Good Middle School Novel Units

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Given the English language version of a number (e.g. one thousand sixty-five and nine tenths) students must type in the numeral (e.g. 1065.9).

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students calculate the probability of three different types of outcomes on a slot machine: three apples, at least one apple, or no apples.

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students use hints to find what fraction of a pizza was eaten by each of five party-goers. Sample hints: "Judy had 2/5 of a pizza. Bill ate twice as much pizza as Judy."


Platforms: Mac

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9, USA) math program written to provide skills in context. Students use mental math and proportional thinking to find common percentages (10% 5% 1% 15%, etc.) of a given number.


Platforms: Mac

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students locate points on a number line. Problems deal with fractions, decimals, square roots, and/or absolute values.


Platforms: Mac

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students use coordinate graphing to guide a moving dot through a series of mazes. Think: coordinate graphing pinball.


Platforms: Mac

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students manipulate weights on two balance beams to solve two simultaneous equations.


Platforms: Mac

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students balance a beam by using positive and negative weights.


Platforms: Mac

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students must place four quarters, four dimes, four nickels, and four pennies on a 4 by 4 grid so that the rows and columns sum to given values. The program generates hundreds of problems on two levels of...


Platforms: Mac

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students write and solve simple algebra problems, then manipulate the vertices of an on-screen triangle so that it matches given information about its angles. Sample problem: "Make triangle ABC so that m


Platforms: Mac

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program. Students solve crossnumber puzzles by evaluating simple expressions. Program uses only positive integers.


Platforms: Mac

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. The program shows a series of 150 preset problems. Each problem has a blank, sectioned square and a given fraction goal. Students must shade the square to match the given fraction. The program allows students to...


Platforms: Mac

Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Given the radius or diameter of a circle, and the measure of a central angle, students must find the following: the area of the circle; the area of the sector defined by the central angle; the circumference of...


Platforms: Mac

Water Tank Functions helps middle school students practice for interpreting line graphs and using functions. Students set the initial level; time delay; and flow rate of an on-screen water tank so that it's water level over time matches that shown on an adjacent line graph.


Platforms: Mac

xNumberLines is a program for generating number lines with solution sets to algebraic problems (such as inequalities). These diagrams are frequently used in middle school and high school math courses. This program will automatically generate the graphical solution diagrams when you input...


Platforms: Mac

Build the heart of the Ancient Roman Empire and become the Emperor! This legendary city was one of the most beautiful and powerful capitals to ever exist in history. And you'll be able to bring back to life all the masterpieces of the Roman architecture. Use your matching skills to Coliseum can...


Platforms: Windows

ManyMinds is a java environment for building agent-based software. It is primarily for developing educational software (even more specifically, middle school inquiry science software). This software was developed with the support of the NSF and OERI


Platforms: Windows, Mac, BSD, Linux

Frog Dissection from Punflay, is a greener alternative for teaching dissection in the classroom. This iPad app is suitable for middle-school students who are learning about organs and organ systems as part of their life science curriculum. Students can try dissecting a virtual specimen with all...


Platforms: Mac

The Geometer's Sketchpad (GSP5)... With a 20-year record of classroom success, The Geometer's Sketchpad is the world's leading software for teaching mathematics. Instructors have named it the Best Educational Software of all Time. Sketchpad gives students a tangible, visual way to learn...


Platforms: Mac

This is a standards-based simulation for grade level 6-9, developed to help students visualize how total energy is conserved in a simple pendulum. It depicts a child swinging on a swing suspended from a stationary point. Students can drag the swing to different heights, then activate the motion....


Platforms: Mac