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The History of Mathematics
Research the interrelationship between math and science. Search the Internet to discover the history of several branches of mathematics and make text-to-world connections between the concepts covered in each branch with related...
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Finding Remainders in Pascal's Triangle
Students use clock arithmetic to find remainders. In this patterns in math lesson, students explore the relationship between clock arithmetic and remainders using a computer applet. Students also identify patterns in Pascal's triangle...
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Mental Division of Whole Numbers
In this mental division activity, students utilize mental arithmetic to answer forty division math problems dealing with whole numbers. Students check their answers online as they go.
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Patterns Here, There, and Everywhere!
Upper graders access the Microsoft Word program and create patterns by utilizing certain keys on the keyboard. They create picket fences, smiley faces, and hearts. It seems that this instructional activity has as much to do with...
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Using Variables And Ratios To Get You in the Right Gear
Students examine the use of variable and ratio in everyday situations including figuring out the gear ratios for the gears on a 12 speed bike. They use the bubble sort technique to write a computer program which will determine the...
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The Computer Mystery
Students investigate the history of the computer. They explore who invented the computer, how it was invented, and how it has evolved. Students work together in order to gain the knowledge need to repair computers.
Helping with Math
Multiplying by Multiples of 10
Elementary schoolers solve six problems, multiplying by multiples of 10. They line up the numbers as shown and then check their answers online.
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6.1 Computing Components
Students define computer terms such as hardware, software, input and output devices, central processing unit, etc. in their own words, and relate terms to computer system they are using.
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Google for Education: Children and Technology: Functions
Take a a look at examples of functions, and then explore functions representing arithmetic operations followed by boolean and string types. Throughout the workshop children do various assignments calculating function result or drawing a...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mathematical Procedures and Constants
With just the basic arithmetic operations, learn how to write programs to compute anything that a simple calculator can compute.
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: El Abaco
Learn how the abacus can be used to do simple arithmetic operations.