Mathematics+2011


 * Mathematics 2011 **

"Moneyville is a fun way to help young students understand the basics of money and economics. The site is a fun way for students to explore economic principles. It provides a great place to start discussions about what it takes to make money (work), why money is important, why saving is important and how the economic cycle works. Moneyville would be a great site for students to play on individually in a lab setting at the beginning of a money/economics unit. Expand the game into other disciplines. Students can learn about persuasion and advertising by creating advertisements for their businesses in Moneyville using a paint or word processing program." Source.
 * Moneyville**

Flake Pad is a very simple little website that lets students create geometric snowflakes using basic shapes and a grid. To make their flake, students choose a shape and click a spot on the grid. Students can add as many or as few shapes as they would like to their flake. Flake Pad is a great little site to help students understand symmetry. Any time students click a space on the grid, the shape is added to multiple points on the grid. Use Flake Pad on an interactive whiteboard or projector-connected computer where students can identify lines of symmetry on the flake that the whole class can see. With the pointer tool on Flake Pad, students can drag the shapes they have created to different points. More information here.
 * FlakePad**