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*place value, addition, and subtraction

Activity	math topic (and options)	age level	type of activity	section of Math Cats
Really Big Numbers	place value	6 & up	online tool	explore
How will my cake look?	place value	5 - 8	online manipulative	explore
Place Value Party	place value	5 - 8	online manipulative	explore
Math Cats Balance    (from electrons to galaxies!)	place value measurement ( x ) fractions decimals powers of 10	all	online tool	explore
Addition/Subtraction Fact Family Cards	+   -	5 - 8	offline cards & activities	explore
Addition/Subtraction Math Story Problems (kitten and house cat pages)	+   -	5 - 8	online or offline reading/ writing	explore
Using Money	+   - money	6 - 8	online manipulatives	MicroWorlds
Magic Squares	+	all	online manipulatives	explore
Haunted Hill	counting + probability ( graphing )	6 & up	online probability exploration	explore
Subtraction Quiz	-	6 - 8	online manipulatives	MicroWorlds
Broken Calculator	+   - ( x   ÷ )	all	online manipulatives	MicroWorlds

*multiplication and division

Activity	math topic (and options)	age level	type of activity	section of Math Cats
Interactive Multiplication Table	x	7 - 9	online interactive array	explore
Multiplication/Division Fact Family Cards	x   ÷	7 - 10	offline cards & activities	explore
Multiply It	x	7 - 9	online array	microworlds
Multiplication Rods	x	7 - 9	online array	microworlds
Multiplication Grid	x   ÷	7 - 10	online array game	microworlds
Multiplication Math Story Problems (alley cat pages)	x	7 - 9	online or offline reading/ writing	explore
Harder Multiplication and Division Math Story Problems (leopard and tiger pages)	x   ÷	8 - 12	online or offline reading/ writing	explore
Long Line o' Math Cats (click the link on the games page)	+   - x   ÷	8 & up	online game	explore

*conversions, measurement, estimation, probability, statistics, fractions, decimals, coordinate geometry

Activity	math topic (and options)	age level	type of activity	section of Math Cats
How Much Is It?	conversions measurement ( x   ÷ )	all	online conversion tool	explore
Exactly... How Old Am I?	conversions ( x )	all	online time conversion tool	explore
Elapsed Time Calculator	conversions ( x )	all	online time conversion tool	explore
Math Cats Balance    (from electrons to galaxies!)	measurement ( x ) fractions decimals powers of 10	all	online measurement exploration	explore
What a Crowd!	estimation	all	online game	MicroWorlds
Bag of Mice    (bell-shaped curve)	statistics probability	all	online mice-falling applet	explore
Coin Flipper	probability	all	online activity	MicroWorlds
Haunted Hill	counting + probability ( graphing )	6 & up	online probability exploration	explore
Old Egyptian Math Cats Fractions	fractions	9 & up	online manipulatives and puzzle	explore
Fractions	fractions	6 - 10	online manipulatives	MicroWorlds
Make Your Own Math Cats (using coordinate geometry)	coordinate geometry	8 & up	offline graphing	crafts

*real-life math and offline math crafts and activities

Activity	math topic (and options)	age level	type of activity	section of Math Cats
Math Cats Visit a Geometric Sculptor	applied math	all	online photo album and interview	explore
Math Cats Photo of the Week (an archive to past photos with word problems)	word problems	all	offline activity	explore
Math Animals in the News	applied math	all	online photos and news	explore
Weather Around the World	applied math	all	online data	explore
Using Money	+   - money	6 - 8	online manipulatives	MicroWorlds
Math Club	applied math	all	offline activities	explore
Math Story Problems	word problems +   - x   ÷	6 - 9	online or offline reading/ writing	explore
Human Body Geometry	geometry	all	offline activity	explore
Triangle Stand	math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
Connect the Dots (to make tessellations)	math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
Tree of Hexagons	math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
Rotating Shapes (create designs by rotating one cut-out shape)	math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
Hexagrams (create hexagrams with a compass and decorate them with a variety of designs )	math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
Symmetrical Word Designs (including mirror images and ambigrams)	math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
Symmetrical Butterflies	math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
String Art	math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
21-point thread design (icosihenagon, made of one very long piece of thread)	math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
Geometric Space Forms (polyhedra)	math craft geometry	all	offline craft	crafts
Little Village of Shapes	math craft geometry	all	offline craft	crafts
Number City	math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
Pencil Power (frame a house from pencils)	math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
Empire State Toothpick	word problems math craft	all	offline craft	crafts
Polygon Airport	math craft geometry	all	offline craft	crafts

*online math art and geometry

Activity	math topic (and options)	age level	type of activity	section of Math Cats
Math Cats Art Gallery	math art geometry	all	online slideshow, links	art gallery
OBBL Architecture Blocks	2D math art	all	online manipulative	explore
Virtual Mobile	2D math art	all	online manipulative	explore
Lissajous Lab	2D math art	all	online oscilloscope	explore
Encyclogram	2D math art	all	online manipulative	explore
Exploding Math Art	2D math art	all	online manipulative	explore
Polygon Playground	2D math art geometry	all	online manipulative	explore
Tessellation Town	geometry tessellations	all	online manipulative	explore
Warp the World	2D math art geometry	all	online manipulative	explore
Polygon Maker	2D math art geometry	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds
Symmetry	2D math art geometry (angles) coordinate geometry	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds
Pattern Blocks	2D math art geometry (tessellations)	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds
Turtlechase	2D math art	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds
Linking Circles	2D math art	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds
Draw Dots	2D math art	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds
Hearts	2D math art	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds
Snowflakes	2D math art geometry (angles)	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds
Spider Web	2D math art geometry (angles)	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds
Yehuda's Robe	2D math art geometry	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds
Olympic Rings	2D math art geometry (circles)	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds

*potpourri: math trivia, terminology, spatial reasoning, logic, randomization, animations, fun

Activity	math topic (and options)	age level	type of activity	section of Math Cats
Math Cats' Attic	math trivia terminology	all	online Q & A	attic
Math Cats' Magic Chalkboard	math trivia terminology	all	online Q & A	home page
Jumping Math Cats	spatial reasoning	all	online game	explore
Crossing the River	logic	all	online puzzle	explore
Card Trick	logic	all	online puzzle	MicroWorlds
Inchworm	measurement animation	all	online manipulative	MicroWorlds
Flying Witches	geometry (degrees)	all	online animation	MicroWorlds
Dancing Cat	just for fun	all	online animation	MicroWorlds
Swarm of Bees	just for fun	all	online animation	MicroWorlds
Riddle Machine	randomization just for fun	all	online activity	MicroWorlds
Silly Recipe Machine	randomization just for fun	all	online activity	MicroWorlds

*math games and puzzles

Activity	math topic	age level	type of activity	section of Math Cats
Math Mystery Words	vocabulary	6 - 12	online game	explore
Scaredy Cats	logic spatial reasoning	all	online game	explore
Guess My Number	number sense place value logic	6 - 10	online game	explore
Colors Games	spatial reasoning	all	online game	explore
3D Tic Tac Toe	spatial reasoning	all	online game	explore
Triangles	spatial reasoning	all	online game	explore
Hexagons	spatial reasoning	all	online game	explore
Tertris	spatial reasoning	all	online game	explore
Hextris	spatial reasoning	all	online game	explore
Welltris	spatial reasoning	all	online game	explore
Jumping Math Cats	spatial reasoning	all	online game	explore
Long Line o' Cats	spatial reasoning + - * ÷	all	online game	explore

*writing

Activity	math topic (and options)	age level	type of activity	section of Math Cats
Math Cats' Writing Contest	writing	all	online or offline activity	explore
Math Pals (exchange messages with another class)	writing	all	online or offline activity	explore
Number Stories	writing	all	online or offline activity	explore
Cat Tails (and Other Animal Stories)	writing	all	online or offline activity	explore
Math Story Problems (submit your own)	writing	6 - 12	online or offline activity	explore

*idea banks for "older cats"

4 older cats (helping kids to thrive on math: teachers and parents at Math Cats) Idea Banks: approaches to math instruction home, classroom, and school math activities math and literature addition and subtraction place value odd and even rounding multiplication order of operations fractions fraction sites geometry winter math spring math fall math geometric construction sets a math toolbox in every home making the most of online math explorations back issues of Math Cats News

* Site Map Organized by Section of Math Cats

math cats explore! (The link above takes you to an index with graphical links.)   math cats love MicroWorlds! (The link above takes you to an index with project descriptions.) Math Cats Photo of the Week Exactly... how old am I??? (age calculator) Elapsed Time Calculator Crossing the River (with a Wolf, a Goat, and a Cabbage) Math-Loving Animals in the News Place Value Party Old Egyptian Math Cats Fractions Bag of Mice (statistics) Virtual Mobile Warp the World Math Cats Balance Math Cats Visit a Geometric Sculptor Math Cats' Monthly Writing Contest OBBL Architecture Blocks Math Pals (exchange messages with another class) Math Story Problems Cat Tails (and Other Animal Stories) Math Games at Math Cats! including: Jumping Math Cats, Long Line 'o Cats Math Crafts Fact Family Cards Tessellation Town Interactive Multiplication Table Polygon Playground (click and drag polygons to explore symmetry, tessellations and more!) Interactive Multiplication Table Exploding Math Art Encyclogram (create fascinating designs: harmonograms, spirographs, and lissajous figures) Weather Around the World Lissajous Lab (a virtual oscilloscope) Magic Squares (with online movable tools) How much is it? (convert length, volume, weight) Really Big Numbers Number Stories Human Body Geometry Start a Math Club Haunted Hill (probability experiment in fun haunted neighborhoods)   what a crowd! (estimation) coin flipper (for probability studies) using money (count money and make change) multiply it multiplication rods multiplication grid broken calculator subtraction quiz fractions card trick polygon maker symmetry pattern blocks (for tessellations!) turtlechase linking circles draw dots Olympic rings Yehuda's robe hearts snowflakes silly recipe machine riddle machine dancing cat spider web flying witches inchworm swarm of bees math crafts (step-by-step directions for making your own math crafts) Little Village of Shapes Number City Empire State Toothpick Polygon Airport Pencil Power Triangle Stand Symmetrical Butterflies 21-point thread design (icosihenagon, made of one very long piece of thread) Connect the Dots (to make tessellations) Tree of Hexagons Rotating Shapes (create designs by rotating one cut-out shape) Hexagrams (create hexagrams with a compass and decorate them with a variety of designs ) Symmetrical Word Designs (including mirror images and ambigrams) String Art Geometric Space Forms (polyhedra) Make Your Own Math Cats (using coordinate geometry) math cats' art gallery (welcoming student contributions) Logo art show: slideshow of art created with one line of Logo code Logo art show supplement: Logo code, authors' credits, and indexed graphics links to download free versions of Logo math cats' attic (archive of questions from the magic chalkboard) math terminology quantities animal math plant math math in sports math in history math in geography math in astronomy   4 older cats (helping kids to thrive on math: teachers and parents at Math Cats) Idea Banks: approaches to math instruction home, classroom, and school math activities math and literature addition and subtraction place value odd and even rounding multiplication order of operations fractions geometry winter math spring math fall math geometric construction sets back issues of Math Cats News math cats' mailroom (send comments send math art as attachments read what people are saying about Math Cats!) math cats' magic chalkboard (math cats' home page with a daily math question) math cats' awards, honors and reviews © copyright 2000 -   by Wendy Petti of Math Cats.   All Rights Reserved.