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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPaper Pool
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Trigonometry/Pre-Calculus, Algebra & Functions, MathematicsThis student interactive, from Illuminations, simulates the behavior of a pool ball on pool tables of various dimensions. Studen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTower of Hanoi
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: MathematicsThis student interactive, from Illuminations, presents a tower of from three to 20 disks, initially stacked in increasing size o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCounting Embedded Figures
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students look for patterns in an embedded-square problem. After looking at the patterns, students ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClassic Middle-Grades Problems for the Classroom
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsThis Illuminations lesson presents some classic problems that can be represented and solved in several ways. Students work in gr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Next Billion
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this lesson, from Illuminations, students predict when the world's population will reach 7 billion. To do so, they use an on-...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGrowing Patterns
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use numbers to make growing patterns. They create, analyze...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCounting Embedded Figures
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this lesson, from Illuminations, students look for patterns within a given set of data. After looking at the pattern, studen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Product Game: Connections and Extensions
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Number SenseIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students review strategies for playing the Product Game. In this ga...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHeartifacts
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Mathematics, ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students are asked to interpret factual heart-related information i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLearn the Game
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Mathematics, ProbabilityIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn the rules for and play an interactive game called Pa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow Many Hits?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Mathematics, ProbabilityIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students continue their investigation of the Paper Pool game by exp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWrapping It Up
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Mathematics, ProbabilityIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students finalize their work collecting data, identifying patterns,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHandshakes
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsThis student interactive, from an Illuminations lesson, models the "handshake problem," in which it is determined how many hands...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGolden Ratio
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students explore the Fibonacci sequence. They examine how the ratio of two consecutive Fibonacci n...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentFibonacci Rabbits
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsThis reproducible worksheet, from an Illuminations lesson, presents students with a classic mathematical problem, originally pos...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNim Games
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsThis student interactive, from an Illuminations lesson, allows players to challenge the computer in the games of Static Nim, Ide...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCounting Trains - Fibonacci
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Mathematics, FunctionsIn this lesson, students use Cuisenaire Rods to build trains of different lengths and investigate patterns. Students make algeb...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWord Problems for Kids
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: MathematicsThis Web Site contains word problems for students and teachers. The problems are classified into grade levels from Grade 5 to Gr...Contributor: Bob WatermanViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeometry Through Art
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Mathematics, Geometry, Visual ArtsIn this unit, math is explored through geometric drawing activities. These Web pages provide useful activities and ready-made w...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Problem of Points
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Calculus, Mathematics, ProbabilityAn age-old gambling problem led to the development of probability theory by French mathematicians Pascal and Fermat in the seven...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0