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Mathigon Polypad
A digital canvas for manipulatives, patterns, and discovery
Polypad gives learners virtual tiles, fraction bars, algebra tiles, geometry tools, graphs, and other manipulatives for experimenting with mathematical ideas.
Mathigon Polypad
Polypad is designed for making ideas visible and movable. A learner can build a fraction, transform a shape, arrange a pattern, or model an algebraic identity before writing the formal notation.
Best for: primary and middle school, intervention, visual learners, and teacher-led explorations of fractions, area, symmetry, algebra, and probability.
Classroom idea: ask students to build two different rectangles with the same area, then use the canvas to explain why the product stays constant while the factors change.