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Virtual Manipulative Tool Box

Attribute blocks

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Attribute blocks: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_270_g_2_t_3.html?open=instructions

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Attribute trains: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_270_g_2_t_3.html?open=instructions

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Pattern blocks: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_170_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities


Base ten blocks

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Base blocks:  http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_152_g_1_t_1.html

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Base blocks addition: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_154_g_1_t_1.html

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Base blocks subtraction: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_155_g_1_t_1.html

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Base ten stand alone: http://arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/


Colored chips

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Color chips addition: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_161_g_1_t_1.html


Calculators

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Displaying number patterns: http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.5

Cuisenaire rods

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Integer bars: http://www.arcytech.org/java/integers/integers.html


Decimal models

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Base blocks decimals: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_264_g_1_t_1.html

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Percentages: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_160_g_1_t_1.html?open=activities

Fraction models (bars, circles, squares)

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Fraction bars: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_161_g_1_t_1.html

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Fractions – naming: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_104_g_1_t_1.html

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Fractions – part of a whole: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_102_g_1_t_1.html

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Fractions – visualizing: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_103_g_1_t_1.html

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Number line bars – fractions: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_325_g_1_t_1.html

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Percentages: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_160_g_1_t_1.html?open=activities

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Equivalent fractions: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=80

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Fraction game: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=18

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Fraction Model I: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=11

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Fraction Model II: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=44

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Fraction Model III: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=45


Geoboards

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Geoboard: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_172_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities

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Geoboard Circular: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_127_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities

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Geoboard Coordinate: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_166_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities

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Geoboard Isometric: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_129_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities

 

Geometric models (solids, 3-D shapes, etc.)

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Platonic solids: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_128_g_2_t_3.html?open=instructions

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Space blocks: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_128_g_2_t_3.html?open=instructions

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Geometric solids: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=70


Pattern blocks

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Pattern blocks: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_170_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities

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http://arcytech.org/java/patterns/

Play money

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Money: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_325_g_1_t_1.html

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http://arcytech.org/java/money/

Spinners

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Spinners: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_160_g_1_t_1.html?open=activities

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Adjustable spinner: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=79

Scales and Pan Balances

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Algebra Balance Scales – Negatives: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_324_g_3_t_2.html?open=instructions

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Pan Balance – Expressions: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=10

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Pan Balance – Numbers: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=26

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Pan Balance – Shapes: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=33

Tangrams and Pentominoes

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Pentominoes: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_114_g_2_t_2.html?open=activities


Time

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Time – Analog and Digital Clocks: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_170_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities

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Time – Match clocks: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_317_g_2_t_4.html

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Time – What time will it be? http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_318_g_2_t_4.html

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http://arcytech.org/java/clock/

 

More applets on Freudenthal Institute's realistic mathematics

 http://www.fi.uu.nl/rekenweb/en/ (primary level)
http://www.fi.uu.nl/wisweb/en/ (secondary level)