Learner Express: Modules for Teaching and Learning

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Video Clips: Math

Results: 20 Videos

Attend to Precision: Circumference and Diameter
Attend to Precision: Circumference and Diameter

Students select objects in the classroom and measure their circumference and diameter. View Video

Attend to Precision: Fraction Strips
Attend to Precision: Fraction Strips

Students explore fractions through a story, "fraction strips", and a game with a number cube. View Video

Attend to Precision: Fractions and Geoboards
Attend to Precision: Fractions and Geoboards

Working with geoboards helps students reach a better mathematical understanding of the concept of "half." View Video

Construct Arguments: Fractions and Geoboards
Construct Arguments: Fractions and Geoboards

Geoboards help students move from imprecise understandings of "half" to more precise mathematical thinking about the concept. View Video

Construct Arguments: Ladybug Counting
Construct Arguments: Ladybug Counting

Students observe ladybugs and collect data in order to answer quantitative questions. View Video

Construct Arguments: Pumpkin Seeds
Construct Arguments: Pumpkin Seeds

In this lesson, students work in groups to discuss and revise their estimates of how many seeds are in a small pumpkin. View Video

Modeling: Domino Math
Modeling: Domino Math

A teacher uses real dominos to help students explore properties of addition. The dominoes are a concrete representation of the lesson's mathematical ideas. View Video

Modeling: Story-Based Centers
Modeling: Story-Based Centers

A teacher uses one story to create eight story-based centers—places where students explore different aspects of the story, especially as it pertains to mathematical learning. View Video

Problem Solving: Bubble Gum Contest
Problem Solving: Bubble Gum Contest

Students work on an activity where they gather data for a bubble gum contest. View Video

Problem Solving: Pencil Box Staining
Problem Solving: Pencil Box Staining

Students work on a project to build and stain wooden pencil boxes. This involves measuring and calculating the surface area of geometric shapes. View Video

Reasoning: Beans, Beans, Beans
Reasoning: Beans, Beans, Beans

Students use abstract and quantitative reasoning to estimate how many beans are in a bag. View Video

Reasoning: Cranberry Estimation
Reasoning: Cranberry Estimation

In this estimation lesson, students are asked to predict and record how many scoops of cranberries fit into a jar. View Video


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