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Fourth Grade

 
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Fourth Grade

  1. "Measure Using Common Tools and Appropriate Units"
    1. Judge and Jury
      Students explore non-standard units and compare relative sizes of "steps" in this activity.  They determine how the size of each type of step is important to how many steps it takes to measure an object.
    2. Links Learning: Weight and Capcity New
      This site offers instruction and interactive activities to help students understand measurement. It would be appropriate for use at the upper elementary level. Students must choose appropriate units of measure, estimate the weight or capacity of the object, and convert units.
    3. Measures New
      Students have to measure the length and weight of a package then read a chart to determine the postage needed to mail it.
    4. Measure It!
      This site is student activity based. Students must look at the ruler and decide how long the bar above it is. It also keeps track of correct/incorrect responses. Students can also choose what level of difficulty they would like to be on. Children must be able to read in order to respond. This site would be appropriate for grades 2-5.
    5. Mr. Nussbaum: Graphing Drills - Reading a Thermometer New
      This site contains interactive activities for reading a thermometer. It is appropriate for elementary students.
    6. PBS Kids: Cyberchase
      Students choose from 3 different pots to fill a given container in the game "Can You Fill It?".  Using estimation, students try to fill the container in the least amount of tries without spilling over.  This activity would help students to recognize changes in volume.
    7. Shape Surveyor
      This is a very fun and exciting interactive site. It allows the children to choose their level of difficulty from easy, medium, to hard. There is a choice to compute perimeter, area, or both. It is immediate self-checking and supplies the correct answer. This site is a student activity.
    8. Shape & Space in Geometry
      This site provides students with the opportunity to investigate the relationship between the length of a diagonal of a square and one of its sides.
    9. Surface Area New
      This web site lets the student practice finding the surface area of rectangular prisms. It is a pay site, the student can get up to 20 practice problems a day.
  2. "Convert Measurement Units"
    1. Animal Weigh In
      This site is recommended for 4th grade and up, may even be used with middle school. The site allows students to compare and estimate the weight of animals and gives them several chances before it helps them out. A balance scale activity which has the student drag weights to match the unit given.
    2. Customary Measurements
      Matching game to reinforce standard measurement equivilences. Other games also at this site.
    3. Dositey.com
      This is a printable worksheet on time: hour, minute, seconds
  3. "Use Perimeter and Area Formulas"
    1. Area and Perimeter
      Game for figuring the area and perimeter of various shapes and at different skill levels.
    2. Finding Perimeter
      Practice finding perimeter with units for square and rectangle.
    3. Funbrain Shape Surveyor Geometry Game
      Outstanding - This is an interactive game. You are on an archeological dig and have to solve problems as you dig. The student calculates the perimeter or area of a given figure. They are able to select from a variety of difficulty levels. This is a student activity.
    4. Interactivate - Area Explorer
      Interactive learning and practice of perimeter and area. It gives a shape on a grid and you find the perimeter and area of the shape and has the option to choose rectangular shape or irregular shapes.
    5. Interactivate - Perimeter
      Interactive learning and practice of perimeter. Allows exploration for students to use before answering in the game.
    6. Math Olympics
      Students match the formulas of basic polygons and circle with the name or picture of the geometric shape.
    7. Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies
      This is an interactive site that provides students with the opportunity to practice finding the area of polygons. The site first reviews what polygons (squares, rectangles) are and shows students the formula for finding area (LxW). The site then gives students problems to solve on their own. This is a student activity.
  4. "Understand Right Angles"
    1. Inovations Learning - Angles Game
      Angles are very difficult to estimate, although we all know that 90 degrees is a right angle (square corner). Have a go at estimating some of the other angles here.
    2. Right Angle Interactive Maths Game
      Create your own character and play this interactive right angles math game. Right Angles Interactive Maths Game for kids, #1 maths program in Australian schools.
    3. Virtual Manipulatives Geometry
      This site contains activities for students to explore various geometric concepts using virtual manipulatives. Explanations for use and links to math standards are provided.
  5. "Problem Solving"
    1. Animal Weigh In
      This site is recommended for 4th grade and up, may even be used with middle school. The site allows students to compare and estimate the weight of animals and gives them several chances before it helps them out. A balance scale activity which has the student drag weights to match the unit given.
    2. Change Maker Game
      Outstanding - Students make change and add their money to a piggy bank. They can select the level of difficulty from amounts less than $1.00 to amounts over $100.00. A tally board keeps the number of correct answers. This is a student activity.

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