MATH MANIPULATIVES-PUZZLES AND GAMES

 Manipulatives


1. Instructions for Making Manipulatives:

This site provides printout pages (templates) for manipulatives (such as base ten blocks) that could then be colored and laminated.

http://mason.gmu.edu/%7Emmankus/Handson/manipulatives.htm

2. Math Concentration:

Select from the list of given topics and play a matching game, matching the correct diagram to its proper name; Good review for vocabulary.

http://www.interactivestuff.org/match/math.phtml

3. Interactive 100’s Square Chart:

Investigate the patterns made by multiples of numbers in a 100 square chart. If that is too easy, try the –nth square investigation.

http://www.hellam.net/maths2000/100square.html

4. Virtual Tessellation Puzzles:

This site investigates Escher-style tessellations and Islamic patterns.

http://www.hellam.net/twinsite/

5. Project Interactivate:

This web page offers an extensive list of middle school mathematics activities that contain Java applets.

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/index.html

6. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives:

This web page offers an extensive list of manipulatives organized specifically by grade and strand

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