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 * Thinkfinity: Internet Content for the Classroom **


 * **Thinkfinity: Internet Content for the Classroom**
 * http://www.thinkfinity.com/
 * Thinkfinity has partnered with leading educational organizations to develop high quality Web sites to serve as resources for teachers.


 * **National Geographic Xpedition Hall**
 * http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/index.html
 * This site is an interactive museum that allows students to travel the world and participate in a variety of expeditions. The museum exhibits are based on the National Geography Standards. There is an exhibit for each standard. Students can play games, climb mountains, hover over the earth, make an archeological dig or travel to a foreign country in a matter of minutes!


 * **Understanding the Pythagorean Relationship Using Interactive Figures**
 * http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L451
 * In this Thinkfinity Lesson, students use squares the help them see the relationship between the area of the square and the side length of the right triangle. A discussion is then held about the relationship. The key is that students realize where the Pythagorean Theorem comes from and why it's so important in mathematics.


 * **Exploring Linear Data**
 * http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L298
 * In this Thinkfinity Lesson, students gather data about several real world issues, such as oil changes, bike jump heights and weight. As they gather data, find the line of best fit and determine the type of relationship, they begin to look at slopes and discuss slope-intercept form. Students are required to gather evidence, analyze it and represent it in graphical form.


 * **Making and Investigating Fraction Strips**
 * http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L540
 * Students make and use fractions strips to help them understand the relationship between different fractions. They use the strips to represent the length model, discover fraction relationships, and work with equivalent fractions.


 * **Bag the Beans**
 * http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=12&DocID=249
 * This lesson’s purpose is to develop thinking skills and gives students the opportunity to make and solve problems using manipulatives (beans!). Through the use of the beans, they create different problems and solve equations. It helps them develop their numerical reasoning skills.