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Virtual Manipulatives
Check out the online manipulatives available from NCTM!
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SHAPES 

Sort the Rectangles - sort the rectangles by color

Sort the Triangles - sort the triangles

Buzzing with Shapes - like TIC-TAC-TOE - know your shapes and win the game;  a 2-player game

Story of Shapes

I Spy Shapes

Guess My Button - ask attribute questions  about size, shape and color to guess the mystery button

Shapeville - pick out shapes in different photographs; 3 different games to play

Triangle Properties - sort scalene, isosceles and equilateral triangles

Triangle Alley - problem solving and trial and error come together in this shape game

Venn Diagram Shape Sorter - set your own rule to sort the shapes

Shape Sorter - match game with shapes

Matching Shapes with Krog - drag and drop the shape on its outline

Tangrams  - use the tangram pieces to create different shapes in their interactive site

QUIA: Geometry Term Matching Game

QUIA: Geometry Term Concentration Game

QUIA: Angle Concentration

Polygon Playground - drag hundreds of colorful polygons around to create pictures and patterns

Triangle Quiz - test your triangle knowledge

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POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Spatial Concepts - illustrated pictures of positional relationships

Spatial Concept Animals - move the animals on the page to explore and discuss positional relationships

Size Comparison - explore and compare animal sizes (big, bigger, biggest)

RoboPacker - slide, turn and flip the geometric robots -- select your level

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  PATTERNS
(Kindergarten)

Crazy Pattern Machine - complete the pattern of shapes, colors, numbers or letters; 5 levels of difficulty

Find the Pattern in a grid - help find the 3 object pattern in a grid

Flower Frenzy  -help Tumbleweed plant his garden while practicing your patterning skills

Making Patterns Activity - follow the directions to use these online pattern blocks

Pattern Mania - finish the pattern

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COORDINATES
(4th grade)

Coordinates - graph ordered pairs in one quadrant

What's the Point? - graph ordered pairs in four quadrants

Looking for the Top Quark - place your quarks on a grid and take turns with the computer guessing  where you've each hidden your quarks on the grid

Planet Hop - find coordinates to locate planets out in space

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