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Do you have a subject that you or a classmate need help understanding? Use the following three resources to locate an interactive activity to help explain or support the subject, like the Virtual Manipulatives above. You can learn while you play!
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Your teacher needs your help with getting some new students started. Your task is to find on-line interactive activities for the new students to use. You need one for math, reading and writing, and science. **__ Steps: __** 1. Go to Library of National Manipulatives and click on grades 6-8-Geometry-Lady Bug Maze. Read the directions on the right side of the page for "**Create a plan for the ladybug**" and "**Try out your plan**." Go back to the list of manipulatives and try one or two others. (NOTE: If this is blocked, use "turtle pond" from NCTM Illuminations). A. After completing the Ladybug Maze or Turtle Pond, **//create your own maze on grid paper to share with your classmate.//** Choose a place for your creature to begin and end. Mark the two locations on the grid. Write step by step directions using (x,y) coordinates and exchange with your partner and complete the exercise, seeing if they are able to complete your path correctly. (If you want practice using coordinates, click this link to try parking a car using a grid and coordinate system. Can you do 3 of these on a first try?) B. Be sure to include at least 4 changes in direction, making sure to list the vertices along the way. 2. Go to Edheads- Science and Math Interactives and click on Choose an Activity and go to Weather grades 4-9. For those in grades 10-12 choose the Crash Scene Investigation (advanced math task with downloadable crime report) and those in grades 2-6 choose the fun Simple Machines activity. If you are using an iPad an unable to get to these activities, try a math game at this site or download the Edheads: Trama app to use instead. 3. Go to Vocabulary Spelling City Crossword Puzzles and choose a crossword puzzle to do. 4. Now that you have experienced some interactives, go back to one of these sites and select and play one or two others. Library of National Manipulatives

Edheads

Vocabulary Spelling City Write a brief review of the one you liked the most. Include the information below. a. The name of the activity b. URL of the activity c. Subject area d. 2-3 sentences describing the activity with a screenshot of it e. 2-4 sentences telling why you recommend this activity and what you likedabout it the most f. 2-3 sentences about new things you learned using these interactives

**__ Completing this Quest __**

// Save your results in the Thing 12 folder under 8th Grade Tech (YOURNAMEThing123) //