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101 Questions

Sticky Stickies

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Don't let your classes get stuck on area calculations—grab their attention with an inquiry-based lesson! Scholars must develop a plan to determine how may sticky notes it takes to cover the surface of a door. They decide on the...
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Wake Forest University

Authentic Activities for Connecting Mathematics to the Real World

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Check out the handout from a presentation that contains a collection of high school algebra projects connecting a variety of mathematics to the real world. Activities range from simple probabilities to calculus. The activities...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Divide and Conquer: Proving Pick's Theorem for Lattice Polygons

For Students 4th - 8th
If you like to play Tetris then you might like this project. You'll learn something interesting about the mathematics of complex shapes.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Robotic Perimeter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn and practice how to find the perimeter of a polygonal shape. Using a ruler, they measure model rooms made of construction paper walls. They learn about other tools, such as a robot, that can help them take measurements....
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Polyhedron

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a detailed site with numerous links related to polyhedrons, the site explains the term polyhedron in terms of geometry and algebraic topology it briefly discusses special polyhedrons which link to other Math World sites which...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Triangle Inequality

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity the Students can use Cabri Jr. to investigate the Triangle Inequality Theorm and make conjectures about their findings.
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AAA Math

Aaa Math: Finding the Fourth Angle of a Quadrilateral

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive site that instructs and demonstrates how to find the fourth angle of a quadrilateral. This site also has many links to other interactive lessons.
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AAA Math

Aaa Math: Finding the Third Angle of a Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Finding the third angle of a triangle becomes easier by the explanation and examples presented.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Semiregular Tessellations

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This one page Mathworld site has a number of examples of semiregular tessellations. A definition and a small amount of related information is given at the bottom of the page.