50 Suggested Websites for Maths
Institutions/Associations 1. Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) http://www.atm.org.uk/ The ATM provides opportunities to bring together all concerned with mathematics education for all age ranges. It supports local branches, informal support networks, courses and conferences. 2. Shell Centre http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/shell/ The Shell Centre is known around the world for its innovative work on mathematics education. The Shell Centre team has a wide range of ongoing activities including design, development and research. 3. Mathematical Association http://www.m-a.org.uk/ The MA is represented on all major bodies concerned with mathematics education and can claim to have wide influence through its members and activities. 4. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.nctm.org/ NCTM is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. 5. Centre for Innovation in Maths Teaching http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/default.htm The Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT) is a centre for the focus of research and curriculum development in Mathematics teaching and learning, with the aim of unifying and enhancing mathematical progress in schools and colleges.
6. Curriculum Online – Maths Case Study http://www.curriculumonline.gov.uk/CaseStudies/maths.htm Each video case study is a stand-alone, real-life example of ICT in action, designed to help you reflect on your own experience and enrich your own practice. This video involves a Year 7, mixed progress class. The class is following a math’s course on Reflections using ICT. 7. Plus http://plus.maths.org/ Plus is an Internet magazine published four times a year. Whether you want to know how to build a sundial, how to keep your messages safe or what shape the universe is, it's all here. Explore the archive and browse our careers library to see where math’s can take you. 8. Motivate: Maths http://motivate.maths.org/ MOTIVATE is a real-time video conferencing project for schools that enables students of all ages (5-18) to work with professional mathematicians and scientists, and with other school students their own age both in the UK and Internationally.
Resources 9. Skoool http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/index.aspx Skoool is a vast educational resource for teachers to use inventively and creatively in the classroom to add extra value to their classroom teaching of Math’s and Science. 10.Enriching Mathematics http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/public/index.php Educationally oriented, this online Maths Club places emphasis on mathematical activities: problems, articles, and games. The main NRICH website publishing free mathematics enrichment resources for pupils of all ages, including discussion forums and a mathematics thesaurus. 11.Learn Premium http://www.learnthings.co.uk/user/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fDefault.a spx Learnpremium is easy to use; one annual subscription allows unlimited access to masses of curriculum-linked whiteboard activities, interactive lessons, worksheets and tests.
12.Chalk Face http://www.chalkface.com/category_Maths.html The aim is to make the best teaching ideas available to every teacher in the most practical way. Combining new technology with old, we produce detailed lesson plans complemented by photocopy-master worksheets across the secondary curriculum. These are available as bound publications or digitally as downloadable resources.
13.Maths Online http://www.univie.ac.at/future.media/moe/ The goal of this site is to contribute to the development of adequate standards for up to date Maths education in school, high school, college, university, and adults' qualification. 14.Formula One http://www.formulaonemaths.co.uk/ This web site supports teachers and pupils using the Hodder & Stoughton Formula One Maths series (Key Stage 3). The teaching resources includes mapping charts addressing the objectives and coverage of the National Strategy Key Stage 3 Framework, additional worksheets, ICT reference charts and Schemes of Work. The interactive pupils' area offers on-line quizzes and tests on course topics. 15.Maths Goodies http://www.mathgoodies.com/forums/default.asp Math Goodies is a free math help site featuring interactive lessons, puzzles and worksheets. There are more than 400 pages of activities for students, educators and parents. 16.Maths and Reading Help http://math-and-reading-help-forkids.org/homework_help_chat_room.html This site is created by a cooperative of concerned individuals dedicated to helping children; parents and teachers find appropriate educational information on the World Wide Web. The goal for this site is to create destination portals for all the public looking for children's educational information and resources.
17.Worksheets @ Bargo Bush School http://www.bargo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Worksheets%20Menu.htm These Maths worksheets have been created to support the parents and students of Bargo PS. They have been organised into categories for faster downloading time. Click on any link, which enables you to access 300 worksheets from the one page. 18.Kids Numbers http://www.kidsnumbers.com/ This site is the absolutely free math resource designed by teachers, specifically for students and children of all ages. There is a free worksheet generator to create customized worksheets for teachers.
Games/Puzzles 19.Puzzles.com http://www.puzzles.com/PuzzlesInEducation/PuzzlesInEducation.htm This website is designed for people who have an interest in education. This can include teachers, home-schooling parents, and kids who enjoy challenges themselves. 20.Maths World http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ This comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia is a must for every math devotee. 21.Math Arcade http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html http://www.funbrain.com/ The site includes a lot of specially devised games dedicated to bring in more fun into the learning process. The games are mainly connected with numbers and words. Extra games are for the fun brain relaxation. 22.Maths Net http://www.mathsnet.net/index.html Great and free mathematics resources for the education community. This site has plenty of resources for mathematics topics such as Geometry, Fractions, Graphs, Algebra and Puzzles.
23.Scott Kim Puzzler http://www.scottkim.com/ Scott Kim's Inversions and many other visual, virtual, puzzling, math things from a famous Puzzle Master. 24.Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles http://www.cut-the-knot.org/ An interactive site with a huge collection of mathematical puzzles and puzzling mathematics. 25.Nick’s Mathematical Puzzles http://www.qbyte.org/puzzles/ A collection of puzzles, with hints, fully worked solutions, and links to related mathematical topics. New puzzles are added on a regular basis. 26.Education Place: Math’s Center http://www.eduplace.com/math/ A great site for teachers, students, and parents. Includes Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies Centers, and Edugames - different educational games with words, numbers etc. 27.Puzzle Maker http://www.puzzlemaker.com/ This site has a great Puzzle generation tool to create and print word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists as well as to build your own maze. 28. Numbernut http://www.numbernut.com/ This site offers an introduction to mathematics and its variety of topics. A whole wealth of information on topics like shapes & colors, numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 29. Cool Math http://www.coolmath.com/ Have fun while practicing your math through lots of cool games, activities, and animated demonstrations. Includes coloring pages for young kids, and helpful sections for teachers and parents.
30. Escape from Knab http://www.escapefromknab.com/ A virtual planet game. You've won a one-way ticket to the Planet Knab. Get a good job, make wise financial decisions, and save enough to pay for the next rocket ship to Earth. 31. BBC – Figure it Out http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/features/figure_it_out/ind ex.shtml Love it or hate it mathematics has an effect on all aspects of life, often in the places you least expect. We spoke to experts about how Maths can be used to explain the world around us. 32.Maths in Daily Life http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/ In this website, you'll look at the language of numbers through common situations, such as playing games or cooking. Maths in daily life puts mathematic in context and provides a way of engaging those students who otherwise find Maths hard to grasp 33. Plane Maths Activities http://www.planemath.com/activities/pmactivitiesall.html Airplanes and flight are the subjects of this high-flying math site. Solve word problems; learn how kites stay up in the air, and even design your own airplane. 34. Prongo.com http://www.prongo.com/ Practice your math skills in games like Lemonade Larry and Batter's Up Baseball. Also includes age-specific games like checkers, connect the dots, matching, word and maze games. 35. BBC - Application of Number http://www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills/number/ The Key Skills website provides resources for both teachers and students. You can brush up on your communication skills, improve your understanding of number work and really get a grip on databases and spread sheets. 36.Fun Brain http://www.funbrain.com/ Math games for all ages. Games include Math Baseball, Power Football, Change Maker, Fresh Baked Fractions, Line Jumper, and Shape Surveyor.
37. Kumon http://www.kumon.co.uk/programmes/subsection_maths.asp The Kumon organisation is a leading worldwide supplementary education provider. The main programme is divided into 18 levels, each containing 200 worksheets. Graduates of the main programme have the option to go on and study five further levels of advanced Maths. 38. Count on It http://www.counton.org/ This website features games, puzzles and competitions for all ages. There are details of events, an online, maths museum, newspaper and magazines. It also holds a wealth of resources for parents, teachers and educators. 39. Skill Trainer http://www.skillstrainer.co.uk The Maths Skills Trainer website provides timed online tests to practice basic arithmetic skills. The questions are selected at random and the ability level can be set to suit the individual. Registration is required to access the site but sample activities are available. 40. Snowflake Designer http://ww2.unime.it/dipart/i_fismed/wbt/mirror/ExplrSci/dswmedia/sn wflak6-adv.htm Create your own snowflake design with this program that uses sixsided symmetry.
Revision/Homework 41. Maths Revision http://www.mathsrevision.net/ MathsRevision.net provides comprehensive, free mathematics revision notes and help for GCSE and A-Level students.
42.GCSE.com Revision http://www.gcse.com/maths/ GCSE Math’s section of the award-winning tutorials, tips and advice website, covering exams for students, parents and teachers.
43. Math Nerds http://www.mathnerds.com/ MathNerds provides Free, discovery-based, mathematical guidance via an international, volunteer network of mathematicians. 44.BBC - AS Guru http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/asguru/maths/index.shtml Produced in consultation with specialist teachers, AS Guru Maths focuses on the most difficult areas of the core curriculum. 45. BBC – GCSE Bitesize Revision http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/ A revision guide, with interactive tests on algebra and geometry. Games feature heavily in this site making it exceptionally interesting to pupils. 46.Maths Forum http://www.mathforum.com/ The Maths Forum is the leading online resource for improving math learning, teaching, and communication. It offers a wealth of problems and puzzles; online mentoring; research; team problem solving; collaborations; and professional development. Students have fun and learn a lot. Educators share ideas and acquire new skills. 47.Ask for Kids http://www.askforkids.com/ Ask for Kids is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to search online. Ask for Kids uses natural-language technology that allows kids to ask questions and perform web searches, in the same way they would ask a parent, friend or teacher.
Examination Boards 48.OCR http://www.ocr.org.uk/OCR/WebSite/docroot/index.jsp OCR is responsible to the Government as one of the UK's leading awarding bodies providing qualifications to students at school, college, in work or through part-time learning programmes. This website allows both teachers and candidates access to their course information.
49.AQA http://www.aqa.org.uk/ AQA is one of the leading examination boards. This website provides information on all the courses AQA offer. Within their main site there is e-AQA website, which is the part for the centres (schools and colleges). It gives authorised staff direct access to information related to their centre. It is designed to provide a flexible resource that will make it easier for centre’s to communicate with AQA. 50.Edexcel http://www.edexcel.org.uk/home/ Edexcel website provides comprehensive information about all their qualifications. There is an Ask Edexcel part on the site where teachers, students or parents can submit a question and received an answer from the customer service team.