This document discusses using Google Drawings for math activities. It provides examples of how to create drawings to show math problems and solutions, including showing the diameter of the Earth, ways to make 5, working through a math problem, and storing virtual manipulatives. Teachers can use Google Drawings to create interactive math activities for students to collaborate on and explain their thinking.

1. Math and Google Drawing
with Rae Fearing and Charlene Knowlton
link → goo.gl/Gt7tXL

2. What can you do with Google Drawings?
● Create & Edit drawings online
● Publish drawings online
● Insert text, shapes, arrows, scribbles, and images
● Insert drawings into other Google Docs or Slides
● Photo Annotation

3. Why Math and Google Drawings?
www.risesolutions.com.au (source)
www.risesolutions.com.au (source)

4. Create a new Google Drawing
● Add a textbox with the words MATH PRACTICE
○ Make the size over 24 pt
○ Change the color of the words
○ Highlight the words in a contrasting color
● Insert a box and make the fill color transparent
● Inside the box insert an image of Earth
● Draw a line showing the diameter of the earth
○ make the line wider than 8 pixels
○ change the color of the line to anything you choose
○ make the line dashed

5. Show me three ways to make 5

6. Show work on
a math
problem
Store virtual
manipulatives
‘off canvas’
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1uEZvcYisPz-
uu02IyBvxSKdAIu4fRezeylnK1C4hmzc/edit

7. Virtual Manipulatives
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1/21/4 1/8
Click here to make your own copy of this activity

8. Use the Scribble tool to complete problems by hand.
Insert them into docs or slides.

9. Annotating
Share a
drawing as
‘VIEW ONLY’
Students
create a copy
so they can
annotate and
explain their
thinking.
Click image to view in Google Drawings

10. Algebra Tiles From Alice Keeler

12. Let’s do a collaborative math activity!
● Get in groups (2-5)
● One person click here and make a copy.
● Rename: YourName Math Activity
● Share with others in your group.
● Divide and Conquer
○ Make like terms the same color with the ‘fill paint’ icon
○ Balance both sides of the equation using the inverse operations
○ Make the components that separated the terms one color (+ and -)
○ Drag boxes under the equation to indicate how to solve the problem
● Share with rfearing@delnorte.k12.ca.us
○ Give me ‘view only’ permissions

13. Activity Sample #1

14. Activity Sample #2

15. MB Ruler
MB Ruler is an extension for
Chrome that allows you to
measure areas, distances and
angles.
Video about using the
protractor/ruler in Google
Drawing

16. TIP! Sizing your drawings
This helps if you want smaller
images for websites or banner
shapes