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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Cube Nets

For Students 4th - 6th
Interactive site where students find which nets are able to form a cube.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Analyzing Number Cube Sums

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students extend their understanding of theoretical probability and patterns. They use number cubes, to build awareness that a fraction and its decimal and percent representation on the calculator are "close," but not...
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Other

Color Cube: Color Fun

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Six activities sure to engage students of any age! Interactive games and puzzles let you play with color and create your own unique designs!
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Volume of a Cube

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
"The volume of a cube can be developed by considering unit cubes, a single row (longs) of unit cubes or a single layer (flats) of cubes using this applet." This easy software makes it possible to easily construct a cube and take it...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Cube Puzzle and Toilet Paper Roll Model in Teaching the Nature of Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity incorporates inexpensive materials such as carton boxes, toilet paper roll tube, strings and toothpicks. It engages students to conduct pattern observation, prediction, testing and ends up with a model...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Melting Ice Cubes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity helps students understand how the melting of ice cubes floating in water is influenced by the salinity of the water. It will introduce the concept of density and density driven currents and provide practice in using the...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Number Cube Sums

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students explore experimental probability and patterns in fractions, decimals, and percents by rolling two number cubes and recording and analyzing the sums that come up.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Picturing Probabilities of Number Cube Sums

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students use ideas of ratio and proportion to investigate various ways to make a circle graph. Students create graphs to display the probabilities of the different sums that can be generated with two number cubes. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Water Activity

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners investigate water by estimating how long it takes to freeze, then see if the ice cube will float in water, and eventually work with other items to see if they sink or float in water.
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Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Math Practice: Solving Cube Roots

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Learners practice solving problems involving cube roots. The interactive activity has selectable levels of difficulty and solutions.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Surface Area of a Cube

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to the surface area of a cube. It provides definitions, examples, and interactive activities that enhance further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Instant Insanity

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Excellent interactive challenge working with cube nets to stack them in a specific order. Manipulate the cubes online to solve the problem.
Website
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Shapes Cluster

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A book, activities and experiments about the world of shapes.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Dividing a Polynomial by a Monomial or Binomial

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Dividing polynomials by monomials or binomials is made easy with a teacher lesson explanation, a practice activity for the student, and a hands-on cryptic cube activity for reinforcing the lesson.
Activity
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Manipulatives for the Upper Elementary (Gr. 4 6)

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Many teachers find it more challenging to incorporate the use of manipulatives into their mathematics programs at the upper elementary or middle school grades. Activities using manipulatives are provided for grades four, five, and six...
Unit Plan
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Solid Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to solid geometry. The mathematics resource provides definitions and interactive activities that enhance further explanation.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Explorer Draw App

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use this App to draw two-dimensional shapes and representations of three-dimensional cubes. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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University of South Florida

Fcat: Two for One Box Company: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At this site young scholars use proportions to explore how volume is effected by dimension changes. This hands-on activity can be done individually or in pairs.
Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Mutually Exclusive & Independent Events

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The somewhat tricky differences between mutually exclusive, non-mutually exclusive, independent, and dependent events are defined here. Common items such as coins, colored cubes, and a deck of cards are all part of the easy-to-understand...
Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Division of Polynomials

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information for both students learning about polynomials and for teachers planning lessons. Students, check out steps for dividing polynomials in the lesson provided and test your understanding in the "Practice...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Playing With Water Packet: Grades 1 and 2: Summer of Possibilities

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Use these water-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
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Other

Science.ca: Coxeter Tile Rhombus Game

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
For this activity created by mathematician Donald Coxeter, students manipulate rhomboids to make different 3-D cubes and other shapes.
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Los Poliedros Regulars Y La Esfera

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Interactive resources and activities dealing with properties and characteristic of the five polyhedrons and the sphere.
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BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Ks2: What Are the Properties of 3 D Shapes?

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Watch a video and complete the activities to learn about the properties of 3D shapes.

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