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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Cubes and Isometric Drawings
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this unit of six lessons, from Illuminations, students explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentUnknown Triangles
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsThis reproducible activity, from an Illuminations lesson, instructs students to find the area of two triangles, for which base l...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe History of Measurement
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Measurement & Geometry, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, MathematicsThis article, from the Illuminations-reviewed History of Mathematics Archive, discusses problems in the history of measurement, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTetrahedral Kites
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students construct tetrahedrons and describe the linear, area and volume using non-traditional uni...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Surface Area
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsThis reproducible transparency, from an Illuminations lesson, features equations for finding the ratios for computing the surfac...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSpy Guys Surface Area of Prisms
Grades: 6Subjects: Measurement & Geometry, Mathematics, Area & VolumeSelect Lesson 14. These video and auditory tutorials from LearnAlberta.CA allow teachers and students to explore math concepts, ...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSpy Guys Exploring Area & Perimeter
Grades: 6Subjects: Measurement & Geometry, Mathematics, Area & VolumeSelect Lessons 12 and 13. Covers the topics separately and relating them to each other. These video and auditory tutorials from ...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSketch-A-House
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Engineering & DesignStudents will create a 3D model of a house using SketchUp. Author: Alannbert MillendezContributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSide Length, Volume and Surface Area of Similar Solids
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an interactive applet to learn about the relationships...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSide Length and Area of Similar Figures
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an interactive applet to learn how the side lengths, p...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkShape Explorer
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, GeometryThis student interactive, from the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., allows students to draw and analyze shapes of varying size...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkShape and Space in Geometry: About Space
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Geometry, MathematicsThese interactive activities, from Annenberg Media, are designed to promote visualization of three-dimensional objects. They tak...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScaling the Pyramids
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Electives, Mathematics, Engineering & Design, Geometry and 4 additional..This PBS resource features information about the Great Pyramid of Egypt. Users can learn what is significant about the pyramid a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScaling Away
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students measure the dimensions of a common object, multiply each dimension by a scale factor, and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Scaling Away
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsThis reproducible worksheet, from an Illuminations lesson, contains questions regarding the effect of multiplying by a scale fac...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReal Estate Tycoon
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Economics, Engineering & Design, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This year-long project, from Illuminations, is divided into three parts and reinforces skills that lay a foundation for algebra,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPurple Prisms
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students investigate rectangular prisms using an online, interactiv...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProportional Reasoning: QuadPerson -
Grades: 6Subjects: Rates and Proportions, Algebra & Functions, MathematicsSession 4, Part C. Annenberg Media Lesson for teachers to improve their own teaching practices. Includes excellent teacher train...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlanning a Playground
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Measurement & Geometry, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Mathematics, GeometryIn this Illuminations lesson, students design a playground using manipulatives and multiple representations. Maximum area with a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPinwheel
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & FunctionsIn this Illuminations lesson, students create parallelograms from square sheets of paper and connect them to form an octagon. Du...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0