Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, events, experimental probability, geometric probability, percentages, percents, probability simulation, proportion, recursion, simulation, statistics, theoretical probability, variance. Experiment with probability using a fixed size section spinner, a variable section spinner, two regular 6-sided dice or customized dice.
Related Topics: circles, events, experimental probability, fair, fractions, geometric probability, outcomes, percentages, probability simulation, random number, simulation, spinner, statistics, theoretical probability, theoretical value, trials. Visualize factors through building rectangular areas on a grid.
First enter all the factorizations of a number, then draw each factor set as an area on the grid. Factorize is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: area, arithmetic, assessment, commutative, divisors, factors, grouping, multiples, multiplication, rectangles, whole numbers. As you draw each factor set on the grid, the factors will be listed. Factorize 2 is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Related Topics: area, assessment, commutative, division, divisors, factors, multiples, multiplication, rectangles, whole numbers. Parameters: Probability that a tree catches fire if its neighbor is on fire.
Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, decimals, events, experimental probability, outcomes, percentages, percents, proportion, simulation, squares, theoretical probability, variance.
Determine the fractal dimensions of several line-deformation fractals. Input the scale factor and number of similar copies, and the dimension will be calculated.
Fractal Dimensions is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: chaos, fractals, logarithm, pattern, scale, self-similarity. Generate complicated geometric fractals by specifying starting polygon and scale factor.
Related Topics: fractals, geometry, logarithm, polygon, recursion, scale, self-similarity. Run a simulation to generate results from running the Monty Hall for multiple trials. This is similar to the game show "Let's Make A Deal", where you choose one of N doors in hopes of finding a grand prize behind one of the doors.
Parameters: Number of doors, number of trials, staying, or switching between the two remaining doors. Related Topics: conditional probability, events, experimental probability, fair, monty hall, outcomes, probability simulation, random number, simulation, theoretical probability, theoretical value, trials.
Step through the generation of a Hilbert Curve -- a fractal made from deforming a line by bending it, and explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals. Related Topics: chaos, fractals, geometric sequences, geometry, iteration, length, lines, pattern, recursion, self-similarity, sequences. Enter a complex value for "c" in the form of an ordered pair of real numbers. The applet draws the fractal Julia set for that seed value.
Related Topics: complex number, coordinate plane, coordinate system, fractals, iteration, julia set, mandelbrot set, recursion, recursive functions, sets. Step through the generation of the Koch Snowflake -- a fractal made from deforming the sides of a triangle, and explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals.
Related Topics: decimals, fractals, geometric sequences, infinity, iteration, lines, pre-calculus, recursion, self-similarity, sequences. Learn about sampling with and without replacement by randomly drawing marbles from a bag. Parameters: Number and color of marbles in the bag, replacement rule. Related Topics: conditional probability, events, experimental probability, outcomes, percentages, probability simulation, probability with replacement, probability without replacement, random number, simulation, statistics, theoretical probability, trials.
Visually explore counting and place value with different number bases, from base 2 to base 16, and up to the hundreds place using a clock like interface. The activity also allows you to look at the numbers on the clock in base 10 or in your other chosen base to explore the relationship between those values. Related Topics: arithmetic, counting, exponents, modular.
Simulate a game where two players each roll a die, and the lucky player moves one step to the finish. Parameters: what rolls win and how many steps to the finish line. Related Topics: circle graph, events, experimental probability, fair, geometric probability, percents, pie chart, probability, probability simulation, random number, theoretical probability, trials. Simulate a game where "N" players roll two dice, and the lucky player has an advantage for reaching the finish.
Parameters: the number of players, number of trials and length of the race. Related Topics: combinatorics, experimental probability, fair, outcomes, probability, probability simulation, random number, theoretical probability, trials. Step through the generation of Sierpinski's Carpet -- a fractal made from subdividing a square into nine smaller squares and cutting the middle one out.
Explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals. Related Topics: algebra, area, fractals, fractions, geometric sequences, iteration, pattern, pre-calculus, recursion, recursive functions, self-similarity, sequences. Step through the generation of Sierpinski's Triangle -- a fractal made from subdividing a triangle into four smaller triangles and cutting the middle one out.
Related Topics: dimension, fractals, fractions, geometric sequences, geometry, iteration, length, pattern, pre-calculus, recursion, recursive functions, self-similarity, sequences, symmetry, triangle, triangles.
Choose one of three doors to experimentally determine the odds of winning the grand prize behind one of the doors, as in the TV program "Let's Make a Deal. Related Topics: conditional probability, events, experimental probability, fair, monty hall, outcomes, percents, probability, probability simulation, random number, statistics, strategy, theoretical probability.
Create a game spinner with one to twelve sectors in order to look at experimental and theoretical probabilities. Parameters: Number of sectors, number of trials. Related Topics: angles, circle graph, circles, events, experimental probability, fair, geometric probability, outcomes, percents, pie chart, probability, probability simulation, spinner, theoretical probability, theoretical value, trials.
Explore perimeter through rectangular and straight-line arrangements of tables, calculating the number of chairs needed to surround different arrangements. Tables and Chairs is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: addition, agent modeling, arithmetic, associative, coordinate system, dimension, function properties, grouping, integers, multiples, perimeter, scale.
Explore fractals by investigating the relationships between the Mandelbrot set and Julia sets. Related Topics: chaos, complex number, coordinate, coordinate plane, exponents, fractals, functions, geometric sequences, geometry, iteration, julia set, mandelbrot set, pattern, recursion, recursive functions, self-similarity, sets.
Step through the tortoise and hare race, based on Zeno's paradox, to learn about the multiplication of fractions and about convergence of an infinite sequence of numbers. Related Topics: decimals, distance, fractals, geometric sequences, infinity, iteration, length, logarithm, multiplication, pattern, percentages, percents, proportion, rational numbers, recursion, recursive functions, self-similarity, sequences.
Sort colored shapes into a three circle Venn Diagram. Related Topics: pattern, sets, venn diagram. Choose one of three boxes and choose one ball from the box to look at conditional probabilities. Parameters: Number of trials. Related Topics: conditional probability, events, experimental probability, outcomes, probability, probability simulation, probability without replacement, statistics, theoretical probability, theoretical value, trials.
Sort colored shapes into a Venn diagram based on various characteristics. Venn Diagram Shape Sorter is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: pattern, sets, sorter, venn diagram. Classify various objects into categories in a Venn Diagram. Learn how categories in Venn Diagrams work.
Venn Diagrams is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: assessment, sets, venn diagram. Visually represent two unique fractions that are equivalent to a given fraction. The fractional value is shown on a number line after you check to see if your fraction is correct. Equivalent Fraction Finder is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: comparing, fractions, identity, multiples, number line, proportion, rational numbers.
The fractional value is shown on a number line as you color in the fraction. Equivalent Fraction Pointer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: comparing, fractions, identity, multiples, number line, ordering, proportion, rational numbers. Visualize fractions by coloring in the appropriate portions of either a circle or a square, then order those fractions from least to greatest.
Fraction Sorter is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: area, circles, comparing, fractions, number line, ordering, proportion, rational numbers, squares. Determine the value of a given fraction represented as a point on a number line. Then find a fraction whose value is a given fraction. Fraction Pointer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: equivalent, fractions, number line. Then find a fraction whose value is the given fraction using an arrow on the number line as a guide.
Single Fraction Pointer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Practice your knowledge of acute, obtuse, and alternate angles. Also, practice relationships between angles - vertical, adjacent, alternate, same-side, and corresponding. Angles is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Related Topics: acute, angles, assessment, geometry, lines, obtuse, parallel. Learn the relationship between perimeter and area. A shape will be automatically generated with the perimeter that you choose. Calculate the area of this shape. Area Explorer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Related Topics: addition, area, arithmetic, assessment, comparing, coordinate plane, geometry, length, perimeter, polygon, rectangles, squares.
Sort colored shapes into a bar graph. Practice sorting by shape or by color. Appropriate for elementary grades. Bar Graph Sorter is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: bar graph, circles, counting, sorter, squares, statistics.
Practice reading a clock, input times for the clock to display, or let the clock generate random times for you to read. Choose from three difficulty levels. Clock Wise is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: assessment, elapsed time, time. Practice finding elapsed time given a starting time and an ending time. Elapsed Time is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: addition, assessment, counting, elapsed time, subtraction, time.
Given a starting time and elapsed time practice finding the ending time. Elapsed Time Two is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Create your own fractals by drawing a "line deformation rule" and stepping through the generation of a geometric fractal.
Parameters: Grid type, number of bending points on the line. Related Topics: chaos, fractals, geometric sequences, iteration, pattern, pre-calculus, recursion, scale, self-similarity, sequences, symmetry, transformation. Build a "floor tile" by dragging the corners of a quadrilateral. Learn about tessellation of quadrilateral figures when the shape you built is tiled over an area. Related Topics: angles, area, coordinate plane, coordinate system, length, pattern, planes, quadrilaterals, rectangles, reflections, rhombus, rotation, slides, symmetry, tessellations, transformation, translation.
Measure angles, distances, and areas in several different images choices include maps, aerial photos, and others.
A scale feature allows the user to set the scale used for measuring distances and areas. Related Topics: algebra, angles, area, dimension, intervals, length, proportion, scale, transformation. A shape will be automatically generated with the area that you choose. Calculate the perimeter of this shape. Perimeter Explorer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: area, arithmetic, assessment, comparing, coordinate plane, coordinate system, geometry, length, perimeter, polygon, rectangles, squares.
Calculate the length of one side of an automatically generated right triangle by using the Pythagorean Theorem, and then check your answers. Pythagorean Explorer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Related Topics: algebra, angles, assessment, distance, exponents, geometry, length, pythagorean theorem, solving equations, squares, triangle, trigonometry. This activity operates in one of two modes: auto draw and create shape mode, allowing you to explore relationships between area and perimeter. Shape Builder is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: area, assessment, comparing, geometry, perimeter. A random shape will be automatically generated.
Calculate the area and perimeter of this shape. Shape Explorer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: area, arithmetic, assessment, comparing, geometry, length, perimeter, polygon, rectangles, squares. Learn about how the Pythagorean Theorem works through investigating the standard geometric proof. Parameters: Sizes of the legs of the triangle. Related Topics: algebra, angles, area, coordinate plane, distance, geometry, length, pythagorean theorem, slides, solving equations, squares, triangle, triangles, trigonometry.
Functions like a real stopwatch, recording times that you choose. This stopwatch is accurate to the nearest tenth of a second. Parameters: Count up from 0 or count down from a set time. Related Topics: decimals, elapsed time, intervals, stopwatch, time. Manipulate dimensions of polyhedra, and watch how the surface area and volume change. Parameters: Type of polyhedron, length, width and height. Surface Area and Volume one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Related Topics: assessment, dimension, geometry, length, polyhedra, prisms, surface area, volume. Create a tessellation by deforming a triangle, rectangle or hexagon to form a polygon that tiles the plane. Corners of the polygons may be dragged, and corresponding edges of the polygons may be dragged. Parameters: Colors, starting polygon. Related Topics: angles, area, flips, geometry, glides, hexagon, length, pattern, planes, polygon, reflections, rotation, slides, squares, symmetry, tessellations.
Play the Chaos Game by experimenting with probabilities. Learn about an apparently random process with a not-so-random, geometric fractal result. Related Topics: chaos, fractals, geometric probability, iteration, pattern, random number, recursion. Explore the world of translations, reflections, and rotations in the Cartesian coordinate system by transforming squares, triangles and parallelograms. Parameters: Shape, x or y translation, x or y reflection, angle of rotation.
Related Topics: cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, flips, geometry, glides, graph, hexagon, image, polygon, pre-image, reflections, rotation, symmetry, transformation, translation, transpose, triangle, triangles. Experiment with reflections across any line, rotations about any point, and translations in any direction. Related Topics: angles, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, flips, geometry, glides, graph, image, linear equations, polygon, pre-image, reflections, rotation, symmetry, transformation, translation, transpose.
Calculate the area of a triangle drawn on a grid. Learn about areas of triangles and about the Cartesian coordinate system. Triangle Explorer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: acute, area, assessment, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, distance, geometry, length, pythagorean theorem, triangle, triangles. Enter data to create a bar graph, then change many settings for the graph's appearance.
Related Topics: bar graph, data plot, histogram, statistics. Students can create box plots for either built-in or user-specified data as well as experiment with outliers. User may choose to use or not use the median for calculation of interquartile range. Related Topics: box and whisker, box plot, coordinate plane, data plot, median, outlier, percentages, quartile, range, scale, skewed distribution, statistics.
Enter data to create a double bar graph, then manipulate the graph's maximum and minimum values. Related Topics: bar graph, data plot, double bar graph. Create a pie chart, adjusting the size of the divisions using your mouse or by entering values.
Parameters: Number of sections, size of sections, whether to use percents or fractions. Related Topics: angles, area, circle graph, circles, fractions, percentages, percents, pie chart, proportion, statistics. Run a simulation of how a fire spreads through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Track the results of multiple burns and use the data to draw conclusions. Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, conditional probability, experimental probability, probability simulation, simulation, theoretical probability.
Learn about estimation through modeling of a forest fire. This activity allows the user to burn a virtual forest, then estimate the number, the percent, or the fraction of trees burned. Fire Assessment is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: estimation, fractions, percentages, percents. Run the classic game of life, learning about probabilities, chaos and simulation.
This activity allows the user to run a randomly generated world or test out various patterns. This is a very powerful activity with a wide range of options.
It runs in a separate window. Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, iteration, pattern, probability simulation, random number, simulation. This is a simple activity which runs directly in the Interactivate window. Models how a population of susceptible, infected, and recovered people is affected by a disease. Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, graph, iteration, probability simulation, simulation, statistics. Number and Operations The same as "Bounded Fraction Pointer" but there is no arrow to help the user determine the value of a fraction between the two endpoints.
Bounded Fraction Finder is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: assessment, comparing, fractions, number line, ordering, rational numbers.
Determine the value of two fractions you have chosen which are represented as points on a number line. Then find a fraction whose value is between your two fractions using an arrow on the number line as a guide and determine its value.
Bounded Fraction Pointer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Compare two sets of objects, using estimation to determine which is greater. Estimate a number of objects, the length of a line, or the area of a shape. Parameter: error tolerance. Comparison Estimator is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: area, assessment, comparing, counting, estimation, length, scale. Converts fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.
Observe the relationships between fractions and decimals. Related Topics: decimals, division, fractions, rational numbers. Practice estimation skills by determining the number of objects, the length of a line, or the area of a shape. Parameters: error tolerance of estimate. Estimator is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Related Topics: area, assessment, counting, estimation, length, scale. Play a "Connect-Four" style game, earning a game piece each time you answer an estimation question correctly.
This game asks the players to estimate the answer to addition, multiplication, and percentage questions. Estimator Four is one of the Interactivate assessment games. Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, assessment, estimation, integers, multiplication, percentages, percents.
Test your estimation skills by answering questions. This quiz asks you to estimate the answer to addition, multiplication, and percentage questions. Estimator Quiz is one of the Interactivate assessment quizzes.
Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, assessment, counting, distributive, integers, multiplication, percentages, percents. Determine the value of two given fractions represented as points on a number line. Then find a fraction whose value is between the two given fractions and determine its value. Fraction Finder is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Related Topics: arithmetic, assessment, comparing, fractions, number line, ordering, rational numbers, subtraction. Then find a fraction whose value is between the two given fractions using an arrow on the number line as a guide and determine its value.
Mixtures allows exploration of percents through two piles of colored and uncolored chips. The user must decide how many chips to color to create the desired percentage of colored chips compared to the total pile.
Mixtures is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. You input the term and the operation. The activity uses that term and operates on both sides of the equation. It then displays the resulting equation. Equation Solver is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Activity: Students play a generalized version of connect four, gaining the chance to place a piece after simplifying fractions, converting fractions to decimals and percentages, and answering algebra questions involving fractions.
Choose difficulty level, question types, and time. Fraction Four is one of the Interactivate assessment games. Activity: Test your fraction skills by answering questions. This quiz asks you to simplify fractions, convert fractions to decimals and percentages, and answer algebra questions involving fractions. Fraction Quiz is one of the Interactivate assessment quizzes. Activity: Students investigate very simple functions by trying to guess the algebraic form from inputs and outputs.
Function Machine is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Activity: Investigate the Cartesian coordinate system through identifying the coordinates of a randomly generated point, or requesting that a particular point be plotted. General Coordinates Game is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Activity: Students can create graphs of functions entered as algebraic expressions -- similar to a graphing calculator. Activity: Create graphs of functions and sets of ordered pairs on the same coordinate plane.
This is like a graphing calculator with advanced viewing options. Activity: This applet allows the user to make observations about the relationship between speed and position and how both of these are affected by initial velocity and the incline on which the biker is traveling. Activity: Students investigate linear functions by trying to guess the slope and intercept from inputs and outputs. Linear Function Machine is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Activity: Investigate the Cartesian coordinate system by directing a robot through a mine field laid out on the plane.
Maze Game is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Activity: Similar to the original "Function Machine" but lists input and output in a table and will not let the user attempt to guess the rule without having at least two data points. Number Cruncher is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers. Activity: Students investigate linear functions with positive slopes by trying to guess the slope and intercept from inputs and outputs.
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