What Do You Expect?
Fish Tank
Play at level two or three to manipulate probability.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/fish.html
Coin Toss
Simulate tossing a coin and see the results of the experiment in a table, list or ratio.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/coin/
Spinner
Create a game spinner with one to twelve sectors to look at experimental and theoretical probabilities. Parameters: Number of sectors, number of trials.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/BasicSpinner/
Adjustable Spinner
With this spinner, you can adjust the size of the sections and then look at experimental and theoretical probability.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/
Dice Table
Use a dice game to figure the outcome distribution of each player in the game.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/DiceTable/
Comparing and Scaling
Paper Pool Problem
http://connectedmath.msu.edu/CD/Grade6/PoolTable/index.html
Moving Straight Ahead
General Coordinates Game
Identify the coordinates that pinpoint the location of the house.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/
Maze Game
Work with the Coordinate Plane to move a robot through a mine field.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/MazeGame/
Planet Hop
Use the coordinate plane to travel in space. Find the equation that will satisfy all point on the journey.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/planethop.html
Equation Match
Try this game on level two or three.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/planethop.html
Slope Slider
Investigate the relationship between the slope and y intercept of a line.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/SlopeSlider/
Graph Tile
Use this applet like a graphing calculator. Be sure to use the * key for multiplication.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/GraphSketcher/
Looking for Pythagoras
Squaring the Triangle
See how the Pythagorean Theorem works by adjusting the sides of the triangle.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/
Pythagorean Explorer
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the third side of the right triangle.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/PythagoreanExplorer/