10 Best Free Educational Games: Online Learning That's Fun and Interactive Part 1 of Online Learning Games for Families These educational games are some of the best learning experiences that can be found on the Internet, but who knew they could also be so much fun! A recent study showed that of our 53 million K–12 students, 51 million of them (or 93%) play video games.1 Wouldn't it be better if a higher percentage of these games were educational? Well, parents and educators looking for the best free educational games online need look no further than the ten great sites on this list. Each site has an educational foundation that makes learning fun for students of all ages, and every teacher will tell you that children learn best when they are having fun. So, check out the websites on this list to provide an enjoyable online learning experience for your children.1. Online Learning Games for Families This series of articles rounds up some of the best online games that will educate everyone in your family.
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Interactive GeoGebra Student Worksheet on Triangle Centers | {Eggsperimental Design} Geometry teachers! This is for you! Explore this wonderfully color-coded interactive diagram with your students. It includes lots of juicy questions at the bottom to help your students investigate the ins and outs of triangle centers and what they are used for in practical situations. The only thing it assumes is that you’ve explained the definitions of medians, altitudes, perpendicular bisectors, and angle bisectors. Enjoy my hard work!!! To create your own interactive triangle centers GeoGebra file, use the directions in the Google Docs document below. Preview is below. Emilie earned her Bachelors of Science in Mathematics at the University of Houston-Victoria.
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Home - Gymnasium for Brain 21 GIFs That Explain Mathematical Concepts “Let's face it; by and large math is not easy, but that's what makes it so rewarding when you conquer a problem, and reach new heights of understanding.” Danica McKellar As we usher in the start of a new school year, it’s time to hit the ground running in your classes! Ellipse: Via: giphy Solving Pascal triangles: Via: Hersfold via Wikimedia Commons Use FOIL to easily multiply binomials: Via: mathcaptain Here’s how you solve logarithms: Via: imgur Use this trick so you don’t get mixed up when doing matrix transpositions: Via: Wikimedia Commons What the Pythagorean Theorem is really trying to show you: Via: giphy Exterior angles of polygons will ALWAYS add up to 360 degrees: Via: math.stackexchange If you’re studying trig, you better get pretty comfortable with circles. Via: imgur If an arc of a circle is the same length as its radius, the resulting angle is one radian: Via: Wikimedia Commons Visualizing sine (red) on the Y axis and cosine (blue) on the X axis. Via: reddit Cosine is the derivative of sine:
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