NAME:__________________________________________ DATE:________________________

DIRECTIONS: Open up the browser on your computer…

GO TO: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Complete the following activities…

1. Numbers and Operations  Grades 6-8  Fractions Multiplying Rectangles

Give two examples of fractions you multiplied:

2. Numbers and Operations  Grades 6-8  Sieve of Eratosthenes

What is the Sieve doing?

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3.  Algebra Grades 6-8  Algebra Scales

Give an example of an equation that you solved:

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4.  Algebra  Grades 6-8  Function Machine

Is this machine like the ones we made in class? How is it? How is it not?

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5.  Algebra Grades 6-8  Towers of Hanoi

Try 3 disks, 5 disks, and 8 disks. Is there a pattern, if so what is it?

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6.  Geometry  Grades 6-8  Great Circles

What is the distance between Tokyo and New York?____________________________

What is the distance between Honolulu and Rome?_____________________________

Do you think that airplanes fly in a straight path or curved? ______________________

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7.  Data Analysis and Probability  Grades 6-8  Stick or Switch

Play stick or switch and record your wins and losses in this table:

STICK SWITCH STICK SWITCH

and and and and
WIN WIN LOOSE LOOSE