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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 / HyperLinkJAVA Puzzles
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Calculus, Number Sense, Measurement & Geometry, Data Analysis, Statistics, and ProbabilityThis web page from Enchanted Mind, reviewed for grades 6-8 by Illuminations, provides teachers and students with a collection of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLeonardo Da Vinci Activity
Grades: 7 to 8Subjects: MathematicsStudents will make measurements, create graphs, and interpret them to investigate whether or not Da Vinci got the proportions ri...Contributor: Brian AuslandViews: 0Favorites: 0
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 / 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 / HyperLinkCalculating Discounts
Grades: 6Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Number Sense, Parts of a Whole (Fractions, Decimals & Percent), Mathematics and 2 additional..Math TV Problem Solving Videos. Students follow along as their TV host (IQ) works through step-by-step solutions of a word probl...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 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 / HyperLinkThe Fibonacci Series
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, Engineering & Design, Number Sense, Mathematics, History-Social ScienceThe purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to appreciate and investigate a numerical pattern and to look for evidence...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInterpreting Population Statistics
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students are introduced to population statistics such as birth, death, and literacy rates. They...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 / HyperLinkAfrica's Struggle With AIDS
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Health Education 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 / HyperLinkLearn the Game
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Probability, MathematicsIn 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, Probability, MathematicsIn 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 / HyperLinkWhich Pocket?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, Probability, MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students continue their investigation of the Paper Pool game by dis...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSupreme Court Welcome
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this unit of two lessons, from Illuminations, students experience triangular numbers in an interesting, real world context--t...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 / 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 / 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, Functions, MathematicsIn this lesson, students use Cuisenaire Rods to build trains of different lengths and investigate patterns. Students make algeb...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0