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Mathematics
"The right angle
to approach a difficult problem is the 'try-angle'" - Anonymous
A+ Math: http://aplusmath.com/
AAA Math: http:/www.aaamath.com
You can choose by grade level or topic. Activities are in a game like
format with explanation of the mathconcept on the page before the game.
Adding Integers: http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ma8716.html
All About Ratios: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/proportions/index.html
allmath.com: http://allmath.com
Announcing the Sky: http://webexhibits.org/calendars/
"Explore how we organize our lives in accordance with the sun and moon."
Ant Parade Counting Books: http://www.cleverisland.com/calendar/ant_parade.asp
These colorful, printable pages support counting
with ants. Students will fold and assemble their own mini-book to take
home.
Bambad's Math Comics: http://www.csun.edu/~hcmth014/comics.html
This isn't your traditional research and reference Web site! Its collection
of humorous math-related newspaper comic strips will certainly inject
light-heartedness into this methodic subject. The strips are categorized
by specific themes and are printer-friendly so you can make copies for
the whole class.
Brain Teasers: http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/
Bug Dominoes: http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag43.html
Using this printable game, preschool students are
each given five dominoes. They will take turns matching the number of
bugs, thereby reinforcing counting skills.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing - U.S. Department of Treasury: http://www.bep.treas.gov/
Information about paper money, plus games in the kid's area, including
spotting real vs. fake bills.
Calculus: http://www.ies.co.jp/math/products/calc/menu.html
Grades: 11 - Post-secondary
A calculus extravaganza! Explore the Big 3 (derivatives, limits, and integrals)
through a plethora of interactive applets and concise definitions. To
run the applets, you will need a java-capable
browser.
Calculus On the Web: http://www.math.temple.edu/%7Ecow/
COW is an internet utility for learning and practicing calculus. It was
designed at Temple by two members of the Temple University Mathematics
Department, Gerardo Mendoza and Dan Reich. The principal purpose of COW
is to provide the user with the opportunity to learn and practice problems
in calculus (and in the future other topics in mathematics) in a friendly
environment via the internet. The most important feature of the COW is
that you get to know whether your answer is correct almost immediately.
It is as if you had a tutor looking over your shoulder and helping you
along as you work. This will be true no matter where you are or what computer
you use, as long as it is connected to the internet and has a web browser.
Calendars Through the Ages: http://webexhibits.org/calendars/
This is a content-rich site with information about the history of calendars,
the various calendars in use and not in use, and much more.
Cash Puzzler: http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/pop/games/p_puzzler.html
Preschool and early elementary students can complete a simple puzzle featuring
a dollar or other bill. Success is rewarded with some quick facts about
the people featured on the bill.
Checking Account: http://www.harcourtschool.com/teacher_resources/math/grade_05/g5_checking.html
City Math:
Have students create a city. Some students are assigned the responsibility
of creating the natural features like lakes, hills, and rivers by placing
construction paper where they are located. Others design roads, bridges,
and consider the use of other modes of transportation. Some work on the
development of the business areas, while still others design needed municipal
services, recreational areas, and housing. At home, the students create
a 3-D building or facility to place in the town. After the city has been
created, students provide a written mathematical description
of the building they designed. They can use geometric descriptions
using area, perimeter, volume, angles, measurements of distances, etc.
They can also explain the placement of the buildings,
modes of transportation and how they impact development, and other issues
cities grapple with as they develop.
Click on Bricks: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3896/index2.htm
This Web site
helps teach basic multiplication skills in a fun and interactive way. Click
on the Instructional Page for a simple explanation of what multiplication
is and how it works.
Connect The Dots: http://www4.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/dots.cgi?A1=s&A2=0&A4=0&INSTRUCTS=1
Preschool students practice
their alphabet online, with this dot-to-dot sequence. Children must
use the mouse to click on the correct alphabet sequence to see the picture
drawn.
Constructing Geometrical Forms: Construct
large models out of tightly rolled newspaper struts. The struts must be
clipped at the ends where there are weakest and it's best to use full
format newspapers and roll them tightly from corner to corner. Use masking
tape to make the connections. You can construct tetrahedral
prisms and 3-D Sierpinski prisms up to eight feet high. Making measurements
of height, slant height and base area is a challenging and interesting
problem that makes the study of surface area and volume more of an active
concrete exercise.
Convert Me: http://www.convert-me.com/en/
Convert Me has "interactive calculators
for many measurement systems both commonly used like metric and U.S. Avoirdupois
and quite exotic like Ancient Greek and Roman." These calculators
allow you to specify significant figures (which determines how much rounding
is done). To use, first select the type of unit such as Weight and Mass,
or Distance and Length. Enter the measurement you want to convert from
(such as 1.5 pounds) and click Convert. You'll get the conversion in all
available units, such as .68 kilograms, 18 Chinese taels and 53 old Russian
lots.
Coolmath4kids: http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
CoolMath: http://www.coolmath.com/
The Counting Story: http://www.magickeys.com/books/count/index.html
Young children love animated stories, and this site
provides one online--reading a story about pink bunnies, counting them,
and watching them hop around and doing various other animal antics.
Create a Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
The National Center for Education Statistics created
this online tool so that anyone can make an area, bar, pie or line graph
and print it out or download the image to a computer or disk. Older students
can benefit from the link that shows how graphs can be used in probability.
Younger students will quickly learn the difference between the left X
and Y axis when they need to create their own line graphs.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School,
College, Adult/Professional
Content Area: Mathematics (Measurement), Mathematics (Statistics and Probability)
Division Family:
Daddy = 1. Divide.
Mommy= 2. Multiply
Sister= 3. Subtract
Brother= 4. Bring down
Dollar Dragon: http://www.banksite.com/kidscorner/homepage.htm
BankSite presents this animated (Flash-based) dragon who helps elementary-aged
children learn about checking, savings, bonds, budgets and ATMs. While
the text is extensive at times, the information is nicely detailed and
the animations may keep your students interested. Not for nonreaders.
Dositey: Telling Time: http://www.dositey.com/2008/index-page-home.php
Telling Time is a collection of twenty-one free printable worksheets organized
into learning hours, half-hours, minutes, quarter to, and quarter after.
Dositey also sells a Telling Time mini-course, and offers the first unit
(Hours) as a free demo. Turn on your speakers because Robbie the Rabbit
shows you how to read and set time on the hour.
Economic Connections - Educational services promoting economic and personal
finance literacy: http://my.voyager.net/~econnect/individual.html
Ed's Bank: http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/pop/games/p_ed_bank.html
Ed's Bank is a site that combines the development of mouse skills with
practice identifying coin values. Students click and drag moving coins
to Ed's piggy bank for 60 seconds. The money students are able to put
in Ed's bank can then be used by students to go shopping. Students watch
Ed's quirky reactions as he makes his purchases.
EeEdWeb: http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/K-12/home.cfm
Elementary School Teachers' Place - 3rd-5th Grades: http://forum.swarthmore.edu/teachers/elem/3-5/
Everything you need for your math classroom is gathered on this easy-to-use
Web site. Find ideas and resources for teaching math, lesson plans, puzzles,
suggested links, and even reviews of educational software. Be sure to
visit the lesson plan links.
ENC (Eisenhower National Clearinghouse): http://www.goenc.com/
ENC is a K-12 math and science teacher center.
Family Math Day: http://mathforum.com/~sarah/shapiro/shapiro.family.math.html
Plan your own family Math Night to get parents involved
in cooperative math learning activities. This site will provide plenty
of direction and ideas.
Feed the Pig for Tweens: http://tweens.feedthepig.org/tweens/
This is a hands-on financial literacy program for grades 4-6, developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Ad Council.
Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section: http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html
Figure This!: http://www.figurethis.org/
Find the Missing Numbers Printable: http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag57.html
Students will cut and paste bottom row numbers to
fill in the missing places in this printable hundred chart.
Florida Council on Economic Education: http://www.fcee.org/default2.aspx
Fractions: http://www.aaamath.com/fra.html
Franklin Institute: A Matter of Time: http://sln.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/contents.html
With lesson plans, printable worksheets, and interactive quizzes, Franklin
Institute's A Matter of Time has something for everyone. The quizzes cover
both reading a clock face and "Telling Time in Different Ways,"
such as "35 minutes to 12." The printable pages include clocks
(with and without numbers), activities ("Draw the hand on the clock")
and flash cards (called concentration cards) to practice with.
FunBrain Numbers: http://www.funbrain.com/numbers.html
Seventeen original games based on baseball, soccer, car racing and
other fun things, including Cookie Dough (learn to spell numbers up to
10,000 and don't forget that compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine
use a dash), Change Maker (in four different currencies) and Tic-Tac-Toe
Squares (not your usual Tic-Tac-Toe.)
Geometric Architecture: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathArtGeometricArchitectureDeveloping46.htm
After learning about different architectural styles
around the world, 4th and 5th grade students will design and create their
own architecture, using only geometrical shapes for building.
Geometric Shapes: http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ma9612.html
Second grade students will be able to identify a
wide variety of geometric shapes through this team competition with magnetic
boards and cards. Let your students first help to create the cards in
order to reinforce the different shapes.
Geometric Terms: http://www.quia.com/jg/65535.html
Four different applications reinforce geometry concepts
by matching terms to the geometric shape, or with flashcards, wordsearches,
or concentration games.
Geometry Center: http://www.scienceu.com/geometry/
Grade Level: 3-12+
Content: Online Interactive Geometry Activities, Articles,
Patterns and tilings is one area of geometry that is a lot of fun.
At this website you can learn all about patterns and tilings as well as
try out their interactive tiling activities. Did you know that if you
bend a triangular tile you can then use that form to make a polyhedron
of some kind? There is also information here about fractals and
an interactive fractal maker.
Geometry Online: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Geom/
Here is a great resource for exploring geometry
in the classroom. Find lesson plans for hidden irrationals and polygons,
school bus geometry, and volume, along with a quiz modeled after SAT exams,
TEKS and NCTM standards, the history of geometry, and more.
The Goodreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science: http://www.mathmuseum.org
The Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science seeks to promote
and encourage interest in mathematics for everyone, regardless of age
or mathematical background.
Graphing Headshots
Take black and white headshots of
each student, sized it to a quarter page with a box frame around it ...
then added a blank box beside it (the same size as the framed picture).
This would take up the top half of the page. Repeat the process with another
student's headshot and empty box below that first one. Then cut the page
in half giving each student their own headshot and blank box on the half-sheet.
The students then draw 1/2 - 1in. gridlines in pencil on both the headshot
and the empty box next to the headshot. They label the gridlines as 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, etc., going each direction. They try to duplicate their pictures
by drawing only what they see in each box.
The Grey Labyrinth: http://www.greylabyrinth.com/
Helping Your Child Learn Math: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/
Prepare for the upcoming school year by either printing
off relevant parts of this manual of ideas for the school-home connection,
or pointing your parents directly to the site.
High School Teachers' Place: http://forum.swarthmore.edu/teachers/high/
Improve your classroom teaching with the links and lessons on this site,
or improve your teaching techniques by browsing the list of "Career"
resources.
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles: http://www.cut-the-knot.com/content.html
Using graphics and Java intensively, this site offers up a variety of
puzzles in geometry, algebra, basic math, and probability for middle-
and high-schoolers. Each puzzle starts with a mathematical tenet and then
asks students to solve the puzzle using that principle. The site has enough
variety that kids will feel challenged and entertained by the math found
here.
The Interactivities Forum's Resource Site: http://www.interactivestuff.org/
In the Interactive Arcade there is "A new Mathematical interactivity each day."
Integer Cards
1)Pick your teams and chose one person to be dealer. (ex. 5 teams of 4
but teams do not have to be even.
2) Make target cards for each group. The target cards have a number from
-20 to +20 on them. One number per card.
3)Red cards are negative and black cards are positive. Aces=1, Jacks =
10, queens = 11, and kings = 12. All other cards are the value shown (2=2
etc)
4) Each player gets 2 cards from the dealer. The dealer also takes the
top card off the target card for the card the players are aiming for.
5) Players take turns trying to make their 2 cards equal the target card.
They may add or subtract to reach it. They must use both cards to reach
the target #. (This eliminates the player who has a red 7
and the target is -7) The first player to reach the target # wins a point.
The dealer must figure each "correct answer" out to ensure it
is correct. Cards are shuffled and play continues.
Interactive Mathematics: http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/category_g_4_t_3.html
for grades 9-12
Integers: http://www.mathleague.com/help/integers/integers.htm
Integers: http://www.edhelper.com/integers.htm
Investing for Kids: http://library.thinkquest.org/3096/index.htm?tqskip=1
This Web site is designed by kids for kids. It examines stocks, bonds,
mutual funds and the like. It teaches the principles of saving and investing.
It also includes a stock game.
Fleet Kids has a simulation called "Buy Lo/Sell Hi" that you
may find helpful. http://www.fleetkids.com/
Sovereign Bank explains where our money is made,
why we have money (versus bartering), saving, interest, checking, and
ATMs. Both a Java and a Non-Java version are available. Most third graders
could read this site for themselves, but readers below that level will
need help. http://www.kidsbank.com/
Investing for Your Future - a free course from Rutgers
University: http://www.investing.rutgers.edu/
It All Adds Up: http://www.italladdsup.org/
Five modules for teenagers: 1) Getting and Using a Credit Card, 2) Buying
a Car, 3) Budget Odyssey, 4) Saving and Investing Blitz and 5) You're
Going to College. An online teacher guide provides a summary of concepts
and objectives.
Judy e-Clock: http://www.mrmyers.org/Math_Mania/Math_Games/Jude_e-Clock/clock.htm
Jump Start Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy: http://www.jumpstartcoalition.org/
The Jump Start Coalition is an organization dedicated to teaching students
money management, saving and investing and proper use of credit.
Just a Usual Day at Unusual School: http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/workbk/logic/logic.html
Here's an inventive way to teach your students about logic. The site offers
the script for a play in which
some students lie all the time, while others tell the truth. The lead
character has to use logic to determine whether the others are speaking
to him truthfully. The site also offers definitions, background information,
and more.
Kids & Money: http://www.familyeducation.com/subchannel/0,2794,65-189,00.html
The Learning Network presents a set of links and activities for teaching
kids about banking and finance, including Understanding Money, Allowances
and Chores and School-Related Finances. There's also a set of online calculators
that help students to figure out budgets, savings and interest rates.
Kid's Consumer Corner: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3643/
In the past, fiscal responsibility for kids meant making decisions to
spend their allowances on comics or bubble gum. Now kids are some of the
market's most important consumers and their fiscal responsibilities appear
to be greater than ever. Have your students study up on basic calculations
along with lessons on consumer prudence by visiting this hands-on site.
Kidz! Zone: Create a Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
Helps students create their own graphs & charts. This online tool
can be used to make 5 kinds of charts & graphs: bar, line,
area, pie, and XY.
Kidz'Zone: Dare to Compare:
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp?flash=true
Compare how you do with students nationally and from around the world.
Learn Online: Count Us In: http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/games/game8.htm
This site it has 15 different games designed to
help younger children understand basic number concepts.
Life Skills for Vocational Success at: http://www.workshopsinc.com/manual/Ch4L3.html
Long Division with Remainders: http://www.mathsisfun.com/long_division2.html
This site shows step-by-step explanation of long division. The page
is a bit wide so you'll probably need to scroll left to right to see the
whole thing. In addition to this illustrated example of long division
with remainders, there are two more pages on division (look for the links
at the bottom of the page.) The first is an explanation of long division
without remainders, and the second is an explanation of long division
with decimal places in the quotient
M&M'S Candy Color Counting Chart: http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/printables/
m&mschart.pdf
Introduce your students to bar graphs with this
printable math chart for early learning. First distribute M&M's to
your students, then collect the data for how many of each color each student
has received. Graph the results so students can visualize the numbers
involved.
Magic Squares: http://mathforum.org/alejandre/magic.square.html
Discover just what makes a square "magic",
travel around the world and through history learning about the different
magic squares, and then have your students explore further magic square
activities.
Make a Living Graph: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/graph.html
Math.com: http://math.com
"The world of math on-line"
Math2.org: http://www.math2.org/
Students who need a quick math reference, rather than a detailed explanation,
will find all sorts of help here. The sections, ranging from general math to
linear algebra to calculus, define terms, provide formulas and offer graphs
or drawing where applicable. This makes it easy to brush up on the formula for
determining the circumference of a circle, convert fractions to decimals and
prove calculus theorems. A message board, suggested books and software, and
links are also available.
Math Advantage: http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math_advantage.html
Although Math Advantage is a supplement to the K-8 textbooks from Harcourt
School Publishers, it can still be enjoyed by students and teachers who
don't use these textbooks. Select the grade level you teach, and you'll
find interactive Shockwave puzzles and activities that help drill basic
math concepts, such as fractions, algebra, and simple geometry.
Math Baseball: http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
From FunBrain.com
Mathbiz.com: http://www.mathbiz.com/
Math Cats - Fun Math for Kids: http://www.mathcats.com/
Math Counts: http://www.mathcounts.org/
A coaching and competition program for middle school students nationwide.
Math Fact Cafe: http://www.mathfactcafe.com/
Use the pre-generated math fact sheets for grades 1 - 4 or create and
modify your own practice sheets online. There are also self-correcting
online flashcards.
Math for Morons Like Us: http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/home.html
This good-natured site simplifies math concepts that may be confusing
to many students. Handling topics from pre-algebra to calculus, this interactive
ThinkQuest Web site makes math less intimidating and more interesting.
Math Forum-Exploring Data: http://mathforum.org/workshops/usi/dataproject/index.html
Math Goodies: http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/
A collection of interactive lessons on subjects such as statistics, pre-algebra, probability,
and more. This site makes math fun and meaningful for students by connecting
it to the real world. You'll find puzzles, a calculator, worksheets, and
a newsletter.
Math Hunt: http://teacher.scholastic.com/mathhunt/index.asp
Practice problem-solving skills from the 5-8 math curriculum and explore
topics from the 5-8 science and social studies curriculum.
Math in Daily Life: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/
Math is indeed applicable to daily life, and kids can learn that here.
Students can investigate a number of topics, including how interest relates
to mortgages; the connection between geometry and interior design; ratios
and cooking; and how exponents are used to calculate population growth.
Maths is fun: http://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm
Math League: http://www.mathleague.com/
Math League contests are available for grades 4 through High School. Challenging,
interesting problems make learning math fun!
Math Mania: http://www.mrmyers.org/Math_Mania/math.html
Math Program: http://www.freewebs.com/mr_thompson/Mathprogram.html
This is an interactive program for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and
dividing positive and negative intergers.
Math Resources by Subject: http://forum.swarthmore.edu/math.topics.html
This comprehensive resource serves K-12 students, as well as college and
graduate students. For middle schoolers topics include basic arithmetic
and algebra. Both concepts are broken down into sections on classroom
materials, software, Internet projects, and public forums. The problems
and puzzles, sent in by teachers, include logic games as well as curious
concepts like cryptarithms. One highlight of this site is the breadth
of other Internet and real-world resources it cites. Boasting a comprehensive list of resources for K through 12 math topics,
this site covers everything from arithmetic to calculus. The clean design
helps teachers find good links to relevant sites. The site also includes
software and shareware downloads for a fuller teaching experience, as
well as links to interesting Internet projects. Teachers will find the
problems and puzzles useful in class planning.
Math Rubric: http://www.exemplars.com/pdfs/math_rubric.pdf
Unlike most rubrics that use a 1-4 scoring system, this one names the
levels as novice, apprentice, practitioner and expert.
Math Steps: http://www.eduplace.com/math/mathsteps/index.html
This well-organized, clean site by Houghton Mifflin offers math lessons for each grade level
up through high school. Fifth graders, for instance, can study area and
prime factors, while sixth graders learn about proportions and pi, and
seventh graders tackle the Pythagorean theory. Teachers can read a quick
refresher statement for a cheat sheet with the types of questions students
are bound to ask about the concept.
MathStories.com: Math for Internet Generation: MathStories.com
Math Teacher Link: http://MTL.math.uiuc.edu/
The purpose of this site is to offer professional development and classroom
resources to math teachers. The twelve course modules offered, covering
topics from algebra to statistics to calculus, enable teachers to earn
credit from the University of Illinois. The noncredit units include lessons on using computers in the classroom and
writing HTML. Although the math content on the site is generally for post-middle
schoolers, the curriculum suggestions, as well as the quirky topics ("facts
on primes") and puzzles, will be useful for a teacher of any age
group.
MathTools: http://mathforum.org/mathtools/
Math Tutor: Integers http://www.squidoo.com/integers/
Would your students benefit from some extra integer activities? This Squidoo page offers sites and videos that
can help students integrate integers into their learning.
MathWork: Online Worksheet Generator: http://www.scottbryce.com/mathwork/
Math Worksheets: http://www.worksheets4teachers.com/mathsheets.php
Math2.org: http://www.math2.org/
Students who need a quick math reference, rather than a detailed explanation,
will find all sorts of help here. The sections, ranging from general math
to linear algebra to calculus, define terms, provide formulas and offer
graphs or drawing where applicable. This makes it easy to brush up on
the formula for determining the circumference of a circle, convert fractions
to decimals and prove calculus theorems. A message board, suggested books
and software, and links are also available.
Mathematic Sources: http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/chs/media/math.htm
Mathematics: http://kidsmath.about.com/
About.com's Guide to Mathematics provides a plethora of
math related activities and resources.
Mathematics History: http://library.thinkquest.org/22584/
This South Korean student ThinkQuest project recounts an extensive history
of mathematics. The excellent site includes, among other items, biographical
information about a number of important mathematicians.
Mathematics Lessons That Are Fun! Fun! Fun!: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/
Mathematics with Alice: http://library.thinkquest.org/10977/
As this site claims, some students simply can't grasp tricky math concepts
because most textbooks are too dry to capture their interest. Mathematics
with Alice -- in Wonderland, that is -- takes the storybook approach to
teaching kids how math works. As in the Lewis Carroll story, your students
must embark on a learning quest by jumping into a rabbit hole, where the
lesson, told in the form of a story, promptly begins.
Mathematicians: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Day_files/Now.html
Lists mathematicians who were born or died on the current day in history. Archives
allow students to find other dates of birth and death of mathematicians.
This site also tells why the mathematicians are remembered.
MathMol K-12 Activity Page: http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/K_12.html
Incorporating high-end components, including Javascript and frames, this
site takes a very complicated topic -- molecular modeling -- and breaks
it down into simpler parts. Using very clear language, the site starts
with the necessary basics, including definitions of mass, density, element,
and compound, as well as an explanation of scientific notation. Students
can look at detailed visualizations of an atom or the structure of water.
Above all, the excellent models and the high-quality lessons will definitely
inspire kids to learn more about math and science.
The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
Measurement: http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/edu_act/measure.html
Measurement & Estimation Activities:
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/math/measurement/
Medieval Adventure in Problem-Solving: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4471/
A Thinkquest Jr. Web site.
Megaconverter2: http://www.megaconverter.com/
Noah's ark was 300 cubits long. Curious what that means
in American feet? (Exactly 436.5.) Or in ancient Persion chebels? (Precisely
6.32609.) No matter how obscure the unit of measurement, either the Megaconverter
Originial or the Megaconverter2 engine can translate it into numbers you'll understand.
Mega-Mathematics: http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/
Metric Estimation Game: http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1275.html
Metric Mania Lessons: http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classmetric.html
Middle School Teachers' Place: http://forum.swarthmore.edu/teachers/middle/
Visit this site to find ideas and links for your students and tips and
advice for your teaching.
Mini-Me's: For Ratios & Proportions
Each student makes a scale drawing of him/herself. It involves measurement,
ratios, and proportions and an explanations of why the faces are distorted.
The students dress their mini-me's just like themselves when they present
their projects to the class.
Money Math - Lessons for Life: ftp://ftp.publicdebt.treas.gov/marmmath.pdf
Multimedia Math Glossary: http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math/
Harcourt Brace's online Math Glossary makes it easy for math teachers
looking to use the Internet for intensive math activities. Used in conjunction
with math-themed programs, the Math Glossary is an essential complement
with its concise definitions and animated demonstrations. Organized
by grade level, the Math Glossary's interface is extremely easy for students
and teachers to use.
www.multiplication.com: http://multiplication.com/
Mr. Rogers' Factory Tours: http://pbskids.org/rogers/R_house/
View videos and pictures that show the production process for items of
special interest to children--useful in helping young students sequence
the making of a good.
Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies: http://www.mathgoodies.com/
This site has many interactive math lessons, homework help, worksheets,
puzzles, message boards, and many other resources.
National Math Trails: http://www.nationalmathtrail.org/
Nick's Mathematical Puzzles: http://www.qbyte.org/puzzles/
The puzzles "range over geometry, probability, number theory, algebra,
calculus, and logic. All require a certain ingenuity, but usually only
pre-college math... Explaining how an answer is arrived at is more important
than the answer itself. To this end, hints, answers, and fully worked
solutions are provided, as well as links to relevant mathematical topics."
No Matter What Shape Your Fractions Are In: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/
Online fun and learning geometry too--that's the
basis for the activities available at this site, where students will employ
critical thinking skills to decipher shapes, determine relations between
shapes, and then experiment with them.
Number Coloring: http://www.lil-fingers.com/coloring/numbers.html
Happy faces decorate these number pages, where preschoolers
can match up the number of happy faces with the numeral. Print out enough
copies for each student to create his or her own counting book to color.
Numbertime: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/
Grades: Pre-kindergarten - 2
Off to Interactive Island: http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM178&page=teacher
This activity provides a fun way to explore concept of economic decision
making. In the lesson, students are given a limited number of "tokens"
and asked to exchange those tokens for goods in preparation for pioneering
in a new land. They are then asked to identify what they have left behind
and give reasons for their choices. Finally, they are asked to identify
the costs and benefits and the opportunity costs of their choices.
The Online Math Tests Homepage: http://mathonline.missouri.edu/
A University of Missouri Web site can help students prepare for college math courses and school math competitions as well as the SATs and ACTs. Developed by a Missouri professor, it provides free tests students can use for practice and teachers can use for evaluation. The sit provides interactive tests in high school geometry, algebra and trigonometry, as well as placement exams in first-year calculus and college algebra.
Paper Clip Circle
Young students can draw a perfect circle with pencils and paper clips.
Connect a number of paper clips together (depending on the size of the
circle you want to make) and place one end of the "paper clip string"
under a pencil point. Keep that pencil stationary and place the other
pencil point on the other end of the paper clip string, make a straight
line, and draw your circle.
Paper Models of Polyhedra: http://www.korthalsaltes.com/index.html
Patterns: One, Two, Three
To introduce students to patterning, first staple a large blank calendar
to a bulletin board. Draw or copy three different calendar pieces
for each month, for example., in October you might use pumpkins, cats,
and bats. Duplicate enough of each item to repeat the pattern throughout
the entire month. Choose a sequence - for example, using October's
calendar pieces; pumpkin-pumpkin-cat-cat-cat-bat, and so on.
Staple an envelope for each type of piece next to the calendar, within
reach of students. Using additional calendar pieces, make a border
for your calendar that matches the chosen pattern. Each day, invite
a calendar helper to attach the appropriate piece to the calendar.
Using the border as a guide, students will begin to predict the pattern.
Use more complex patterns as children's skills improve. To teach
skip counting in multiplication, you can use red apples, green apples,
and apple baskets for you calendar pieces. Write the odd numbers
from 1 to 29 on red apples and the even numbers from 2 to 30 on green
apples. Write the multiples of 5 (5, 10, 15, 20. 25,30) on the six
apple baskets. Every day, ask a student to place the appropriate
odd or even apple on the calendar date. Every fifth day, a student
should place an apple basket on top of, but not completely covering, the
apple for that day. Explain that each basket represents a multiple
of five. If the preceding four apples were also in the basket, each
basket would contain five apples. Soon, students should be able
to skip-count by fives from basket to basket. You can also have
children skip-count by twos using the green apples. If you like,
add a colorful border of red apples, green apples, and apple baskets around
the calendar before the month begins in order to reinforce the pattern.
You can use the same calendar to teach multiplication equations.
Invite a student to write a multiplication equation directly on a green
apple or an apple basket. For example, 1x5=5 would appear on the
first basket, 2x5=10 on the second basket, and so on. Again,
you may wish to add a border showing the exact pattern that should appear
on the calendar. To reinforce your patterning, skip counting, or
multiplication lessons, you can also use individual 81/2" x 11"
blank calendars for students to mark on a daily basis, mimicking the same
pattern as that on the large classroom calendar. Direct children
to draw the patterns they see or to write the appropriate equation for
the day, such as those that appear on the apple baskets, on these individual
calendars. By having younger students practice patterns daily, you
can reinforce sequencing, skip counting, and multiplication skills in
an appealing, visual way.
Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics: http://www.pctm.org/
At this site, Math Links takes you to many math related games, lessons,
puzzles.
Percentage lesson for middle school students:
Have students bring their favorite magazines from home, and provide a
few as well. Start the lesson by talking about fractions....1/2 of a page,
¼ of a page, etc. Working with a partner, students start at the
beginning of their magazine and record on a tally chart the number of
ads in the magazine. They then calculate the percentage of ads in their
magazine (89.5 pages of ads out of 120 pages). It's a real eye opener
for the students to learn that most of their magazines have more than
50% advertising. Record the percentages on a big chart paper and the students
select ten magazines to highlight in a bar graph........they must show
the amount of advertising in the various magazines in ascending or descending
order.......using a computer program such as Excel or Quattro Pro.
Place value lessons for fourth grade
Make 4 boxes (open on top)
labeled 1's, 10's, 100's, 1000's...give children each 12 pennies and have
them toss pennies into open boxes...then take out pennies in 1000's box
and count how many..(i.e. 6 pennies is 6000) put that on paper...then
take out pennies in 100's box and count how many (i.e. 4 pennies is 400)
put that on paper...so now 6400...and so on
PlaneMath: http://www.planemath.com/
Grades: 4 - 7
The activities and animations at this site combine math and aeronautics
to teach students about flying, designing an airplane, and interesting
aeronautical trivia.
Planet Orange: http://www.orangekids.com/
At this Web site by ING Direct, students in grades 1-6 can learn about earning, spending, saving and investing money.
Platonic Realms: http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/index.asp
Practical Money Skills For Life: http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php
Polyhedra in the Classroom: http://forum.swarthmore.edu/alejandre/workshops/unit14.html
Here's a complete eighth-grade unit on polyhedra. After you've studied
the "Introduction to Polyhedra," try some related projects and
activities that demonstrate the concepts. Students can construct paper
buckyballs, discover the world of crystals, solve problems with cubes,
and even write speeches about the importance of polyhedra.
Popular Math Graphic Organizers: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/math/graphic-organizers/53511.html
Population Growth: http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/popgrowthproj/
This series of activities explores the mathematical and environmental
aspects of population growth. How fast is the population growing? Has
it always grown at this rate? Are the populations of different
countries growing differently? How can we predict the population in the
future? How will a growing population impact the environment? Using archived
census and demographic data as well as up-to-the-minute population estimates
from the U.S. Census Bureau, students will learn how to model
population growth and study the implications of a changing population.
Practical Uses of Math and Science: http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov/
Still under construction but partially populated, this site contains one-page
examples of how K-12 mathematics lessons can be used in real-life situations.
Each of the practical use summaries are labeled according to grade level,
relevant benchmarks, and subject keywords.
PrimaryGames - Math: http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm
Purple Math: http://www.purplemath.com/index.htm
The PurpleMath website offers plain and simple, practical and pithy
lessons that can help 7th and 8th graders figure out algebra. The lessons
range from the preliminaries (absolute value, negative numbers, etc.)
to intermediate and advanced algebra that can challenge high-flying math
students. (A "Digital Dozen" selection of the Eisenhower National
Clearinghouse.)
Quia Math: http://www.quia.com/shared/mathematics/
Rectangle Pattern Challenges: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/Patterns/rect.html
Print this worksheet out for your class to figure
out the design problem. They will then create a similar
one of their own to exchange with classmates. Students will study the
stages of a geometric progression problem, look for patterns, and write and graph the formulas.
RIOT-Remote Interactive Optimization Testbed: http://128.32.192.95/riot/
The Same Number of Things - Equal Groups: http://akidsheart.com/threer/lvl1/equalno.htm
The Same Number:
http://akidsheart.com/threer/lvl1/equalnop.htm
Preschool students will practice their counting skills as they must drag
the picture with the same number of objects to its matching counterpart.
The 2nd URL above offers a similar printable coloring and comparing activity.
Seashell Rounding Activity Page: http://www.janbrett.com/piggybacks/rounding.htm
This interactive math page for elementary students
lets them practice rounding skills. They must round numbers on the seashells
to the nearest ten, and collect sand dollars for each correct answer.
Simpsonmath.com: http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/simpsonsmath/
Teaching math by taking advantage of the series' popularity with kids
and the fact that it "contains over a hundred instances of mathematics
ranging from arithmetic to geometry to calculus, many designed to expose
and poke fun at innumeracy."
Smile Program Mathematics Index: http://www.iit.edu/~smile/mathinde.html
The Smile Index contains over 200 single concept lessons that you can
put to work in your classroom. Select from categories such as geometry
and measurement, patterns and logic, and practical and applied math. All
lesson plans follow the same easy-to-digest format, but not all plans
are specifically geared toward elementary students. Check the credentials
of the author to find the appropriate age group.
The Skyscraper Page http://www.skyscraperpage.com/
By learning about skyscrapers, students can integrate the use of mathematics
(comparing heights), mapping skills (chart the location of skyscrapers
on a world map), and design. Students can see if a city in their area
has a skyline photo on the site, or draw the skyline in their community.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School Content Area: Mathematics
(Measurement), Arts (Architecture), History & Social Studies (Geography)
Spring Math:
Use the opportunity of spring to utilize
colored plastic eggs in math for several days. Using egg cartons cut to
make 'tens frames,' estimate, count, tally, sort, classify by color and
size (some eggs have smaller eggs inside), and calculate money (pennies,
nickels, and dimes). Extend the activity by using grocery sale ads from
newspapers to read how many cents items cost. Become smart shoppers
by determining which store has eggs on sale for the best price. Culminate
the egg unit with an egg hunt. Each child has to tally total number of
eggs found and they earn prizes from the treasure box based on accuracy.
Students are divided into two groups and each student
is given a card with a numerical value. There are various forms on the
careds (percents, decimals, fractions, etc.) It is a contest to see which
side of the room can line up in ascending order (smallest to greatest)
based on the numerical value of their card. They can not talk about it
within their group they can only use hand gestures or moving people around
in their own specific group. When one group is finished they yell time
and the other group has to freeze where they are. If the group that yelled
time first is wrong about the correct order the other group wins.
Superkids Math Worksheet Creator: http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math
Make your own math drill worksheets 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. (Computations with whole
numbers).
Take Me Out to
the Ball Game: Place
team sets of baseball cards at a center, along with problem-solving tasks
and a calculator. Let students work in pairs at the center to complete
the tasks or divide the class into several teams. Give a
set of cards and a list of the tasks to each team. Baseball Card
Tasks: List the players in order from the youngest to the oldest,
find the average age of the team's players, list the players in order
according to batting averages, beginning with the player who has the highest
batting average, find the team's average batting average, find the difference
between the highest and lowest batting averages on the team, find the
total weight of the team, find the average weight of the team members,
find the total number of home runs (or triples, doubles, or singles) hit
by the team during a specific year listed on the cards.
Tantalizing Tessellations: http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.96/archamb1.html
Teacher to Teacher http://forum.swarthmore.edu/t2t/.
Designed for teachers and parents, this site can help math educators develop
more effective teaching techniques. Choose from their conveniently
categorized sections to ask a question or search through their archives.
Teaching Ideas: http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/contents.htm
Telling Time Game: http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/telling_time_game.htm
Tessellation Tutorials: http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/tess.intro.html
Designed as a web unit for middle school students, this resource includes
definitions of tessellations and tilings, and tutorials on various aspects and explorations in tessellation.
The Three Types of Angels: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Math3TypesAngles56.htm
If your students need an alternative lesson to identify
and understand the three types of angles, then try the suggestions here.
They include match-up concentration games, popsicle stick geometry, and
more.
Totally Tessellated: http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/
Don't skip over this opening splash screen too quickly. Take a few moments
to scroll through the image gallery by clicking on the tiny Load New Images
link. Totally Tessellated was a first place winner in the 1998 ThinkQuest
challenge, created by a team of three high school seniors. It has a section
on M.C. Escher, the Dutch artist and father of modern-day tessellations.
The United States Mint: http://www.usmint.gov/
The U.S. Mint has an on-line learning community called "U.S.
Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change" (History in Your Pocket). The site
seeks to build interest in coins as tangible artifacts of history, art
and math and to encourage young people to build their own coin collections.
the site's teacher-oriented section offers lesson plans and project ideas
that incorporate the educational value of coins into the learning process.
Where's George?: http://www.wheresgeorge.com/
United States Currency Tracking Project
Virginia State Standards of Learning Mathematics, Science,
and Technology Practice Tests: http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html
Online tests are available
Virtual Mathematics Academy: http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/academy/virtual.cfm
Visual fractions: http://www.visualfractions.com/
What is a Tessellation?: http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/whattess.html
This Math Forum page is an introduction to tessellations for those
who know some geometry. It defines regular tessellations (those made up
of polygons whose sides are of equal length), and shows how the interior
angles of a regular tessellation must be an exact divisor of 360 degrees.
Included are links to a lesson plan (for teachers and homeschoolers) and
additional activity pages for students. You can experiment with shapes
from this (or any other site) by copying them (use a right mouse click)
to a paint program. Within the paint program, you can rotate and paste
the shapes into tessellations of your own.
Wise Pockets: http://www.umsl.edu/~wpockets/
A clubhouse for kids with short stories on earning, saving, spending and
borrowing.
Word problems for kids: http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html
Grades: 5 - 12
This is a site full of word problems you can do at home. Divided into
grade levels, these math problems are designed to challenge without intimidating.
Hints and answers are included.
Zona Land Education: http://id.mind.net/~zona/
Grades: 9 - Post-secondary
In Zona Land you will find educational and entertaining items pertaining
to physics, to the mathematical sciences, and to mathematics in general.
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