The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) is an NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis). The project includes dissemination and extensive internal and external evaluation.
FlyBy Math™ consists of five Air Traffic Control (ATC) Problems that address the safe separation of two planes.
In each problem, students:
* Conduct an experiment that simulates the airplane scenario.
* Use guided paper-and-pencil activities to determine the number of seconds it takes each plane to travel a given distance along a jet route.
ExploreLearning.com offers the world's largest library of interactive online simulations for math and science education in grades 3-12. We call these simulations Gizmos.