Links

Chapter 9: Fractions

Fraction Applets
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_1_t_1.html
www.arcytech.org/java/fractions/fractions.html
http://my.nctm.org/eresources/repository/2071/applet/FractionPie/index.html
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_103_g_1_t_1.html
Included here are links to a number of virtual fraction manipulatives, including fraction bars, fraction circles, number lines, and fraction grids.

Fraction Bar Games
www.fractionbars.com/InteractiveGames.html
This links to a number of games that can be played with commercial or similar home-made fraction bars.

Fractions through Pizza
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions
There are a number of activities to introduce fractions to students using a pizza model.

Fractions Workshop
http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/educ/reid/Elem-math-virtual-Workshops/
FractionsP8/grade-index.htm
This links to fraction activities for Grades K–8 created at Acadia University in Nova Scotia.

Math Forum
www.mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/elem_fractions.html
This is a link here to many resources related to teaching fractions.

Number Line Fractions Game
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=18
This NCTM-sponsored link allows students to play a fraction game interactively; it focuses students both on the meaning and relative size of fractions and, to a certain extent, equivalent fractions.

Ordering Fractions
www.frontiernet.net/~mmankus/talks/bars/fbar1.htm
This links to activities where students learn about and practise ordering fractions.

Pattern Block Fractions
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns
The activity at this site allows students to visualize one pattern block as a fraction of another.