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Connected Math Project—3rd year of implementation
1. Moving Straight Ahead (exploring linear relationships)
Proper
use of graphing calculators
From PBS Teacher Source
Graphing Calculators
Students use graphing
calculators to understand the math of Boolean logic.
http://www.pbs.org/wqed/lifebythenumbers/enhanced/teaching_resources/4_a_new_age/segment_file_1.html
Relationship
between rate, distance and time
Do your students need
help figuring out problems about Distance, Rate, and Time? Send them
to this site for an explanation and some practice problems. Then
they can click on the link at the left and take the quiz.
http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U2L3GL.html
Finding
perimeter and area
Circumference/Diameter
– The Derivation of Pi ?, an investigation
Students measure the
circumference and diameter of several circular objects in the classroom,
record their data on worksheets, and perform the calculations. They
recognize the pattern that circumference divided by diameter is about 3.14159265358...
(pi).
http://www.highland.madison.k12.il.us/jbasden/lessons/pi_3_14159265358.html
Discover
and apply the Pythagorean Theorem
This lesson will allow
your students to figure out the Pythagorean Theorem by themselves. There
is a link for teachers on the page.
http://www.arcytech.org/java/pythagoras/
Wheel
of Theodorus (Theodorus of Cyrene)
Lesson Plan (including
assignment page) – students construct a Wheel of Theodorus
http://www.goshen.edu/~poakley/Math150/Assignments/RightTriangles.html
This plan gives the
basic steps for creating a Wheel of Theodorus
http://www.ship.edu/~eisen/Grade6-8/pyth,wheel,reflect.html#wheeloftheodorus
3.
Growing,
Growing, Growing (exponential relationships)
Growth
factors and decay factors in exponential situations
Use
tables, graphs, and equations to solve problems involving exponential growth
and exponential decay
Describe
the effects of varying the values of a and b in the equations y = a(bx)
on the graph of that equation
From PBS Teacher Source
Use the growth of
a virus to study exponential growth. Includes lesson plan and student
exercises.
http://www.pbs.org/wqed/lifebythenumbers/enhanced/teaching_resources/3_patterns_of_nature/segment_file_5.html
From PBS Teacher Source
Students use a tree
to understand exponential growth, fractals, and patterns. Includes lesson
plan and student exercises.
http://www.pbs.org/wqed/lifebythenumbers/enhanced/teaching_resources/3_patterns_of_nature/segment_file_4.html
Earth Day: Population
Simulation
Use M&Ms to model
exponential growth and decay in a natural population. This is a very
nice hands on lesson to demonstrate the decay in a natural population of
fish.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/earthday/activity3.shtm
4. Thinking with Mathematical Models
Systematic
experiments
A Data Collection
and Analysis Class Experiment
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Algebra/hndsq.html
Data Collection and
Graphing
Students’ Task: Your
mission is to examine patterns and fluctuations in temperature data from
cities around the United States. Creating a model of the data will help
you predict the times during the year that these locations would be nice
to visit.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbs/Academics/gbsmat/Internet%20Projects/temp/temp.html
Interpreting Graphs
–lesson plan gives students a graph that they have to analyze
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Algebra/hndsq.html
Good News Bears (GNB)
Stock Market Project
A Web-based Interactive
Stock Market Learning Project specifically designed for middle school students
and teachers. This site seems to have everything you would need to complete
this project well. It’s well organized and complete.
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/rse/RSEyellow/gnb.html#top
Miscellaneous
NCTM
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
http://standards.nctm.org/index.htm
General
– general site for middle school math teachers
http://mathforum.org/teachers/middle/
Cool
Math4Teachers
http://www.coolmath4teachers.com/
http://www.coolmath4teachers.com/links.htm
Does
one of your students need just one more lesson in a topic?
This site has links to middle school math topics and concepts. It
provides students with kid-friendly lessons, practice problems, and quizzes.
http://www.math.com/students/homework.html
Ask
Dr. Math
Does one of your students
have a math question? Let them ask Dr. Math.
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Biographies
of mathematicians--very
large database
http://www.allmath.com/biography.asp
From
Manipulative to Concepts -- a chart that displays manipulatives
and some of the concepts that can be taught by using them.
http://www.tenet.edu/teks/math/resources/man2con.html
Math
Challenge
Have your kids solve
these monthly Math Challenge problems. They can send their solutions and
this site will publish the most original and best worded solution, as well
as the name/nickname of the best solver and his/her short bio. They will
publish also the names/nicknames of the next 2 best problem solvers.
http://www.dositey.com/problems/mathchall58.html
The
complete Fractions Page
Does one of your students
need just one more look at fractions? This page links lessons on about
20 fraction topics--very student friendly.
Has links on everything
you have to do when you learn about fractions.
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/
Internet
Mathematics Library
http://mathforum.org/library/
PBS
Teacher Source
Select a grade level,
select a topic, and go.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm
T2T
(Teacher to Teacher)
Talk to other teachers
about teaching math or post your own ideas on this discussion board
http://mathforum.org/t2t/
Math
for Morons Like Us
Funny title, great
site. Lots of topics for 5-8 math educators.
http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/prealg/index.html
Middle
School Problem of the Week
http://mathforum.org/midpow/
Geometry
Problem of the Week
http://mathforum.org/geopow/
Brain
Teasers for grades 5/6 and 7/8
A new BrainTeaser
is posted each Wednesday for each grade-range. Solutions are posted a week
later.
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/
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