PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Patterns in Nature
In this video segment [3:25] from Cyberchase, a plant expert shows Bianca the patterns and symmetry found in nature.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Mid. School Math: Graph Non Linear Functions
Students will compare functions by graphing the functions and describing the patterns in the graphs.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
PBS
Pbs: Function Machine
Control the inputs and operations of a function machine to produce specific outputs. This interactive exercise focuses on exploring operations, making patterns, and the rules for calculations with positive and negative integers.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Running a Function Machine
The connected machine is a single function that takes an input, runs it through the network inside and produces an output. You control a network of function machines along with the input and the operation performed by each machine to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Reading a Thermometer
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns how to read a thermometer as they try to keep their chocolate sculpture from melting.
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: Made in America: The High Cost of Fashion
Investigate data on changes over time in where our apparel is made and how much we spend on it in these images from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students use the interactive and graph the data. They also look for...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Thinking About Slope
Explore the concept of slope. Ask yourself why the slope between pairs of points would change or why it would stay the same.