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Enchanted
Mind — Tangram Java Puzzle
http://enchantedmind.com/tangram/tangram.htm
This is a great interactive puzzle, if
you have a Java-enabled browser. Enchanted Mind has other "ponderable
puzzles." Their site is devoted to creativity and includes
much on the science of creativity.
The Puzzle Factory
http://www.thepuzzlefactory.com
This site has a few tangrams among other
types of puzzles. It does require a Flash plug-in, but you can
downlad it for free.
Randy's Tangram Page
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/1335/
The site of a true Tangram hobbyist,
it includes good history info, instructions for making a set,
many figures to try (promises a new one each week), great links
page (mostly annotated, with a number that we don't list.)
Tangram
Digital — "Unser Spiel des Jahres"
http://194.8.217.203/
If you're brave or your German is very
good, check out this interactive Tangram game. Available for
"Ein" or "Zwei Spieler" — but the two-player
version shifts you to a "Chat-Bereich" online to wait
for a second player.
Tangram Tutorial from Advanced Reasoning,
Inc.
http://www.uconect.net/~advreason/tantutor.htm
A tangram tutorial which includes a mathematical
introduction to tangrams for teachers or older students. This
site has a great annotated book list at http://www.uconect.net/~advreason/tanbibl.htm
Tangrams
http://www.teleport.com/~sgc/tangrams.htm
Tangram patterns and games, including
shareware for a tangram based game called "Patterns."
Tangrams (Mac based)
http://hackersoftware.com/tangrams
For Mac users, a program that includes
100s of puzzles, with the ability to flip, rotate and drag tiles
to create new puzzles. (Since we're PC based, we couldn't check
this one out, but it seems comparable to the German site Tangram
Digital.)
Tessellations,
Puzzle, Prints & More
http://www.tessellations.com
A source for foam rubber tangram sets.
Also features puzzles based on repeating shapes (Escher- like).
Site is hard to read, but the information is useful.
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