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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPaper Pool
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Trigonometry/Pre-Calculus, Algebra & FunctionsThis 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 / HyperLinkWhat's Your Wingspan?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, from Science NetLinks, students measure each other's wingspan (armspan) and record and analyze the data. Before ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlanning a Trip
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Number Sense, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this eight-lesson unit from Illuminations, teams of students plan trips. To put together their best travel plan, students stu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlanning a Trip: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Number SenseIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use mathematical knowledge and skills developed in the pre...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPatterns That Grow
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & FunctionsIn this five-lesson unit, from Illuminations, students use logical thinking to create, identify, extend, and translate patterns....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPatterns That Grow: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & FunctionsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use logical thinking to create, identify, extend, and tran...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMathematics and Environmental Concerns: Unit Overview
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Science, Ecology & EcosystemsIn this five-lesson unit, from Illuminations, students participate in activities in which they investigate data in connection wi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding Distance, Speed, and Time Relationships
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & FunctionsIn this two-lesson unit, from Illuminations, students use a software simulation of two runners along a track. Students can contr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUniverscale
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, ScienceThis site from Nikon Japan shows the universe from a grand scale down to the nano scale from the standpoint of the observer.Contributor: Bonnie MarksViews: 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 / HyperLinkSquares and Circles
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Number Sense, Measurement & Geometry, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, GeometryIn the game of Squares and Circles, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, the student plays an on-line game (which requires ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat We Do Adds Up
Grades: 4 to 6Subjects: Mathematics, Science, Addition & Subtraction, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life SciencesOn this page from PBS Teacher Source s Mathline, students are given some basic statistics about waste and then asked to solve ma...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTantalizing Tessellations
Grades: 5Subjects: Mathematics, GeometryThis unit plan, from Math Central at the University of Regina, spans two weeks and gives students an opportunity to explore tess...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSquares, Circles, and Triangles
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Measurement & Geometry, Probability, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, GeometryThis lesson, from the Cut-the-Knot Web site, provides an opportunity for students to build their reasoning ability in a game pla...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThirteen! Oh No!
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Measurement & Geometry, Data Analysis, Statistics, and ProbabilityIn this activity, part of the Figure This! Web site, students determine whether or not there is a Friday the 13th every year. Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Pascal's Triangle
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Number Sense, Algebra & FunctionsIn this activity from the Math Forum, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, students work with a partner on an exploration o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTantalizing Tessellations
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Measurement & Geometry, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, GeometryThis unit from the University of Regina, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, focuses on tessellations. Students investigat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMirror Puzzles
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, GeometryReviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, this Web site contains several challanging puzzles from Erich s Puzzle Palace. You ar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding Distance, Speed, and Time Relationships Using Simulation Software
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, Calculus, Measurement & Geometry, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Algebra & FunctionsThis E-example, from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, includes a software simulation of two runners along a trac...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0