This Turtle Pond activity is perfect for Lower Primary maths. Particularly when dealing with the content requirements for Location and Transformation from the ACARA. A simple flash-based activity that can be used on an IWB to model and then on individual machines with pupils to practice.
Help the turtle get to his pond whilst learning the concepts of turns, directions and distance.
NB://Forward remains with the “up” arrow which can make the concept harder.
This is a very rich resource of interactive activities that can be used on an Interactive Whiteboard. 288 activities ready to go!
Topics covered include:
Number and Operations, Geometry, Algebra, Probability, Statistics, Modeling, Discrete, Trigonometry, and Calculus
Age range: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8 , Grades 9-12 and Undergraduate
These resources can be sorted by Subject Content or Audience.
Here’s the copy from the site about this app
| Summary | With this applet you can make arithmetic arrows. Input/Output fields (white) can be connected to operation fields (yellow) using arrows. From an operation field an arrow can be drawn to an input/output field to show the results. With the results you can calculate further. See also the applet Algebra Trees. |
| Subject | algebra, calculus |
| Age Group | middle school (gr. 7-8) | high school (gr. 9-10) | high school (gr. 11-12) |
| Programmer | Peter Boon |
| Author | Peter Boon |
| Version | revised version |
This is a Java based applet that will run on any IWB inside the browser
These math resources are excellent examples of free interactive whiteboard activities that are visually appealing and can be differentiated to suit your learner. With the help of Pearson Education, Scott’s resource is an excellent tool filled with a wide range of maths activities. These include:
Please note that you will need to install the shockwave plug-in in order to access these resources. If you don’t already have this installed then your browser will prompt you when you get to the site.
A series of animated maths problems that can be displayed on your IWB for a quick warm-up /plenary activity. Not interactive but very visual. The site contains problems on:
