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Building Houses with Side View...	2D pictures of 3D solids (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[20]
This provides a visualization challenge. Front, right, and top views, and the number of blocks used, are shown; user constructs a block figure (dynamic, perspective drawing) to match (10 different fi... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Cutouts, Nets	Regular polyhedra (Geometry)+	Java Applet	Tool		[17]
Dynamic net for constructing Platonic solids. Slider adjusts from flat to solid; it is interesting to see the shapes materialize from the flat nets. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Building Houses	2D pictures of 3D solids (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[8]
Provides a "building pad" for constructing block houses. Building pad is dynamic; top, front, and side views of constructed objects are shown. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Poly	Pyramids (Geometry)+	Computer	Tool		[4]
Poly is a shareware program for exploring and constructing polyhedra. With Poly, you can manipulate polyhedral solids on the computer in a variety of ways. Flattened versions (nets) of polyhedra may b... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Cubes	Volume (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[4]
The volume of a box can be determined by using this applet to manipulate and enumerate unit cubes, rows of unit cubes, or layers of unit cubes. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Tomography Game	Perimeter, area, and volume (Geometry)+	Java Applet	Tool		[4]
This game challenges you to identify a three-dimensional object based only on its intersections with a plane. The height of this plane can be changed using a slider control. This simulation of a compu... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Fill and Pour	Cylinders (Geometry)+	Java Applet	Tool		[3]
Fill a glass with the requested amount of liquid by filling, emptying, and pouring between it and a second container. Click the "New Problem" button to generate new parameters; "Challenge" creates con... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Colouring Sides 2	2D pictures of 3D solids (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[3]
Eight 3-d objects are shown in perspective and orthographic views. Some faces in the orthographic views are colored; user colors appropriate faces in the perspective view. Twenty variations shown, w... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Area and perimeter of a trapez...	Perimeter, area, and volume (Geometry)	Flash	Activity		[2]
An interactive applet and associated web page showing how to find the area and perimeter of a trapezoid from the coordinates of its vertices. The trapezoid can be either parallel to the axes o... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Platonic Solids - Slicing	Regular polyhedra (Geometry)+	Java Applet	Tool		[2]
This virtual manipulative displays a platonic solid on the left and the outline of a plane that slices through it on the right. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
A Plethora of Polyhedra	Pyramids (Geometry)+	Java Applet	Tool		[2]
This is a free JAVA applet that helps users to study spatial geometry in a dynamic and interactive way. Using it, the user can rotate, zoom out, zoom in and translate a plethora of polyhedra. Moreover... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Rotating Houses	2D pictures of 3D solids (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[2]
Students are presented with a 3-d figure created with blocks that can be rotated and flipped using a mouse. The figure must be rotated until it matches a 2-d representation of one of the views. There ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Surface Area and Volume	Surface area (Geometry)+	Java Applet	Lesson Plan		[1]
An introduction to the concepts of surface area and volume. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
SMART Notebook: Coordinate Geo...	Perimeter, area, and volume (Geometry)	Computer	Tool		[1]
Find the area and perimeter of a shape by using coordinate geometry. The pages that have a brown background are for teachers. This way a teacher can easily identify notes about pages. Notebook sof... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Geometric Shapes: Surface Area...	Spheres (Geometry)+	Flash	Tool	$	[1]
Flash-based introduction to finding the area of a sphere, given the radius. College Cram charges access fees by the month or by the semester for most resources. To get a preview of their tools, se... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Parametric Surfaces (3-D Graph...	2D pictures of 3D solids (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[1]
Graphs surfaces in three dimensions specified parametrically, as x=f(s,t), y=g(s,t), and z=h(s,t), with parameters s and t. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Tomography Game: Practice	Perimeter, area, and volume (Geometry)+	Java Applet	Tool		[1]
A practice area to review or learn to identify the categories and their objects that can appear in the Tomography Game. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Platonic Solids	Regular polyhedra (Geometry)+	Java Applet	Tool		[1]
This virtual manipulative allows you to display, rotate, and resize Platonic solids. It also allows you to select vertices, edges, and faces, and show that the number of vertices minus the number of e... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Area Explorer	Perimeter, area, and volume (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[1]
This activity allows users to test their skill at calculating the area of a random shape. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Changing Border Line	Perimeter, area, and volume (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[1]
These two applets show how you can redraw jagged borders into straight lines while maintaining the equality of the two areas. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Geometric Solids Tool	Regular polyhedra (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[1]
Explore geometric solids by rotating the shape, changing the color, changing the size, and switching shapes. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Colouring Sides 1	2D pictures of 3D solids (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[9]
This tool presents a 3-d drawing along with four 2-d views. Choose the one 2-d figure that corresponds to the colored face on the 3-d figure. These exercises in spatial visualization become more chall... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Guess The View	2D pictures of 3D solids (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[5]
Students are given a 3-d view of an object, and then given a 2-d view of the object. Students must choose which of 6 views is being displayed from a list including front view, right side view, left si... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
How Many Cubes?	2D pictures of 3D solids (Geometry)	Java Applet	Technology PoW		[5]
Given the front view and side view of some cubes, students are asked what the largest number of cubes can be used to make the arrangement and what the smallest number of cubes would be. A link to Spac... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Lathe	2D pictures of 3D solids (Geometry)	Java Applet	Tool		[4]
Student draws top half of outline; a solid of rotation (horizontal axis) is produced (shown in perspective, dynamic). More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
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