Extra Credit 3.5

Khan Academy is an online video tutoring website. The site has hundreds tutorials to explain concepts in various subjects. With this said it is a great tool for math, it has everything from geometry, to calculus. The videos give clear breakdowns of the most general concepts and uses visual solving as well as complimenting audio to explain the happenings to the view. A narrator using a drawing device to illustrate equations and mathematical situations explains most of the lessons.
In order to use this site and resource to it's full potential the user must
-to fully use this resource you must know what specific areas you need help in

-Works best for visual learners

-Must have basic understanding so you can comprehend the narrator

The 5 Dice Game is a game designed to help students understand the order of operations. The game encourages students to solve backwards and to target their thinking because it is a high order thinking game. The game requires students to:
-Have basic algebra understanding
-Move forward into multi step problems
-be able to visually recognize mathematical symbols and expressions

Algebra Genie is an algebra help app. The app covers:

1.              Algebraic Expressions

2.              Exponents

3.              Linear Relations

4.              The Pythagorean Theorem

5.              Step Functions

6.              Exponentials & Logarithms

7.              Factoring

8.              Systems of Equations

In order to use and understand this app, you need a basic understanding of algebra and:

-Understanding of addition/subtraction/multiplication/division

-Recognizing different shapes

-Understanding of mathematical symbols and their applications

Bike Racing Math Algebra is an Internet game in which the user is rewarded with extra speed on his motorcycle after a number of correct answers. Who wouldn’t like a game? It helps encourage kids to play and learn math. It uses a series of correct answers will lead to the victory of the user. The student must have basic algebraic understanding in order to be effective at the game. It would be age appropriate and stimulating for the user group.

1.     Ixl math is a free online website that offers extra practice and help for multiple different age groupings. If you need help with math, or are just looking for some extra practice, then this is a great resource. It has help for:

2.      Match quadratic functions and graphs

3.     Introduction to the complex plane

4.     Add and subtract three-dimensional vectors

5.     Introduction to sigma notation

6.     Find conditional probabilities

To use this you just need a basic background knowledge.