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Resource Type: DocumentMathematical Notes About "Actual Size" by Steve Jenkins, and "If You Hopped Like a Frog" by David M.
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Mathematics, Reading ComprehensionThis printable teacher resource accompanies the ReadWriteThink lesson titled "Bridging Literature and Mathematics by Visualizing...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMathline Activity I -- Borda Count
Grades: K to 12Subjects: Number Sense, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Professional Development, Probability and 8 additional..Mock-election demonstrating the Borda Electoral Count, a ranking system of elections that is rarely used for governmental electi...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMathline Activity IV -- Approval Voting
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Number Sense, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Professional Development, Probability and 8 additional..Mock election demonstrating approval voting, an electoral system in which voters can select as many or as few candidates as they...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMaytime Measuring
Grades: 2 to 8Subjects: Calculus, Mathematics, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Measurement & GeometryIn this activity, from the Franklin Institute, students compare the length of a shadow cast by a tree to that of heir own shadow...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMeasures
Grades: Pre-K to 12Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Mathematics, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Measurement & Tools and 3 additional..This interactive applet is designed to "develop students' understanding of the concept of area." In it, students are able to dra...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMeasures
Grades: Pre-K to 12Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Professional Development, Mathematics, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 2 additional..In this activity, students create data of a certain characteristic and use slider bars to set the data. Then the applet calculat...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMeasuring Up
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsThis nine-lesson unit, from Illuminations, explores concepts related to proportional reasoning, ratio and indirect measurement. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMirror, Mirror
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geometry, MathematicsThe challenge for this Figure This! activity, reviewed for grades 6-8 by Illuminations, is to determine what amount of yourself ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkModeling Linear Relationships
Grades: Pre-K to 12Subjects: Coordinate Systems & Graphing, Professional Development, Equations and Inequalities, Mathematics, Algebra & FunctionsIn this lesson, students use data collected comparing height and arm span and create a scatter plot from the bivariate data. In ...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkModels for the Multiplication and Division of Fractions
Grades: Pre-K to 12Subjects: Number Sense, Professional Development, Addition & Subtraction, Mathematics and 2 additional..This site uses visual models to better understand what is actually happening when students multiply and divide fractions. Using ...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNormal Distribution
Grades: Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Professional Development, Mathematics, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 4 additional..In this activity, students adjust the standard deviation and sample size of a normal distribution to see how it will affect a hi...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNumber Cruncher
Grades: Pre-K to 12Subjects: Number Sense, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Coordinate Systems & Graphing, Professional Development and 5 additional..In this activity, students enter inputs into a function machine. Then, by examining the outputs, they must determine what functi...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOff the Scale
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, Mathematics, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use real-world examples to solve problems involving scale ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPBS Mathline: the Math of Bicycles-
Grades: 6Subjects: Rates and Proportions, MathematicsLesson plan/offline activity. Students explore ratios by comparing bicycles to tricycles. They describe the ratio of the relati...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPentagon Puzzles
Grades: Pre-K to 12Subjects: Angles & Pythagorean Theorem, Geometric Figures, Mathematics, Measurement & Tools and 2 additional..In this set of two activities, students find the area of regular pentagons by deconstructing them into triangles and smaller pen...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPi Line
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & FunctionsIn this Illuminations lesson, students measure the diameter and circumference of various circular objects. They plot the measure...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProportional Reasoning
Grades: Pre-K to 12Subjects: Number Sense, Rates and ProportionsIn this session, a special kind of functional relationship is explored: the proportional relationship. Students develop proporti...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProportional Reasoning: QuadPerson -
Grades: 6Subjects: Rates and Proportions, Mathematics, Algebra & FunctionsSession 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 / HyperLinkProportional Reasoning: The Mixture Blues
Grades: 6Subjects: Number Sense, Rates and Proportions, Mathematics, Parts of a Whole (Fractions, Decimals & Percent), Algebra & FunctionsSession 4, Part B. Annenberg Media Lesson for teachers to improve their own teaching practices. Includes excellent teacher train...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProportions
Grades: 6Subjects: Rates and Proportions, MathematicsFrom Math.com. In-depth tutorial with java applets, visuals, examples and workouts. Could be used at home or in class for review...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0