Basic Skills Math Review Videos

Long Division
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=41526

Adding Integers
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=210086

Subtracting Integers
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=102639

Adding/Subtracting Decimals
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=161206

Adding/Subtracting Fractions
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=9995

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=10145

Adding/Subtracting Mixed Numbers
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=124922

Reducing Fractions
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=197272

Multiplying/Dividing Fractions
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=137626

Multiplying Decimals
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=5823

What Are Percents?
http://www.math-videos-online.com/what-are-percents-and-decimals.html

Calculating Percentage
http://www.yourteacher.com/GED/calculatingpercentage.php

Lesson 3--Add/Subtract Integers

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol5/addition.html

Math Lesson 2--Add/Subtract Decimals

Check this out:
http://numberpower.org/Decimals/HTML/DAddAndSubtract.html

Fun,Fun, Not Fun

Go to the link and do the "fun activity."

http://library.thinkquest.org/J003358F/fun.html

Exponential Battles

Go to this site and battle your opponent. You'll need a calculator and you need to know how to enter exponents.

http://www.quia.com/ba/1000.html

Week 1 Economics

Welcome to Economics. Your're going to learn all about money in this unit. First of all here are some terms for you to look up: (keep in mind that you need to define these terms in the context of money)

1. Asset - 2. Interest -3. Income Tax - 4. Expenses - 5. Entrepreneur - 6. Real Estate - 7. Debt - 8. Discount - 9. Sole Proprietor -
10. Stock -

After you've defined the words please go to the website below and do ALL of the activities under the earnings tab.

http://www.themint.org/earning/index.php


After you've completed the activities on The MINT website please research and complete the paper on your educational and career choice.(Due on Thursday)

Week 8 Social Studies

Go to this site and take the Consitution IQ challenge:
http://www.constitutionfacts.com/quiz.htm


This week's words:
Accusation
Impartial
Committed
Informed
Controversy
Confronted
Compulsory
Obtaining
Preserved
Posterity
Numerous
Dissolve

Week 7 Social Studies

Please read the following article and answer these questions:
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=11641

Explain what the Speaker of the House is.

What is Speaker Pelosi's top priority?

What two people does Pelosi credit for her success?

Week 5 Social Studies

A couple of important items:
You need to be working on your historical fiction report and your brochure. The quarter ends on March 30.

Please read the article and comment on the question at the end.
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=11574

Transform It!!!

Go to the site below and go through the tutorial.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/transformations.html

Week 4 Social Studies

Please read this article and comment on the following:

Who is Joe Lieberman? Summarize what he says about the war in Iraq.


http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009715

Here are this week's words:
1. Establishment—
2. Prohibiting—
3. Abridging—
4. Press—
5. Assemble—
6. Petition—
7. Redress—
8. Grievances—
9. Regulated—
10. Infringed—

Week 3 Social Studies

Pleases read the following article and comment on the following:
1. Explain what "Brown vs. The Board of Education" case was and how it affected our country.

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/news/story/0,6260,636640,00.html

Here are this weeks words (taken from the US Bill of Rights):

Vested, Numerous, Apportioned, Vacancies, Impeachment, Composed, Vacated, Resignation, Inhabitant, Presides, Candid, Posterity

Week 2 Social Studies

Please complete the news quiz on this site:

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/quiz/index.html

Who is Rudolph Guiliani and what did he do, according to the article?

Here are this week's words:
Justice Union Ordain Posterity Defense Tranquility Domestics Blessings Welfare Secure

Rotational symmetry

Working in pairs please go through this tutorial on rotational symmetry:
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/learningmath/geometry/session7/part_b/index.html

Math Online

Here's a site where you can take math courses online:
http://math.whatcom.ctc.edu/content/Links.phtml?cat=3

Week 1 Social Studies

Every week we'll have vocabulary words that are taken from American Historical documents. On Monday the words will be on the board. Make a vocab. folder on your desktop. Look up the words on your laptops.

On Tuesdays we'll go over the words and you'll be expected to have the correct meanings.

On Wednesdays we'll have a crossword puzzle as a review.

On Fridays we'll have a quiz.

On Mondays we'll also have a news activity. Throughout the week you'll be expected to review the week's news stories and there will be a couple of questions on the week's quiz.

We will also be studying historical documents starting with the Declaration of Independence. (We will also be studying the US Constitution with an emphasis on the Bill of Rights) There will be a question or two about the documents on the weekly quiz.

Here is the first news activity: (Read the article and answer the question)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,245528,00.html

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, announced that she is taking an initial step in a bid for the presidency in 2008 by filing papers to form an exploratory committee. The former First Lady made her announcement on her Web site. Summarize what she said.

Fractions/Decimals/Percents

Choose a partner and play jeopardy!

http://www.quia.com/cb/34887.html

New New Activities

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_282_g_3_t_3.html?open=activities

New Activities

Here is a great page with some awesome links.

http://www.boston.k12.ma.us/teach/technology/select/index.html?http://www.boston.k12.ma.us/teach/technology/select/grade8/units/lfp.html

Squares and tilted squares.

Please post a comment that explains two ways to find c. Make sure to to explain why both ways work.

Finding Area

Please explain the way(s) in which you found the area of the figures on labsheet 2.1

Declaration of Independence

Try this activity.

http://www.quia.com/jw/20823.html

Hypotenuse?---same to you buddy!

Go to the link below.
Read----Practice----Solve



http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/proof/puzzle/theorem.html



Here's another geometry game for you to try:

http://www.factmonster.com/games.html

Practice Multiplication

http://www.quia.com/custom/6gate.html

Explore Area and Perimeter

Go here to practice area and perimeter problems.

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ShapeExplorer/

Area and Perimeter

Clisk on the link to learn more about area and perimeter.

http://www.mathplayground.com/InteractiveGeometry.html

Maine Map

http://www.sitesatlas.com/Flash/USCan/static/MEFH-800.gif

Car Project

Here is some helpful advice on your car project:

Insurance: Don’t use your real name. Use 04401 for zip code. Don’t need Social security number.

http://affinity.progressive.com/product/auto.asp?code=8004009339


http://www.geico.com/landingpage/go5.htm?soa=42920&SOURCE=goog&KEYWORD=insurance%20quotes&gclid=CODZ36ubqIgCFR8NTAodOSdWRw


Taxes: After you’ve selected all of your options and added up the price of the car, you need to add in the Sales Tax. (5%)




Financing: You don’t need to apply for financing. Just go to this site and select which kind of car you’re getting. You need to multiply the total price (including taxes) of your car (not including your insurance) by the finance rate and then add that number to the total price.


https://www.eloan.com/s/show/auto?context=auto&sid=UMbC2NC4Twt8H7XV3amMnlsoLAs&user=ggl&mcode=gglkw13mfu


Drivers’ Ed: There are several driving schools in the area.

http://bairsdrivingschool.com/

http://www.northeastautocycle.com/







In this project you will choose a car to buy and decide what the "hidden" expenses will be. You have several worksheets to complete. There are recommended resources on insurance, maintenance, and financing but you can use other resources as well.





http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/firstcar/teachertostudent.htm

Brain Benders

http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/c30/challenge.htm

http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/c58/challenge.htm

http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/c65/challenge.htm

http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/c11/challenge.htm

http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/c29/challenge.htm

http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/c33/challenge.htm

Is this easier?

http://www.mathcats.com/explore/puzzles/colorsgame.html

3d Tic Tac Toe Toc

See if you can figure this out.
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/puzzles/3dtictactoe.html

Watch this!

Can you prove that 25 divided by 5 is 14? Try it and then watch this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M02GqSvjauk

The sum of three consecutive numbers is 45. What are the integers?
X + X + 1 + X +2 = 45
3x + 3 = 45
3x = 42
x = 14 x +1 = 15 x+2 = 16 14 + 15 + 16 = 45

The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 69. What are the integers? You have 5 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYMZHPe59Mw


What are the five parts of a word problem?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0MnnUzTI_I&search=algebra%20word%20problem%20homework



Solve this problem using the five parts of a problem format.
I’m thinking of a number. Six more than five times the number is twenty less than 7 times the number.






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In_XMS9asUg&search=algebra%20word%20problem%20homework


Please simplify the following by using the distributive property:

3(x + 2) = 4(x – 7) =


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41ZvGEtuZQk&search=algebra%20word%20problem%20homework

Math Treasure Hunt

Please go to this site and complete the questions:
http://library.thinkquest.org/3453/less_act/m_th1.html

Spreadsheet Problems

Try some of these math puzzles.
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/games.shtml



We're going to go to the site below and work down through the problems we had last week.
http://www.zohosheet.com/home.do?ticket=5a992ee903f74c7dde9270c7f866ff42

Math Games

Click on thos link and play Planet Blaster. First play multiplication and then play Algebra.
http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/PlanetBlasterBasics/index.html

Tic Tac Toe and Prune Juice

While you're sipping on your prune juice please get a piece of scrap paper out and go to this site:
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/ttt.cgi?A1=s&A2=25&A3=0&INSTRUCTS=1

Four Score and......

Go to this site and take a typing test:

http://www.bellaonline.com/misc/quiz/typing/typing_four.asp

Solving Equations

Thursday Oct. 5
Today I want you to work your way through some equations.
http://www.algebrahelp.com/worksheets/view/equationbasics.quiz


When you go to the link below I want you to solve the equations that are given. http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/02018/toepassing_wisweb.en.html

First I want you to go to:
http://www.aaaknow.com/equ27fx2.htm#section3

Work your way through two digit addition equations using the practice game. I also want you to keep going after you've mastered one level.

Positive and Negative numbers

Go to this site and play "MathCar Racing."
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/osa.cgi?A1=s&A2=4

Friday Sept. 29

In math class today we're going to be working on Sunshine Math. You have 4 pages to complete and you may use you calculators. Hand these in when you're finished and play the Line Gems game.



In Social Studies today we're going to do several things:
1. Read your books or work on your reports. (10 min.)
2. Study for your vocab. quiz. (10 min)
3. Take your vocab. Quiz.
4. Answer the questions on the sheet that was handed out.

Wed. Sept. 27

First we're going to this link:
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_201_g_4_t_2.html
Solve the equations by using the balances.

Salamanders and Chameleons

Please take the first few minutes to go through the Chameleon website and learn more about graphing.
http://mathforum.org/cgraph/cslope/

Use this site to practice substituting numbers for variables.
http://argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/math8/strand2/2101.htm

Civics and Government Scavenger Hunt (Maybe it's a test??)

What is the Bill of Rights?

Does the Bill of Rights affect you?? How? Explain.


Let's play a game:

http://www.constitutioncenter.org/explore/ForKids/index.shtml








In class today you need to go to the following site and test your KNOWLEDGE!

http://www.bbhq.com/civquiz.htm

Graphing/Graphing/.....

First of all we're going to answer the questions from yesterday about the graphs.

Next we're going to play a graphing game:
http://funbasedlearning.com/algebra/graphing/lines/default.htm

Now for the assignment:
QUIZ!!!

Graphing Calculator Link:
http://webgraphing.com/plotting_basic.jsp#

Monday Sept. 18 Social Studies

Today in class we're going to start out by doing an internet Q/A. Answer the questions in groups--Sorry but I'm picking the groups :(

After you answer the questions be ready to debate each question with another group!

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp?search=1&flash=true&Q=125,20,19,120,43,121,22,42,123,21,130,27,122,23

Horatios!!

Check out this great site for understanding ratios:

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/proportions/index.html

I want you to work your way through making sure that you do the problem solving activity and the quiz.

Is the slope of a linear equation (linear function) a ratio? Explain.

Fun and Sun

Dateline: Monday Sept. 18

Today we're going to explore the graph worksheet you had last Friday. First let's go to the website and play around with the numbers.

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Algebra/rentacarja.html

Now look at the two printouts of graphs based on the data from the Rent a Car problem. What are the differences between them? What are the similarities? Which is the correct graph? Why? How did I come up with the equations? ---When answering this question you might need to refresh your memory by going through this link:
http://www.math.com/school/subject2/lessons/S2U4L3GL.html

Parents and Students

In math class today we worked on a graphing activity called "Fun and Sun." Students were given time to work on the activity in class and if they didn't complete the assignement it became homework. In order to complete the assignment students should have a "Fun and Sun" worksheet and some graph paper. This is due Monday, Sept. 18. We will also have our first quiz on graphing on Mon. Sept. 18.

In Civics class we are doing a timeline on the subject "On the Day I was born......" Students should try to find political and governmental events that occured on the day they were born. They should have at least ten events. Five of the events should deal with politics and government. Click on this link to find a help sheet for timelines:
http://www.dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/timeline.html

http://www.brainyhistory.com/date

Fun with Fractions?

Here is a website to go to for practice with fractions. Today I'd like everyone to go through all the parts of this tutorial.

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions/frac.html

On the day I was born.....

This is a writing activity we did in Civics class on 9/14/06. Students should find historical and governmental events that happened on the day they were born. They didn't have to limit themselves to the year they were born, just the day.

Links to Help With Graphing Crossword

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/select/dm_slope.html
http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/Algebra1/06Lines/02_plotting.htm
http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/Algebra1/06Lines/05_whatstheslope.htm
http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/Algebra1/06Lines/06_findingslopegraph.htm
http://www.math.com/school/subject2/lessons/S2U4L3GL.html
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/graphlin.htm
http://www.usiouxfalls.edu/~jebuckley/internet_scavhunt.htm
http://1728.com/distance.htm

Please feel free to find other sites that might help you and post them on our blog.

New Slope Calculator

Please go to this website and work on adding positive and negative integers.
http://aaaknow.com/add65_x2.htm

When we finish with this I want you to get your finding slope papers out and using the calculators on your computers change all your fraction answers to decimals.(You do this by dividing the top number by the bottom number). Leave the whole number answers as they are.

After that please go to http://www.1728.com/distance.htm and check all of your answers on your computer.

Remember that this web-site will give you the slope as a decimal.

Finding Slope Applet

http://www.uncwil.edu/courses/mat111hb/demo/applets.html

This will help you find slope when you know two points.

Somerset Math

Use this site to graph equations. Make sure to click edit to erase a line.

http://www.gcalc.net

This is the Thomas Jefferson site for Civics--- http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/socstudies/tjefferson.htm
We're going to be using this site for a few days starting 9/13/06 to study the life and times of Thomas Jefferson. The first day we're going to answer some questions about Jefferson and read one day in "A Day In The Life" section. We're also going to explore the links that are in the reading.

This site helps with graphing: http://www.usiouxfalls.edu/~jebuckley/internet_scavhunt.htm
You can find out about slope and do some practice online.