Minecraft Area Multiplication

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STEM Thursday Schanen Elementary, November 10th, 2015

Presenters:   Ms. Bennet,  Ms. Cruz, Ms. Moore, Ms. Pardom, Ms. Ybarra

Minecraft Area Model Multiplication Lesson Plan

Engage

  • How many ways can you express ten times a number?

  • Can you find a pattern for multiplying by ten?

Ten Times Better Student Hand-out

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Explore

area model

Explain

  • How can we use place value to help us multiply?

  • What are partial products?

Elaborate

Minecraft Multiplication Student Hand-Out

  • How can we solve word problems using area multiplication?

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Evaluate

  • Steve mines 13 gems an hour. How many gems can Steve mine in a day?

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