• Classroom/Computer Room Activities
  • Geometry: Interactive Sites for Students
  • Graphing / Data Analysis
    
• The $1,000 Payoff: Rip-Off or Friendly Freddie’s Arcade?
• The Million Three Cube Race is on!

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• Recommended Virtual Manipulative Libraries
• Geometry
• Geomter's Sketchpad
• Algebra
• Graphing / Data Analysis

Recommended Virtual Manipulative Libraries
- A Good place to start first if you can't find a resource below

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
• Seeing Math Interactive Resources
• Shodor applets and activities
• Harcourt Publishers E-Labs
• Selected Online Tools Organized by the NEIR*TEC
• Illuminations by NCTM
• The Math Forum
• Wisweb Applets

Geometry

• Introduction to Geometry- Very basic exploration of spatial relations and symmetry
• Area, Perimeter, & Circumference
  • Introduction to Area and Perimeter of Rectangles
  • Calculating the Circumference of a Circle-self correcting practice
• Angles
  • Measuring Angles - (Kidport )"Click and drag" protractor
  • Angles- Identification
• Three dimensional geometric figures from Wisweb
• Triangles
  • Pre-made Sketches
  • Making Triangles and Untriangles
  • Name those Shape Makers!
  Sketchpad file with the sum of the angles of a triangle: trianglesum.gsp
• Virtual demonstration of the sum of the angles of any triangle
• Triangles & Spinwheels (And Getting to Know Geometer’s Sketchpad)
• Triangle Explorer - Finding the area of triangles
• Identifying Types of Triangles by Angles-self correcting practice
• Finding the Third Angle of a Triangle-self correcting practice
• Pythagorean Explorer Applet provides the student with various types of triangles of varying difficulty.
• Symmetry, Congruence, Transformations, & Tessellations
  • Rotation, Translation, Reflection, Dilation, & Composition activities from NVLM (requires IE)
  • Transformations - Copying  transformations on a coordinate grid from Harcourt E-Lab
  • Sketchpad Activities: 11-5.gsp
  • Tessellations (NCTM)
  • Understanding Congruence, Similarity, and Symmetry (NCTM)
  • Bisecting Figures - (Harcourt E-Lab) Using a line of symmetry to bisect plane figures
• Polygons
  • Finding Area of Polygons Using Pick's Rule
    • Use this applet to help you discover the rule
      Download the geoboard for Geometer's Sketchpad. Click here for the mac version.
      Click here for instructions of how to create this geoboar
• Sieve of Eratosthenes
• Reflecting Pattern Blocks 
• It's Pizza Time - What should I buy?
• The Pizza Server's Menu

Geometer's Sketchpad

• Sample Lessons and Activities
  • Sample Activities from KeyPress
    • Sample Classroom Activities: Click one of the activity books, such as Geometry Activities for Middle School Students, and download the .zip file
    • Sketchpad Activities for Young Learners: download the entire collection of sketches, handouts and Teacher Notes (syl_booklet_2003.zip)
    • Connected Mathematics Project Sketchpad Activities
  • Sketchpad for Little Ones - Sample activities from the Math Forum
  • Sample Student Activities with Student Handouts - from the Ottawa-Carlton school district
  • Sample Student Activities with Teacher Guides - from teacherlink.org at the University of Virginia
  • Sample SketchMad Activities with Handouts, lesson plans, and sample sketches - from Michigan State University
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• Resources on the Web
• Math Forum
  • Sketchpad Resources at the Math Forum
  • Sketchpad Resources on the Web
• Pre-made Sketches
• Sketchpad links and resources from Teacher Link
• Geometry Module with many GSP activities- developed by The Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP)

• Road Sign Problem  
• The Famous Jinx Puzzle
  • Flash Demo of proof  
• Algebra Balance Beam
• Green Globs & Graphing Equations
  • Great Green Globs Contest 
• Mind Reader Challenge  
• Repeating and Terminating Decimals
• Making Change at the Boutique (using a spreadsheet template) 
• Great Summer Job Offer  - Choose a payment plan

Graphing / Data Analysis

• Histograms- Students view and make their own histograms.
• Bar Grapher (from NCTM)
• Circle Graphs and Graphers
  • Candy Circle Graphs using M&M's and Spreadsheets
  • Pie Chart from the NLVM
  • Circle Grapher from Illuminations
• Data Picking - Students collect data to make a frequency table.
• Create A Graph (NCES) Provides four templates
• Introduction to Statistics-Tutorial and practice
• Using Spreadsheets to Interpret Data - (NCTM) Tutorial and Practice
• Working with Graphs- Includes probability activities
• Teacherlink - Microsoft Excel Activities (Sample Lessons and Student Activities)
• Websites for Collecting Data, Maps, and Charts from TeacherLink