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MarsBound!: Mission to the Red Planet
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MarsBound! is an engineering simulation activity in which learners use realistic techniques to plan a mission to Mars.
Mixing in Math Moments: Several 5-10 Minute Math Activities
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This website contains several activities. Mixing in Math Moments are activities that take 5-10 minutes that keep learners occupied, learning about the world, and using math on their own.
Team Up: Fun With Division
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In this activity, learners will divide into teams or groups of equal size. “How many teams of three can we make?” “We need an equal number of children at each of the four computers.
Puntos
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Jugando a este juego de estrategia, los chicos desarrollan su entendimiento sobre cuadrados, área, y perímetro. En su turno, cada jugador hace una línea entre dos punto contiguos en la cuadrícula.
Information Hiding: Sharing Secrets
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This activity about cryptographic techniques illustrates a situation where information is shared, and yet none of it is revealed.
Quick Questions: Learn About Data
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In this activity, learners will collect and analyze data to learn about the people around them. How many letters in everyone’s first name? What’s the most common number of letters?
Mystery Number
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Combine logic and numbers in this game for all ages. Players start with a 10x10 grid of the numbers 1 to 100. One person chooses a secret number and announces the range in which it falls.
Balloon Impacts
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In this activity, learners measure the diameter of their water balloons, model an impact, measure the diameter of the “crater” area, and determine the ratio of impactor to crater.
Sand Dunes
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This outdoor activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Sand Dunes) is a full inquiry investigation into how the amount of moisture in a sand dune relates to the number of plants growing
Statistics: Something Fishy
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In this math lesson, learners apply the concepts of ratio and proportion to the capture-recapture statistical procedure.
FAMILY MATH on the Go
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This assortment of mathematical games can be played while traveling.
Heart Rate and Exercise
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In this activity about heart health (on page 27 of the PDF), learners measure their heart rates after a variety of physical activities and compare the results with their resting heart rates, and with
Heat Capacity: Can't Take the Heat?
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Why is ocean water sometimes the warmest when the average daily air temperature starts to drop? In this activity, learners explore the differing heat capacities of water and air using real data.
Servings and Choices
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In this nutrition activity (page 16 of PDF), learners document their individual eating habits and learn whether their eating patterns meet their needs.
Measurement: Million Dollar Giveaway
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In this math lesson, learners apply measurement skills to determine, in dollar bills, the capacity of a suitcase.
Computation and Estimation: Alphabits
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In this math lesson, learners apply the concepts of ratios and percentages to the distribution of letters contained in a box of Alphabits® cereal.
Pósteres de Creatividad y Matemáticas
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Exponga estos pósteres en el salón o déjelos donde los chicos los puedan explorar. Los chicos buscan las respuestas en libros de consulta, explorando el salón, y usando su creatividad.
Air Pressure and Dent Pullers
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In this activity, learners simulate Otto von Guericke's famous Magdeburg Hemispheres experiment.
Bag of Bones
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In this activity, learners will use cereal to conduct an experiment and investigate how decreased bone density is related to increased risk of bone fracture.
Jump on Tens: Counting Fun
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Learners combine counting, multiples, and number patterns with jumping up and down. To start, pick a counting number.