Use patterns, models, and relationships as contexts for writing inequalities and simple equations. 0506.1.8

Links verified on 9/14/2014

1. Activities at Illuminations - Illuminations has 100 online activities available. Select which types of activities you’re looking for, and click Search.
2. Base 10 Blocks - virtual manipulative
3. Base 10 Blocks Worksheets - scroll past the ads to find a large number of worksheets on various ways to use base 10 blocks
4. Electronic Examples - [grades 3-5] from NCTM
5. Hand Made Manipulative Instructions - links to various printable items to use with base 10 blocks
6. Integer Bars - learning fractions and more with on-line manipulatives
7. Math Number Bars - Explore number concepts, fractions, measurement and more with this multi-purpose math manipulative.
8. Math Playground - a small but growing collection of manipulatives for teaching and learning
9. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - select topic and grade level to find appropriate manipulatives
10. Pattern Blocks Program - use tools to solve a variety of problems [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
11. Tangrams - interactive geometric site
12. Teacher Dodgeball - fill in numbers on an equation - Each blank of the equation stands for a number on a teacher. Hit the teacher with the number that goes next in the equation by clicking on them.
13. Using Base 10 Blocks - index of nine Flash video presentations regarding different ways to use base 10 blocks [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
14. Virtual Manipulatives - McGraw Hill interface for a variety of virtual manipulatives; use the pull down menus at the top left
15. Wolfram Demonstrations Project - a free resource of interactive visualizations from elementary education to the frontiers of research

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