1.4: Reasoning About Landmarks up to 10000

Target Sum Card Game (Multi-digit Addition)

2: Picturing Polygons

2.1: Identifying Polygons

City Tour (Coordinates)

3: Name that Portion

3.1: Exploring Percents and Fractions

Fraction Garden (Comparing Fractions)
Fraction, Decimal, Percent (Area and Grid Models)
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)

3.2: Models for Fractions

Equivalent Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Fraction Garden (Comparing Fractions)
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)

3.3: Exploring Decimals

Fraction, Decimal, Percent (Area and Grid Models)
Modeling Decimals (Area and Grid Models)
Modeling Decimals (Base-10 Blocks)
Treasure Hunter (Decimals on the Number Line)

3.4: Data and percents in Circle Graphs

Mascot Election (Pictographs and Bar Graphs)

4: Between Never and Always

4.1: Finding and Comparing Probabilities

Mascot Election (Pictographs and Bar Graphs)
Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)
Reaction Time 2 (Graphs and Statistics)
Spin the Big Wheel! (Probability)

4.2: Fair and Unfair games

Mascot Election (Pictographs and Bar Graphs)
Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)
Reaction Time 2 (Graphs and Statistics)
Spin the Big Wheel! (Probability)

5: Building on Numbers You Know

5.1: Exploring Distance Between Numbers

Number Line Frog Hop (Addition and Subtraction)
Pattern Flip (Patterns)

5.2: Multiplication and Division Situations

Critter Count (Modeling Multiplication)
Function Machines 3 (Functions and Problem Solving)
No Alien Left Behind (Division with Remainders)

5.3: Ways to Multiply and Divide

Factor Trees (Factoring Numbers)

5.4: A Million Dots

Cannonball Clowns (Number Line Estimation)
Critter Count (Modeling Multiplication)

6: Measurement Benchmarks

6.1: Measures of Length and Distance

Measuring Trees

7: Patterns of Change

7.1: Number Patterns in Changing Shapes

Function Machines 2 (Functions, Tables, and Graphs)
Pattern Finder

7.2: Motion Stories, Graphs, and Tables

Elevator Operator (Line Graphs)
Function Machines 1 (Functions and Tables)
Function Machines 2 (Functions, Tables, and Graphs)

8: Containers and Cubes

8.1: The Packaging Factory

Balancing Blocks (Volume)

8.3: Measuring the Space in Our Classroom

Balancing Blocks (Volume)

9: Data: Kids, Cats, and Ads

9.1: Balancing Act

Movie Reviewer (Mean and Median)
Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)

9.2: Examining Cats

Toy Factory (Set Models of Fractions)

9.3: Sampling Ourselves

Mascot Election (Pictographs and Bar Graphs)

9.4: A Sample of Ads

Adding Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Fraction Artist 1 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Artist 2 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fractions Greater than One (Fraction Tiles)

9.5: Researching Play Injuries

Graphing Skills

Content correlation last revised: 2/19/2009