With any type of new learning, students need practice and application of newly acquired skills to ensure mastery of content concepts. Can you list and describe two hands-on activities and identify materials, including manipulatives, to enable students to

 With any type of new learning, students need practice and application of  newly acquired skills to ensure mastery of content concepts.  Can you  list and describe two hands-on activities and identify materials,  including manipulatives, to enable students to forge connections between  abstract concepts and concrete concepts in a less language-dependent  way?