Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Classroom Planetarium
Create a classroom model of the solar system while teaching about relative size of all the planets, and each planet's distance from the sun.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dinosaur Train: Pinecone Pass
In this distance game pass the pine cone to the right teammate and help the Claw Stars get down the field! Use a ruler to figure out where to throw the pine cone.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Three Dimensional Distance Calculator
Use this calculator to calculate the distance between 2 points by entering 2 sets of coordinates in the 3-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, (X1, Y1, Z1) and (X2, Y2, Z2), to get the distance formula calculation for the 2 points...
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Area of a Rectangle
Learn about the area of a rectangle with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition and interactive activities that enhance further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Perimeter of a Triangle
Learn about the perimeter of a triangle with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition, an example, and an internet activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Lab Work Forces & Acceleration
The Illinois Institute of Technology provides this site. The site contains a graphing activity which illustrates that a constant force exerted upon an object results in constant acceleration. Rolling carts and stopwatches are used to...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Geometry Distance of Triangles Using a Protractor
Basic exercises are presented to help students understand the concept of the area of triangles and the angles of a triangle.
Curated OER
Syracuse University: The Distance Formula
This Northeast Parallel Architecture Center, University of Syracuse page explains how the distance formula is used in the coordinate plane using ordered pairs and the Pythagorean Formula.