Classroom Activities for The Geometer's Sketchpad
Geometer’s
Sketchpad Tutorial - To use this tutorial you need Internet access and
Geometer’s Sketchpad. The tutorial was designed to use your browser
to navigate through the lesson while at the same time having a Sketchpad
sketch window open to complete the lesson’s construction
CopyCat
- CopyCat is an exciting educational tool. It challenges the mind to understand
complex geometrical structures. CopyCat is a captivating new 3D game designed
and developed by Jim Morey. The game revolves around replicating a picture
created by several patterns
Cut The Knot!
- An interactive column using Java applets. Interactive Mathematics Miscellany
and Puzzles
Dance of Chance: Fractals in Nature
- online exhibit is a collaboration between the Center for Polymer Studies
and the Boston Museum of Science, based on current research by scientists
around the world. The focus of the exhibit is the emergence of patterns
in Nature from physical and biologic
Fibonacci numbers and the Pascal
Triangle - Brief articles about Fibonacci numbers, the Golden Section
and the Pascal Triangle.
Gallery of Interactive
Geometry: - programs that you can run over the Web using the fill-out
forms capabilities of your browser. They allow you to investigate some interesting
areas of current mathematics by providing you with the means to manipulate
the mathematical objects directly.
Geometry from the Land of the Incas
- Presents problems involving circles and triangles, with proofs, animation
and sound. Also, has examples of geometry in Peruvian culture.
Geometry Online
- activities for middle or high school geometry: History of Geometry, Hidden
Irrationals, Hidden Polygons, Isosceles Triangle Puzzler, etc.
Geometry 3D Shapes (Grades 6-8)...Learn about three-dimensional shapes, how to calculate their surface area and volume as well as their mathematical properties.
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Lesson Plans for the Geometer's Sketchpad...just what it says...
Manipula Math - Geometry I...A large collection of Java applets to demonstrate basic geometry
Symmetry and Pattern: The
Art of Oriental carpets- Swarthmore University and The Textile Museum
provide an excellent way to teach students about symmetry, tessellation,
and other geometric concepts. The site includes a primer on different types
of symmetry and pattern, a gallery of rug patterns, informati
the Geometry Center - Current
Projects what’s hot at the Center Interactive Web and Java Applications
math you can manipulate Multimedia Documents hypertext papers, preprints,
forum Geometry Reference Archive: graphic images, formulas Downloadable
Software
Totally Tesselated - This site will give you a comprehensive introduction to tessellations.
It will explain the basic mathematics underlying tessellations, as well
as allow you to browse through many examples of tessellations in real life.