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Your search returned these 14 highlighted activities...

	Coin Box		Manipulating Coins using an Array Representation
	Data Grapher		Analyzing Data with Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Charts, and Pictographs
	Deep Sea Duel		Playing a Strategy Game That Requires You to Select Cards with a Specified Sum Before Your Opponent
	Dynamic Paper		Creating Customized Activity Sheets for Your Classroom
	Equivalent Fractions		Creating Equivalent Fractions by Shading Squares and Circles
	Factorize		Dividing Numbers into Two Factors and Building Arrays to Represent Each Factorization
	Fractal Tool		Exploring Iteration and Patterns in Shapes and Numbers with Fractals
	Fraction Models		Exploring Several Different Representations for Fractions
	Geometric Solids		Manipulating Various Geometric Solids and Investigating Their Properties
	Pan Balance – Expressions		Investigating the Concept of Equivalence by "Weighing" Numeric and Algebraic Expressions
	Pan Balance – Numbers		Finding Equivalent Numerical Expressions Using a Balance Scale
	Pan Balance – Shapes		Exploring Relationships Among the Weights of Various Objects by Placing Them on Either Side of a Balance
	Tessellation Creator		Creating Patterns to Cover the Screen Using Regular Polygons
	Turtle Pond		Estimating Length and Angle Measure While Guiding a Turtle to a Pond Using Computer Commands

...as well as these additional 27 activities...

	Adjustable Spinner		Creating a Spinner to Examine Experimental and Theoretical Outcomes
	Bobbie Bear		Using Counting Strategies to Make Outfits for Bobbie Bear with Different Colored Shirts and Pants
	Box Plotter		Creating a Customized Box Plot with Your Own Data, or Display a Box Plot of an Included Set of Data
	Canada Data Map		Using Color-coding to Represent Canadian Province and Territory Information, Such as Population, Area, and Gasoline Usage
	Chairs		Exploring the Number of Chairs Needed when Tables Are Arranged in a Restaurant
	Circle Tool		Comparing the Circumference and Area of a Circle to Its Radius and Diameter
	Concentration		Playing a Matching Game with Different Representations of Equivalent Items
	Cube Nets		Examining Various Two-dimensional Figures to Determine Which Ones Can Be Folded into a Cube
	Cubes		Determining the Volume of a Box by Filling It with Cubes, Rows of Cubes, or Layers of Cubes
	Electronic Abacus		Exploring an Abacus Model for Representing Numbers and Performing Addition
	Factor Game		Exercising Your Factoring Ability Against a Human or the Computer
	Fire		Simulating the Spread of a Wildfire Using Probability
	Fraction Game		Exploring Relationships Among Fractions While Playing an Interactive Game
	Histogram Tool		Creating a Customized Histogram with Your Own Data or an Included Set of Data
	Interactive Geometry Dictionary: Areas in Geometry		Investigating and Understanding the Area of the Rectangle, Parallelogram, and Triangle
	Isometric Drawing Tool		Creating Dynamic Drawings on an Isometric Dot Grid
	Paper Pool		Shooting a Pool Ball to Predict Patterns
	Patch Tool		Designing a Pattern Using Geometric Shapes
	Primary Krypto		Playing a Game with Five Number Cards and Arithmetic Operations to Create a "Target" Number
	Product Game		Exercising Factor and Multiples Skills
	Random Drawing Tool - Individual Trials		Exploring the Relationship Between Theoretical and Experimental Probabilities
	Shape Cutter		Drawing, Cutting, Sliding, Turning, and Flipping Shapes
	Shape Tool		Drawing, Coloring, Pasting, Slicing, Rotating, Reflecting, Expanding, and Contracting Various Shapes
	State Data Map		Using Color-coding to Represent State Information, Such as Population, Area, and Gasoline Usage
	The Quotient Café		Dividing Using the Method of Partial Quotients (aka, "Chunking")
	Times Table		Multiplying Single-digit Numbers with an Interactive Multiplication Table
	Volt Meter		Using the Voltage of Batteries to Explore Positive and Negative Numbers

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