Lesson 6 - Solve Problems by Acting Them Out
To encourage students to have fun on the Web while learning about Solve Problems by Acting Them Out, here are some games and interactive activities they can do on their own or in pairs.
Goal
Act out a problem to solve it.
Builds Upon
Student Book pages 196-197
Instructions for Use
Architecture Blocks helps students investigate shapes by making architectural pictures.
To use Architecture Blocks, click on "Ideas. can you make these pictures?' at the bottom of the screen. Click on a picture, to get a page of hints helping you to recreate that picture. Then try to make your own architectural buildings. Use horizontal blocks, wooden beam blocks, steel beam blocks, cat tails, half blocks, and arch blocks in your creations. Click on a block, and then click on the workspace to place the block. Remember to work from the bottom up as if you were building a house. To remove blocks, click on the white square block, and then click on any block you don't want. To erase the workspace, click on the 'Reset' button.
