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Monday, 16 July 2012

Virtual Manipulatives

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

This sight allows the user to access a variety of math manipulatives which can be used for all strands and grades. Here are some examples fro the grade 3-5 number and operations list. These would be very motivating for students who sometimes are embarrassed to use manipulatives.

Abacus icon Abacus – An electronic abacus that can be used to do arithmetic.
Bar Chart icon Bar Chart – Create a bar chart showing quantities or percentages by labeling columns and clicking on values.
Base Blocks icon Base Blocks – Illustrate addition and subtraction in a variety of bases.
Base Blocks Addition icon Base Blocks Addition – Use base ten blocks to model grouping in addition.
Base Blocks Decimals icon Base Blocks Decimals – Add and subtract decimal values using base blocks.
Base Blocks Subtraction icon Base Blocks Subtraction – Use base ten blocks to model separation of groups in subtraction.
Chip Abacus icon Chip Abacus – Learn about carrying and digits using chips.
Circle 0 icon Circle 0 – A puzzle involving adding positive and negative integers to sum to zero.

1 comment:

  1. This website is the best!! I use it all of the time in my math classroom. I am especially impressed that they have interactive alge-tiles because unless you have a SmartBoard in your classroom, you are stuck using magnetic alge-tiles on the whiteboard to demonstrate operations! I have also used this website for other strands and mental math! You can find a manipulative for any strand! My grade 9 students love this site!

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