Hands-on Computer Activities For Teaching Math Grades 3-8

HANDS-ONComputer Activities for Teaching MathHands-On Computer Activities for Teaching math shows classroom math teachers and math specialists for grades 3 through 8 how to combine math and technology education to support national math standards and increase their students' computer proficiency levels. Beverly Burnley's unique system of effective, ready-to-use projects explains key concepts in five basic areas of math: NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS: Constructing a Multiplication Table... Comparing Fractions... Adding and Subtracting Integers MEASUREMENT: Telling Time... Estimating Perimeter and Area... Constructing and Naming Angles ALGEBRA: Forming Patterns with Triangles... Representing Variables... Solving simple Algebraic Equations GEOMETRY: Locating Points... Constructing Polygons and Tangrams ... Netting a Cube DATA ANALYSIS AND PROBABILITY: Understanding Probability ... Representing Data with Bar Graphs, Pictographs, Line Graphs, and Pie Graphs ... Determining Mean, Median, Mode, and RangeFeatured here are more than a hundred step-by-step activities that use common computer programs, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Paint, to model the different math concepts. Each activity is explained in simple, nontechnical directions, and includes a specific learning objective and an illustration of the model to be created. After a guided lesson, students can create other models and explain the math concepts on their own. All activities are based on the NCTM standards and can be easily adapted to the different grade levels.This indispensable, timesaving resource makes it easy to integrate computers into the math curriculum. Students will enjoy the math curriculum. Students will enjoy creating math images and modeling the various concepts-and they will better retain these concepts through their hands-on work while simultaneously increasing their computer skills.Burnley, Beverly is the author of 'Hands-on Computer Activities For Teaching Math Grades 3-8', published 2004 under ISBN 9780471651987 and ISBN 0471651982.