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In this activity, you will visually represent two fractions. Your goal is to make these two visual representations equivalent to a given fraction.
Summary
| Subject keyword(s) | Arithmetic, Assessment of students, Circles, Comparison of numbers, Curriculum, Education, Equivalent fractions, Fractions, Geometry, Inquiry learning, Instructional materials, Mathematics, Middle school, Number and operations, Plane geometry, Practice Standards, Process skills, Quadrilaterals, Reason quantitatively, Representation, Student populations, Visualization, Visual representation |
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| Grade level | Elementary School, Middle School, Informal Education, Vocational/Professional Development Education |
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| Intended audience | Educator, Learner |
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| Resource type | Assessment Materials, Audio/Visual, Instructional Material, Reference Material |
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| Resource format | application, image, text, text/html |
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| Rights | 1994-2006 Shodor
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| Title | NSDL Math Common Core |
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| Link | http://nsdl.org/browse/commcore/math/ |
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| Description | The NSDL Math Common Core collection provides quick and easy access to high-quality math resources that have been related to one or more standard statements within the Math Common Core. These resources are selected from the larger NSDL collection and other trusted providers, and organized by grade level and domain area. |
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| Link | http://www.shodor.org/refdesk/ |
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| Description | The Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) features resources to help students learn about computational science and to help teachers incorporate it into the classroom. Computational science involves the appropriate use of a computational architecture or computing environment (a computer, calculator, abacus, dice, or the like) to apply some algorithm, or mathematical method, to solve some scientific application, or problem. This combination of application, algorithm, and architecture results in a model that can be used as a scientific tool. The Resources section of the CSERD site provides a permanent collection of materials developed especially for CSERD, including models (pieces of scientific software), activities (lessons or lesson plans that use models), tutorials (short courses designed to teach a specific topic), applications, algorithms, architectures, and several other categories. The Resources form part of a larger catalogue of computational science items gathered by CSERD from around the internet. The catalogue can be searched or browsed by subject, keyword, education level, audience, and resource type. The record for each item includes a link to the resource, title, brief description, education level, and other information. |
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| Title | Middle School Portal: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2) |
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| Link | http://msteacher2.org/ |
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| Description | The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2) supports middle grades educators with high-quality, standards-based resources and promotes collaboration and knowledge-sharing among its users. Educators use MSP2 to increase content knowledge in science, mathematics, and appropriate pedagogy for youth ages 10 to 15. MSP2 employs social networking and digital tools to foster dynamic experiences that promote creation, modification, and sharing of resources, facilitate professional development, and support the integration of technology into practice. MSP2 is a project of the Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology, National Middle School Association, and Education Development Center, Inc., and is funded by the National Science Foundation. The partners integrate resources, tools, and services across projects, and support multiple methods of resource discovery to meet the needs of this audience. |
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| Title | SMARTR: Virtual Learning Experiences for Youth |
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| Link | http://smartr.edc.org/ |
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| Description | SMARTR provides students and teachers with games, simulations, activities, and career information in mathematics and the sciences. Science topics include earthquakes, chemistry, weather, rocks, the solar system, the body, genetics, and energy. Mathematics topics covered are ratios, probability, measurement, graphing, 3D geometry, equations and statistics. |
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| Description | Mathlanding offers high-quality digital mathematics content and contextualized resources, enabling educators to easily incorporate them into effective instructional practice. This NSDL Pathway is provided by Maryland Public Television (MPT), Math Forum at Drexel University, and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) to foster excellence in elementary mathematics education, and is targeted to support elementary classroom teachers and specialists, coaches, supervisors, educators involved in teacher preparation, and parents. |
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Interactivate Jump To:ActivitiesDiscussionsLessons--------ToolsAssessmentsDictionaryTextbooksStandards--------Version 1.0 Browse:By Subject (broad)By Topic (specific)By AudienceBy Resource Type Equivalent Fractions Finder Shodor > Interactivate > Activities > Equivalent Fractions Finder tab0 content Equivalent Fractions Finder: Visually represent two unique fractions that are equivalent to a given fraction. The fractional value is shown on a number line after you check to see if your fraction is correct. Equivalent Fraction Finder is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. On a mission to transform learning through computational thinking, Shodor is dedicated to the reform and improvement of mathematics and science education through student enrichment, faculty enhancement, and interactive curriculum development at all levels. Student development of numerical models and simulations integrated with core curriculum provides an opportunity to gain practical experience in computational science. Additionally, the National Computational Science Institute (NCSI) provides nation-wide workshops portraying resources and instructional ideas to middle school, high school, and undergraduate instructors for use in the classroom. Resources and materials offered to these instructors are available free of charge from Shodor's website and are largely developed by Shodor student interns. Shodor's academic program efficiently guides participants from excitement to experience to expertise through computational explorations, research opportunities, and service. We're sorry! We have detected JavaScript as being disabled in your browser. The links below provide instructions for enabling JavaScript dependent on your browser. Mozilla Firefox Users Internet Explorer Users Safari Users After enabling JavaScript, refresh the page. You may also try using the help feature of your browser. Printing Instructions Hide The output of the activities in Shodor's Interactivate are created dynamically by computer languages such as Java. As a result, the pictures on the screen are not something that your browser can easily print. These instructions should enable you and your students to print out results from your explorations, to annotate them, and to make them part of any assessment. Instruction for Windows Users Please make sure that the image that you wish to print is visible on the screen. Hit the "Print Screen" key on your keyboard. (This copies an image of your screen onto your computer's clipboard) Open a writing or drawing program (such as Microsoft Word or "Paint") Paint can be found at: · All Programs · Accessories · Paint "Paste" the image from the clipboard into the application (Edit · Paste). If you're using "Paint": you can use the "crop" tool to keep only the part of the image you wish. To use the crop tool: select the part of the image you wish to keep, then select the "Cut" option from the file menu and open up a new window and select the "Paste" option. Now you may print the file using File · Print. Instruction for Mac OS Users Press the following keys at the same time. Command (aka. the flower/Apple key) · Shift · 4 You will notice that your mouse cursor becomes a cross-hair. Using the cross-hair, create a rectangular box around the image you wish to caputure, then release the mouse. If you make a mistake, while still pressing down on the mouse key, hit the ESC key. A file will be created on your desktop called "Picture Y", where "Y" represents a number. You can open this file in Preview and print from this program as normal. tab2 content tab3 content ©1994-2012 Shodor Activity Feedback
