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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: DocumentCST Review Jeopardy Grade 7 MG & SDP
Grades: 7 to 8Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, Measurement & GeometryA 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 / HyperLinkSpy Guys Exploring Area & Perimeter
Grades: 6Subjects: Area & Volume, Mathematics, Measurement & GeometrySelect 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 / HyperLinkSpy Guys Surface Area of Prisms
Grades: 6Subjects: Area & Volume, Mathematics, Measurement & GeometrySelect 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 / HyperLinkMargo Mankus: Area Formula Lab: 6-8 Geometry
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geometry, Number Sense, Measurement & Geometry, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFibonacci Bamboozlement
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Geometry, Mathematics, Measurement & GeometryThis 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 / HyperLinkMath Forum: Finding the Value of Pi: 9-12 Numbers and Operations
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Mathematics, Calculus, Measurement & GeometryThis site is from the Math Forum collection. Math Forum s goal is to build an online community of teachers, students, researche...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 / HyperLinkGeometric Probability and Primo Mathematics
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Number Sense, Geometry, Addition & Subtraction, Probability 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 / HyperLinkArea and Volume
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Geometry, Mathematics, Calculus, Measurement & GeometryThis 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 / HyperLinkFibonacci Bamboozlement
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Geometry, Mathematics, Measurement & GeometryThis 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 / 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: Website / HyperLinkReal Estate Tycoon
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Engineering & Design, History-Social Science, Visual Arts, Algebra & Functions 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 / 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: Website / HyperLinkFractals
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Geometry, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Measurement & 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 / HyperLinkGeometric Fractals
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geometry, Number Sense, Measurement & Geometry, Algebra & Functions 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 / 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
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 / 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 / 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