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General Math
21st Century Problem Solving - Explore techniques and strategies for solving problems, and build a strong foundation of problem attack skills, with practice at this site.
Appetizers and Lessons for Mathematics - Lessons, tips and teaching help for a wide variety of topics. Lots of information but the web site is a little pesky to navigate.
Ask Dr. Math - Part of the Math Forum web site. Ask Dr. Math is a question and answer service for K-12 math students and their teachers. A searchable archive is available by level and topic, as well as summaries of Frequently Asked Questions (the Dr. Math FAQ).
Bamdad's Math Comics - This is a collection of some math related comics and cartoons I have collected or were sent to me through the years. They are displayed here for your enjoyment and educational use. Please excuse the poor quality of some. They are scans of old originals.
BasketMath - Is there a basketball fan in your class who needs practice with basic math functions? This site provides a collection of interactive math activities.
Brain Teasers - Whether you solve them at home or in the classroom, individually or as a group, you'll find our Brain Teasers both entertaining and mentally challenging. Each Wednesday evening we will provide you with one new Brain Teaser at each of three grade ranges. Solutions will be posted on the following Wednesday. So go ahead and try one of the puzzles below. Good luck, and have fun! From Houghton-Mifflin.
Calculators Online - They're not just for arithmetic anymore. This unique site provides an extensive index of more than six thousand calculators.
Centre for Innovation in Mathematics - The Centre, established in 1986, is a focus for research and curriculum development in Mathematics teaching and learning with the unifying aim of enhancing mathematical progress in schools and colleges. Try the dictionary of units or their links to other pages.
The Chance Database - If you plan on teaching a unit on probability and statistics, chances are you'll find lots of useful data and teaching tips at this site. Documents include a newsletter, articles, and a number of chance-related activities.
Circle of Light - the Mathematics of Rainbows - How are rainbows formed? Why do they only occur when the sun is behind the observer? If the sun is low on the horizon, at what angle in the sky should we expect to see a rainbow? This lab helps to answer these and other questions by examining a mathematical model of light passing through a water droplet.
Clever Games - Many of us have used logic and numbers to explain how to win a game, but mathematician Conway was not about to do something so ordinary. In this book he takes that idea and turns it inside out by showing how games can be used to describe numbers. Just play these games and try to win. As you understand the games and become expert at playing them, you will be building tools for understanding numbers and becoming an expert at playing with them.
Click on Bricks - You know how to do addition. The next step is to learn how to multiply. These pages will help you practice and learn your multiplication facts from 1 to 4. These pages use bricks to show arrays, and include 16 practice problems.
Cool Math - This fun, though eclectic Web site includes collections of activities for pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, and math/science.
Destination Math - A little slow to load, preview this site before purchasing. Destination MATH presents mathematical concepts and principles in an interactive format that allows for problem solving in the context of real-life scenarios. Every Destination Math course features online support, including lesson plans, student activities and correlations to state standards. Visit the online demo version of Destination Math now.
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Economics Textbook - There are a lot of introductory economics texts. Why write another? One reason is as obvious as your computer screen: this will be an experiment in the use of a new technology, the World-Wide Web, to present the basic text materials. There are things we can do with this technology that we cannot do with print. But there is a danger in this. As a teacher of economics, I don't want my students to focus on the technology and miss the economics! And I have sometimes seen that happen.
Enchanted Forest - PreK-4th grade students will enjoy the activities included in this attractive Web site. Many focus on developing math skills in elementary children. Simple interactive activities review concepts such as counting and reading graphs in a fun and lively way.
Financial Calculators - Centura has developed some easy-to-use calculators which help determine how much you can borrow, or how much you should invest for particular financial goals.
Flashcards for Kids - This program was established to help kids learn basic math skills while on the Internet. It was designed for K-12 schools to use and because it's simple, it can sometimes offer some complex equations. The page and the program were originally developed for a "tech day" at Tomas Rivera Elementary School in Riverside CA in 1997. We have added a number of functions since then and as time permits, more functions will be added to this basic program.
Fractal Lesson - Fractals incorporate geometry, language arts, and computer graphics. Learn how to make a fractal.
The Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes - This is a list of mathematical mistakes made over and over by advertisers, the media, reporters, politicians, activists, and in general many non-math people. These come from many sources, which will appear in parenthesis. I will try to find an actual example of each for learning purposes.
Good News Bears Stock Project - Welcome to the the Good News Bears Stock Market Project - an interdisciplinary project specifically designed for middle school students and teachers. This project revolves around an interactive stock market competition between classmates using real-time stock market data from the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Lessons from a variety of subject areas have been added for teacher convenience. These lessons and warm-up discussion topics are designed to give the student a better understanding of how the stock market is an integral part of their everyday life and future security.
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Graphing Calculator Activities - From Texas Instruments for middle school students.
Helping Your Child Learn Math - Helping Your Child Learn Math provides proven ideas and activities for families to help their children succeed in math. This booklet includes activities for families with elementary school-aged children. These activities use materials found inside your home and also make learning experiences out of everyday routines, such as grocery shopping and cooking. The activities are designed for you to have fun with your child while reinforcing mathematical skills.
History of Math - Maintained by David E. Joyce, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Clark University
History Of Mathematics - All you want to know about math including a Chronology, biographies of mathematicians, birthplace maps, even a famous curves index.
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles - This site links to a wide variety of interactive activity sites covering all topics of math instruction, including algebra, geometry, proofs, and technology.
Introduction to Probability - This site provides a clear, basic introduction or review tutorial of the principles of probability. Rules, examples and sample charts are given.
Kid Klok - Kid Klok is a great online activity to help kids learn to tell time. Enter a time that you would like to see and the clock will show that time.
KQED's Curricular Materials for Mathematics - Sponsored by the Center for Education and Lifelong Learning (CELL) from San Francisco's public broadcasting channel KQED, this K-12 site is divided into 3 sections: lessons, news, and math.
M&M Graphing and
Probability lesson - Charts and graphs are not only valuable
instruments for communicating data quickly and simply, they can be tools for
stimulating discussion, and aids in promoting mathematical thinking. Graphing
activities for elementary students should include more than fixed displays
of information. A hands-on, relevant lesson can be a successful way of teaching
concepts which students are more likely to retain. M&M Graphing And Probability
can be as simple as making a pictograph (1st and 2nd grades), or as involved
as predicting and determining probability (3rd-5th grades).
Math Archives - The following are Internet sites which contain significant collections of materials which can be used in the teaching of mathematics at the K-12 level.
Math Baseball - Sharpen math skills by entering the answer to the problem and hit the "Swing" button. If correct, you get a 'hit'. The computer will decide if the hit is a single, double, triple, or home run based on the difficulty of the problem.
Math Central - a meeting
place for math teachers with resource links and more.
The Math Forum Home Page - Check out the lesson page or click on a specific topic to see all resources. The Math Forum, an online community funded in part by the National Science Foundation and hosted by Swarthmore College, has been built with the contributions of math educators, interested volunteers, and online programming groups, including the Perl and Apache communities.
Math Goodies - Math Goodies is a free educational web site with more than 400 pages of free math activities and resources. This is an award-winning site that is visited daily by teachers from every continent..
Math Homework Help - For pre-algebra, algebra I & II, college algebra, geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus included dictionaries, links and more.
Math Mania
- The goal of this Web site is to present some of the more fascinating concepts
of higher mathematics in simple terms that young students understand.
Math Search - Do you need mathematical proof? MathSearch will query a collection of over 140,000 documents on English-language mathematics and statistics.
Math WebQuests - lots of WebQuests sorted by topic (grades K-12)
The Mathematics of Cartography - This site defines maps, gives a history of maps, describes how to make maps and what math skills you'll use to create maps.
Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries - Available here are accounts of the lives and works of seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians (and some other scientists), adapted from A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
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Mathmagic - MathMagic is a K-12 telecommunications project developed in El Paso, Texas by Alan A. Hodson. It provides strong motivation for students to use computer technology while increasing problem-solving strategies and communications skills. MathMagic posts challenges in each of four categories (k-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12) to trigger each registered team to pair up with another team and engage in a problem-solving dialog. When an agreement has been reached, one solution is posted for every pair.
Mathsnet - MathsNet combines the study of math, computers, and the Internet into one whopping package. Besides pages on logos, spreadsheets, and graphs, find specific educational software such as Excel, puzzles and problems to solve, and an ongoing math debate.
Maya Math - This site describes the Mayan number system. Instead of ten digits, the Maya used a base number of 20. Learn more here!
Maze Man - There's more than just mazes offered at this Web site. Improve vocabulary and math skills with a variety of puzzles. Word searches, number games, movie trivia, it's all here.
Mega Mathematics - From the Los Alamos National Laboratory, this site presents puzzle-like scenarios that provide a background for the presentation of many of the basic concepts in math.
The National Math Trail - The National Math Trail is an opportunity for K-12 teachers and students to discover and share the math that exists in their own environments. Students explore their communities and create one or more math problems that relate to what they find. Teachers submit the problems to the National Math Trail site, along with photos, drawings, sound recordings, videos--whatever can be adapted to the Internet. All submissions will be posted to the site during National Math Trail Week, May 15-19, 2000. After that, they will be indexed according to grade level and math topic and will remain on the site for access by educators, students and parents.
The Number in Today's Date - Head to this site each morning to receive interesting facts and figures surrounding today's date. In addition to the trivia, there are useful math problems and games for students to try.
Paint Estimator - Click on Ace Paint and then Ace Paint Estimator. Guess the perimeter of the room and the height of the walls. Enter the information onto this site and estimate how many gallons of paint it will take. Hit calculate and see if you are correct.
Paper Folding - Paper folding is a simple, novel, hands-on approach to mathematics. This site shows some sample uses of paper folding in the classroom. Try this useful way to teach fractions and tessellations.
PBS Mathline - Teacher-participants enroll through their local public television stations, and once online, they become members of a learning community coordinated by a facilitator. Videos and online materials to help students learn about probability and statistics.
The Permutation - A web ring of math sites
The Pizza Server - Purpose: Students will create their own pizza using choices of toppings. They will be able to "order" their creation from the Internet and see a digitalized version of their pizza. They will use their order to calculate the area of various size pizzas, determine the "better buy", & cost per topping. Students will also have to use research skills to answer questions pertaining to the Internet Pizza Server Home Page.
Probability Lesson -
Using colored golf balls students can practice the skills of probability.
This site, complete with lesson plans, will help even primary students get
involved with probability.
SchoolHouse Rock - Contains links to lyrics, viewing times, media files and more.
S.C.O.R.E. Mathematics Section - lesson plans, activities and more.
Statistics K-12 - If you are teaching a statistics course or unit, and you want to gear your lessons to satisfy the NCTM Standards, this site is a must!
Superkids Math Worksheet Creator - Have you ever wondered where to find math drill worksheets? Make your own here at SuperKids for free! Simply select the type of problem, the maximum and minimum numbers to be used in the problems, then click on the button! A worksheet will be created to your specifications, ready to be printed for use.
Symmetry and Pattern: About Oriental Rugs - The study of symmetry offers one approach to analyzing patterns in Oriental carpets. Through symmetry analysis we may identify areas of pattern that exhibit expected repetitions, and areas that vary from that expectation. This web site is a collaborative project of The Textile Museum and The Math Forum.
Tanagram Construction - You can make your own set of tangrams from a single piece of paper. Just follow the directions on this site, then try activities using area, or try making different polygons.
Tangram
Game - Need the Shockwave plugin. Ahoy! Cyberjacques presents this delightful
tangram game which allows children to virtually put a puzzle together. The
puzzle requires students to manipulate the shapes in their minds and then
use the keyboard to make the pieces fit.
Women Mathematicians
- Welcome to the web page for biographies of women in mathematics. These pages
are part of an on-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes
Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous achievements
of women in the field of mathematics. There are biographical essays or comments
on most of the women mathematicians and some photos.
WWW Virtual Library Math Links -
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Algebra, Geometry and Trig
Algebrator - Algebrator is a computer algebra system specifically designed to teach pre-college algebra. It is meant to be used by students as well as teachers.
Algebra Resources: NHPTV Knowledge Network - This site is a good place for algebra teachers to start mining the resources of the Web.
Geometry in Action - Real-world applications of the principles of geometry are the focus of this valuable Web site. Here you will find ways to apply geometry formulas and facts.
The Geometry Center - The Geometry Center is a mathematics research and education center at the University of Minnesota. The Center has a unified mathematics computing environment supporting math and computer science research, mathematical visualization, software development, application development, video animation production, and K-16 math education.
Geometry Junkyard - Teachers of geometry will love this collection of news, problems, programs, and other resources related to discrete and computational math.
Geometry and Spatial Sense lesson - Geometry helps students represent and describe, in an orderly manner, objects and their interrelationships in space. A strong sense of spatial relationships and competence in using the concepts and language of geometry can improve students’ understanding of numbers and measurement.
Introduction to Algebra - Lessons.
Linear Algebra Problems - Scroll down to the collection of 21 activities addresses the main concepts of advanced linear algebra. Each activity is prefaced with an abstract.
Mathematics with Alice - Alice stands for Active Learners' Internet-based Creative Educator. Click on The Pastures and then on a Rabbit Hole for interesting algebra problems.
SOS Mathematics - This site provides a wonderful resource for students and teachers of high school math. Separate pages for algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and Differential Equations are available.
SumFun - Students will really enjoy this helpful site. It is full of links to algebra, geometry, pre-calc, and calculus interactive tutorials. Don't miss the virtual lemonade stand or vineyard.
Societies and Organizations
American Mathematical Society - The American Mathematical Society was founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship. The Society currently has approximately 30,000 members throughout the United States and around the world. It fulfills its mission through programs that promote mathematical research, increase the awareness of the value of mathematics to society, and foster excellence in mathematics education.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics -With about 110 000 members, NCTM is the largest nonprofit professional association of mathematics educators in the world. NCTM offers vision, leadership, and avenues of communication for mathematics educators at the elementary school, middle school, high school, and college and university levels. NCTM provides professional development opportunities through annual, regional, and leadership conferences and publishes journals, books, videos, and software.
National Science Teachers Association -
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics - The organization of applied mathematicians and computational scientists,dedicated to enriching our profession through publications, conferences, activity groups, and programs since 1952.
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Math and Science
AIMS - AIMS began in 1981 as a project funded by the National Science Foundation at Fresno Pacific College. Eighty classroom teachers and the faculty explored the effectiveness of integrating mathematics and science in grades 5-8. Even though long recommended by thoughtful educators, very few meaningfully integrated materials existed at the time. The initial AIMS materials produced such positive results that a major curriculum research and development effort was launched to fill this void. The early success of AIMS in grades 5-9 quickly caught the attention of K-4 teachers and created a widespread demand for similarly integrated materials for their use. In response, AIMS was established as a permanent program to develop integrated math/science materials for K-9.
Eisenhower National Clearing House - The
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC)
is funded through a contract with the U. S. Department of Education to provide
K-12 teachers with a central source of information on mathematics and science
curriculum materials. ENC was established in 1992 at The Ohio State University
and is located in Columbus, Ohio.
Explorer - The ExplorerTM is a collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science education. You may browse through mathematics and science education curricula (we plan to expand to other curricula) or conduct searches that focus on specific interests. Many resources are available in the Adobe Acrobat format that is readable by Macintosh, Windows and other OSs. The Explorer is being developed jointly by the Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas UNITE group to involve educators and students in creating and using multimedia resources for active learning and "on time" delivery.
How far Is It? - This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.
The Hub - This Web site is tailor-made for math and science teachers grades K-12. It features lesson plans and pointers to other valuable Internet sites.
Internet Resources for Math and Science - Collected by Prof. T. C. O'Haver for the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation. Since 1995. Annual updating completed February 25, 2000.
Kids Did This - links to student projects online.
The Mad Scientist Network - This Ask-an-Expert site is designed to answer questions from any science domain (plus a little bit of math). Before you ask a question, be sure you have done some research. The Mad Scientists will not answer basic questions.
The Noble Channel - contains information
about the Nobel prize, Nobel Laureates and their achievements. The Learning
Studio contains lessons written by the Laureates.
OFCN's Academy Curricular Exchange - The Curriculum Exchange is an area where teachers can find a variety of lesson plans. The original group of 700 lesson plans came from the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops. These lessons were done by a consortium of teachers from 14 states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States, particularly the quality of math and science education. These lesson plans are available with permission from Big Sky Telegraph, which distributed these lesson plans.
Passport to Knowledge - PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE is an ongoing series of interactive learning experiences using space-age telecommunications to connect students and teachers directly with our planet's leading researchers. Its mission is to excite students about every kind of science, share with them content more current than found in textbooks, and inspire them to become lifelong learners...
Zoom Kids - Lots of ideas, lessons and more from the creators of the PBS series Zoom.
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