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CONTENT:
Project Interactivate is presented by the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., whose goal is the "creation, collection, evaluation, and dissemination of interactive java-based courseware for exploration in science and mathematics." It includes activities, lesson and discussions as well as other support materials for teaching and learning important math and science concepts. |
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REVIEW:
Give your students experience using simple versions of the kinds of mathematical modeling tools that are used in the workplace. Project Interactivate offers students and teachers unique opportunities to explore mathematical concepts through hands on experimentation. The resources are grouped by grade level (elementary and grades 6-8) into three categories: activities, lessons, and discussions. All are tied to national standards and cover many topics within the broad concepts of number and operation, geometry and measurement, function and algebra, and probability and data analysis. The activities are designed to be used by students and the lessons are designed for teachers. The discussions, written in dialog format, "lead learners to concepts, introduce vocabulary, and help to develop important formulas and structure." A wealth of support materials are available including handouts, tables and worksheets as well as tools such as graphing utilities, random number generators and fraction-decimal converters that can be used with any topic. Also included is a hyperlinked dictionary, hyperlinked tables of contents from several standard texts and a description of middle school mathematics standards from Department of Defense Dependents Schools, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the National Center on Education and the Economy. This is a gold mine of supplemental materials that math teachers will want to bookmark. |
August 2004
