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[|Dan Meyer's Blog]. This is a great place to find lessons that are active and creative. He clearly enjoys making math more learner friendly.

[|Nancy Norem Powell's Blog]. This is another math teacher blog with great ideas and active lessons. It can be hard to shift through the blog to find all the good stuff but there are some good gems. This [|lesson] will be one I will try if I teach a calculus class.

**Article I found about active learning:** Kyriacou, C. (1992). Active Learning in Secondary School Mathematics. //British Educational Research Journal//, Vol. 18, No. 3 (1992), pp. 309-318

The following 3 sites are places to find interactive manipulatives/simulations [|PhET] [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives] [|NCTM Illuminations]

[|The Nine Planets] [|Planet Size Comparison]
 * The following two sites are from class today. They are a great resource for information on the planets and our solar system.**

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