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1. Measurement (BBC) |
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2. Geometry: an introduction (math.about.com) |
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3. Math in daily life (Learner.org) |
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4. Why study Math?: video (youtube) |
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5. Why must I learn Math (Mark Karadimos, mathguide.com) |
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| 1. Terms, Formulas, and Odds and Ends |
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Terms |
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1. Basic terms: lines (mathleague.com) |
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2. Basic terms: angles 1 (mathleague.com) |
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3. Basic terms: angles 2 (mathforum.org) |
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4. Basic terms: degrees (mathforum.org) |
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5. Basic terms: figures and polygons (mathleague.com) |
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6. Basic terms: area and perimeter (mathleague.com) |
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7. Basic terms: solids (mathleague.com) |
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8. Basic terms: coordinate and symmetric (mathleague.com) |
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9. Basic terms: measurement using the metric system (mathleague.com) |
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10. Geometric terms (aplusmath.com) |
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Formulas |
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1. Geometric formula review (purplemath.com) |
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2. Formulas for perimeter (gomath.com) |
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3. Formulas for area (gomath.com) |
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4. Formulas for area and perimeter of a circle (gomath.com) |
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5. Formulas for volume (gomath.com) |
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History and People |
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1. A brief history of geometry (Rice University) |
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2. Pythagoras was a strange dude (themathlab.com) |
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3. Math biographies (University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK) |
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4. Famous Mathematicians (Central University of Venezuela) |
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2. Two Dimensional Shapes - 2D |
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Angles: Learn Suggestions welcome: ssavard@sd71.bc.ca |
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What are angles? (BBC, UK) |
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Angles (mathforum.org) |
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Types of angles (P. Prosser at slideshare.net) |
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Interior angles and tesselations (coolmath4kids.com) |
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Angles: Practice Suggestions welcome: ssavard@sd71.bc.ca |
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Squirt the dog (BBC, UK) |
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Finger angle spread (figurethis.org) |
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Geometry of bike designs: pdf file and answer file (pbs.org) |
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Chapter 7 Basic Geometry (shodor.org) |
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Angles (shodor.org) |
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Angle geometry: 60 page pdf file(Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, UK) |
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Shapes Suggestions welcome: ssavard@sd71.bc.ca |
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Shape (BBC) |
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Circles, triangles, rectangles, squares (mathforum.org) |
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Mathematical eye - shapes and angles 20 minute video - requires password (United Streaming) |
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Discovering math - Geometry 49 minute video - requires password (United Streaming) |
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Perimeter explorer (shodor.org) |
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Area explorer (shodor.org) |
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Geometry triangles (P. Prosser at slideshare.net) |
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Right triangles (mathforum.org) |
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Finding the length of the hypotenuse (mathforum.org) |
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Quadrilateral formulas - perimeter and area (functionx.com) |
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Formulas for area and perimeter of a rectangle (gomath.com) |
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Formulas for area and perimeter of a parallelogram (gomath.com) |
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Formulas for area and perimeter of a trapezoid (gomath.com) |
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Formulas for area and perimeter of a rhombus (gomath.com) |
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Round shapes formulas - circumfrence and area (functionx.com) |
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Formulas for area and perimeter of a circle (gomath.com) |
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Fractions as shapes (Rice University) |
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Manhole covers (figurethis.org) |
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Fire hydrants (figurethis.org) |
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Additional Resources Suggestions welcome: ssavard@sd71.bc.ca |
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Activities Suggestions welcome: ssavard@sd71.bc.ca |
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1. Measurement (BBC) |
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Perimeter explorer (shodor.org) |
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Area of triangles (shodor.org) |
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Pythagorean explorer (shodor.org) |
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Pythagorean theorem examples (McGraw-Hill free samples) |
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Shape surveyor (funbrain.com) |
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Surface area and volume (shodor.org)c |
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Geometry aids (aaamath.com) |
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Shape sorter tool (nctm.org) |
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Reflection, translation, rotation (nctm.org) |
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What are vectors? (nctm.org) |
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Review quizes, tests, and answers Suggestions welcome: ssavard@sd71.bc.ca |
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1. Geometry review (free-ed.net) |
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2. Geometry practice quiz #1 - #2 - #3 (Addison Wesley Longman Publishers) |
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3. End of unit test (Michigan Mathematics Leadership Academy, USA) |
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Ask a teacher - geometry questions and answers (BBC Scotland, UK) |
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3. Three Dimensional Objects - 3D |
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Additional Resources Suggestions welcome: ssavard@sd71.bc.ca |
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1. Kinds of 3D shapes ( (BBC, UK) |
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2. Getting to know the solids (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, USA) |
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Box formulas - area and volume (functionx.com) |
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Volume of a cube (aaamath.com) |
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Formulas for area and volume of a cube (gomath.com) |
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Volume of a rectangular prism (aaamath.com) |
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Formulas for area and volume of a rectangular wedge (gomath.com) |
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Formulas for area and volume of a pyramid (gomath.com) |
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Round formulas - area and volume (functionx.com) |
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Volume of a cylinder (aaamath.com) |
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Formulas for area and volume of a cone (gomath.com) |
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Volume of a sphere (aaamath.com) |
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Formulas for area and volume of a sphere (gomath.com) |
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Geometry lessons (aaamath.com) |
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Geometry lessons and activities (pbs.org) |
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Regular polyhedra (enchantedlearning.com) |
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Additional Resources Suggestions welcome: ssavard@sd71.bc.ca |
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Scaling the pyramids (pbs.org) |
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3D Mazes (Coby Community College) |
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Seeing is believing (figurethis.org) |
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Morphing (figurethis.org) |
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Popcorn purchase (figurethis.org) |
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Shadows (Learner.org) |
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4. Transformations |
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Transformations - Learn about them Suggestions welcome: ssavard@sd71.bc.ca |
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Transformation activities Suggestions welcome: ssavard@sd71.bc.ca |
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Pattern games in geometry set time AND exercises before starting |
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Tangrams tell a story (ATM: UK) |
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Puzzle: the stone of twelve angles (homestead.com) |
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Puzzle: the Nazca lines (homestead.com) |
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Puzzle: proof of the butterfly theorem (homestead.com) |
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Origami goose (themathlab.com) |
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Reflector alien (themathlab.com) |
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JavaSketchpad DR3 Gallery (keypress.com) |
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Brainbuilder cubes (themathlab.com) |
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From triangles to polyhedra (scienceu.com) |
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Five platonic solids (themathlab.com) |
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Renovate your neighborhood park: Middle School WebQuest (University of Richmond, Virginia) |
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Don't burn, build: Middle School WebQuest (University of Richmond, Virginia) |
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Architectural slide show (themathlab.com) |
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The architecture project (themathlab.com) |
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Architecture: great building collection (greatbuildings.com) |
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Squares and circles game (cut-the-knot.org) |
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Squares, circles, and triangles game (cut-the-knot.org) |
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Geometry puzzles (cut-the-knot.org) |
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Eye opener puzzles (cut-the-knot.org) |
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Graphics gallery (wolfram.com) |
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Spirals (moonstar.com) |
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Spiral growths on graphite (Michigan Tech) |
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Tessalated triangles (University of Wisconsin) |
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The Geometry Junkyard (University of California) |
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Geometry in action (University of California) |
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5. Fun and Games |
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Geometric Problems and Games Suggestions welcome: ssavard@sd71.bc.ca |
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1. Angle activities (Madras College, Fife, Scotland, U.K.) |
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2. What's my angle skip intro and go to game (Madras College, Fife, Scotland, U.K.) |
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3. Mini-golf course design: pdf file(Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, UK) |
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3. Graphing co-ordinates game (www.oswego.org) |
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4. Misc. Middle School problems - geometry (Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA) |
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5. Assemble the square (pacmanwebsite.com) |
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Tetris |
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1. How to play Tetris (tetrislive.com) |
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2. Tetris (www.freetetris.org) |
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3. Tetris (computermuseum.50megs.com) |
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4. Tetris 1 and 2 (tetrislive.com) |
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Mahjong |
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1. Mahjong (www.by-art.com) |
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2. Just Mah Jongg Solitaire (justmahjonggsolitaire.com) |
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Chess |
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1. How to play Chess (thinkquest.org) |
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2. 50 chess games for beginners: go to "Games" at left (Douglas and Ian MacGregor, U.K.) |
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3. Play chess (math.com) |
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4. Supreme chess: upremechess.com) |
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5. Free chess programs (freechess.50webs.com) |
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Backgammon |
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1. Rules of backgammon (www.bkgm.com) |
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2. Backgammon (www.by-art.com) |
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Rubic Cubes |
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1. Rubic cube (oidamedia.co.uk) |
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2. Rubic cube java applet (schubart.net) |
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3. How to solve a rubik's cube (rubikssolver.com) |
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4. Video explaining solution (rubikssolver.com) |
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5. Cool videos (rubikssolver.com) |
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6. A Melding of Art, History and Math |
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Art of Ancient Rome |
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1. Roman mosaics (mrdonn.org) |
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2. Roman mosaics - seven examples (ancient-times.com) |
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3. Roman mosaics - photo album (classicalmosaics.com) |
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4. Stories in stone - conserving mosaics in Roman Africa (The Getty Museum, USA) |
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5. Mosaics and tesselations (classicalmosaics.com) |
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6. Patterns and tilings by their symmetry group (Steve Edwards, SPSU, Marietta, GA, USA) |
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Art of India |
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1. Taj Mahal (orientalarchitecture.com) |
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2. Red Fort (orientalarchitecture.com) |
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3. Palace Jaali (Image India) |
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4. Padmanabhapuram - Asia's largest wooden palace: video (indiavideo.org) |
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Art of Islam |
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1. Introduction to Islamic art (The BBC, U.K.) |
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2. A city adorned (saudiaramcoworld.com) |
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3. Islamic art (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA) |
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4. Islamic architecture: examples (islamicarchitecture.org) |
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5. The Sultan Ahmet, or Blue Mosque (jellesen.dk) |
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6. Islamic geometric art (blss.portsmouth.sch.uk) |
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Art from the Middle Ages |
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1. History trails - stained glass (bbc.co.uk) |
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2. Stained glass windows (Esslingen am Neckar, Germany) |
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3. Examples of stained glass windows (California State University, USA) |
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4. Medieval stained glass windows in Great Britain: click yes to agree to terms (King's College London, UK) |
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5. Stained glass: check out "3. Gallery of windows" section as well (wikipedia.org) |
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7. Miscellaneous |
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Dictionaries and Glossaries |
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1. Math glossary: A to E - F to J - K to O - P to R - S to Z (BC Ministry of Education, Canada) |
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2. Math glossary (Ron Blond, Alberta Learning, Canada) |
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3. Math dictionary for kids (Aussie Schoolhouse, Australia) |
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4. Mathematics dictionary (Shodor Education Foundation, USA) |
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5. Dictionary of measurement (University of North Carolina, USA) |
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6. English-Spanish math dictionary (math2.org) |
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7. English-French-Spanish math vocabulary |
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8. Babel Fish translation (altavista.com) |
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9. Google Translate (google.com) |
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Scientific and Graphing Calculators |
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1. Using a calculator (BBC) |
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2. Simple calculator lessons (Missouri Valley Adult Education Association) |
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3. Online calculators (www.math.com) |
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4. TI calculator tutorials gateway (Texas Instruments) |
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5. Graphing calculator tutorials (technicalmath.com) |
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6. Graphing calculator lessons (Kutztown University) |
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Additional Resources |
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1. Homework guidelines for mathematics (purplemath.com) |
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2. Common math mistakes: misconceptions (mathsyear2000.org) |
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3. Graph paper: pdfs (www.incompetch.com) |
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4. Graphic organizers (enchantedlearning.com) |
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5. Math clip art |
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