Online Math Games, Demonstration/Exploration Tools, and Puzzles
This site from Western Illinois University offers some great games, puzzles and other math resources.
Online Math Games, Demonstration/Exploration Tools, and Puzzles
Tessellation Online
If you enjoying playing with pattern blocks, you’ll enjoy this online tessellation tools.
Math Explorer
The Exploratorium offers a great database-math explorer:
This search tool lets you search for fun, hands-on, math activities. Select activity types and topics in the
boxes below. You can search for activities that are online, activities that are in The Math Explorer (a book by the Exploratorium), or both.
Arithmetic Fiction
One of my kids is a big math fan and he loved every math fiction book we could find. Here are few of our favorite math fiction books:
- The Man Who Counted by Malba Tahan
- Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
- A Very Improbable Story: A Math Adventure (Paperback) by Edward Einhorn
- One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi and Demi
Do you have any math fiction titles you’d like to recommend?
Google Power Meter
This quote listed at Googel, “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” – Lord Kelvin, caught my attention right away. Here is a snippet from the description:
We think Google PowerMeter offers more useful and actionable feedback than complicated monthly paper bills that provide little detail on consumption or how to save energy. But Google PowerMeter is just a start; it will take a lot of different groups working together to create what the world really needs: a path to smarter power.
A Rapping Math Teacher
Looking for a good book?
Are you looking for a good book? Have a good book to recommend? Consider joining goodreads where you can:
* Get great book recommendations from people you know.
* Keep track of what you’ve read and what you’d like to read.
* Form a book club, answer book trivia, collect your favorite quotes.
The Wind Business
Awesome video about the Wind Business.
It can take years to plan and engineer these state-of-the-art wind farms. It’s a problem-solving process that draws on an understanding of algebra, geometry, kinetic energy, electronics and just about everything in between in order to turn one of our most abundant natural resources into a viable business.
Popcorn, peanuts, hotdogs
If you were responsible for feeding 20,000 hungry baseball fans, how would you make sure you didn’t run out of food? See how the Food Services Director at Yankee Stadium makes it happen.
Watch Popcorn, Peanuts, Hotdogs
Microwave Ivory Soap
Here is a cool science experiment you might try:
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