Math Trailblazers

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this textbook. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

1: Populations and Samples

Forest Ecosystem
Mascot Election (Pictographs and Bar Graphs)
Mean, Median and Mode
Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)

2: Big Numbers

Cannonball Clowns (Number Line Estimation)
Modeling Decimals (Base-10 Blocks)
Number Line Frog Hop (Addition and Subtraction)
Number Systems

3: Fractions and Ratios

Critter Count (Modeling Multiplication)
Equivalent Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Fraction Artist 1 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Garden (Comparing Fractions)

4: Division and Data

Beam to Moon (Ratios and Proportions)
Cannonball Clowns (Number Line Estimation)
Distance-Time Graphs
Elapsed Time
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)
Measuring Motion
Modeling Decimals (Base-10 Blocks)
Movie Reviewer (Mean and Median)
No Alien Left Behind (Division with Remainders)
Part:Part and Part:Whole Ratios
Rectangle: Perimeter and Area

5: Investigating Fractions

Adding Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Distance-Time Graphs
Estimating Sums and Differences
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)
Fraction Artist 1 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fractions with Unlike Denominators
Measuring Motion
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)

6: Geometry

Cargo Captain (Multi-digit Subtraction)
Holiday Snowflake Designer
Polygon Angle Sum - Activity B
Quilting Bee (Symmetry)
Rounding Whole Numbers (Number Line)
Target Sum Card Game (Multi-digit Addition)
Triangle Angle Sum - Activity A

7: Decimals and Probability

Comparing and Ordering Decimals
Compound Independent Events
Fraction, Decimal, Percent (Area and Grid Models)
Function Machines 1 (Functions and Tables)
Function Machines 2 (Functions, Tables, and Graphs)
Geometric Probability - Activity A
Modeling Decimals (Area and Grid Models)
Multiplying Decimals (Area Model)
No Alien Left Behind (Division with Remainders)
Probability Simulations
Spin the Big Wheel! (Probability)
Sums and Differences with Decimals
Treasure Hunter (Decimals on the Number Line)

8: Applications: An Assessment Unit

3D and Orthographic Views - Activity A
City Tour (Coordinates)

9: Connections to Division

Determining a Spring Constant
Direct Variation
Function Machines 2 (Functions, Tables, and Graphs)
No Alien Left Behind (Division with Remainders)
Percents, Fractions and Decimals
Toy Factory (Set Models of Fractions)
Using Tables, Rules and Graphs
Weight and Mass

10: Maps and Coordinates

City Tour (Coordinates)
Points in the Coordinate Plane - Activity A
Quilting Bee (Symmetry)
Reflections
Rock Art (Transformations)
Translations

11: Number Patterns, Primes, and Fractions

Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Factor Trees (Factoring Numbers)
Finding Factors with Area Models
Finding Patterns
Fraction Garden (Comparing Fractions)
Pattern Flip (Patterns)

12: Using Fractions

Fractions Greater than One (Fraction Tiles)
Fractions with Unlike Denominators
Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Multiplying Fractions
Quilting Bee (Symmetry)

13: Ratio and Proportion

Beam to Moon (Ratios and Proportions)
Classifying Quadrilaterals - Activity A
Density
Determining a Spring Constant
Fraction Artist 1 (Area Models of Fractions)
Proportions and Common Multipliers
Toy Factory (Set Models of Fractions)

14: Using Circles

Circle: Circumference and Area
Construct Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Constructing Congruent Segments and Angles
Graphing Skills
Mascot Election (Pictographs and Bar Graphs)
Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)
Spin the Big Wheel! (Probability)
Time Estimation

15: Developing Formulas with Geometry

Area of Parallelograms - Activity A
Measuring Trees
Modeling Decimals (Base-10 Blocks)
Rectangle: Perimeter and Area
Treasure Hunter (Decimals on the Number Line)

16: Bringing it All Together

Balancing Blocks (Volume)
Density
Estimating Population Size

Content correlation last revised: 5/27/2010