Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Shapes Cluster
A book, activities and experiments about the world of shapes.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 3.md the Square Counting Shortcut
This is a rectangle subdivision task; ideally instead of counting each square. students should break the letters into rectangles, multiply to find the areas, and add up the areas. Aligns with 3.MD.C: CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.6 Measure...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: I Want My Half
For this lesson, the children will identify parts of a whole using modeling clay, participate in an interactive web lesson, participate in an interactive web game, and construct a fraction poster. The activities are used as instructional...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Two Dimensional Noise
In this 7-problem quiz/practice, students practice understanding how two dimensional noise is created by adjusting the number of subdivisions and resolution to match a given target.
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Khan Academy: Start Here! Mathematics Behind the Subdivision Operation
Overview of this lesson which focuses on developing the mathematics behind the subdivision operation. By the end of this lesson you'll understand how computer modeling tools work underneath the hood. You'll be able to describe...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Start Here! Welcome to the Character Modeling Topic!
Welcome to the Character Modeling topic! In this topic, we'll explore how clay models are transformed into digital characters using weighted averages. It includes two lessons: Lesson 1: Modeling with subdivision surfaces (appropriate for...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Subdivision
In this 7-problem quiz/practice. students will understand how the subdivision algorithm works.
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Khan Academy: Build Your Own Shape
Students build their own shapes; they will smooth the shape by increasing the number of subdivisions.
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Khan Academy: Subdivision in 3 D
In this seven-problem quiz/practice, students understand how subdivision works with an object in three dimensions.
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Khan Academy: Weighted Subdivision
Use this 7-problem quiz/practice to help understand what happens in subdivision with different weights
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Khan Academy: Subdivision Weights
This 7-problem quiz/practice helps students understand how different weights effect the subdivision shape.
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Khan Academy: Bonus: Equations for Points in Subdivision
Points on the control arm: Let's start with a shape with four control points, AAAA, BBBB, CCCC and DDDD, then use subdivision with weights (1,1)(1, 1)(1,1)left parenthesis, 1, comma, 1, right parenthesis.
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Khan Academy: Subdivision Weights (Practice)
This is 4-problem quiz/practice. What of the following weights could be used for the subdivision algorithm to give us a fractal?
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Khan Academy: Interactive: Weighted Subdivision
This interactive tool helps students to better understanding weighted subdivision.
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Khan Academy: Bonus: Equations for Points in Subdivision
This lesson provides examples that illustrate equations for points in subdivision.