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This website contains several activities. Mixing in Math Moments are activities that take 5-10 minutes that keep learners occupied, learning about the world, and using math on their own.

In this great hands-on activity, learners use patterns to make a teepee from newspaper that they sit inside.

In this Cyberchase activity, learners use math to explore how parts of the body are proportional.

This is a lesson plan for an activity in which learners, playing the role of archeologists, use math concepts about number bases to decipher the Dresden Codex, an ancient Mayan document.

This assortment of mathematical games can be played while traveling.

In this fun hands-on activity, learners use simple materials to investigate evaporation. How can the evaporation of water on a hot day be used to cool an object? Find out the experimental way!

These math posters have questions written on them, such as: How many colors can you name in a minute? or How many seconds can you balance on one foot?

These math posters have questions written on them, such as: How fast can a cheetah run? or How long can a giant tortoise live? Post these around the room or leave them out for children to explore.

Put math of measurement into lining up — and make waiting in line fun. Choose a size characteristic that learners can physically compare, such as foot length or hair length.

Los Momentos de Mixing in Math son actividades de 5 a 10 minutos que mantienen a los chicos ocupados, aprendiendo sobre el mundo, y usando matemáticas por su cuenta.

In this activity, learners will explore how and why weight distribution works.

In this activity, learners compare their own strength to ants through a series of physical tests.

In this activity, learners will engineer a new shape and use it to create a new pattern with no wasted space.

In this activity, learners will explore pi and the mathematical relationships between a circle's diameter, circumference, and radius.

In this math game, learners try to earn the most points by winning stacks of four dice. Learners practice number recognition and addition skills.

In this math activity, learners will create a scale diagram of their backyard or other outdoor area on graph paper.

In this math lesson, learners explore variables and their uses.

In this math activity, learners play a number game to explore the relationships between numbers, combinations, and the concept of equivalency.

In this activity, learners explore center of gravity, or balance point, of stacked blocks.

In this math activity, challenge learners to make two equal rows from eight different paper strips. Learners can explore the many ways they can solve this problem.