Challenger Center Missions and Related Mathematics Activities for Preservice Teachers

Tennessee Space Grant Consortium Workshops, Fall 2007 - Spring 2008

Tennessee Space Grant Consortium Workshops, Fall 2008 - Spring 2009

Mathematics and Science Activities for Elementary Grades Preservice Teachers

Tennessee Space Grant Consortium Workshops, Fall 2009 - Spring 2010

Funded by NASA through a grant to the Tennessee Space Grant Consortium

Address for this page: http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/tsgc0708.html

• Tennessee Space Grant Consortium - http://tsgc.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/

• Challenger Center for Space Science Education - http://challenger.org/

• UTC Challenger Center - http://www.utc.edu/Outreach/ChallengerCenter/
• UTC Clarence T. Jones Observatory - http://www.utc.edu/Academic/JonesObservatory/

• Comets - http://www.nineplanets.org/comets.html

• Halley’s Comet - http://www.nineplanets.org/halley.html

• Halley's Comet - http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/comets/halley.html

• Shoemaker-Levy - http://www.nineplanets.org/sl9.html

• - http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/

• - http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/top20.html

• Adventure Science Center, Sudekum Planetarium, Nashville, TN – http://www.sudekumplanetarium.com/

• The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN – http://www.rcenter.org/ (see CyberSphere)

• Basil Seeds Continue the Journey - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/plantgrowth/home/index.html

• Principles and Standards for School Mathematics - http://standards.nctm.org/

• Tennessee Curriculum Standards - http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/curriculum.shtml

• NCTM Illuminations - http://illuminations.nctm.org/
• Project Interactivate - http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
• ETA Cuisenaire - http://www.etacuisenaire.com/

• Benchmarks for Science Literacy - http://www.project2061.org/tools/benchol/bolintro.htm

• National Science Education Standards - http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/

• NASA - http://www.nasa.gov/ or [skip intro] - http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html?skipIntro=1
• NASA Education Program - http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
• Math-Literature Book List - http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/alpha_ie_s01_spr_to_HH.xls
• Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students - http://www.nsta.org/ostbc
• Summer 2006 Workshop - http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/tsgc06.htm

• Fall 2006 - Spring 2007 Workshops - http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/tsgc0607.html

• Deborah McAllister - http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/

Added for 2008-2009

Workshop 1

• Mission Simulations - http://www.challenger.org/clc/simulations.cfm

• Artpack – Transforming a Classroom into a Space Habitat – http://www.challenger.org/teachers/tools/artpacks.cfm

• Eratosthenes Prime Number Sieve with JavaScript - http://www.hbmeyer.de/eratosiv.htm

• NLVM Sieve of Eratosthenes – http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_158_g_2_t_1.html?open=instructions

• Sieve of Eratosthenes - http://www.vex.net/~trebla/numbertheory/eratosthenes.html

• A Maths Dictionary for Kids 2008 by Jenny Eather - http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

• Math.com Glossary - http://www.math.com/school/glossary/glossindex.html

• Math Glossary (interactive) - http://www.cut-the-knot.org/glossary/atop.shtml

• Mathematics Glossary (interactive) - http://www.ronblond.com/MathGlossary/

• Math Glossary - http://math.about.com/library/bla.htm

• eGlossary (Grades 6-12) - http://www.glencoe.com/apps/eGlossary612/grade.php

• Mathwords: Terms and Formulas from Beginning Algebra to Calculus - http://www.mathwords.com/

• Glossary Entries - http://www.numbernut.com/glossary/index.shtml

• Transformational Geometry - http://www.howe-two.com/nctm/

• Alphabet Geometry: Flips, Slide, Turn - http://www.misterteacher.com/abc.html

• Mathematics in Art and Architecture - http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/maa/tilings.pdf

• Tessellate (Shodor) - http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/tessellate/

• What are Tessellations? - http://www.coolmath.com/tesspag1.htm

• Tessellations - http://www.tessellations.org/

• Free Online Graph Paper / Grid Paper PDFs – http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/

• One Stop Resource Shop – Numeracy ... Graphing - http://www.emteconline.co.uk/rnumeracy/rgraph/rgraph.htm

• Eduplace Four-Quadrant Grid - http://www.eduplace.com/math/mhm/4/11/te_4_11_coord_ws1.pdf

• Graph Paper – http://daphne.palomar.edu/mmumford/graphs.htm

Workshop 2

• NASA, International Space Station - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

• The Three Little Piggy-back Satellites - http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/st5/flingman.shtml

• Polydron Ltd - http://www.polydron.co.uk/ or http://www.polydron.com/

• Didax, Geofix (will hold bubble solution) - http://www.didax.com/geofix/

• Didax, Geofix Models Gallery - http://www.didax.com/geofix/models/

• Math and Origami (links) - http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/camta04origami.html

• Ellison - http://www.ellison.com/corporate/

• Nets for Geometric Solids - http://www.lifeisastoryproblem.net/explore/index_net.html

• Nets of Polyhedra - http://mathematics.hellam.net/nets.html

• Maths Net Interactive Geometry: Platonic Solids - http://www.mathsnet.net/geometry/solid/nets.html

• Maths Net Interactive Geometry: Solids - http://www.mathsnet.net/geometry/solid/index.html

• Paper Models of Polyhedra - http://www.korthalsaltes.com/

• Net Hangman - http://www.compasslearningodyssey.com/sample_act/math3_4/MA3CA05a-package_preloader.swf - There are two parts – hangman and packaging (click on “ready”).

• Ohio State - http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~fiedorow/math655/Euler.html

• The Geometry Junkyard – Seventeen Proofs of Euler's Formula: V-E+F=2 - http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/euler/

• Euler's Formula, Proof 10: Pick's Theorem – http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/euler/pick.html

• Higher Dimensions - http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~fiedorow/math655/HyperEuler.html

• MathWorld, V+F-E=2 - http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PolyhedralFormula.html

• Rice University - http://math.rice.edu/~pcmi/sphere/gos6.html

• NCTM Illuminations, Powerful Patterns - http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L144

• Platonic Solids - http://www.mathsisfun.com/platonic_solids.html

• NLVM, Platonic Solids - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_128_g_3_t_3.html

• Platonic Solids - http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/platsol/index.asp

• 3Quarks, GIF Animations, Platonic Solids - http://www.3quarks.com/GIF-Animations/PlatonicSolids/

• Enchanted Learning, Platonic Solids - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/geometry/solids/

• Platonic - http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/platonic.html

• Platonic Solids and Plato's Theory of Everything - http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath096.htm

• Platonic Solids - http://math.youngzones.org/PlatonicSolids.html

• The Platonic Solids, Java Applet – http://www.walter-fendt.de/m14e/platonsolids.htm

• Pictures of Platonic Solids - http://www.korthalsaltes.com/platonic_solids_pictures.html

Workshop 3

• Multimedia Math Glossary - http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index.html

• Talk About Math – http://www.talkaboutmath.org/

• Polydron Ltd – http://www.polydron.com/ (Numeracy Triangles tab, User Manuals tab)

• Numeracy (or Quantitative Literacy) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeracy

• Kaleidocycles (equilateral triangle) - http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/kaleidocycles.htm

• Stardust: NASA’s Comet Sample Return Mission - http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

• Amazing Space: Comets - http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/comets/lesson/lab.html

• Funschool: Comets - http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/games/game_comets.html

• Comets (Nine Planets) – http://www.nineplanets.org/comets.html

• Comets: Zoom Astronomy - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/comet/

• Comets (Windows to the Universe) - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/comets.html

• Games: Challenger Learning Center of Oklahoma City - http://www.challengerok.org/id14.html

• Lower Hudson Valley Challenger Center - http://www.lhvcc.com/coollink.html

• Women in Aviation Resource Center - http://www.women-in-aviation.com/Education/Just_For_Kids/

• Challenger Center: Online Resources - http://www.challenger.org/students/info/index.cfm

• Challenger Center: Games and Activities - http://www.challenger.org/students/fun/index.cfm

Added for 2009-2010

Workshop 1

• NASA Moon - http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/moon_worldbook.html

• The Moon (GSFC) - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/moonpage.html

• Google Moon - http://www.google.com/moon/

• Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/impact/event_index.html

• The Moon (Nine Planets) - http://nineplanets.org/luna.html

• The Moon (false color from Galileo) - http://obs.nineplanets.org/psc/lunam.html

• World Space Week - http://www.worldspaceweek.org/index.html

• StarDate Online - Moon Phase Calculator - http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon/

• Earth and Moon Viewer - http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/

• Lego Education - http://www.legoeducation.us/store/

• Simple Machines - http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/simmach.html

• Museum of Science and Industry (search for simple machines) - http://www.msichicago.org/online-science/simple-machines/simple-machines-launch/

• Integer Bars - http://www.arcytech.org/java/integers/integers.html

• Math Cats Math Toolbox - http://www.mathcats.com/mathtoolbox/index.html

• Welcome to Math Playground - Math Bars - http://www.mathplayground.com/mathbars.html

• Cuisenaire Rods - A Few Uses (in developing language skills) - http://www.developingteachers.com/newsletterplans/cuisenaire_rods.htm

• Rod Towers (K-2 lesson plan) - http://www.mathsolutions.com/documents/978-0-941355-79-7_L.pdf

• Fractions with Cuisenaire Rods - http://www.learner.org/courses/learningmath/number/session8/part_b/try.html

• Lab a Dab a Do! (scroll to Cuisenaire Rods) - http://www.labadabado.com/

• NEIRTEC Mathematics Resources - http://www.neirtec.org/math/

Workshop 2

• Zometool - http://www.zometool.com/

• Zometool - Lesson Plans - http://www.zometool.com/Resources/Lesson_Plans

• Zome System - Beginning Bubbles - http://www.mindspark.biz/pdfs/lessonplans/beginning_bubbles.pdf

• Simple Machines for Kids - http://www.appliancepartspros.com/simple-machines-for-kids.aspx

• NASA Education Materials - http://search.nasa.gov/search/edFilterSearch.jsp?empty=true

• Space Thrills Poster (K-4) - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Space_Thrills_Poster.html

• Station Spacewalk Game - http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/station_spacewalk_game.html

• NASA - International Space Station - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

• Global Climate Change - NASA's Eyes on the Earth - http://climate.nasa.gov/esw/

• Ares I Can Model - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Ares_I_Can_Model.html

• NCTM Illuminations - Cubes - http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=6

• NLVM - Space Blocks (K-2) - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_195_g_1_t_3.html?open=activities&from=category_g_1_t_3.html

Workshop 3

• Welcome to Polydron - http://www.polydron.co.uk/

• Polydron User Guides - http://shop.polydron.co.uk/cgi-bin/open.cgi?userid=19105109&page=/userguides&currency=pounds

• Illuminations: Building a Box - http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L570

• Illuminations: Fishing for the Best Prism - http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=5756

• Math Cats - Geometric Construction Sets - http://www.mathcats.com/grownupcats/geometrykits.html

• Geometry Page - http://www.superliminal.com/geometry/geometry.htm

• Polydron Fun (Grades 3-10) - http://www.shawnee.edu/acad/ms/ENABLdocs/Summer08pdfs/Polydrons%20Lesson%20Plan.pdf

• Surface Area with Polydrons (Grades 3-10) - http://www.shawnee.edu/acad/ms/ENABLdocs/MayFollowuppdfs/Surface%20Area%20with%20Polydrons.pdf

• Polydron - nrich - http://nrich.maths.org/4

• Face Painting - nrich - http://nrich.maths.org/523

• Investigating Patterns - Polyhedra Pasttimes - http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/jbpolyhedra.htm

• Geometry Junkyard: Polyhedra and Polytopes - http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/polytope.html

• Geometry Junkyard: Three-dimensional Geometry - http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/3d.html

• The Six Faces of Garbage - http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/nttidb/lessons/id/grbgeid.html

• Using Manipulatives in the Teaching of K-12 Geometry - http://www.york.cuny.edu/~malk/geometricstructures/manipulatives.html

• Polyhedral Links - http://www.orchidpalms.com/polyhedra/links.html

• Euler’s Formula - http://s89940423.onlinehome.us/images/a/a0/Euler.pdf

• Investigating Nets and Polyhedra - http://images.rbs.org/activities_plans/media/plans/101_investigating_nets.pdf

• Tanacube - http://tanacube.com/

• Tregarth Primary School - http://www.woollythoughts.com/schools/tregarth.html

• Let’s Slide, Flip and Turn - http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=5756

• Creating Two-dimensional nets of Three-dimensional Shapes Using Geometer's Sketchpad - http://www.k-12prep.math.ttu.edu/journal/technology/maida01/article.pdf

• Modeling Nature - http://www.vanderbilt.edu/modeldata/polyhedra/curri_polyhedra_intro.htm

• The Second Platonic Solid - http://www.arm.catholic.edu.au/educational-resources/curriculum/mathematics-folder/bev-dunbar-resources/space-is-a-verb/3D%20Platonic%20Solids%20Cube%20Tasks.pdf

• Nets

• Didax, Geofix - http://www.didax.com/geofix/

• Didax, Geofix Models Gallery - http://www.didax.com/geofix/models/

• Nets for Geometric Solids - http://www.lifeisastoryproblem.net/explore/index_net.html

• Know Your Nets - http://www.wrightgroup.com/download/cp/g7_geometry.pdf

• Paper Models of Polyhedra - http://www.korthalsaltes.com/

• MathsNet Interactive Geometry: Platonic Solids - http://www.mathsnet.net/geometry/solid/nets.html

• MathsNet Interactive Geometry: Solids - http://www.mathsnet.net/geometry/solid/index.html

• Annenberg: Nets - http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/learningmath/geometry/session9/part_b/index.html

• Solid Shapes and Their Nets - http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/solid/

• Nets of Polyhedra - http://mathematics.hellam.net/nets.html

• The Geometry Junkyard: Unfolded Polyhedra - http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/unfold.html

• Net Hangman - http://www.compasslearningodyssey.com/sample_act/math3_4/MA3CA05a-package_preloader.swf - There are two parts - hangman and packaging (click on ready).

• Welcome to Ellison - http://www.ellison.com/

• Paper Manipulatives

• Large Hexagon for Pattern Block Set Clipart - http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/40600/40681/pb_hex_40681.htm - (print p. 2)

• Hexagon from Kaleidocycles - http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/kaleidocycles.htm

• Hand Made Manipulative Instructions - http://mason.gmu.edu/~mmankus/Handson/manipulatives.htm

• Misc.

• Soccer Ball Math - http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:QxH3TFq-0GIJ:transitions.kennesaw.edu/modules/soccerballmath/soccer.doc+polydron&cd=396&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari

• Math Games: Supermagnetic Polyhedra - http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_03_29_04.html

• NASA

• Butterflies in Space - http://www.bioedonline.org/space/STS_Mission_129.cfm or http://www.k8science.org/space/STS_Mission_129.cfm

Created 01/24/2008, last modified 11/09/2009.

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