Intervention Materials for Grades 7 and 8
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Math Trek is a comprehensive, curriculum-based, program which includes:
- 5 strands;
- tracking;
- test questions;
- tutorials;
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Math Trek High School is a comprehensive, curriculum-based program for the mathematics curriculum. It is a multimedia program with interactive tutorials, problem solving, activities, explorations, exercises, various tools (scientific calculator, glossary, and journal), assessment components and student tracking.
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NECTAR Newsletter
Math Resources for Grades 6 - 12
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Greetings!
Welcome to another edition of the NECTAR Newsletter. In this issue we focus on math resources for grades 6 to 12. Michel Pitre, NECTAR's math expert, recommends software you would find useful in the classroom. Michel was a high school math teacher with the Ottawa Catholic School Board and has been writing math software since 1980. Send us your comments at info@nectar.ca. Join Us!NECTAR will be at ECOO Nov. 11 and 12 in Toronto. Drop by our booth to see what's new and enter our draw to win a Mobi from eInstruction Canada. NECTAR is hosting presentations to introduce some of the new materials we have been developing. The first session will be held in Ottawa, November 18 from 3:30 to 5:00 and will feature math software for grades 1 to 6. Click here for more information on the event.
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Preparing for Math Assessment (PMA)
Do you prepare 7th through 10th grade students for standardized or other summative math assessments? Do your students need practice developing their analytical and problem solving skills? Could they benefit from detailed analysis of typical questions and how to clearly present solutions? Then PMA is the solution for you.
Whether used as a teaching aid on an interactive whiteboard or other projection device, or by students, PMA is designed to prepare 7th to 10th grade students for mathematics assessments in the academic or the applied courses. The 74 question styles are grouped into four sections:
 - Number Sense and Algebra
- Linear Relations
- Measurement and Geometry
- Analytic Geometry
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Virtual Tiles
Are you looking for a great piece of math software for your interactive whiteboard? Would you like a teaching and learning object that is simple yet powerful to use, and applicable at several grade levels and to many topics? Do you need an effective, visual, and versatile math instructional aid? You must be looking for Virtual Tiles, NECTAR's virtual version of the algebra tiles manipulatives used by many teachers! 
Here is a sample student worksheet from the manual.
Student work sheet
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Math Trek 7, 8  Do you need software that helps to enhance the teaching and learning of 7th and 8th grade math?
Math Trek 7, 8 is a comprehensive software package consisting of approximately 3500 interactive, multi-stepped instructional and assessment style screens. A well-organized hierarchical menu provides quick and easy access to the math concepts you are looking for.
Here is an extract from the accompanying PDF User's Guide listing the curriculum covered. Note that in the software, each item in the right hand column leads to its own menu of subtopics. Organizational Chart - Math Trek 7, 8
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