Intel Education: Designing Effective Projects: Fractions Made Visual


	Designing Effective Projects: Fractions Made Visual Resources

Materials and Resources
Supplies

Hands-on fraction materials, including fraction kits, spinners, dice, tangrams, and pattern blocks to complete activities and investigations
Partner grab, spinner, or other method to facilitate cooperative groupings

Internet Resources

Cynthia Lanius: Lessons: Fraction Shapes
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns*
Fun Mathematics Lessons: Pattern Block Fractions
Math Challenge Lesson Plan: Fractions
www.libraryvideo.com/guides/K6448.pdf* (PDF; 2 pages)
Series that reinforces important skills taught in grades 4–6 through the use of animated characters and an engaging storyline
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics: Numbers and Operators Grades 3–5
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/category_g_2_t_1.html*
Interactive manipulatives for visualizing fractions
Visual Fractions
www.visualfractions.com*
Tutorial that models fractions with number lines or circles
Webmath.com: Solve Your Math Problem
www.webmath.com/k8if.htm*
Visual representation of a fraction
Webmath.com: Solve Your Math Problem
www.webmath.com/k8cf.html*
Compare two fractions
GetTech: Careers
www.gettech.org/category2.asp?cat=5*
Site to explore careers
The Math Forum
http://mathforum.com*
A K-12 math information site
Figure This! Math Challenges for Families
www.figurethis.org/index40.htm*
Math challenges for families with a teacher’s corner and other resources
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. MathTM
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math*
Question and answer service for math students and their teachers

Technology—Hardware

Computer for creating newsletters, creating multimedia presentations, and conducting research
Digital camera for taking pictures of fraction representations
Internet connection for conducting research and completing virtual activities
Printer to print newsletters
Projection system for showing multimedia presentations

Technology—Software

Desktop publishing to create newsletters
E-mail to converse with experts
Internet web browser for conducting research, completing virtual activities, and creating the wiki
Multimedia to create presentations

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