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Internet Lessons,
Activities
and
Projects
for
grades 7 & 8
Standard 4.1
The
Stowaway Adventure -This multidisciplinary Internet based learning
experience has been designed to expose students to real world problem
solving through unique uses of instructional technologies.
Let's
Have a Field Day! -To
give students the opportunity to apply mathematics to real world situations
and produce meaningful information that can be applied to decision making.
Good
News Bears -a Webbed interactive Stock Market learning
project for K-12
Standard 4.2
A Usual Day at an Unusual School - Sometimes we don't think we have enough information to solve a problem, but in reality we do. Students perform a play which takes place in a school where some of the students always lie and the rest always tell the truth. At first it seems like there is never enough information, but in each case, it is possible for Terry figure out more about the students that might have seemed possible.
Bricks Activity -an interactive lesson
Letters to the Man in the Moon -In this activity, students will be given the opportunity to write, communicate mathematically with their classmates, and defend their reasoning, activities that are not encouraged often enough in many mathematics classrooms. Additionally, students can discuss the mathematics that it took to allow us to conquer space and land on the moon.
Lifting
Bodies: Designing Your Own Space Craft -in
this activity, students will be given the opportunity to work cooperatively
with their classmates in designing a "lifting body"; that is, a wingless
vehicle that could fly back to Earth from space, landing like an aircraft.
Standard 4.3
The Digits Project -Check out your favorite digits!!!
The
Global Grocery Project -Global
Grocery List is a long standing project that generates real, peer
collected data for student computation, analysis, and conclusion building
within the context of social studies, science, mathematics and other disciplines.
Plane
Math
MathStories.com -Math Word Problems for Grades 7 and 8
Word
Problems For Kids -This Web Site contains word problems
for students and teachers. The problems are classified into grade levels
from Grade 5 to Grade 12.
Standard 4.4
Mighty m&m Math Experiment -Mighty m&m Math teaches fractions and percentages in a motivating and mouth-watering way
How to Solve Problems -You have the opportunity to learn to solve problems easily and reliably. You only need to take the time to understand how problems are solved. This site shows you how to do this.
Connections for the Future -In a webquest, students utilize World Wide Web resources to obtain data which is then analyzed and used in various mathematical exercises. Math webquests involve reasoning and critical thinking in a constructivist setting.
Thinks.com -fun and games for playful brains.
Standard 4.5
Calculator.com - free access to online calculators to help you solve problems and answer questions.
How Far is it? -This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places.
IMATTT
/ CIESE Project
-Integrating Mathematics & Technology in the Middle school - A Teacher
Professional Development Program
Standard 4.6
Fun With Numbers -accumulation of various number resources to aid in your enjoyment of integers and real numbers alike.
BEATCALC -Beat the Calculator!
Primes and Composites -Lesson on Prime and Composite Numbers
Space
Shuttle Statistics -In this activity,
students will be given the opportunity to enhance their computation skills
using real life statistics associated with the Space Shuttle. Skills emphasized
include working with fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions,
comparing units, and converting units. Students are also given the opportunity
to create their own word problems to challenge their classmates. This activity
might serve as a review activity to provide students with additional practice
with various computations.
Standard 4.7
The Internet Pizza Server -Topic: Data Collection, Unit Price, Proportions, Research, & Area of Circles, (many more can be adapted).
Totally Tessellated -This site will give you a comprehensive introduction to tessellations.
Online Geometry -activities for middle or high school geometry.
Dueling Pinwheels -Dazzle your students with this so-cool animated introductory exercise.
Pythagoras' Playground -From this site, we will use the amazing properties of the Pythagorean Theorem to explore the world around us.
Fractals-a fractals unit for Elementary and Middle School Students
Symmetry and Patterns -the art of oriental carpets. The study of symmetry offers one approach to analyzing patterns in Oriental carpets.
A
Cylinder Workshop -Students will work with given formulas
to solve for specific variables. They will calculate the volume of
a cylinder and analyze the change in volume when there is a constant surface
area. They will repeat the problem with a constant perimeter.
Standard 4.8
Using Manipulatives to Explain Sign Multiplying
Mystery
Operations -In this activity the computer makes up a
mystery operation, and you have to figure out what the operation is.
Standard 4.9
How Far is Your Commute? -calculating distances "as the crow flies".
Buffon's Needle Experiment - involves dropping a needle on a lined sheet of paper and determining the probability of the needle crossing one of the lines on the page. The remarkable result is that the probability is directly related to the value of pi.
Standard 4.10
Time Estimation -A watched pot never boils! Is this true, or does it just involve making accurate time estimates. Try to estimate when 1 minute has passed.
Predicting and Estimating Speed and the SR-71 -This activity provides students with the opportunity to predict and estimate speeds of various familiar, real-world items. In addition, students will develop a sense for the magnitude of numbers by comparing the speeds of these items. Students will also be given the opportunity to convert between and among the metric system and the S.I. (Systeme Internationale) system of measurement. The backdrop for this activity is the SR-71 aircraft, currently being tested at NASA Dryden.
Pathfinder: Finding Wind Speed -In this activity, students will create their own anemometer, an instrument used to measure wind speed. Using this tool and the Beaufort Scale, students will measure and record estimated and average wind speeds. As an extension, students can plot and then analyze real-world wind speed data collected by Pathfinder during one of its recent missions.
Mr. Pitonyak's Pyramid Puzzle -during this project you will be asked to estimate the cost of building a pyramid using modern materials and ancient methods. In teams you will plan, collect data, submit a bid for the job (only the lowest bidding company will be awarded the job), create a scale drawing and model, and present a final report to the class.
The
Excellent Adventure -estimations
for planning a trip.
Standard 4.11
What’s
My Rule? -For this game you will be given a set of x
values which will be put into a function machine which will process
the numbers and spit out y values. Your job is to guess the rule of the
function machine.
Patterns
and Exponents -Lesson on Patterns and Exponents
Traffic Jam Activity -an interactive lesson
Locker Problem Activity -an interactive lesson
The Global Sun/Temperature Project -Join schools from around the world as they try to figure out how proximity to the equator affects average daily temperature and hours of sunlight.
The
International Boiling Point Project -students can analyze
data to reach an answer to the question: What causes a pot of water to
boil? It's that simple!
Standard 4.12
INDY500 -students will find the mean and median speed for the Indianapolis 500. Rates per lap will be calculated as well as the length of each lap. Students will need to research information via the Internet.
PopClock -Students will review the Census Bureau's Homepage on the Internet and gather data regarding trends in population. They will study this data and make predictions on future populations and compare their results with the information available on the Internet.
The Genetics Project -During this project, students will complete surveys, formulate hypotheses, and use the data compiled by students around the globe to test their hypotheses.
Olympic
Statistics -use years of data for a variety of classroom
activities.
Standard 4.13
Topics in Pre Algebra --this Volume of lessons includes some topics that will help prepare students for algebra.
Algebra Online - a free service designed to allow students, parents, and educators throughout the world to communicate.
Designing a Track -Students will collect data to determine the dimensions of the track used in track and field events.
Houston Area real-time Traffic Report -students will calculate the time needed to travel a certain distance given the rate of speed.
A Functional Housing Market -Students will access the Internet to search for housing prices in Houston, Texas,(the location can be changed to accommodate any location) and compare the prices to the number of square feet found in the living area of a house. A linear equation will be derived from these data on a coordinate plane. Any "best- fit" method for determining the graph of the line can be used. Using information from the graph of the data and the equations of the function, students will answer questions about housing prices.
Standard 4.14
The Amazing Mathematical Object Factory -this site is really great for discrete mathematics activities!
How Many Valentines? -an interactive problem.
Studying Polyhedra -an interactive lesson.
Learning
About Buckyballs -Students wondering
why we study about polyhedra can find one reason by looking through the
information in the links to Buckyballs. Remember to watch for the
vocabulary that we have been studying including face, vertex (vertices),
edge, polyhedron (polyhedra), icosahedron (icosahedra), truncated, pentagon,
hexagon and solid. Loaded with additional resources!
Standard 4.15
Fibonacci
Numbers and the Golden Section - introduction on the
Fibonacci numbers and where they appear in Nature. Includes a brief
introduction to the other Fibonacci and Golden Section web pages
at this site.
Pascal's
Triangle -great lessons and links to activities and resources
on Pascal's Triangle
I
Love Calculus -calculus LINKS- So Hot they'll Make Your
T-1 Line Sizzle.
Standard 4.16
Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics -The purpose of this site is to present a small portion of the history of mathematics through an investigation of some of the great problems that have inspired mathematicians throughout the ages. Included are problems that are suitable for middle school and high school math students, with links to solutions, as well as links to mathematicians' biographies and other math history sites.
Ferrous Wheel: An Educational Ride -Welcome to Physics Park. Your students have just been hired as engineers by The Big Wheel, president of a brand new amusement park. Assignment? Design a roller coaster to be part of the park's attractions.
