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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA History of Pi
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: MathematicsThis article, from the Illuminations-reviewed History of Mathematics Archive, discusses the history of pi, the ratio of the circ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArchimedes' Puzzle
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, students learn about the history of the Stomachion, an ancient tangram-type puzzle. Students use the puzzle piec...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArea and Volume
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Geometry, Measurement & Geometry, Calculus, MathematicsThis Math Forum resource, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, provides a lesson plan on area and volume. The lesson helps ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArea Formulas
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this unit of four lessons, from Illuminations, students use the area formula for a rectangle to discover the area formulas fo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentBermuda Triangle
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsThis printable overhead projector sheet, from an Illuminations lesson, features a map with a drawing of the Bermuda Triangle. St...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentCST Review Jeopardy Grade 7 MG & SDP
Grades: 7 to 8Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Measurement & Geometry, MathematicsA Jeopardy game using released CST questions in measurement and geometry, statistics, probability, and data analysis for grade 7.Contributor: Micheline LeBlancViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDiscovering the Area Formula for Triangles
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn the area formula for a triangle. Students find the a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFibonacci Bamboozlement
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Geometry, Measurement & Geometry, MathematicsThis applet, reviewed for grades 6-8 by Illuminations, explores bamboozlement, a term suggested by Greg Frederickson to descri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFibonacci Bamboozlement
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Geometry, Measurement & Geometry, MathematicsThis resource from Cut The Knot!, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, is an interactive applet that allows students to exp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFinding Surface Area and Volume
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an isometric drawing tool to build three-dimensional f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFinding the Area of Parallelograms
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use their knowledge of rectangles to discover the area for...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFinding the Area of Trapezoids
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students discover the area formula for trapezoids and explore alter...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFractal Tool
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: MathematicsThis student interactive, from Illuminations, illustrates iteration graphically. Students can view preset iterations of various ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFractals
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Visual Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Geometry and 2 additional..This Math Forum resource focuses on fractals. There is brief background information followed by links to further information abo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeoboards in the Classroom
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geometry, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Measurement & Geometry, MathematicsThis unit, reviewed for grades 6-8 by Illuminations, deals with the length and area of two-dimensional geometric figures using ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeometric Fractals
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Algebra & Functions, Functions, Number Sense and 3 additional..This activity, from the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., shows students classic fractals--the Sierpinski Triangle and Carpet--...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeometric Probability and Primo Mathematics
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Number Sense, Probability, Geometry and 2 additional..These two activities, from the Math Forum, deal with geometric probability and prime numbers, respectively. The Geometric Probab...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInvestigating the Dynamic Martian Polar Caps
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Measurement & Geometry, Mathematics, ScienceIn this lesson, from the Burns Telecommunications Center at Montana State University, students download NASA Hubble Space Telesc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLesson on Area of Parallelograms
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geometry, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Measurement & Geometry, MathematicsThis resource, from Mrs. Glosser s Math Goodies, presents a brief lesson on finding the area of a parallelogram. The lesson is a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMargo Mankus: Area Formula Lab: 6-8 Geometry
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Number Sense, Geometry, Measurement & Geometry and 2 additional..This resource is provided by Dr. Margo Lynn Mankus from George Mason University. Formulas are often presented to students as ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0