Math 206 Page

Jim Olsen's Math 206 students

Announcements

• Extra Credit Opportunity: On Friday, March 26, WIU is hosting the 59th Annual Western Illinois University Mathematics Teachers Conference. This professional conference runs from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Attend a session (free for WIU students) and write a one page reaction paper. Include at least two things you learned that will help you in the future as a teacher. Turn in the paper and earn 5 extra credit points. Pick the session that interests you and fits your schedule.
• Help Center Hours

Online Games, Practice, and Exploration Tools

Volume and Surface Area

• Surface Area and Volume

Transformation Applets

• Transformations - Composition – Explore the effect of applying two of the following: translation, rotation, and reflection.
• Transmographer 2 - Translate, reflect, or rotate point in the coordinate plane.

Geoboard applet

• http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_172_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities

Angles applet

• http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Angles/

Reference Sheet

• Nice reference sheet of math rules and formulas.

Boxplot Site

• Boxplots - nice site on boxplots. Quizzes included.

Mental math and estimation

• Here are three videos* on mastering the basic facts (e.g., 1×1 through 9×9)
  • 1. Overview of Fact Mastery (3.7 MB; 4 min. 17 sec.)
  • 2. Multiplication Games (6.5 MB; 4 min. 54 sec.)
    • Multiplication.com
  • 3. More Practice sites (4.1 MB; 4 min. 20 sec.)
    • aaamath.com
    • www.mathsisfun.com
• Estimator Quiz
• Estimator Four (two person game)

- many games and resources to choose from--organized by grade level.

Online Arithmetic Practice - Use the Right Hand Side to enter you answers online and have them checked. New questions when you Refresh.

• Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Decimal (+,-,×,÷)
• Fractions, Order Of Operations.
• Basic Algebra - solving basic equations. (Left-side. Write down your answers and then check against the answers provided.)

"Reken Test" - great new program for practicing mental math. See video turn up speakers and view full screen:

•  1. Reken Test Introduction (2.8 MB; 4 min. 34 sec.)

General Practice Site

Online Mathematics Practice Worksheets/Quizzes and Review Resources

Videos are .wmv files and should play automatically in Real Player, Windows Media Player, or similar player.