1: Number Toolbox
1.1: Comparing and Ordering Whole Numbers
Cannonball Clowns (Number Line Estimation)
Launch clowns from a circus cannon and try to hit the target. Drag digit cards on the control panel to set the launch distance and choose an appropriate unit of distance. After practicing your clown-launching skills on a number line, move on to the Big Top, Football Field, School Buses, the Golden Gate Bridge, and more!5 Minute Preview
1.2: Estimating with Whole Numbers
Rounding Whole Numbers (Number Line)
Place points on a number line. Round these values to the nearest ten or hundred. Visualize rounding by showing the number line as a hill or series of hills. These hills cause the points to roll to the nearest valley (nearest multiple of ten or one hundred).5 Minute Preview
1.4: Order of Operations
Order of Operations
Select and evaluate the operations in an expression following the correct order of operations.5 Minute Preview
1.7: Find a Pattern
Pattern Flip (Patterns)
在模式翻转狂欢节游戏,你一所示pattern of cards. The first cards are face-up so you can see the pattern, and the rest are face-down. Can you guess which animals are on the face-down cards? Use one of the preset patterns, or make your own custom pattern. Good luck!5 Minute Preview
2: Introduction to Algebra
2.2: Translate Between Words and Math
Using Algebraic Expressions
Translate algebraic expressions into English phrases, and translate English phrases into algebraic expressions. Read the expression or phrase and select word tiles or symbol tiles to form the corresponding phrase or expression.5 Minute Preview
2.4: Solving Addition Equations
Modeling One-Step Equations
Solve a linear equation using a tile model. Use feedback to diagnose incorrect steps.5 Minute Preview
2.5: Solving Subtraction Equations
Modeling One-Step Equations
Solve a linear equation using a tile model. Use feedback to diagnose incorrect steps.5 Minute Preview
2.6: Solving Multiplication Equations
Modeling and Solving Two-Step Equations
Solve a two-step equation using a cup-and-counter model. Use step-by-step feedback to diagnose and correct incorrect steps.5 Minute Preview
2.7: Solving Division Equations
Solving Formulas for any Variable
Choose the correct steps to solve a formula for a given variable. Use the feedback to diagnose incorrect steps.5 Minute Preview
3: Decimals
3.1: Representing, Comparing, and Ordering Decimals
Comparing and Ordering Decimals
Use grids to model decimal numbers and compare them graphically. Then compare the numbers on a number line.5 Minute Preview
Modeling Whole Numbers and Decimals (Base-10 Blocks)
Model numbers with base-10 blocks. Drag flats, rods, and individual cubes onto a mat to model a number. Blocks can be exchanged from one area of the mat to the other. Four sets of blocks are available to model a variety of whole numbers and decimals.5 Minute Preview
3.3: Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Adding Whole Numbers and Decimals (Base-10 Blocks)
Use base-10 blocks to model two numbers. Then combine the blocks to model the sum. Blocks of equal value can be exchanged from one area of the mat to the other to help understand carrying when adding. Four sets of blocks are available to model different place values.5 Minute Preview
Subtracting Whole Numbers and Decimals (Base-10 Blocks)
Use base-10 blocks to model a starting number. Then subtract blocks from this number by dragging them into a subtraction bin. Blocks of equal value can be exchanged from one section of the mat to the other to help understand regrouping and borrowing. Four sets of blocks are available to model different place values.5 Minute Preview
Sums and Differences with Decimals
Find the sum or difference of two decimal numbers using area models. Find the decimals and their sum or difference on a number line.5 Minute Preview
3.6: Multiplying Decimals
Multiplying Decimals (Area Model)
Model the product of two decimals by finding the area of a rectangle. Estimate the area of the rectangle first. Then break the rectangle into several pieces and find the area of each piece (partial product). Add these areas together to find the whole area (product).5 Minute Preview
Multiplying with Decimals
Multiply two decimals using a dynamic area model. On a grid, shade the region with width equal to one of the decimals and height equal to the other decimal and find the area of the region.5 Minute Preview
3.9: Interpret the Quotient
No Alien Left Behind (Division with Remainders)
The alien school children from the planet Zigmo travel to distant planets on a field trip. The goal is to select a bus size so that all buses are full and no aliens are left behind. This is a nice illustration of division with remainders.5 Minute Preview
4: Number Theory and Fractions
4.2: Factors and Prime Factorization
Factor Trees (Factoring Numbers)
The Factor Trees Gizmo has two modes. In Factor mode, you can create factor trees to factor composite numbers into primes. In Build mode, you can build numbers by multiplying primes together. Can you build all composite numbers up to 50? Any whole composite number up to 999 can be factored or built with the Gizmo.5 Minute Preview
4.4: Decimals and Fractions
Percents, Fractions, and Decimals
Compare a quantity represented by an area with its percent, fraction, and decimal forms.5 Minute Preview
4.5: Equivalent Fractions
Equivalent Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Explore fractions using the Fractionator, the machine that makes fraction tiles. Compare fractions and find equivalent fractions by arranging the tiles on two horizontal rows. Explore simplifying fractions. Add fractions and express sums as improper fractions or mixed numbers.5 Minute Preview
4.6: Comparing and Ordering Fractions
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)
Model and compare fractions using area models. Set the denominators with the arrow buttons, and then set the numerators with the arrow buttons or by clicking in the models. Compare fractions visually, on a number line, or numerically using the least common denominator.5 Minute Preview
4.7: Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers
代表数量由一个阴影区域n improper fraction and as a mixed number. Experiment with different shaded regions sliced differently.5 Minute Preview
4.8: Adding and Subtracting with Like Denominators
Adding Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Add fractions with the help of the Fractionator, a fraction-tile-making machine in the Gizmo. Model sums by placing the tiles on side-by-side number lines. Explore the usefulness of common denominators in adding. Express sums as improper fractions or mixed numbers.5 Minute Preview
5: Fraction Operations
5.1: Multiplying Fractions
Multiplying Fractions
Multiply two fractions using an area model. Vary the vertical area to change one fraction and vary the horizontal area to change the other. Then examine the intersection of the areas to find the product.5 Minute Preview
5.2: Multiplying Mixed Numbers
Multiplying Mixed Numbers
Choose the correct steps to multiply mixed numbers. Use the step-by-step feedback to diagnose incorrect steps.5 Minute Preview
5.3: Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Dividing Mixed Numbers
Choose the correct steps to divide mixed numbers. Use step-by-step feedback to diagnose and correct incorrect steps.5 Minute Preview
5.6: Estimating Fraction Sums and Differences
Estimating Sums and Differences
Estimate the sum or difference of two fractions using area models. Compare estimates to exact sums and differences.5 Minute Preview
5.7: Adding and Subtracting with Unlike Denominators
Fractions with Unlike Denominators
Find the sum or difference of two fractions with unlike denominators using graphic models. Find the least common denominator graphically.5 Minute Preview
6: Collect and Display Data
6.2: Range, Mean, Median, and Mode
Mean, Median, and Mode
Build a data set and find the mean, median, and mode. Explore the mean, median, and mode illustrated as frogs on a seesaw, frogs on a scale, and as frogs stacked under a bar of variable height.5 Minute Preview
6.4: Bar Graphs
Mean, Median, and Mode
Build a data set and find the mean, median, and mode. Explore the mean, median, and mode illustrated as frogs on a seesaw, frogs on a scale, and as frogs stacked under a bar of variable height.5 Minute Preview
6.5: Frequency Tables and Histograms
Histograms
Change the values in a data set and examine how the dynamic histogram changes in response. Adjust the interval size of the histogram and see how the shape of the histogram is affected.5 Minute Preview
6.6: Ordered Pairs
City Tour (Coordinates)
Go sightseeing in fictional cities all over the world. Learn about coordinates on a graph by navigating around these cities on a grid-like city map. Some landmarks are shown on the map. For others, you are only given the coordinates. Can you find all of them?5 Minute Preview
6.7: Line Graphs
Elevator Operator (Line Graphs)
Operate an elevator in an old apartment building. Pick up and drop off residents where they want to go. A line graph shows where the elevator traveled over time. Operate the elevator either by using the standard up and down controls, or by building a graph to program where you want it to go.5 Minute Preview
6.9: Stem-and-Leaf Plots
Stem-and-Leaf Plots
Build a data set and compare the line plot of the data set to the stem-and-leaf plot.5 Minute Preview
7: Plane Geometry
7.3: Angle Relationships
Investigating Angle Theorems
Explore the properties of complementary, supplementary, vertical, and adjacent angles using a dynamic figure.5 Minute Preview
7.5:三角形
Classifying Triangles
Place constraints on a triangle and determine what classifications must apply to the triangle.5 Minute Preview
7.6: Quadrilaterals
Classifying Quadrilaterals
Apply constraints to a quadrilateral, and then reshape and resize it. Classify the figure by its constraints. Explore the differences between the different kinds of quadrilaterals.5 Minute Preview
7.7: Polygons
Polygon Angle Sum
Derive the sum of the angles of a polygon by dividing the polygon into triangles and summing their angles. Vary the number of sides and determine how the sum of the angles changes. Dilate the polygon to see that the sum is unchanged.5 Minute Preview
7.8: Geometric Patterns
Finding Patterns
Build a pattern to complete a sequence of patterns. Study a sequence of three patterns of squares in a grid and build the fourth pattern of the sequence in a grid.5 Minute Preview
7.10: Transformations
Rock Art (Transformations)
Create your own rock art with ancient symbols. Each symbol can be translated, rotated, and reflected. After exploring each type of transformation, see if you can use them to match ancient rock paintings.5 Minute Preview
Rotations, Reflections, and Translations
Rotate, reflect, and translate a figure in the plane. Compare the translated figure to the original figure.5 Minute Preview
7.11: Symmetry
Quilting Bee (Symmetry)
Participate in an old-fashioned quilting bee and create a colorful, symmetrical quilt. Quilts can be created with a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line of symmetry. Quilts can be folded to look for reflections, or rotated to test for rotational symmetry.5 Minute Preview
8: Ratio, Proportion, and Percent
8.1: Ratios and Rates
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Create a graph of a runner's position versus time and watch the runner run a 40-yard dash based on the graph you made. Notice the connection between the slope of the line and the velocity of the runner. Add a second runner (a second graph) and connect real-world meaning to the intersection of two graphs. Also experiment with a graph of velocity versus time for the runners, and also distance traveled versus time.5 Minute Preview
Measuring Motion
Go on an African safari and observe a variety of animals walking and running across the savanna. Videotape the animals, and then play back the videotape to estimate animal speeds. Which animals run fastest?5 Minute Preview
Part-to-part and Part-to-whole Ratios
Compare a ratio represented by an area with its percent, fraction, and decimal forms.5 Minute Preview
8.2: Proportions
Beam to Moon (Ratios and Proportions)
Apply ratios and proportions to find the weight of a person on the moon (or on another planet). Weigh an object on Earth and on the moon and weigh the person on Earth. Then set up and solve the proportion of the Earth weights to the moon weights.5 Minute Preview
Estimating Population Size
Adjust the number of fish in a lake to be tagged and the number of fish to be recaptured. Use the number of tagged fish in the catch to estimate the number of fish in the lake.5 Minute Preview
Proportions and Common Multipliers
Complete a proportion using a graphical model. Use counters to fill cells in the numerators and denominators given. Use the visual pattern to determine how many counters to put in the missing numerator or denominator.5 Minute Preview
8.4: Similar Figures
Similar Figures
Vary the scale factor and rotation of an image and compare it to the preimage. Determine how the angle measures and side lengths of the two figures are related.5 Minute Preview
8.7: Percents
Percents and Proportions
Find a part from the percent and whole, a percent from the part and whole, or a whole from the part and percent using a graphic model.5 Minute Preview
8.8: Percents, Decimals, and Fractions
Percents, Fractions, and Decimals
Compare a quantity represented by an area with its percent, fraction, and decimal forms.5 Minute Preview
8.9: Percent Problems
Percents and Proportions
Find a part from the percent and whole, a percent from the part and whole, or a whole from the part and percent using a graphic model.5 Minute Preview
8.10: Using Percents
Percent of Change
Apply markups and discounts using interactive "percent rulers." Improve number sense for percents with this dynamic, visual tool. Reinforce the original cost (or original price) as the baseline for percent calculations.5 Minute Preview
9: Integers
9.2:比较和排序整数s
Integers, Opposites, and Absolute Values
Compare and order integers using draggable points on a number line. Also explore opposites and absolute values on the number line.5 Minute Preview
9.4: Adding Integers
Adding and Subtracting Integers
Add and subtract integers on a number line using dynamic arrows.5 Minute Preview
Adding and Subtracting Integers with Chips
Use chips to model addition and subtraction of positives and negatives. Explore the effect of zero pairs. See how to use zero pairs to help special cases of addition and subtraction.5 Minute Preview
9.5: Subtracting Integers
Adding and Subtracting Integers
Add and subtract integers on a number line using dynamic arrows.5 Minute Preview
Adding and Subtracting Integers with Chips
Use chips to model addition and subtraction of positives and negatives. Explore the effect of zero pairs. See how to use zero pairs to help special cases of addition and subtraction.5 Minute Preview
10: Perimeter, Area, and Volume
10.1: Finding Perimeter
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)
在一个网格使用广场花园的构造模型s of sod. Fence the gardens to find and compare perimeters. Work with pre-built gardens made of 36 squares each to compare perimeters of shapes with equal areas.5 Minute Preview
10.2: Estimating and Finding Area
Perimeter and Area of Rectangles
Discover how to find the perimeter and area of a rectangle, and of a square (which is really just a special case of a rectangle).5 Minute Preview
10.3: Break into Simpler Parts
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)
在一个网格使用广场花园的构造模型s of sod. Fence the gardens to find and compare perimeters. Work with pre-built gardens made of 36 squares each to compare perimeters of shapes with equal areas.5 Minute Preview
10.4: Comparing Perimeter and Area
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)
在一个网格使用广场花园的构造模型s of sod. Fence the gardens to find and compare perimeters. Work with pre-built gardens made of 36 squares each to compare perimeters of shapes with equal areas.5 Minute Preview
Perimeter and Area of Rectangles
Discover how to find the perimeter and area of a rectangle, and of a square (which is really just a special case of a rectangle).5 Minute Preview
10.5: Circles
Circumference and Area of Circles
Resize a circle and compare its radius, circumference, and area.5 Minute Preview
10.7: Surface Area
Surface and Lateral Areas of Prisms and Cylinders
Vary the dimensions of a prism or cylinder and investigate how the surface area changes. Use the dynamic net of the solid to compute the lateral area and the surface area of the solid.5 Minute Preview
10.9: Volume of Cylinders
Prisms and Cylinders
Vary the height and base-edge or radius length of a prism or cylinder and examine how its three-dimensional representation changes. Determine the area of the base and the volume of the solid. Compare the volume of an oblique prism or cylinder to the volume of a right prism or cylinder.5 Minute Preview
11: Probability
11.1: Introduction to Probability
Spin the Big Wheel! (Probability)
Step right up! Spin the big wheel! Each spin can result in no prize, a small prize, or a big prize. The wheel can be spun by 1, 10, or 100 players. Results are recorded on a frequency table or a circle graph. You can also design your own wheel and a sign that describes the probabilities for your wheel.5 Minute Preview
11.2: Experimental Probability
Probability Simulations
Experiment with spinners and compare the experimental probability of particular outcomes to the theoretical probability. Select the number of spinners, the number of sections on a spinner, and a favorable outcome of a spin. Then tally the number of favorable outcomes.5 Minute Preview
11.3: Theoretical Probability
Theoretical and Experimental Probability
Experiment with spinners and compare the experimental probability of a particular outcome to the theoretical probability. Select the number of spinners, the number of sections on a spinner, and a favorable outcome of a spin. Then tally the number of favorable outcomes.5 Minute Preview
11.5: Compound Events
Independent and Dependent Events
Compare the theoretical and experimental probabilities of drawing colored marbles from a bag. Record results of successive draws to find the experimental probability. Perform the drawings with replacement of the marbles to study independent events, or without replacement to explore dependent events.5 Minute Preview
12: Functions and Coordinate Geometry
12.1: Tables and Functions
Introduction to Functions
Determine if a relation is a function using the mapping diagram, ordered pairs, or the graph of the relation. Drag arrows from the domain to the range, type in ordered pairs, or drag points to the graph to add inputs and outputs to the relation.5 Minute Preview
Points, Lines, and Equations
Compare the graph of a linear function to its rule and to a table of its values. Change the function by dragging two points on the line. Examine how the rule and table change.5 Minute Preview
12.2: Graphing Functions
Introduction to Functions
Determine if a relation is a function using the mapping diagram, ordered pairs, or the graph of the relation. Drag arrows from the domain to the range, type in ordered pairs, or drag points to the graph to add inputs and outputs to the relation.5 Minute Preview
Linear Functions
Determine if a relation is a function from the mapping diagram, ordered pairs, or graph. Use the graph to determine if it is linear.5 Minute Preview
12.3: Graphing Translations
Translations
Translate a figure horizontally and vertically in the plane and examine the matrix representation of the translation.5 Minute Preview
12.4: Graphing Reflections
Reflections
Reshape and resize a figure and examine how its reflection changes in response. Move the line of reflection and explore how the reflection is translated.5 Minute Preview
12.5: Graphing Rotations
Rotations, Reflections, and Translations
Rotate, reflect, and translate a figure in the plane. Compare the translated figure to the original figure.5 Minute Preview
12.6: Stretching and Shrinking
Dilations
Dilate a figure and investigate its resized image. See how scaling a figure affects the coordinates of its vertices, both in
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