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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 / HyperLinkWorld in the Balance
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Mathematics, Calculus, EconomicsIn this PBS lesson, students calculate how long it takes a country s population to double in size. They also investigate factors...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 / HyperLinkTraffic Jam
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement & GeometryThis activity from Suzanne s Math Lessons, reviewed for grades 6-8 by Illuminations, provides the rules for a strategic game of ...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 / HyperLinkTournaments
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, CalculusIn this Figure This! activity, students are asked to determine how many more games must be played in a basketball tournament wit...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThree Glasses Puzzle
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsThis is a puzzle from Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles that uses logical thinking to determine how to get exactly ...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 / HyperLinkThe Problem of Points
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Calculus, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, 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
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 / HyperLinkThe Missing Dollar
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Calculus, Addition & SubtractionThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. The problem is a cleverly phrased arithmetic problem d...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Abacus: The Art of Calculating with Beads
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Measurement & Geometry, History-Social Science, Mathematics, Number SenseThe abacus is a mechanical aid used for counting. Addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication can be performed on a stan...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPrime Mathematics Enrichment
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 2Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Geometry, Probability, Measurement & Geometry and 4 additional..This NRICH resource, reviewed for grades Pre-K-2 by Illuminations, features an extensive collection of math activities. Topics c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPeople Patterns
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Measurement & Geometry, Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and ProbabilityThis interactive activity, from Annenberg Media, invites students to try to figure out who should come next in a line of people,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPatch Tool
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Geometry, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement & GeometryThis student interactive from Illuminations allows students to create patches like those used in quilting. Triangles, squares, p...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPascal Petals
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Geometry, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement & Geometry, Number SenseIn this Math Forum activity, reviewed for grades 6-8 by Illuminations, students examine Pascal s triangle. They investigate the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPaper Pool
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Mathematics, Trigonometry/Pre-CalculusThis 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 / HyperLinkOld Stamps
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Mathematics, Number Sense, Addition & SubtractionThis Figure This! challenge, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, focuses on having students figure out how an old roll of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNumber Cruncher
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsThe Number Cruncher, from the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., is an interactive that allows students to explore linear functi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNumber Bracelet Game
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement & Geometry, Addition & SubtractionIn this activity, from the Math Forum, students make number bracelets. Students choose two numbered beads and find the sum of th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0