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This web site has 10 free modules. The first seven are listed beginning
with Year 1: Understanding subtraction through Year 6: Square and cube
numbers. The last three are practice modules. They have explanations
of what needs to be taught, questions to ask, and worksheets.
http://www.numeracyhour.com/free.html
This is a wonderful website of lesson plans and activities for grades
K-8 for teachers and parents. It not only has math, but language
arts, social studies, science, and art.
http://www.eduplace.com/index.html
Original K-8 classroom activities and lesson plans for teachers and
parents that allows you to search for activities by both curriculum area
and grade level.
http://www.eduplace.com/search/activity.html
Our text suggests that we give our students problems and let them figure
out how to solve them, challenging them to explain what they did.
This site has a lot of problems that could be used in this way.
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
This site list is a curricular exchange from schools all over the U.S.
The lesson plans format are similar to what we're taught at AU. There
are only 32 math lesson plans, but it also has plans for language arts,
science, social studies, and misc.
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/
This site also has a variety of resources that would be helpful to
teachers and students both. There are places for students to ask
questions about math and for teachers to ask for suggestions on teaching
different things in math. There are also complete lessons and units
that can be used in the classroom.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/
Teachers' Place at the Math Forum provides Internet resources for lessons,
projects, and software to help in the math classroom. These pages also
provide many resources for communication with other teachers and links
to professional organizations.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/teachers/
Housed at Swarthmore, MathMagic is a K-12 telecommunications project
developed by Alan Hodson, a math teacher at Wiggs Middle School in El Paso
Independant School District. It is designed to motivate students to utilize
computer technology while increasing problem-solving strategies. Challenge
questions are posted to registered teams of students divided into four
grade levels (K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12). Paired teams use email and the
MathMagic listserv to communicate and present a single solution to to MathMagic
Listserv.
Subscription and Registration Information
Bibliography of Print Materials Which Reference
MathMagic
57 Links to Sites with Math References
Suggested Levels: K-12
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic/
In this page the teacher has made various lessons using internet resources.
The lesson has test, games, tutoring, software, activities and objectives.
Seems very useful to me.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/alejandre/index.html
This website is very useful because of the many lesson plans and ideas
that are available for teaching math. It contains lessons for grades
K-8 and high school.
http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/math.html
This website contains interesting and challenging math activities to
engage students in learning more about math. This site gives teachers
many creative ideas on how to get their students involved in math.
http://daniel.calpoly.edu/~dfrc/Robin/
Interactive Math Lessons With A Problem-Solving Approach!
http://www.mathgoodies.com/
A really fun site for kids, educators, and parents. Provides
a daily challenge for kids, plus a page revealing the solution. There's
a place for kids to e-mail Aunty Math and ask questions, and a spot where
parents and teachers can ask see how to extend or modify the challenges
to use in other settings. Fun for all ages!!
http://www.dcmrats.org/AuntyMath.html
This is one exceptional site. Much of it is
based on airplanes and aeronautics, but there are lots of diverse student
activities as well as a "teacher" resource spot. You can select "Links
to other pages" and go to another terrific site : http://forum.swarthmore.edu/
. There you will find NTCM math standards, unit and lesson plans,
as well as lots of great information and activities. Awesome site!
http://www.planemath.com/
This is an Internet sites which contain significant collections of
materials which can be used in the teaching of mathematics at the K-12
level whose materials have been organized into the following categories:
Lesson Plans
Software
Topics in Mathematics
Other
http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html
This page has quite a variety of resources from lesson plans to activities
to puzzles and problems to applications and lists of math organizations.
It pretty much covers anything a teacher could need. It looks like
a lot of the stuff here is really good quality, especially some of the
lesson plans and activities. Definately something a teacher could
use.
http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/math.html
A kindergarten to grade 12 mathematics education website
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/index.html
K-6 Math Sites for Everyday Use by Brett Allen
http://www.soita.esu.k12.oh.us/k6math.html
This page has nice video productions and graphics that can be used
to facilitate the learning of geometry.
http://www.geom.umn.edu/graphics/
This page is a good educational tool for a teacher. It gives
activities that students can work ( maybe after finishing an assignment)
on, while the other kids finish homework.. Kids can learn about what
keeps a kite in the air through question and answer games.
The student will receive imediate feedback on thier progress and learning.
http://www.planemath.com/activities/pmactivities4.html
I like this web site very much. It is not specifically for mathematics
but you can find a lot of mathematics information by typing "mathematics"
in the search box. I thought this web site was one of the best for
educators to use for resources and information. I really, really
enjoyed this web site.
http://www.education-world.com/
This website contains active "hands-on" lesson plans appropriate for
elementary grades. Lessons are divided by topics: topology, number
patterns, and geometry. Each lesson is an introduction to the topic
with no prior knowledge needed. This website is useful for teachers
when introducing students to the exciting world of topology, number patterns,
and geometry.
http://www.xmission.com/~dparker/mathpage/handson.html
This website will certainly change a math teacher's look of stressful
frustration into a smile! Containing a collection of almost 200 lessons,
teachers may click on this site for instructions, activities, and ideas
for their classroom. A variety of concepts are covered, such as,
probability and statistics, patterns and logic, practical and applied math,
and many more.
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/mathinde.html
Although small in number, the lessons on this website are of great
value! An alternate from the norm, these math lessons include accessing
the Internet for research and e-mail. Teachers may use this web site
for students with the "computer intelligence."
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/sboone/Lessons/lptitle.html
This is a directory style site consisting of annotated links to 37
mathematics sites ranging from "Fun With Numbers" to "A Brief History of
Algebra and Computing: an Eclectic Oxonian View". Each entry has clear
and consise annotations, and the software is divided into commercial and
freeware. Sites are grouped into six categories:
General Topics,
Geometry,
Fractals,
History of Mathematics,
Tables, Constants, and Definitions
Software for Mathematics
Suggested Grade Level: Professional, Grades 3-12
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/math.html
Mr. Pitonyak's Pyramid Page, how to estimate the size of a pyramid
http://wcvt.com/~tiggr/
Cynthia Lanius' Homepage -- an awesome page about math difficulties
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/
Mr. Vale's Math Classes -- an awesome way to keep in touch with
your math students
http://www.egusd.k12.ca.us/rutter/silver/math.htm
Mathematical Resources - a lot of great math resources for teachers
http://members.stratos.net/jetta/math1.html
Resources
for Students
This web page has a game on it, Fresh Baked Fractions, that some children
might find fun to play as they practice working with fractions (reducing
and finding equivalent fractions).
http://www.funbrain.com/
This web page is neat because it challenges the kids to explain how
they found thier solutions. I like the rationale for the page as
well. Each day has a new challenge for kids. Students can e-mail
thier answers and rationals in to "Aunty Math" and get a reply.
http://www.dcmrats.org/AuntyMath.html
I found this web site to be very helpful for any subject. But
for math, students can get help with any kind of problem they have by going
to this web site and clicking on math and then clicking on the kind of
help they need. Students will find tutors, help for any kind of math
problem, and activities to help them.
http://www.schoolwork.org
This site also has a variety of resources that would be helpful to
teachers and students both. There are places for students to ask
questions about math and for teachers to ask for suggestions on teaching
different things in math. There are also complete lessons and units
that can be used in the classroom.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/
At this web site you can find help for math from grades K through graduate
school in college. "Help for all ages!" They have a help site
called Dr. Math that can help students with any math problems by way of
communication. It has chat areas so that ids can talk
to other kids about math. It has games, hobbies and other cool sites
that similate a virtual field trip in the field of ath. It has Math
software to make math fun. It has a Reference shelf to help children
with their homework and to supply interesting math tips and facts.
Ultimately this site has it all for kids of all ages.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/students/
This is a web site developed to hlep students improve their math skills
interactively. It has a homework helper to help kids check their
homework, a games room filled with fun and exciting new games like Matho
and Hidden Picture, Test your skills with flashcards -- a great way for
children to learn their multiplication tables, and it has advanced problems
so that children can challenge themselves and be creative in the world
of math! You have got to visit this site!!!
This website has is a great interactive site for students to log on
and build their skills in math. There are variety of games used to
help the students learn math. This is for grades K-8.
http://www.aplusmath.com/
Hoop happenings is a website designed to help students excel in math
by way of communication. Talking and writing about mathematics can
foster a deeper understanding but sometimes students sometimes balk at
explaining their reasoning. Throughout this website children are
challenged to share their thiking with college students as they solve math
problems via the email. This site is filled with amazing stories
of how students working together towards a goal can achieve success!
It also provides students the oppurtunity to work through the internet
to grasp the concepts of math!
http://www.wested.org/tales/05hoop01.html
A really fun site for kids, educators, and parents. Provides
a daily challenge for kids, plus a page revealing the solution. There's
a place for kids to e-mail Aunty Math and ask questions, and a spot where
parents and teachers can ask see how to extend or modify the challenges
to use in other settings. Fun for all ages!!
http://www.dcmrats.org/AuntyMath.html
Specially designed for grade levels 5-12, this site provides brain
teasers and mathematical mindbogglers that are fun and interesting.
The site is divided by sections into the grade levels, so it's easy to
maneuver around, and each problem has a link to a hint and an answer to
save frustration. Great Site!!
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html
This is one exceptional site. Much of it is based
on airplanes and aeronautics, but there are lots of diverse student activities
as well as a "teacher" resource spot. You can select "Links to other pages"
and go to another terrific site : http://forum.swarthmore.edu/ .
There you will find NTCM math standards, unit and lesson plans, as well
as lots of great information and activities. Awesome site!
http://www.planemath.com/
This web site is similiar to some computer math games that I have seen.
This site could be used if students need additional practice in addition,
subtraction, multiplication, or division. I know that worksheets
aren't the best way to teach but sometimes certain students need additional
practice. They could use this web site saving the teacher the time
from making worksheets. It also saves on paper!
http://www.staffnet.com/hbogucki/aemes/apps/mmm/mmm.htm
http://www.gomath.com/
Mathematics
Education
This web site is very informative for teachers and students studying
to become teachers. There is much information about being a math
teacher, teaching K-4 math, and other areas that deal with math.
I kept this web site on file so that I could use it for reference.
I really think this is one of the best web sites I found for math teachers.
I went to Teacher Education and Professional Development to check it out
and it talks about NCATE here, ideas for teaching math K-4, and other things
to help math teachers.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathed/
I liked this web site because it focused on female "heroes" in mathmatics.
This could be a neat way to highlight the involvement of women in math.
It would provide positive role models for girls who think that math is
all for guys. It is also great for connecting history and math.
This homepage could help a teacher make mathematics seem more real.
This site tells about several famous women mathematicians. It
might help persuade girls that they can do math too!
Larry Riddle, a member of the mathematics department at Agnes Scott
College in Atlanta, Georgia, has students researching and writing biographies
which portray the achievements of women in the field of mathematics. Access
is both alphabetical and chronological. Although most entries have brief
citations, there are only a few completed biographies with photos. However,
this is a site which is organized to grow through contributions of on going
student projects and additional materials from other sources. Other resources
maintained at this site include:
Links to Other Resources on Women Mathematicians
Bibliographies about Women in Science and
Technology
Organizations Promoting Women in Math, Science,
and Technology
Suggested Grade Level: Professional, Grades 6-12
http://www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
This site gives a history of mathematics by subject (such as numerals,
counting, algebra, geometra, arithematic, probability & statistics,
etc.)
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/subjects.html
This site contains interesting trivia about certain mathematical constants
(such as pi, e, etc.)
http://www.acm.cps.msu.edu/~spiveyed/Numbers.html
This web site has many different options. It provides activities
in different areas of math, along with a rationale, and how it meets the
NCTM standards. It includes lists of materials, vocabulary, ways
to evaulate, and ideas for further study. Definately worth looking
at!
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/welcome.html