Mathematics Lab Equipment List Pdf

Maths Lab – A place where a maths teacher can demonstrate a lot of concepts through various interactive physical tools.

I have been searching all over the net, most of the material available is either Do it yourself (DIY), printable worksheet or Maths Lab equipment. My mind just wondered about can we add some more info and knowledge on the walls to make Lab interesting for kids. So here is my contribution;

1. Maths Lab Manuals and List of Articles
The manual as prescribed by CBSE is already available online. Here is the link for you to download.
http://cbse.nic.in/publications/maths_activity_class_3_8_part1.pdf
http://cbse.nic.in/publications/maths_activity_class_3_8_part2.pdf
http://cbse.nic.in/publications/maths_activity_class_3_8_part3.pdf
There are lot of suppliers in the market providing the paraphernalia for Maths Lab, here is a list of articles one would need to start off
Juniors

Geomatrical Shapes 4x7cms (Set of 20) Coloured
Geometry Box-Canvas Bag
Measuring Tap-3 Mtrs
Measuring Jugs & Beakers (Plastic)
Wall Thermometer
Spring Balance
Weight Sat (Metal)
Kitchen Balance (Plastic)
Geo Board-Square (Wooden)
Transparents Geo Board (Plastic)
Counting Abacus (Wooden)
Student Abacus (Wooden)
Dummy Wooden Clock (Wooden)
Game of Place Value (Wooden)
Chart (Set of 6) 50x75cms Laminated
Graph Roll-up Chart 67x100cms
Mater Scale-Wooden
Half-Meter Scale-Wooden
Shape Sorter Moulds (Plastic)
Dice (Set of 2)
Playing Cards (Plastic)
Set of Cups (Plastic)
Stencil Set (Set of 5)
Time Teaching Stamps (Set of 15)
Dummy Currency Notes
Shapes Magic (Wooden)
Standard Time Indicator
Add & Count Rods (Wooden)
Tangram Puzzle (Acrylic)
Flash Cards
Fractions of Circle (Wooden)
Fractions of Square (Wooden)
Fractions of Triangle (Wooden)
Shapes Board-Big (Wooden)

Seniors

Geo Board-Circle (Wooden)
Circle Fraction Disk
Set of Cups (Volumetric) (Plastic)
Mensuration Kit (Acrylic & Wooden)
Charts (Set of 16) 50x75cms Laminated
Optical Square (Metal)
Cross Staff (Metal)
Standard Time Indicator
Measuring Tape-15 mtrs.
Geometry Box-Canvas Bag
Geometrical Shapes 5x10cms (Coloured) (Set of 12)
Geometrical Shapes 5x15cms (Coloured) (Set of 12)
Volume Relationship Set (Crystal Plastic)
Measuring Jugs & Beakers (Plastic)
Probability Kit
Geometry Kit (Acrylic)
Magnetic Graph Co-ordinate Board with Marker (Acrylic)
Power of two
Perpendicular Line Segment is the Shortest (Acrylic)
Triangle Kit (Acrylic)
Ratio of Area of Similar Triangles (Acrylic)
Identity Set-I (Acrylic)
Identity Set-II (Acrylic)
Identity Set-III (Wooden)

2. Portraits of Great Mathematicians:
For teachers looking to decorate the walls of the classrooms, I have developed some posters in high resolution. You can get these printed, frame and decorate the walls of the Maths lab. Following mathematicians are covered;
1. Issac Newton.

2. Pythagoras

3. Ramanujan

4. A collage comprising of Archimedes, Cantor, Descartes, Fermat, Euclid, Euler, Gauss, Lagrange, Newton, Fibonacci, Pascal & Pythagoras.

3. Different strokes:
Some ideas which could help understand things in a better way. – I have downloaded this picture of the net which is the way Japanese way of multiplying

Also as mentioned in my earlier post about Mr Arvind Gupta. You can also go to his website http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/ download, watch and learn about low cost items and ideas for Maths Lab. Here is an example of his ingenuity.

4. Some Wallpaper for decoration.
In case you are still looking to do the walls even further, here is a design which I have made, attaching the JPEG and the Corel File of the same ( https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4pIp42tNdN3MEZYV3lRMi1aTkE/edit?usp=sharing )

I will keep adding to this list as I go along, hope you all will contribute by commenting on this post.

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Abhiney Singh

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You can mail me on abhiney@brightoninternational.in or call me on +91 70002 40006. This number is also on whatsapp.