MATHSPLORATION® 1
Connecting Thinking and Mathematics
MATCHING MATHEMATICS
Patterns, Functions and AlgebraGet into Mitten Concentration and pairing sock. Can you match letters to mailboxes?
ALL THAT COUNTS
NumerationSearch for numbers and play Bingo. Count to sounds and use math skills to buy and sell merchandise
SHAPES ALL AROUND
GeometrySet up a shapes shop to recognize 2-D shapes. Where should the frog hop to?
ONE, TWO, CHOCOLATE GOO
Operations and Computations
Delve into estimation with chocolate beans and set your dining table. Can you toss a sum
FOOD COURT
Measurement and Reference Frames
Explore measuring drinks, compare capacity, learn about conservation and figure out volumes. Let’s bake up a storm.
DESIGNER PATTERNS
Patterns, Functions and AlgebraCalling all designers! Create necklaces and learn about sequencing to find out who’s most fashionable.
HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK
Measurement and Reference FramesInvestigate the long and short of it. Create a timer and compare time to understand duration. Along came time!
SHAPE STUDIO
GeometryCreate apple smiles and body symmetries. Search for lily pads and hop to the frog parade.
TREASURES!
Data and ChanceYou don’t have to be in Aladdin’s cave to find treasures. Use a Treasure Map to find “hidden” prizes and organize your loot into diagrams.
STARS AND STRIPES
Patterns, Functions and AlgebraPerform a stars and stripes survey to explore attributes. Playing with fruits at the supermarket is so much fun.
COUNT TO ADD AND SUBTRACT
Operations and Computations
Manipulate muffins and construct towers. Perform a clothing survey to add and subtract. Creative juice time!
Manipulate muffins and construct towers. Perform a clothing survey to add and subtract. Creative juice time!
WHAT'S YOUR DIMENSIONS?
Measurement and Reference FramesConduct a census on weight and length. Measure the course of a balloon-powered vehicle. Let’s create a town!
SHAPES FOR ALL
GeometryDesign quilted fabric blocks and create sand shapes. How do you intersect yarn and rope to make more?
FOLLOW THE PATTERN
Patterns, Functions and AlgebraConstruct pattern trains and create caterpillar patterns. Build house tessellations and find out what busy beetles do.
COMPUTATION CRAZE
Operations and ComputationsWhere’s the elephant looking for water? Roll number cubes and toss balls to add them up. Let’s make a snack graph.
MEASURABLE MATH
Measurement and Reference FramesGo to great lengths to make comparisons. What are the musical, slinky and straw lengths? It’s the long and short of it.
HOW “MUCH” IS IT?
Measurement and Reference FramesExplore how popcorn spreads as it is heated and grows. What’s your balloon capacity? Is it getting bigger?
GRAPH THE MATH!
Data and ChanceInvestigate baby animals, where they live and how they are born. Graph your building and your favorite game.