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Math
New Math Games Link
Feb 3rd
Check out http://hoodamath.com/. I haven’t had a chance to try all of them yet, but I played a fun, strategic multiplication game. Let me know what you think!
Perimeter
Jan 10th
Today we talked about perimeter in class. Some of us were confused with area, and we discussed that perimeter is the measurement around the *outside* of a shape. We talked about how to add up the sides to find perimeter. I hope you can show your children how you might use perimeter at home in your building projects. Here is a Funbrain game to practice perimeter.
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/poly.cgi?A1=s&A2=0&A15=1&INSTRUCTS=1
Tessellations
Jan 6th
M.C. Escher "Penrose" 1971
Today we were studying congruent figures. These are figures that have the same size and same shape. We used congruent shapes to make tessellation artwork – which is a pattern that is repeated and can cover a plane area without gaps or overlaps. We also looked at some on the Internet so I have placed links here!
Tessellations.org: http://www.tessellations.org/
Totally Tessellated: http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/
Cool Math 4 Kids Tessellations Page: http://www.coolmath4kids.com/tesspag1.html
Mean, Median, and Mode Game
Apr 19th
Check out these games for interpreting data and probability. Make sure you do the mean, median, and mode game first! Tell us what you think of the games, and what you reviewed in the comments.
Math Links of the Day
Apr 30th
Pick one, or do both! Comment below on what you think of these sites.
