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Check out these great ideas for using Inside Math in the classroom:

Geometry

  • Watch the abscissa and ordinate values for ordered pairs change by dragging a point across 4 quadrants of a graph
  • Learn when angles are acute, obtuse or right with an interactive protractor
  • See the area and perimeter of circles, parallelograms, rectangles, squares and trapezoids change as they get bigger or smaller
  • Change the arc, central angle, inscribed angle, segment, sector and chord of circles by dragging interactive points
  • See a triangle and its circumcenter change by dragging on its three points
  • Make the area, radius, circumference and diameter of a circle change by dragging a point to make it bigger or smaller
  • Drag points on graphs to see quadrants, ordered pairs and coordinates change
  • Rotate three dimensional solid and wire frame models of polyhedra and platonic solids that include a pyramid, prism, cube, icosahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, and octahedron and tetrahedron
  • Model geometric ideas on an interactive geoboard
  • See a step-by-step interactive proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
  • Explore interactive demonstrations of rotations, reflections and translations

Algebra

  • Click on an interactive number line to see the absolute value of the number chosen
  • Explore algebraic concepts with interactive algebra tiles
  • Drag a constant function up and down a piece of graph paper and watch the y and y-intercept values change
  • Plot and find the roots of quadratic equations
  • Move an interactive line to different positions on piece of graph paper and watch how its slope and y-intercept change
  • Investigate x and y intercepts by sliding interactive lines that are attached to the x and y axis to different positions on a piece of graph paper
  • Enter x and y values for a function in a table of values and see them plotted on a piece of graphing paper
  • Arithmetic and Number Theory
  • Watch step by step demonstrations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
  • Enter a number, select a base and see it converted to its equivalent value for other bases that include decimal, hexadecimal, duodecimal, octal, ternary and binary
  • Interact with addition and multiplication tables shows the sums and the products of numbers between 0 and 9
  • Cross multiply fractions to see if they are equal
  • Experience the basic operation of division by picking 20 apples from an interactive tree and dividing them equally between 3 baskets
  • Play an interactive estimating game to see who can come up with the best estimate for the product of two numbers
  • Create factor tress for numbers between 1 and 500
  • See fractions with numerators and denominators between 0 and 20 visually represented by a circle divided into red and white pie slices
  • Drag weights onto the pans of an interactive scale to explore greater than, less than, less than or equal to and greater than or equal to.
  • Use interactive base10 number blocks to explore place value
  • Determine prime numbers for values from 2 to 100 using an interactive version of the Sieve of Eratosthenes
  • Find the greatest common factor for two numbers using a simple template

Measurement

  • Slide a scroll bar up and down and see a visual comparison of changes in temperature on Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin Scales
  • Explore changes in measure for angles of incidence and reflection with an interactive flashlight
  • Drag a circle, a parallelogram, a rectangle, a square, a trapezoid and a triangle and watch measures of their different attributes such as area, base, height, and width change grow larger or smaller
  • Calculate sales commissions, discount pricing, markups and markdowns and sales tax rates with simple interactive templates
  • Explore and compare the concepts of compound and simple interest with an interactive template
  • Convert measures of area, length and distance, volume and capacity, and weight and mass with a series of conversion templates
  • Click on a series of clock to explore the 5 North American time zones
  • Compare your weight on earth with your weight on the moon and the other eight planets
  • Probability & Statistics
  • See the impact changing data has upon a bar graph, a circle graph, a histogram, and a pictograph
  • Run animated Bernoulli trials with 2 to 7 possible outcomes
  • Make revisions to a data set and watch the impact this has upon a related frequency table
  • Perform probability experiments with a probability spinner that can be adjusted to provide 2 to 6 possible outcomes and to measure up to 999 spins at a time
  • Explore an interactive version of Pascal's Triangle
  • Generate all of the possible permutations for a word with 7 letters or less

Trigonometry

  • Watch angles of depression and elevation change with visual animations of a hang glider and a sail boat
  • Interact with animations of sine and cosine functions that are defined using the unit circle
  • Explore how trigonometric ratios can be defined by the unit circle by dragging an interactive figure through the four quadrants of a graph

Enrichment

  • Represent numbers on an interactive abacus
  • Meet the challenge of classic logic games and reasoning problems that include:
    • Farmer, Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage Problem
    • Four Color Problem
    • Jacob's Ladder
    • Peg Game
    • Rolling Cubes Puzzle
    • Three Glass Problem
    • Towers of Hanoi
  • Tackle Three Classic "Chess" Challenges
    • Four Knights Problem
    • Gentle Bishops
    • Queen's Problem
  • Play Conway's Game of Life
  • Build logic circuits using an interactive tool containing 7 different logic gates that can be combined into networks
  • Use interactive tangram pieces to match a silhouetted figure or to create your own designs
  • Watch three different patterns get tessellated

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