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|  | | | | Thinking Math | | There is a thin place between science and mathematics. Scientists that can think mathematically can become better scientists. In Thinking Math, you will have a chance to practice the art of thinking like a mathematician. Math is part of the focus. Of equal importance is thinking. Your notebooks should show this using the three W's
- Where - Briefly describe the station where you are working.
- What - Briefly describe what you are doing there.
- Window - Open a "window" into your thinking through your writing. A window might start like:
- I notice....
- I learned....
- I wonder....
- I think....
Explore the sites below to become even better at Thinking Math. - Our Turtle Robot was the beginning of the Logo computer language. Try out some of your programming skills in Logo Park.
- Practice the art of Tesselations and learn how to make your own at Tesselations.org If that is not enough, check out this site made by students exploring the history and making of tessalations - Totally Tesselated
- Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun at Math Playground.
- Sudoku is a popular and powerful math puzzle. Play the game online at Jigsaw Sudoku.
- Strategy Games Online
- Mastermind - Guess the sequence of four colored pegs the computer has selected at random
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