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Robicheaux, Ray T. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Discusses a problem in which students are asked to determine a way of cutting the corners off different denominations of paper currency enabling visually impaired individuals to distinguish between the bills with the condition that further cuts will not increase the value of the bills. Reconstructs a solution from classroom experiences. (MDH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
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Sammons, Kay B.; Kobett, Beth – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Presents activities that relate the Olympic Games to measurement. Includes descriptions of and worksheets for 5 activities involving estimation, nonstandard units of measure, linear measure, and time measurement for grade levels K-2, 2-4, and 5-8. (MDH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Estimation (Mathematics), Integrated Activities
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Passarello, Lisa M.; Fennell, Francis – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Connections between science and mathematics are emphasized in a series of activities related to the heart. Worksheets designed for multiple grade levels investigate (1) How Big Is Your Heart? (levels K-2); (2) Every Beat of Your Heart (levels 3-4); (3) What's the Beat? (level 5-6), and Heartifacts (level 7-8). Extensions of the activities are…
Descriptors: Calculators, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
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Choate, Stuart A. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
Five activity lessons are proposed to present applications of probability and to exhibit its use in conjunction with statistics as a major decision-making and problem-solving tool. (MP)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
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Dana, Marcia E.; Lindquist, Mary Montgomery – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
Given are activities involving the use of triangles and triangle paper, in the form of problems that require searching for different possibilities to fit a given condition. (MP)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts
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Krulik, Stephen; Rudnick, Jesse A. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1983
Teachers should consider using strategy games to introduce students to problem solving in an enjoyable way. Advantages of games, criteria, games and variations to use, and classroom organization are each discussed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Educational Games, Elementary Education
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Walter, Marion – Arithmetic Teacher, 1980
A brief outline of instruction for one unit of informal geometry is covered. The problem solving unit described involves work with picture frames and includes many mathematical concepts. (MP)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts
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Lunde, Henry M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1980
Ideas are presented for using candy M & M's as materials to teach mathematics. Six different activities are reviewed. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Enrichment Activities, Experiential Learning
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Shaw, Jean M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Focuses on connections between mathematics and environmental concerns. Activities were designed to make students aware of, and increase their knowledge of, the various materials people ordinarily use and discard and ways to use materials more conservatively. Each activity includes data gathering, graphing, and interpreting data. Activity sheets…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Class Activities, Computation, Data Collection
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Keller, J. David – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Presents five activities for multiple grade levels and family use that connect mathematics and football by using the Super Bowl. Mathematical concepts involved in the activities include number sense, geometry, measurement, statistics, estimation, and problem solving. Includes reproducible worksheets. (MDH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Family Involvement, Football
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Chancellor, Dinah, Ed. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Presents activities in problem solving for levels K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 for each week of the month of March. Activities include open-ended problems and games that engage students' intellect and interest while working individually and cooperatively. (MDH)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Learning Activities
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Brahier, Daniel J.; And Others – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Provides 5 activities for levels K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and for the family that incorporate data collection and interpretation in the decision-making process. Activities investigate taste preference, voter preference, meal preference at the school open house, three close presidential elections, and questions about the years and dates of presidential…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
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Wilmot, Barbara – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
Describes an activity (which has worked well with gifted students in grades 2-10, high school seniors, and in-service workshops) which uses only loops of string or yarn approximately six to nine meters in length. Groups (four to six participants) then make various geometric patterns using the yarn. (JN)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Constructions, Geometry
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Brahier, Daniel, Ed. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
A thematic approach to curriculum enables students to connect topics and supports meaningful inquiry. Presents 4 activities for levels K-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8 in which students explore problems of interest to them involving the theme of construction and architecture. Includes reproducible worksheets. (MDH)
Descriptors: Architecture, Class Activities, Construction Materials, Cooperative Learning
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Moses, Barbara E.; Proudfit, Linda – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Presents five activities for the family and K-2, 4-3, 5-6, and 7-8 levels that focus on the connection between mathematics and music. Activities examine the mathematical concepts of counting, estimation, measurement, statistics, fractions, and patterns involved in the topics of rhythm, beats in a measure, music preference, the music scale, and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
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