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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe "Locker Problem"
Grades: 7 to 9Subjects: MathematicsThis is an activity to explore the classic math problem involving student lockers. There is also a wonderful applet that can sh...Contributor: Brian AuslandViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlgebra Puzzle Interactive
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: MathematicsThis is a wonderful interactive for either familiarizing students with the concept of an equation, or reviewing the meaning behi...Contributor: Brian AuslandViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlgebraic Reasoning Interactive
Grades: 7 to 9Subjects: MathematicsLearn how to think algebraically with these clever weighing scales!Contributor: Brian AuslandViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMath Forum: Exploring Pascal's Triangle
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Geometry, Number Sense, Measurement & GeometryThis site comes from WebCT.com s e-Learning Hub. Patterns blocks have long been a favorite tool for teachers to explore mathema...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSolve the Puzzle of the Seashell Spiral
Grades: 5 to 9Subjects: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement & GeometryAt this site, part of an online exhibit on the Renaissance from Annenberg Media Learner.org, students will learn about the Fibon...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrica's Struggle With AIDS
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Mathematics, Health Education, Science and 2 additional..In this Xpeditions lesson, students come to understand the enormity of the impact of AIDS on the population of Africa by compari...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInvestigating Tessellations Using Activity Pattern Blocks
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement & Geometry, Visual Arts and 2 additional..This Math Forum site offers activities for making tessellations using pattern blocks including step-by-step instructions for cla...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Thousand Lockers
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement & Geometry, CalculusThis resource from the Math Forum, reviewed for grades 6-8 by Illuminations, provides a problem-solving activity and lesson plan...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 / HyperLinkEnchanted Mind Tangrams
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement & Geometry, Visual Arts and 2 additional..This site from Enchanted Mind features several interactive Java tangram puzzles. A brief description and history of tangrams is ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeometry Through Art
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Visual Arts, Mathematics, Geometry, Visual Arts & Performing 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 / HyperLinkPaper Pool
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Trigonometry/Pre-Calculus, 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 / 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 / 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 / HyperLinkBaseball: Stadium Consultants
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Economics, Mathematics, Calculus, History-Social ScienceIn this PBS lesson, the class forms a business partnership of stadium consultants. Each student consultant has been called in to...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 / HyperLinkSupreme Court Handshake
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore the handshake problem, a classic problem in mathem...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThree Houses, Three Utilities
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Geometry, CalculusThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. This problem asks, There are three houses and three u...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 / HyperLinkTraffic Jam Activity
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsThis Math Forum activity, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, poses a challenging puzzle in which there are seven stepping...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0