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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families

For Students 2nd - 8th
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...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: From Corner to Corner

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Measure the lengths and diagonals of three squares with a ruler. Look over your measurements and try to come up with a rule of thumb for estimating the length of a diagonal if you know the length of a side.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Midpoint of a Segment

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students review the basic geometry definitions of segment and midpoint, and learn to use drawing and measurement tools. They explore changes in measurements as the figure is altered.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Decompose Figures to Find Area 2

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Practice decomposing irregular shapes to find their area. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7.d Recognize area as additive.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Decompose Figures to Find Area 1

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Practice decomposing figures into rectangles to find area. Some figures are on grids. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7.d...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe, F Tf Coordinates of Points on a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this task, students are shown a unit circle in a plane and an angle measured from the x-axis. They must determine the coordinates of the line segment for the angle and answer a question about the sum of the coordinates. The purpose...
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Math2

Math2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a site for students and teachers of all grade levels. If you are looking for math tables, general information about math topics, or you would like to ask a question, this is the site to visit.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Geoboard App

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students use the Geoboard App to measure arcs, line segments, area, and perimeter, as well as rotate, reflect, and translate objects.
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Clark University

Clark University: Euclid's Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of the 13 books of Euclid's "Elements" text can be found here. Each of the chapters are broken down into definitions, propositions, and common notations that are used throughout this overview.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Lesson Plans Math Vocabulary 1st Grade

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
This site includes two first grade math vocabulary lesson plans: one for measurement terms and time and money, and another for geometry terms
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Math.com

Math.com: Building Blocks: Classifying Angles

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This geometry resource investigates types of angles. Definitions, detailed examples, and practice problems are included.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Only Half There?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students use measuring tools and calculators to make half-sized drawings of themselves.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Real Life Real World Activity Surveyor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Surveyors describe land parcels with distance and angle measurements, often given as compass headings. Once the boundaries of the land parcel are described, the surveyor can calculate the area of the land. This activity uses Cabri Jr....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How Tall Is the School's Flagpole?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this lesson is to help students apply math concepts concerning similar triangles and trigonometric functions to real life situations. The students learn how to take these concepts and use them to find measurements of...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Real Life Real World Activity Forestry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Forest industry professionals make measurements in their work using tools including the Clinometer and the Biltmore Stick. These tools are based on the concepts of similar triangles and trigonometric ratios in a right triangle. This...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Ed Online: Virtual Polyhedra

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students explore polyhedron's through technology and paper/ pencil constructions.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Triangle Sum

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity is used to discover that the sum of the measures of the triangle angles is constant and to discover ways of proving the theorem listed in the activity.
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Sundee Slice Special Test

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A concise tool for assessing a variety of math concepts including measurement, algebra, number sense, and data. Assessment is scored online immediately. An excellent tool for quick assessment.
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Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Opposite Angles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore opposite angles by chosing the appropriate angle for the missing degree of measure.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Discovering Pi

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson allows middle schoolers to discover the number Pi. By measuring real life objects, students will get to see where the number Pi comes from as well as how the circumference formula is derived.This lesson plan was created as a...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Math Space Odyssey: The Capacity of the Planets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this activity to teach students to represent numbers in scientific notation, and use geometry to solve problems related to three-dimensional figures. Explore distance and capacity problems about planets in the solar system. The...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg Toilet Roll

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Picture a roll of toilet paper; assume that the paper in the roll is very tightly rolled. Assuming that the paper in the roll is very thin, find a relationship between the thickness of the paper, the inner and outer radii of the roll,...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg How Many Cells Are in the Human Body?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
About how many cells are in the human body? The purpose of this task is for learners to apply the concepts of mass, volume, and density in a real-world context. Aligns with G-MG.A.2.
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Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Mathematics of Cartography

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Can there be a connection between map making and math? Explore the mathematics of cartography in this resource that integrates web-based instruction, mathematical problem solving, geometry, history, and art. Interesting information and...

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