Technology Tip Number 117
Ignorant of Geometry?

Experience proves that anyone who has studied geometry

is infinitely quicker to grasp difficult subjects

than one who has not. (PLATO)

For today’s Technology Tip we have some websites for our Math teachers to enjoy.  Of course, according to Plato we could all use a little more geometry in our lives..  These sites are also good examples of the kinds of interactive tutorials that students can find online: 

Middle School Geometry from IES inc. in Japan:
http://www.ies-math.com/math/java/geo/index.html

Geometry and Other Mathematics Links
from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in the U.S.A.:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/WebResourceList.aspx?Ref=2&Std=2&Grd=0

Geometric Terms Activities at Quia.com: 
http://www.quia.com/jg/65535.html

Geometry Manipulatives Online from the 
Utah State University: 
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_3_t_3.html

And don't underestimate the value of playing an online educational game. As many teachers know, "educational game" is not an oxymoron at all. Here are just a few of the many online geometry games and activities that could be used to help students understand geometry concepts.

Geometry Games from Kids Math Games Online:
http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/geometry.html

Geometry Math Games from Diona Popovici in Romania
who developed Math-Play.com:
http://www.math-play.com/Geometry-Math-Games.html

Gamequarium Geometry Games by Diana Dell in Missouri, U.S.A.
http://www.gamequarium.com/geometry.html

And by the way, CoolMath-Games.com
doesn't feature many actual math games at all.
Don't let any students try to fool you.

PRACTICE ACTIVITY:  Visit two or three of the sites above and see what they have to offer.

TO KEEP ON LEARNING:  To find more geometry tutorial sites online try searching for:

Online geometry tutorial
Interactive geometry
Math tutorials

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