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LD Online

Ld Online: 10 Tips for Software Selection for Math Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Article at LD Online provides 10 tips to guide teachers and parents in selecting instructional math software. The focus is on instructional software such as concept development, drill and practice, tutorial and simulation software rather...
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Math, Physics and Engineering Applets

For Students 9th - 10th
Written by Paul Falstad, these educational Java applets address myriad concepts related to electrostatics, magnetostatics and electrodynamics. You'll find instructions on how to operate each applet, but little explanatory material.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Four Bugs Problem: Step on No Pets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this simulation has students model the Four-Bug Problem in order to see the general concept of pursuit curves. Each student takes on the role of a bug, and are placed at each corner of a...
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Micrometer Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use this virtual model to simulate the basic operations and accuracy of a micrometer while manipulating the physical parts of the object.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Electric Field and Potential

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An electrostatic simulation that moves beyond the two-dimensional representations a book may provide. Try this Gauss' Law model which shows the electric field and potential for cylindrical and spherical symmetry.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: E X B Trajectory Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulate the motion of a charged particle in electric and magnetic fields, and then complete the equations of motion using the Lorentz force law.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Galton Board Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Simulate the binomial distribution of a Galton board as a ball is dropped into the device. Investigate the probability of the ball going to the right or to the left with each bounce off a peg.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Multiplicative Process Program

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The mathematics resource uses a downloadable java applet to simulate the outcome of a product of random numbers. Examples of multiplicative processes include the distributions of incomes and rainfall.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Use a Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice using a simulation. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Simulation and Randomness: Random Digit Tables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discusses how random digit tables are used and presents two problems. Answers are accompanied by explanations.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ph Et: Function Builder

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Play with functions while you ponder Art History. Explore geometric transformations and transform your thinking about linear functions, then have fun figuring out the mystery functions.
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Microsoft

Microsoft Education Lesson Plan: Making Money From Lemons

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Simulation where learners apply mathematics and economics concepts in the lemonade business. Learners set up a virtual lemonade stand and must determine production costs, product variables, and profits. Students record data collected on...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: More Vector Math

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive list of the mathematical operations available as functions in the PVector object from Processing JS. Vector Subtraction and Vector multiplication are closely examined.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Statistics and Probability

For Students 7th
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in statistics and probability.
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Transformational Geometry & Iteration in Mangbetu Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Mangbetu art shows the use of all four geometric transforms: Reflection, Translation, Rotation, and Scaling. This website will provide you with some cultural background on the Mangbetu and their art. The software will allow you to...
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Special Relativity on Rotated Graph Paper Model

For Students 9th - 10th
A representation of Minkowski spacetime diagrams using graph paper that is rotated, showing the world lines of three stationary observers with light clocks.
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Desmos: Charge!

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive application of linear modeling, students make a prediction about the length of time it would take to charge a smartphone. They then work through a series of steps where they sketch their prediction, extend a table of...
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Vector Components Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive java applet model allows students to explore vectors. Students can practice finding the direction and magnitude of a vector given its x and y-components as well as practice finding the x and y-components given a vector's...
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Binomial Coefficient Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore binomial coefficients through this downloadable java applet. A table and graph is provided.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope Egg Math: The Shape of an Egg

For Students 9th - 10th
Drawing a perfect ellipse with pins and string is demonstrated with a java simulation.
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Percentage

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Practice finding the percent of a number by using a money simulation and dragging dollars from one box to the next to represent a percent of the whole.
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My Physics Lab: Double Spring

For Students 9th - 10th
Experiment with two springs that are connected to a wall to see what happens to the oscillation when you change the masses, spring stiffnesses, spring lengths or damping. Students can also change the starting position. Site includes...
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My Physics Lab: Single Spring

For Students 9th - 10th
Experiment with a spring that is connected to a wall to see what happens to the oscillation when you change the mass, spring stiffness, or damping. Students can also change the starting position. Site includes equations to help students...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stella

For Students 9th - 10th
Students act as astronomers, studying stars in a patch of sky in our own galaxy. Using simulated data from spectroscopy and other real-world instrumentation, students learn to determine star positions, radial velocity, proper motion, and...

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