Simulations and Games for Math - One Stop Shopping!

The 7th grade math teachers at IMMS, Jodi Price and Mary Evans, have been using a website with their students to simulate rolling dice for probability. The website is called Maths and offers a plethora of simulations and games to use in a math or science class. Students can create their own word searches, concentration games, or even play hangman.  This website has been linked on the district Symbaloo under Applying>Simulations.

Here is a quick sample of rolling the dice. The web app shows the different rolls on the right hand side while counting the rolls for the students at the top. What a great way to practice probability without having the dice flying all over the room!

REACH Students Participate in Star Gazing Video Conference

This past week, all of the students at REACH High School participated in a video conference offered through the Perot Museum. Each month, the museum offers a ScienceCast session with a different topic. This month, the session was led by Rachel Thompson and was titled Star Gazing. Students learned about star maps and how to use the maps to find constellations in the night skies. Students also learned about comets and were given instructions on how to follow a comet currently in view. On January 7th, comet Love Joy was closest to earth and could be viewed moving from just below Orion toward Taurus the bull.

Click here to see upcoming ScienceCast sessions and contact me if you would like to register for any of these sessions.


Rachel gave several great resources for students and teachers to use as they begin to look at the night skies!

Virtual Telescope
  Look at the sky online

Google Sky
  Accessed via the web or android device

Star Walk
  App for iPhones