In this lesson for grades 3, 4 and 5, students participate in activities in which they focus on patterns and relations that can be developed from the exploration of balance, mass, length of the mass arm, and the position of the fulcrum. The focus of this lesson is determining the position necessary to balance uneven objects and the effect on balance of moving the fulcrum. Printable activity sheets, ideas for implementation and extension are included.

This resource is intended to share the work done in my classroom around mathematical modeling. It outlines what mathematical modeling is and dives into a specific task completed in my classroom. I hope this resource is helpful to others looking to use process as well!

This resource is intended to provide information about Mathematical Modeling and how it was used in my classroom over the past few months. It contains the basics of math modeling as well as resources to implement a specific making task. 

Refer to the attached pdf document for an understanding of what mathematical modeling is, why it is important, how it connects to our WI math standards, 2 examples for use, as well as additional resource links.

In this three-lesson unit, students participate in activities in which they focus on connections between mathematics and children’s literature. Three pieces of literature are used to teach geometry and measurement topics in the mathematics curriculum, i.e. using and describing geometric figures, estimating the volume of an irregular solid, and exploring the need for a standard unit of length. Activity worksheets and ideas for extension are included.

This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students are able to: Interpret a situation and represent the variables mathematically; select appropriate mathematical methods to use; explore the effects on the area of a rectangle of systematically varying the dimensions whilst keeping the perimeter constant; interpret and evaluate the data generated and identify the optimum case; and communicate their reasoning clearly.

This unit focuses on measurement and data for second-grade. The second-graders learn how to accurately measure natural objects using nonstandard units (unifix cubes) and standard units (inches). During field experiences, the students learned how to use field guides and how to collect data for a BioBlitz. Students used their data to create bar graphs, picture graphs, and analyzed their data.

This lesson unit is intended to help teachers assess how well students are able to: make sense of a real life situation and decide what math to apply to the problem; understand and calculate the conditional probability of an event A, given an event B, and interpret the answer in terms of a model; represent events as a subset of a sample space using tables, tree diagrams, and Venn diagrams; and interpret the results and communicate their reasoning clearly.

The medicine wheel has many teachings about balance in life: from ourselves to directions, to life stages, to medicines, to seasons, to elements, and many more. Here to share a few teachings through meditation, drawing, and CGI math. 

In this series of three hands-on activities, students develop an understanding of the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percents based upon models of hundredths. Each activity requires students to display their one hundred pieces of candy in a different way: linear model, grid model (rectangular area), and region model (circle graph/pie chart). This lesson includes student worksheets, assessment questions, extension suggestions, and a link to a circle graph tool.

This lesson unit is intended to help teachers assess how well students are able to: Understand conditional probability; represent events as a subset of a sample space using tables and tree diagrams; and communicate their reasoning clearly.

This lesson unit is intended to help teachers assess how well students understand conditional probability, and, in particular, to help teachers identify and assist students who have the following difficulties: representing events as a subset of a sample space using tables and tree diagrams; and understanding when conditional probabilities are equal for particular and general situations.

*This numberless application problem is the same application problem used the engage lesson: Grade 1, Module 2, Lesson 2
*Numberless word problems are used to support students in solving word problems. They allow students to discover for themselves the structure of the problems they're solving. In doing so, they will be able to successfully find the operation or operations they need to use to determine the solution.
*Numberless word problems help students to develop number sense, making sense of word problems, and encourage precise mathematical vocabulary.
*Based on the work of Brian Bushart.
*Created using ideas from wi math institute training. Google Slides presentation created as an adaption of WiseLearn resource by Sarah Martinsen and Kelly Shaefer.
*These slides could be inserted into the free Engage New York lesson google slides from embarc.online.

*This numberless application problem is the same application problem used the engage lesson: Grade 2, Module 4, Lesson 2
*Numberless word problems are used to support students in solving word problems. They allow students to discover for themselves the structure of the problems they're solving. In doing so, they will be able to successfully find the operation or operations they need to use to determine the solution.
*Numberless word problems help students to develop number sense, making sense of word problems, and encourage precise mathematical vocabulary.
*Based on the work of Brian Bushart.
*Created using ideas from wi math institute training. Google Slides presentation created as an adaption of WiseLearn resource by Sarah Martinsen and Kelly Shaefer.
*These slides could be inserted into the free Engage New York lesson google slides from embarc.online.

*This numberless application problem is the same application problem used the engage lesson: Grade 3, Module 1, Lesson 2
*Numberless word problems are used to support students in solving word problems. They allow students to discover for themselves the structure of the problems they're solving. In doing so, they will be able to successfully find the operation or operations they need to use to determine the solution.
*Numberless word problems help students develop number sense, make sense of word problems, and encourage precise mathematical vocabulary.
*Based on the work of Brian Bushart.
*Created using ideas from WI Math Institute training. Google Slides presentation created as an adaption of WiseLearn resource by Sarah Martinsen and Kelly Shaefer.
*These slides could be inserted into the free Engage New York lesson google slides from embarc.online.

*This numberless application problem is the same application problem used the engage lesson: Grade 3, Module 1, Lesson 3
*Numberless word problems are used to support students in solving word problems. They allow students to discover for themselves the structure of the problems they're solving. In doing so, they will be able to successfully find the operation or operations they need to use to determine the solution.
*Numberless word problems help students develop number sense, make sense of word problems, and encourage precise mathematical vocabulary.
*Based on the work of Brian Bushart.
*Created using ideas from WI Math Institute training. Google Slides presentation created as an adaption of WiseLearn resource by Sarah Martinsen and Kelly Schaefer.
*These slides could be inserted into the free Engage New York lesson google slides from embarc.online.

*This numberless application problem is the same application problem used the engage lesson: Grade 4, Module 3, Lesson 2
*Numberless word problems are used to support students in solving word problems. They allow students to discover for themselves the structure of the problems they're solving. In doing so, they will be able to successfully find the operation or operations they need to use to determine the solution.
*Numberless word problems help students develop number sense, make sense of word problems, and encourage precise mathematical vocabulary.
*Based on the work of Brian Bushart.
*Created using ideas from WI Math Institute training. Google Slides presentation created as an adaption of WiseLearn resource by Sarah Martinsen and Kelly Shaefer.
*These slides could be inserted into the free Engage New York lesson google slides from embarc.online.

*This numberless application problem is the same application problem used the engage lesson: Grade 4, Module 3, Lesson 4
*Numberless word problems are used to support students in solving word problems. They allow students to discover for themselves the structure of the problems they're solving. In doing so, they will be able to successfully find the operation or operations they need to use to determine the solution.
*Numberless word problems help students develop number sense, make sense of word problems, and encourage precise mathematical vocabulary.
*Based on the work of Brian Bushart.
*Created using ideas from WI Math Institute training. Google Slides presentation created as an adaption of WiseLearn resource by Sarah Martinsen and Kelly Shaefer.
*These slides could be inserted into the free Engage New York lesson google slides from embarc.online.

*This numberless application problem is the same application problem used the engage lesson: Grade 5, Module 3, Lesson 1
*Numberless word problems are used to support students in solving word problems. They allow students to discover for themselves the structure of the problems they're solving. In doing so, they will be able to successfully find the operation or operations they need to use to determine the solution.
*Numberless word problems help students develop number sense, make sense of word problems, and encourage precise mathematical vocabulary.
*Based on the work of Brian Bushart.
*Created using ideas from WI Math Institute training. Google Slides presentation created as an adaption of WiseLearn resource by Sarah Martinsen and Kelly Shaefer.
*These slides could be inserted into the free Engage New York lesson google slides from embarc.online.