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Internet Search
*****First Search
Search Topic: math activities
Search Terms: math activities, fractals, middle school, geometry, questions/answers, and games
Type of Search: educational topic and keywords, Boolean
Search Engine: Northern Lights
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Search terms and operators used |
Number of hits |
Quality of hits |
The majority of hits appear to be: |
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Math activities AND fractals |
12,406 |
Very good |
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. . .AND games and puzzles |
5,944 |
Very good |
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. . .AND geometry |
104 |
Very good |
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. . .AND middle school |
14 |
Very good |
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. . .AND questions and answers |
10 |
Very good |
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Northern Lights was my favorite search engine. I liked how it offered choices to narrow down a subject. There was an organized list off to the side showing the files in specific categories. An interesting site was Secondary Math Resources put out by the U. S. government.
Secondary Math Resources
70% - Directories & Lists: Secondary Math Resources. Through the home page you can access several sites of interest such as puzzle corner that offers a monthly puzzle and worksheet... Date Not Available
United States site: http:/ / eisen.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/ 96/ secmath.htm
It is a reliable source.
*****Second Search
Search Topic: math activities
Search Terms: math activities, fractals, middle school, project
Type of Search: keywords, Boolean
Search Engine: SearchEdu.com
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Search terms and operators used |
Number of hits |
Quality of hits |
The majority of hits appear to be: |
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Math activities OR projects AND middle school |
29,271 |
Good |
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. . .AND fractals |
747 |
Good |
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This search engine was a fairly good one. However, there was a lot more hits to sift through. There seemed to be more commercial and personal sites on this search. There were several good sites. One in particular was the Mathematics Archives - K12 Internet Sites
...- Mathematics Lesson Plans Math Activities for K-12 Teachers In December, 1997, NASA...
...aeronautical themes and NASA projects. One major goal of this project was to make the...
...competitions for junior/middle and senior high school students (grades 7 through 12)....
...Music Calculus Combinatorics Fractals Geometry History of Mathematics Pre-Calculus...
URL: http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html 100K
*****Third Search
Search Topic: math activities
Search Terms: math activities, fractals, and middle school
Type of Search: educational topic and keywords, Boolean
Search Engine: aol.com
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Search terms and operators used |
Number of hits |
Quality of hits |
The majority of hits appear to be: |
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Math activities AND fractals |
34 |
Good |
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. . .AND middle school |
10 |
Good |
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AOL search was also an ok search. I received a narrow range of files and some were fairly good sites.
A good resource for lesson plans:
63%
Awesome Library's Math Lesson PlansI copied many, many great sites to link to for future reference. Most of them come from the Northern Lights search engine using keywords and Boolean, and the AOL search engine using the same technique. A good site found in each search is listed in a brief paragraph following the chart. I found a lot of great ideas in all of them!