What are the powers of ten? Students create mathematics manipulatives to explore powers of ten. DURATION: 50 MINUTES Materials
sheets of 1/4-inch graph paper (amount depends on the number you want to illustrate)
2 scissors per group
1 roll clear tape per group
1 roll butcher paper per class
What to do GIVE each child a sheet of 1/4 inch graph paper. Have students DRAW an X in one square. A stamp may be used in place of an X. This X represents the number one (1). PRACTICE counting with one, i.e. "one desk", one student". WRITE a large one (1) on the left side of a chalkboard.
Have each child MAKE a strip of ten X's, CUT it out, and PASTE it on butcher paper. This row represents the number ten (10). PRACTICE counting with ten, i.e. "ten fingers", "ten pieces of chalk". WRITE a zero (0) next to the one (1) on the board to make a ten (10).
Have each group PASTE ten strips of ten X's together to make a block of100 on a sheet of butcher paper. This represents the number one hundred (100). PRACTICE counting with one hundred. WRITE a zero (0) next to the ten (10) on the board to make one hundred (100).
Have the students PRACTICE by looking for one, ten, and a hundred in the world around them. EXAMPLE: About how many toes are in the classroom? Ten toes on ten children makes a hundred toes. If desired, this activity could be extended to a thousand, or even to a million.
SUNSHINE STATE STANDARD Count to 100 by ones and by tens.
WEDNESDAY MATH DAY
Powers of Ten
What are the powers of ten? Students create mathematics manipulatives to explore powers of ten.DURATION: 50 MINUTES
Materials
sheets of 1/4-inch graph paper (amount depends on the number you want to illustrate)
2 scissors per group
1 roll clear tape per group
1 roll butcher paper per class
What to do
GIVE each child a sheet of 1/4 inch graph paper.
SUNSHINE STATE STANDARD
Count to 100 by ones and by tens.