4th+Grade+Finds

4th Grade Finds **Math**

> Click on "New Times" to start the activity. Try to guess how much time has passed from the first clock to the second. Click on "Check" to see the answer. There is a link to a recording sheet so you can write down your answers. > The animated analog and digital clocks show how the passing of minutes lead to a change in the hour. Click on the speaker icon to hear the text. > Here are three online activities about elapsed time. > Learn how to calculate elapsed time. Select any class resources to learn about elapsed time from interactive clock. > These sites help students read digital and analog clocks. There are several online games and printable pages for students to practice telling time. Includes links to eThemes Resources on elapsed time and time zones.
 * Elapsed Time Resources**
 * **Harcourt's Elapsed Time Practice Activity:** @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2002/grade_3/018.html
 * **On-line Practice Test on Elapsed Time**: http://marg.mhost.com/MathGr5/elapsedtime.htm
 * Harcourt School: Elapsed Time
 * Tabb Elementary School Quiz Try to answer these word problems about time. Click on the boxes next to the correct answer. A happy face will appear if your answer is correct, and a sad face will appear if your answer is wrong.
 * Harcourt School: Elapsed Time
 * Quia: Discovering Elapsed Time
 * What Elapsed Time
 * eThemes Resource: Math: Telling Time


 * Place Value Practice:**
 * **Place Value Puzzler at Fun Brain:** @http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html
 * **Interactive Math Quizzes on Place Value:** @http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/maths/mcindex.html
 * **Place Value Mystery Numbers:** @http://www.starrmatica.com/standalone/starrMaticaplaveValueMysteryNumbers.swf
 * **Place Value Pirates:** http://www.mrnussbaum.com/placevaluepirates1.htm
 * **Number Cruncher Place Value Practice:** @http://mathsnet.net/cruncher/minimax/index.html


 * Division**
 * **Long Division Practice:** @http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php
 * **Divisibility:** http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr5/9.html This web site helps explore the idea of divisibility which will help students with long division.
 * **Division Practice:** http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/dividermachine.html> >


 * Adding and Subtracting Numbers and Money**
 * **Lunch Lady Simulation:** http://www.mrnussbaum.com/lunchlady/index.html At this web site, students are the "lunch lady" and they must total up the cost of the food the students place on the tray. A great way of practicing adding decimals and money amounts.
 * **Million Dollar Mission:** http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pro/rich.html  This might be another possible "challenge" activity that would keep with your million dollar project.
 * **Scott's Nickle Coin Changer:** @http://www.mrnussbaum.com/coins/
 * **Six Activities from Internet4Teachers** that deal with adding and subtracting decimals


 * Multiplying two and three digit whole numbers**
 * **All in the Family from Beacon Learning** This web site allows the students to practice multiplication and division
 * **Animal Legs** : This web site walks students through how multiplication and addition are related and poses multiplication problems along the way using a word problem scenario of the number of legs for different animals, insects, etc. as a multiplier.
 * **Drag & Drop Math** : This web site allows students to practice adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing numbers and they can then check their answers. Great for on-line individual practice or for a center activity.
 * **Mad Math Minutes** : Students will find this to be a great way to practice basic math facts. Students pick the number and types of problems to practice.
 * **Mathematics Problem Solving** : Students can choose the math operation and solve the problem using their knowledge of numbers & operations.
 * **Multiplication Hidden Picture** : With this web site, students find the answer to reveal a hidden picture


 * Fractions**
 * Comparing Fractions Game
 * **Comparing Fractions, Decimals, etc. using a Flower Game:** @http://www.mangahigh.com/en_us/games/flowerpower
 * **Fraction Sorter** with a learn, activity, help and instructor tab for assistance: @http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/FractionSorter/
 * **A whole listing of fraction web sites and activities from Internet4Classrooms:** @http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/equivalent_form_fractions_math_fourth_4th_grade.htm
 * Symmetry:** 11 links to web sites and ideas dealing with symmetry at the 4th grade level


 * Graphing:**
 * ** Kid Zone's Create a Graph: **@http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
 * **Blog Listing of On-Line Graphing Tools:** http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/22-useful-chart-graph-diagram-generators/
 * **Illustrated Glossary of Landforms and Enchanted Learning:** This site might be a good reference site for visual learners: @http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml

**Science** **Still looking for links & resources on the following:**
 * **Virtual Field Trip to a Volcano:** http://www.field-trips.org/sci/volcano/
 * **Volcano Explorer:** @http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/interactive/interactive.html
 * **Layers of the Atmosphere:** The atmosphere and its layers in kid terms: @http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0040-introduction-to-our-atmosphere.php
 * **Soil Safari--"The Dirt on Soil"** @http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/soil/soil_safari.html
 * **Smithsonian Soil Exhibit:** @http://forces.si.edu/soils/ This site is called, "Dig It! The Secrets of Soil--the interactive and video resources on this page will fit well with the 4th grade age group.
 * **Dr. Dirt:** the resources on this page are targeted for K-8 teachers and students. The site includes hands-on, exploratory learning activities based on methods of scientific inquiry that will encourage interest in science, soil, engineering, agriculture, and natural resources. http://www.wtamu.edu/~crobinson/DrDirt.htm
 * **The Dynamic Earth Smithsonian Exhibit:** @http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html This online exhibit works through four areas--Gems & Minerals, Rocks & Mining, Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes, & The Solar System. The exhibits feature video, audio, and on-line text information.
 * Electricity and Magnetism
 * Atmosphere activity--layers, temperatures, how things change (Google Earth for landforms, how volcanoes change the earth, etc.), internet to see real pictures of landforms
 * Clouds--use ed head & weather--
 * Simple Machines
 * Space--rotation & revolution, orbit, planets, planet research, currently blogging on planets, satelite, space probes
 * Electricity
 * Circuits