CMP 6th Grade Resources

 

 

Prime Time
 
The Product Game Stand-Alone Applet - "Fun, interactive game that exercises your skill with factors and multiples."
 
The Product Game Lessons - 4 Lessons that use the Product Game applet
 
The Factor Game - "Fun interactive game that exercises your factoring ability. Test your skills against a human or the computer."
 
Factor Tree - Factor numbers interactively into primes using a tree diagram.
 
Number Worlds - Students investigate properties of numbers including prime numbers, factors, and multiples.
 
Locker Problem - Java applet to illustrate the locker problem.
 

Shapes and Designs
 
The Bee Dance - Estimating angles from 0° to 360°.
Angles - Students practice their knowledge of relationships between angles formed by parallel lines and a transversal.
Polygon Angle Applet - Draw a polygon and then explore the interior angle measures.
 
Exploring Angle Sums Using Half Turns - "Interactively construct a figure that illustrates the sum of the angles in a triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon or a hexagon."
Virtual Polystrips - Online version of the plastic polystrips.
Quadrilateral Game - Online version of the quadrilateral game from Investigation 4.3. Use the properties of quadrilaterals to build specific quadrilaterals.
Tessellations  - Use regular polygons to tile a plane. Five polygons available.
 
Tessellations - Use regular polygons to tile a plane.  Choose from 3 to 12 sides.
 
Turtle Pond - "This tool allows students to estimate length and angle measure while guiding a turtle to a pond using computer commands."
 
Turtle Geometry - Explore angles, shapes, and logic to program the movements of a turtle.
 
Logo Playground - Use Logo commands to draw polygons and geometric shapes
 
Tangrams - Use all seven Chinese puzzle pieces to make shapes and solve problems.
 
CMP Sketchpad Activities - Download Sketchpad activities to supplement CMP.  One-time sign-up required.
 
 

Covering & Surrounding
 
Area Explorer - "Students are shown shapes on a grid after setting the perimeter and asked to calculate areas of the shapes."
 
Perimeter Explorer - "Students are shown shapes on a grid after setting the area and asked to calculate perimeters of the shapes."
Rectangle Applet - Explore the relationship between length, width, area, and perimeter.
 
Virtual Geoboard  - Use the geoboard to model area and perimeter.
 

Bits and Pieces Trilogy
 
Equivalent Fractions - "This tool allows students to create equivalent fractions by dividing and shading squares or circles."
Fraction Bar Applet - "Explore equivalent fractions, ordering fractions, adding fractions, and more."
 
Fraction Model - "This tool explores several representations for fractions using adjustable numerators and denominators. You can see decimal and percent equivalents, as well as a model that represents the fraction." Version 1 is restricted to values from 0 to 20, and the denominator is limited to benchmark values of 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 20.  Version 2 the numerator and denominator can take values up to 20.  Version 3 the numerator and denominator can take values up to 100.
 
Fraction Finder - "Similar to "Fraction Pointer" but there is no arrow to help the user determine the value of a fraction between the two endpoints."
 
Bounded Fraction Finder - "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."
 
Fraction Game - "This interactive one-person game is a fun way to practice your skills while you explore relationships among fractions and ways of combining fractions."
 
2 Person Fraction Game - Same game as above only for 2 people to compete.
 
Rectangular Multiplication of Fractions - "Use this virtual manipulate to graphically demonstrate, explore, and practice multiplying fractions."
 

How Likely Is It?

 
Coin Flip - This applet simulates flipping a coin and shows all the results.
 
Coin Tossing - Simulates repeated coin tosses.
Pick-a Block - This tool simulates picking colored blocks. 
 
Adjustable Spinner - Students can create their own spinners and examine the outcomes.
 
Spinner - Students can create a game spinner with one to twelve sectors to look at experimental and theoretical probabilities.
 
Random Drawing Tool - Tool allowing exploration of theoretical probability and experimental probability.
 

 Experimental Probability - Experiment with experimental probability.
 

Racing Game (One Die) - Two players each roll a die, and the lucky player moves one step to the finish.
 

Racing Game (2 Dice) - N players roll two dice, the lucky player moves  to the finish.
 

Crazy Choices Game - "Three players play games of chance using dice, cards, spinners or coin tosses, to compare theoretical and experimental probabilities."

 

Hamlet Happens - Verify that rare events happen by drawing letters from a box.
 
Socks in the Dryer - Simulation of a probability problem: four pairs of socks of four different colors are run through a dryer, which eats four socks at random every time.  Click on the activity button for an idea of how to use this simulation.
 
 

Data About Us

 
Create a Graph - Tool for creating 5 different kinds of graphs.
 
Cool Graphing - Interactive bar graphs, histograms, stem and leaf, and box and whisker graphs.
 
Stem and Leaf Plotter - Students view stem-and-leaf plots of their data, and then get to practice finding means, medians and modes.
 
Plop It - "Students click to build dot plots of data and view how the mean, median, and mode change as numbers are added to the plot."
 
Circle Grapher - "This tool allows students to create a customized circle graph as well as display pre-set circle graphs."
 
Histogram Tool 2 - "This tool allows students to create a customized histogram as well as display pre-set histograms."
 
PBS Histograms -  Scroll down to find Histogram.
 
Spreadsheet and Graphing Tool - "This interactive math applet combines the features of a spreadsheet and a graphing calculator. It can be used as a general tool or customized for specific purposes."
 
Scatter Plot - Plot multiple data points in two dimensions and determine correlation.
 
 
 

Ruins of Montarek
 
Ruins of Montarek Online Investigations - Interactive tools to support each investigation.
 
Building Houses with Side Views - Build the house with the 3 views given.  Use the fewest number of blocks to get the most points.
 
Coloring Sides - Color the sides to match the 3-D view.
 
Guess the View - What view of the 3-D object are you looking at?
 
Spatial Reasoning: Using Cubes and Isometric Drawings - "In this interactive geometry investigation students will explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three dimensional block figures."
 
Geometric Solids - This tool allows students to explore various geometric solids and their properties. Students can virtually manipulate and color the solid to investigate properties such as the number of faces, edges, and vertices.  An activity sheet is available.
 
Point Out the View - 3-D Activity from the PBS series Cyberchase.
 
 Isometric Drawing Tool - "Use this interactive mathlet to create dynamic drawings on isometric dot paper. Draw figures using edges, faces, or cubes. You can shift, rotate, color, decompose, and view in 3D or 2D."
 Platonic Solids - "Identify characteristics of the Platonic Solids."
 
 

 

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