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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