Check out these great ideas for using
Inside Math in the classroom:
Geometry
- Watch the abscissa and ordinate values for ordered pairs change by dragging a point across 4 quadrants of a graph
- Learn when angles are acute, obtuse or right with an interactive protractor
- See the area and perimeter of circles, parallelograms, rectangles, squares and trapezoids change as they get bigger or smaller
- Change the arc, central angle, inscribed angle, segment, sector and chord of circles by dragging interactive points
- See a triangle and its circumcenter change by dragging on its three points
- Make the area, radius, circumference and diameter of a circle change by dragging a point to make it bigger or smaller
- Drag points on graphs to see quadrants, ordered pairs and coordinates change
- Rotate three dimensional solid and wire frame models of polyhedra and platonic solids that include a pyramid, prism, cube, icosahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, and octahedron and tetrahedron
- Model geometric ideas on an interactive geoboard
- See a step-by-step interactive proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
- Explore interactive demonstrations of rotations, reflections and translations
Algebra
- Click on an interactive number line to see the absolute value of the number chosen
- Explore algebraic concepts with interactive algebra tiles
- Drag a constant function up and down a piece of graph paper and watch the y and y-intercept values change
- Plot and find the roots of quadratic equations
- Move an interactive line to different positions on piece of graph paper and watch how its slope and y-intercept change
- Investigate x and y intercepts by sliding interactive lines that are attached to the x and y axis to different positions on a piece of graph paper
- Enter x and y values for a function in a table of values and see them plotted on a piece of graphing paper
- Arithmetic and Number Theory
- Watch step by step demonstrations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- Enter a number, select a base and see it converted to its equivalent value for other bases that include decimal, hexadecimal, duodecimal, octal, ternary and binary
- Interact with addition and multiplication tables shows the sums and the products of numbers between 0 and 9
- Cross multiply fractions to see if they are equal
- Experience the basic operation of division by picking 20 apples from an interactive tree and dividing them equally between 3 baskets
- Play an interactive estimating game to see who can come up with the best estimate for the product of two numbers
- Create factor tress for numbers between 1 and 500
- See fractions with numerators and denominators between 0 and 20 visually represented by a circle divided into red and white pie slices
- Drag weights onto the pans of an interactive scale to explore greater than, less than, less than or equal to and greater than or equal to.
- Use interactive base10 number blocks to explore place value
- Determine prime numbers for values from 2 to 100 using an interactive version of the Sieve of Eratosthenes
- Find the greatest common factor for two numbers using a simple template
Measurement
- Slide a scroll bar up and down and see a visual comparison of changes in temperature on Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin Scales
- Explore changes in measure for angles of incidence and reflection with an interactive flashlight
- Drag a circle, a parallelogram, a rectangle, a square, a trapezoid and a triangle and watch measures of their different attributes such as area, base, height, and width change grow larger or smaller
- Calculate sales commissions, discount pricing, markups and markdowns and sales tax rates with simple interactive templates
- Explore and compare the concepts of compound and simple interest with an interactive template
- Convert measures of area, length and distance, volume and capacity, and weight and mass with a series of conversion templates
- Click on a series of clock to explore the 5 North American time zones
- Compare your weight on earth with your weight on the moon and the other eight planets
- Probability & Statistics
- See the impact changing data has upon a bar graph, a circle graph, a histogram, and a pictograph
- Run animated Bernoulli trials with 2 to 7 possible outcomes
- Make revisions to a data set and watch the impact this has upon a related frequency table
- Perform probability experiments with a probability spinner that can be adjusted to provide 2 to 6 possible outcomes and to measure up to 999 spins at a time
- Explore an interactive version of Pascal's Triangle
- Generate all of the possible permutations for a word with 7 letters or less
Trigonometry
- Watch angles of depression and elevation change with visual animations of a hang glider and a sail boat
- Interact with animations of sine and cosine functions that are defined using the unit circle
- Explore how trigonometric ratios can be defined by the unit circle by dragging an interactive figure through the four quadrants of a graph
Enrichment
- Represent numbers on an interactive abacus
- Meet the challenge of classic logic games and reasoning problems that include:
- Farmer, Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage Problem
- Four Color Problem
- Jacob's Ladder
- Peg Game
- Rolling Cubes Puzzle
- Three Glass Problem
- Towers of Hanoi
- Tackle Three Classic "Chess" Challenges
- Four Knights Problem
- Gentle Bishops
- Queen's Problem
- Play Conway's Game of Life
- Build logic circuits using an interactive tool containing 7 different logic gates that can be combined into networks
- Use interactive tangram pieces to match a silhouetted figure or to create your own designs
- Watch three different patterns get tessellated
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