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St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day Math Activities from Mathwire

  • Shamrock Paths challenges students to use Pascal's Triangle to figure out how many different ways there are to spell Shamrock. Included in the PDF file are an explanation of how this problem relates to Pascal's Triangle and the numerical solution to the challenge.
  • Shamrock Patterns requires students to rotate shamrocks to complete the pattern.
    Download some copies of Extra Shamrocks for students to cut apart and glue on to complete the patterns.
  • Top of the Morning challenges students to identify the 100th and 1000th letter that will be printed on the electronic signboard.

    St. Patrick's Day Hangman

 


 


 
Christmas Hangman

Make Your Own Gingerbread House

Design a Gingerbread House Turn down the music or mute.

Rooftop Madness

Aristotle's Christmas Trees and More

Christmas Trivia Quiz

Reindeer Games (interactive game with sound)

Santa's Singing Reindeer (interactive with music)

Santa's Singing Reindeer 2 (interactive with music)

Holiday Snow Globe (interactive with music)

Snowman Mutations (interactive)

Dress the Snowman (interactive)

Make Your Own Snowflake (interactive with sound)

Snowball Fight
 

Mathwire.com Winter Activities



 



Math

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    Handling Data


Number Fun Activities

Shapes, Space and Measures



Math Playground  Really fun math problem solving math activities!

  Problem solving with division
          Mental Division
          Written Division
 That's a Fact!  Go here to practice all operations, +, - X and /
                                                                    (You might want to lower or mute your sound.)

 Multiflyer  Cool place to practice multiplication skills!  Pick the factors that give you the most problem to remember.
Interactivate    Check out this neat site.  Be sure to go to the STUDENT section!
Leon Math Stories  Practice the four operations and how to develop number sentences when reading story problems.

Math Facts A fun way to practice your math operations.  You set the timer, pick the facts to practice and try to beat the clock!  Give it a try.

Everyday Math Problems  
Go here to keep your skills fresh!

 
Math Websites for Students
 
This is a very cool site for all sorts of math!  Check it out!


Sodoku Tips  Sites that will give you hints and strategies for solving Sodoku Puzzles.


Counting Money
Math Frog

Math Problem Solving


Mike's Math Club
Try out these problem-solving activities. They will "exercise your brain"!

Family Fun Math Activities

Basketball Math Interactive Learning
Great place to go to review all of your skills!

           Math Magician:  Practice your timed math skills here.
 



Games and Puzzles

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Reaction Timer   Check out your reactions and see how you rate!

These are some real challenge games--only for the Masters of Math!
Play the game of SET
Play the game of QUIDDLER
Play the game of FIVE CROWNS
Play the game of XACTIKA (When you figure out how to play this one, share with your teacher!)



Brain Bashers  Games, brainteasers, puzzles

Puzzle Maker


WHADDAYA KNOW? QUIZ GAME
Play by yourself or with a partner

That Quiz  Go here for some math fun.

Play Chicktionary and Wordo, plus much, much more.  Check them out. They are a real challenge!

Four Piece Tangram

Mahjongg This is Mrs. J's favorite!

Nonogram
                      
Logic Games

Maggie's Earth Adventures Games!
  There are games in math, science, and grammar in both English and Spanish here.

Orisinal  Lots of games to try out here.


Brain Workouts

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Brain Teasers

Check it out!   4Kids.org

Check it out!  Time for Kids Homework Helper 

I Know That  Visit here for all sorts of fun quizzes.  Ignore the advertisements.

KidsKonnect
Find all sorts of information here!

Matchsticks

 


Science

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Fun Science Facts and Activities Puzzles Galore!  Check them out on Just for Fun Links.

Try Science  Go here for all sorts of science fun.  If you really want a challenge, go to the Adventure, Extreme Challenge section!

Is This Possible?  Optical Illusions.

Look at this optical illusion!  What do you see?

Optical Illusions
Moving Hand
Circle or Spiral?
Shimmer
Eye Tricks
Queen's Ghost
Checker Shadow
Ghostly Images
Bird in a Cage
How Many Colors?
Effect of Contrast
Moiré pattern
Blindspot
Tallest man?
Rotating Circles
Breathing Square
Top Hat
Cafe Wall
Levitation
Larger arc?
Black Dot
Purple Box
Twisted Cord
Floating Image
Spinning Wheel
Changing Illusions
Stereoscopic Vision
Rotating Pinwheels
Tickets
Sigma Motion
Motion Blindness
Facial Expression
Turning Wheel
Tiny Feet
Ear Sight
Monsters
Horse/Frog
Disappearing Bird
Vanishing Area
|Impossible Terrace


The Electronic Naturalist
 Go here to find out all sorts of science information and activities you can do.

Heroes of Engineering  Go here to read informational comic strips about engineers who made a difference.
 

          

Try some engineering skill-building with BOTZ.  Program the robots, test them, and try them out in the arena.

Ology  Great site with all sorts of science information, including these topics:
Archaeology
Astronomy
Biodiversity
Earth
Einstein
Genetics
Marine Biology

Archimedes Lab  Go here for some really challenging puzzles and activities!


There is so much to learn in the Science Lab.  Go here to find out more!

 

Videos

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Powers of 10   Explore from outer space to the cells in a leaf.  Fascinating!

 



Social Studies

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National Geographic for Kids

Geonet Game (Geography)

Social Studies for Kids  Glossaries, maps, coverage of current events, and Internet games can be found here.

 




Tours

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Inside the White House
What would you do if you were President of the Untied States? Move in and redesign the Oval Office in your image. 

Virtual Surgeries:  Check out the hip and knee surgeries!

 

 

Jokes

 

 

 

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