6361 /www/nrich/html/content/id/6361/ 6 2011-02-01T00:00:01 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mdoxml version="1.0"><br></br> To use this domino environment, choose the number of dominoes you would like and click 'Create Set'.<br></br> You can remove dominoes by clicking on them.<br></br> You can enlarge the dominoes by clicking on 'Super Size'.<br></br> To be able to drag dominoes round the screen, select the 'Play' button.<br></br> To rotate a domino, click on the line down its centre.<br></br> <br></br> <a href="/content/id/6361/Dominoes.swf">Full screen version</a> <br></br> <mdo:flash height="739" width="800"><param value="/content/id/6361/Dominoes.swf" name="movie" ></param><param value="true" name="allowfullscreen" ></param><param value="9" name="flashplayerversion" ></param></mdo:flash><br></br></mdoxml> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mdoxml version="1.0"><br></br> <h3><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why use this environment?</span></h3> <div><a href="http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=6361&amp;part=index"> This domino environment</a> can be used on an interactive whiteboard for many purposes. It is not meant as a substitute for 'real' dominoes but it will enable you and your learners to share ideas more easily as a whole group. You can build on children's knowledge of counting and patterns by setting up sequences of dominoes to continue, you could play dominoes in its traditional form, you could challenge children to arrange certain dominoes in particular ways, you could ask them to sort the dominoes into groups.</div> <br></br> <div>There are many ideas for using dominoes in the classroom <a href="http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=1200&amp;part=index"> here</a> and more domino problems can be found on NRICH by typing 'domino' into the top-right search box or selecting 'Mathematics Tools' in the search by topic facility.</div> <br></br> <br></br> <br></br></mdoxml> 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 Dominoes Environment These interactive dominoes can be dragged around the screen. Numbers and the Number System Comparing and Ordering numbers Mathematics Tools Dominoes Numbers and the Number System Reading and writing numbers Information and Communications Technology Interactivities