Resource of the Week - Calculation Nation

Calculation Nation features math strategy games aimed at upper elementary and middle school. Students register with the site to become citizens of Calculation Nation, where they may then play games by themselves or against other students worldwide. Games cover topics such as fractions, multiplication, multiples, factors, symmetry, area, perimeter, and more.

Calculation Nation is part of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Illuminations project, which features a wealth of interactive activities, lessons, standards, and more.

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Resource of the Week - HSI: Historical Scene Investigation

The Historical Scene Investigation Project guides students through consulting primary sources to decode the past, compare multiple points of view, and draw conclusions based upon the evidence. Current investigations include Jamestown Starving Time, Bacon's Rebellion, The Boston "Massacre", Constitution Controversy, Children in the Civil War, School Desegregation, march on Frankfort, and more.

Each investigation is presented like a case file and provides both a student view and a teacher view. The student view provides links to primary source documents and instructions for analyzing the sources. Students must determine who authored the documents and for what purpose, what the documents try to convey, where the points of view differ, etc. The teacher view provides background information, standards correlations, and implementation ideas.

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