Figure This!

Type of Resource: Teacher Tools and Information, Online Activities
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These challenges are best viewed through the index to specify the content area. The challenges are not truly interactive because there is no place to enter your answer. Click on `answer´ and see what the correct solution is, but students might do that before working through a problem, thus adult interaction through the process is worthwhile.

Description:

Figure This! is a collection of math challenges from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. From the website: "Figure This! Mathematical challenges for families provide interesting math challenges that middle-school students can do at home with their families. "Each challenge features: a description of the important math involved; a note on where the math is used in the real world; a hint to get started; complete solutions; a "Try This" section; additional related problems with answers; questions to think about; fun facts related to the math; resources for further exploration. "Cartoon characters named Polygon, Tessellation, Exponent, Tangent and Axis illustrate the challenge features. They think math is great!" Figure This! also offers family support materials.

Possible uses:

Teachers can utilize these challenges in the classroom. Families can work through these challenges together to both enhance math learning and familial involvement in math education. Teachers can use resources on this site for parent education in math.

Related Resources:

6-8, 9-12+

Languages : Spanish
Math : Data & Probability
Math : Computation
Math : Measurement
Math : Fractions
Math : Geometry & Trigonometry
Math : Algebra

Teacher Tools and Information, Online Activities

Flash, Acrobat PDF, Shockwave