1 Math Links 2006-07 David Cox, Instructional Technology Facilitator Region 6 TLTC (Apologies in advance for any repeated links. Also, remember that the Internet changes minute-by-minute, so what’s here right now may be gone before I finish typing. If a link no longer works, try pasting it into a Google search to see if the link has just changed.) g!) WHO WANTS PIZZA? INTERACTIVE FRACTIONS: http://www.math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions/index.html http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions/spindex.html Students can learn all about fractions with these colorful tutorials, and then put their concepts into practice immediately with interactive quizzes. This site is also available in Spanish; use the 2nd link above. INTERACTIVE MATH LESSONS: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/ Find numerous, excellent lesson plans included here on all aspects of math for grades four through nine, with student exercises included after tutorials. FRACTION QUIZ: http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/fquiz/index.html Practice conversion of decimals, fractions, and percentages online with this interactive skill challenge game. Choose your level of difficulty, the time limit for answering the questions, and the problem type before starting the game. INTERACTIVE MATH: Site has a page of math sites, and the entire right hand side of the page lists good interactive sites. Here is a direct link to the math: http://www.mysciencesite.com/links_1.html BUG SPLAT MATH: http://www.fekids.com/kln/games/bugsplat/ How well do your students know their fractions? Have them practice here, but watch out for those mosquitoes in this online and interactive math game. ANOTHER INTERACTIVE MATH SITE: http://www.southfieldchristian.org/elem/learninglinks/html/linksmath.html
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2 GETTING THE ANGLE DOWN: http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/angles/index.html Try this online learning game to practice geometry with acute, alternate, and obtuse angles. Students will use the illustrations to choose the number of transversals, the relationships between the angles, and to practice angle vocabulary and concepts.
MULTIPLICATION BINGO & MATH GAMES: http://www.multiplication.com/classroom_games.htm http://www.multiplication.com/cmptrgames/bingo_card.htm A template is included with the 2nd link above to create your own Multiplication Bingo cards. Find instructions on the 1st link, along with several other math games to help your students practice or review their skills. ONLINE EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS: http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/tool_detail.aspx?id=80 Your students will start off with a given fraction, from which they must create their own equivalent fractions. They can choose either a circle or a square, and increase or decrease the amount of lines to divide up their fraction. They click on their rows to fill in the appropriate amount, and check to see if they have achieved an equivalent fraction. THE FACTOR GAME: http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/tool_detail.aspx?id=12 Have your students practice factoring online with this Java game, where they will choose a number and then highlight all the factors of that number before submitting the answers. SIX TIPS FOR ALGEBRA... AND LIFE: http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/success-algebra.html You might want to print these six tips out as a poster for your classroom. They apply not only to successfully approaching algebra, but to dealing with life in general. GEOMETRY GAMEBOARD: http://208.183.128.3/tutorials/geomgame.pdf http://208.183.128.3/tutorials/geomques.pdf Students can use these geometry game boards for review, reinforcement, or challenges in geometric principles. The 1st link above provides a printable game board for you to laminate, while the 2nd link offers a series of possible game cards to print out on business card paper.
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3 ALGEBRA SLOPE AND FORMULA GAMES: http://208.183.128.3/tutorials/wordgame/algebra-slope.pdf http://208.183.128.3/tutorials/wordgame/formulas.pdf Create a basic bingo game board for using the above algebra review game cards. Print answers onto your bingo cards, then print your game cards for slope and formulas onto business card paper.
TURTLE POND MATH ONLINE: http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/tool_detail.aspx?id=83 http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L396 Estimate length and angle measurements by successfully guiding a turtle along a path to the turtle pond. Students must also calculate the quickest path to the pond with this online Java math game. Use the 2nd link above for a lesson plan, questions, and extensions to accompany the online math game. INTERACTIVE MATH LESSONS: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/ Find numerous, excellent lesson plans included here on all aspects of math for grades four through nine, with student exercises included after tutorials. FRACTION BINGO: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math/math52.txt Students will get plenty of practice converting fractions, percentages, and decimals with this incentive game, great for reinforcing conversion concepts, for practice, and for unit review in seventh and eight grades. MATH REVIEW GAMES: http://www.mathguide.com/services/MathBaseball.html http://www.mathguide.com/services/MathFootball.html http://www.mathguide.com/services/MathJeopardy.html Many of you have standardized testing coming up within the next several weeks. To help review in a games-oriented, but still effective manner, try the Math Jeopardy, Math Baseball, or Math Football described here. MATH NIGHT ACTIVITIES: http://www.travisusd.k12.ca.us/cambridge/98_99/ScienceNight/ If you need suggestions for Math Night activities, try these various methods and means, in twenty-seven hands-on activities listed here.
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4 MATH NIGHT MODULES: http://orion.math.iastate.edu/mathnight/activities/modules/ Try setting up activities with Math 'n Music Notes, Cake Walk Math, the Mathematics of Music, Secret Codes, Geometry Gems, and more in this resource for planning Math Nights. ASSESSMENT IN MATH AND SCIENCE: http://www.learner.org/resources/series93.html You can download streaming media presentations and workshops to help you develop teaching strategies and explore assessment in the maths and sciences. (Free registration is required.) MATH NIGHT ACTIVITIES: http://www.travisusd.k12.ca.us/cambridge/98_99/ScienceNight/ If you need suggestions for Math Night activities, try these various methods and means, in twenty-seven hands-on activities listed here. TEN TIPS FOR TEACHING PROBLEM SOLVING: http://www.oic.id.ucsb.edu/TA/tips/prob.html Help students to take the steps needed to first clarify, then understand, and finally solve the problems they are working with, using the ten teaching tips offered here. FRACTION CONVERSION UPDATE: http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/math/cecmath/cecmath052.html Please note this new link for Fraction Conversion Bingo. Elementary Math http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/ekowalcz/math/elementary_web_sites.htm INTERACTIVE GEOMETRY: http://www.studyworksonline.com/cda/explorations/main/0,,NAV2-21,00.html Build your own polygon, try to create a starburst, find congruent angles, areas, proofs, and more in these excellent interactive geometry learning tools. MISSION: DEFINE YOUR FUTURE: http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/engineering/ A series of seven lesson plans can be used independently or consecutively to explore and teach real world math and science skills. Topics include gravity, intelligent vehicles, global positioning systems, and perspectives on technology. Student resource sheets are included, along with teaching resources and printable posters.
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http://enlvm.usu.edu/ma/nav/bb_dlib.jsp Online Virtual Manipulatives for Math from National Library of Math Manipulatives http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/index.htNational Council of Math Teachers virtual manipulatives http://www.ct4me.net/math_manipulatives.htm Computing Technology for Math Excellence virtual manipulatives http://www.sad6.k12.me.us/~dpeterson/GEOMETRY Pattern block virtual manipulatives http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek4/geometry.htm Good links to online virtual manipulatives may repeat links from other sites in this document http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/MathsP/Mgeometry/ Excellent geometry sites, many with virtual manipulatives http://mathforum.org/mathtools/cell/g,10.12.10,ALL,ALL/ Java applet driven for the most part, these are all solid aids. http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/elem/elemgeo.html Elementary geometry http://www.bama.ua.edu/~rmayben/tim/math.htm Technology integration in secondary math http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/math/math.html Integrating tech into math READING GRAPHS: http://www.fodoweb.com/erfora/readtext.asp?txtfile=communications/charts/exercise03.t xt In order to understand how graphs relate to real world situations and operations, students will answer budgeting, graduation, and temperature charts with both data and critical thinking questions.
FLASHY ALGEBRA: http://www.flashyapps.com/frameset/algebra/algebraframeset.htm Explore roots, quadratic equations, Cartesian coordinates, and parabolas with these interactive and narrated algebra exhibitions.
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ONLINE QUILTING: http://www.museum.state.il.us/flashapps/clink/logcabin.swf Students will manipulate online geometric quilt blocks to form one of the five common quilting themes displayed in the sidebar. Arlys Peterson’s Great Math Site http://www.usiouxfalls.edu/~apeter/math_sites.htm This scholar has quite a lot of truly excellent math links laid out very simply for teachers to use quickly. I give it a very high rating. THE METRIC SYSTEM WITH APPLES: http://www.eduref.org/cgibin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Mathematics/Measurement/MEA0009.html This is a pretty cool math lesson, perfect for crisp autumn days, where students actually get to eat their apples in class. They will be using estimation, percentage, measurements, observations, and data-recording in this lesson plan on metric conversion. HALLOWEEN MATH: http://www.chemistrycoach.com/hallowee.htm Usually, measurement conversions occur between metric and standard systems. Not so here, where Halloween themes make their way into mass, volume, and density. See if your students can solve the conversion riddles. PUMPKIN COORDINATES & GRAPHING: http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/halloween/graphing.htm Students will plot coordinate pairs on a number grid, and if done correctly, will end up with a jack-o-lantern. Perfect for an elementary fall math exercise. PUMPKIN MATH RIDDLES: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/printables/POMathHalloweenPumpkinRiddles36.htm http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/halloween/games/jokes.html This math lesson idea uses a Halloween theme, matching math puzzles, and riddles to get students to solve puzzles. Use the 2nd link above for Halloween riddles to include on your own puzzles, and consider including more complex math questions for advanced students. MATH WORKSHEETS & WORKSHEET GENERATOR: http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/tools/ http://www.mathfactcafe.com/view/view.aspx?vid=340&t=P&g=4
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7 Generate your own printable student worksheets to practice difficult math concepts, such as the greatest common factor here. You can choose your range of multiples, as well as adding a title and instructions. Use the 2nd link above for pre-made worksheets, including skills builders in fractions, conversions to decimals and percentages, working with money math, and more. Algebasics http://www.algebasics.com/ Algebasics is a fine online mathematics instructional resource that takes young and old alike through the basics of algebra. The breadth of the material is divided into sixteen sections, which begin with, "the basics," and proceed all the way to a section on applying algebra to real-world situations. CTAP Region 4: Middle School Math Project http://www.ctap4.org/math/index.htm CA Technology Assisted Program Region 4 has developed this site for middle school math. Includes Math Matrices: A series of online tables of electronic and technology resources supporting California middle school math content standards for grades 6, 7, and Algebra 1. Unpackings: Guides that show teachers various ways some of the standards and textbookaligned tools can be used within the classroom. Math Resources: A series of online or downloadable CST and CAHSEE resources, including blueprints, sample questions, student and teacher guides for all middle school grade levels; CTAP Region IV favorite online resources; and resources for differentiation of instruction. And, a Math Institute: This section contains the hand-outs and other resources presented to participants during the Middle School Math Institutes under the categories of Presentations, Differentiated Instruction, Spreadsheets, Video in the classroom, Online Manipulatives, and Graphing Calculators. PUMPKIN PICTURE GRAPH WORKSHEET Match the correct number of pumpkins to the corresponding name in this printable, Halloween-themed student worksheet. HALLOWEEN MATH WORD PROBLEMS (Link 2) Print these student math word problem worksheets for a themed treat this Halloween. The 2nd link yields several more similar worksheets, all based on addition and subtraction for early elementary classes. MathEmat http://www.mathemat.com MathEmat is a free online tutor and game for teaching mathematics using graded sets of
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APPLE COUNTING BOOKS: http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag258.html Print out enough copies of this fall preschool exercise so that each of your students can make his or her own mini counting book. Then cut some apples in half, giving half an apple to each student to count their own seeds. FILL THE WHEELBARROW: http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag9.html Here is a perfect worksheet for preschool, with a fall theme. Students get to color, cut, and paste their leaves and a rake into their wheelbarrows with this printable activity worksheet. Ask them to count their leaves and add a big number on the top of their worksheet for the total sum of their leaves. APPLE COUNTING WORKSHEET: http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag256.html Students will be counting out their apples after coloring them red, green, or gold, then cutting them out to put the correct number of apples into each basket. SNAKES AND LADDERS: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/games/snakes.shtml You probably remember this game as a board game you played as a child. The same game is online now, for one or two players to practice their counting skills. Watch out for that last snake just before reaching 100! Java Sketchpad for Geometry http://www.mathsnet.net/dynamic/javasketchpad.html Learn about and manipulate geometric shapes. The Lesson Plans Page http://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html You should register to get all the benefits of his site, which sends a good newsletter as well as having good and some great plans. A COLLECTION OF GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/graphorg/index.html
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Whatever kind of printable graphic organizer you are looking for, chances are you will find it here. Idea wheels, fact and opinion charts, clusters, observation charts, planning charts, four column charts... they're all included. BUTTER AND CORNBREAD MATH: http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/thanksgiving/feast.htm Early elementary students will practice counting to one hundred while churning the butter for their cornbread. Add some pilgrim costumes (try using decorated and cut paper bags to simplify the procedure and to make sure everyone gets a costume) and celebrate your own classroom Thanksgiving feast. THANKSGIVING MATH EXERCISE: http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/thanksgiving/dinner.htm Collect your grocery store flyers for the month of November; you will be needing them for this Thanksgiving-themed math exercise, where students will be budgeting, creating a menu, and comparison "shopping" for the big meal and a given number of guests. Paper Printouts of Famous Things http://papertoys.com/ Paper toys, models, cut-outs, trains, airplanes, paper party gifts, party hats, paper cars, paper motorcycles, cards: all can be downloaded for class activities. Really cool! ILLUSTRATED MULTIPLICATION FLASHCARDS: http://www.janbrett.com/games/multiplication_flash_cards_main.htm Each student can have his or her own set of multiplication flashcards with these easy printouts, beautifully illustrated by children's author/illustrator Jan Brett. PLACE VALUE ACTIVITIES: http://rivapprod2.riverdeep.net/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/RVDP/ET/LP/DESTINATION_M ATH_TEACHER_SUPPORT/MATH_C2_NS2/MATH_COURSE2_1.2.PDF These printable activities for elementary math classes use manipulatives and number cubes, with further exercises to explore inequalities. Correct answers on the interactive worksheets yield the answers to riddles. ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION PUZZLES: http://www.janbrett.com/games/janbretts_addition_and_subtraction_main.htm Download these gorgeously illustrated puzzle pieces for your students to practice addition and subtraction math facts in your math centers; for early elementary classes.
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10 MATH IN DAILY LIFE: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/ Follow along an interactive and online exhibit to understand how math concepts and applications are so important in everyday life. Students will explore activities in probability, population growth, savings and credit, home renovation, and cooking. They will be deciding whether it is better to buy or lease a car, and how to predict how much money they will need to put away for retirement. Ratios, proportion, interest, metric conversion, graphing, and geometry principles are all actively explored. COORDINATES AND HAUNTED HOUSES: http://www.themathlab.com/Pre-Algebra/graphing/hauntedhouse.htm Students will closely follow instructions in order to create a haunted house based on coordinates. They will then reduce coordinates by multiplying by one-third, graphing the results to morph their houses. Great for a last-minute middle to high school math activity for Halloween. INTERACTIVE MATH TEACHING RESOURCES: http://www.aaamath.com/B/add.htm Find several pages here to support your lessons in addition concepts, from kindergarten through eighth grade and covering basic addition facts, to the addition of positive and negative integers and fractions. Addition of money and estimating sums are also included. Each topic includes a background mini-lecture, then continues with online practice and math games. ALGEBRA TUTORIALS: http://www.mathpower.com/tutorial.htm Whether your students need help with inequalities, factoring, quadratic equations, or word problems, a large compendium of tutorials is available online here for practice, instruction, or study. THANKSGIVING MATH PAGES: http://www.kidzone.ws/math/thanksgiving/index.htm Choose your grade level and find a number of printable worksheets for your students, all with a Thanksgiving theme. Grades one through five are covered, along with a set of word problems. Mrs. Glosser’s Math Goodies http://www.mathgoodies.com/
A portal for online math help, the site provides free interactive lessons, worksheets and puzzles.
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LEARNING NUMBERS TURKEY: http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/mlearning-turkey-numbers.htm Templates are included for this early elementary Thanksgiving-themed math project. Colorful numbers decorate the turkeys’ wings, and students will practice counting by ones, twos, fives, and tens, according to their age and ability level. ESTIMATING WITH JACK & THE BEANSTALK: http://youth.net/cec/cecmath/cecmath.21.txt Early elementary students will be introduced to measurements and estimations with this creative lesson plan, where the familiar story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" provides the starting point for creating comparisons between gigantic and normal. Find further directions here. UNDERSTANDING FRACTIONS MOBILE: http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1460.html Students will demonstrate their understanding of fractions with these combined art and math mobiles. Creativity is encouraged, so while you can supply the basic building materials, encourage your students to employ any number of items. REAL LIFE INTEGER BINGO: http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/2005.html Students will make their own game boards in this math project, where they will use reallife examples of integers to challenge each other to find how math applies to everyday life. EXCEL TRAFFIC PROBLEM: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/courses/ci301fall98/edsel/excel_int.html Distance, velocity, and length of cars all figure in this algebra problem for high school math classes, integrating computer lab time by using Excel to expedite answers. An answer sheet is included. Physics Tutorials http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/tutorials.html Math Game: Subtraction http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/boxcars/boxcars017.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/boxcars/boxcars018.shtml These activities use playing cards for subtraction.
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Reinforce Any Math Skill http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/learninggame/learninggame031.shtml This is a kind of cool activity. Greater Than and Less Than Activity http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/05-1/lesson024.shtml From the Math Corner Sites to See: Math Sites for Pre-K to Grade 2 Math Mnemonics: Numerator Over Denominator MATH FACTS CHRISTMAS BOOKS: http://www.abcteach.com/Christmas/subtraction.htm Use these printable Christmas tree math fact books to practice subtraction skills from numbers one through nine, printing out one page for each number. Concord Consortium Open Source http://www.concord.org/resources/browse/172/ The software here is mainly for math and science but has some social studies uses. LEAP Review with Technology http://www.monroe.k12.la.us/~tltc/cc_project/index.html Interactive Math Dictionary http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html Good for K—7 especially. RAINFOREST maths http://www.rainforestmaths.com/ Interactive math at different levels A Math Adventure http://coe.jmu.edu/vcop/Projects/lewis/home2.html 5th and 6th grade math help Dositey http://www.dositey.com/map.htm This site has mostly math items but also has quite a bit of ELA materials.
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13 1. Teaching Math to Visually Impaired Students 2. Accommodating Math Students with Learning Disabilities 3. How A Teacher Can Help The Child With ADD - Teaching Math POLYHEDRAL ORNAMENTS: http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/math/geometry/solids/ Combine holiday festivities with math in action, where your class will be studying geometric solids and then learning how to create those solids with paper. Use red, greens, golds, and sparkly silver papers to make these polyhedrons into wonderful Christmas ornaments. THE 12 DAYS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL: http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/Documents/12days.pdf Here is the Twelve Days of Christmas, with a twist... Your students might appreciate these lyrics, with hallway passes, calculators, new textbooks, and sharpened pencils instead of all those birds. However, they will have to find out just how much money they will all cost (with a chart included for individual item costs), and set up an Excel spreadsheet so that it will calculate the cost for them. Step-by-step directions are included for this middle to high school holiday lesson plan. Fibonacci Numbers Fibonacci http://www.geocities.com/cyd_conner/page1.html Cynthia Conner created her Fibonacci website as a project for a class in teaching elementary math. To navigate, click on the red squares, as the section titles are not hyperlinked. She starts with a biography and then introduces Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden Ratio, Phi and the Golden Rectangle. Her last sections include examples of the Fibonacci sequence in art, music and nature. Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html My Fibonacci pick of the week belongs to Dr. Ron Knott, and is hosted by Surrey University. It is very extensive, and certainly has something for everybody. Those wanting an introduction will first find a definition of the Fibonacci sequence by clicking the underlined link "add the last two to get the next" or scrolling down to the "Fibonacci Numbers and Golden Sections in Nature" section. Must see clicks include the Easier and Harder Fibonacci Puzzles Pages, and the Mathematical Magic page which looks at patterns in the Fibonacci numbers. Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Golden Ratio, Fibonacci Sequence http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.golden.ratio.html
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"Please tell me about the Golden Ratio (or Golden Mean), the Golden Rectangle, and the relation between the Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio." Dr. Math answers these three frequently asked questions, and then provides links to related Fibonacci questions from the Dr. Math Archive. Wondering how to calculate the Fibonacci numbers? The first three answers in the archive list describe three different methods. Plus Magazine: Life and Numbers of Fibonacci http://pass.maths.org/issue3/fibonacci/ >From the pages of Plus Magazine, this one-page article is a synopsis of Dr. Knott's larger Fibonacci site (see above) but many will find it less intimidating. It begins with a short biography, and then introduces the Fibonacci sequence and the golden section ("normally denoted by the Greek letter phi.") It shows how phi relates to the five-pointed pentagram star used in the American flag, and how the Greeks used the golden ratio in architecture. Thinkquest: Fibonacci Series http://library.thinkquest.org/27890/splash.html Created for the 1999 ThinkQuest competition, this Fibonacci site was built by three high school students. The site explores the concepts of the Fibonacci series, Binet's formula, the Fibonacci spiral and the Golden Ratio. The best clicks are the animations they created to explain the various formulas. Their animations and proofs can be found by following the A and P icons next to the navigation arrows at the bottom of most pages. A complete list of animations (and chapter quizzes) can be found in the site index on the home page. Fibonacci Flim-Flam http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/pseudo/fibonacc.htm Fibonacci Numbers related to flowers and pine cones http://www.branta.connectfree.co.uk/fibonacci.htm Math Academy: Fibonacci Sequence http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/fibonac/ Math World: Fibonacci Number http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FibonacciNumber.html Fibonacci Sequence Activity http://www.surfnetkids.com/video/fibonacci_sequence.htm Transportation Growth and Patterns http://www.surfnetkids.com/video/transportation_growth.htm
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SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS: http://www.preschoolprintables.com/filefolder/snowflake/filefoldersnow.shtml There are eight pages of snowflake printables here to go with this math activity, where students must match the numbers of dots on each snowflake to the correct number on a different snowflake. Learning Math Step by Step for Kids (and Adults, too!) http://www.kidsnumbers.com/ PRINTABLE COUNTING CARDS: http://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/departments/curriculum/curriculum/Handwriting/ma nuscript/count_to_ten_cards-1.pdf Each of these counting cards contains an appropriate number of pictures of students for illustrating an amount. Print out a copy for each student in your classroom to practice their counting skills, and use them like playing cards for memory games or interactive games such as "Go Fish", by laminating several copies. DINOMATH: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/activities/math/size.shtml Use this student worksheet to help your class understand measurement and comparisons. How big is that dinosaur? Students will be given the correct length in feet, and then must select an accompanying comparison in cars or buses. (EE) INTERACTIVE TANGRAMS: http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/pages/shapes.html The items built with these simple shapes and colors soon build up to an amazing complexity. See how far your students can keep up with replicating the tangram constructions online; great for mechanical and critical thinking skill practice. (EE-MS) VALENTINE MATH: http://www.everydayteaching.com/Worksheets/math.Valentines.html On this student handout for 2nd and 3rd grade students, they must add and/or subtract three sums, then apply the correct answers to a secret code to yield a Valentine's Day message. (2-3) Math Lesson Ideas http://www.barbbumgardner.com/curriculum_math.htm
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16 Barb Bumgardner’s site has many different and fun activities. Runaway Math Puzzles http://www.edhelper.com/runaway_math_puzzle.htm This is one of the Web’s most versatile sites with both free materials available as well as a paid access area with lots of things for elementary and middle school. These are fun puzzles which your kids will enjoy. COUNT THE SNOWFLAKES: http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag117.html If you can't count the snowflakes outside, or even if you can, try this worksheet to teach preschool math skills with a winter theme. TEACHER MATH ASSESSMENT CARDS: http://www.center.edu/NEWSLETTER/assessment.shtml Use these printable cards for easy assessment of individual student math skills in your elementary classes. (K-3) MEASUREMENT ACTIVITIES: http://www.center.edu/pub/docs/chapter7.pdf This teaching resource explains how to set up a measurement center, which materials to collect for measurement activities and how to proceed with your students through a wide variety of measurement and comparison math activities. (K-3) PIGGING OUT: http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L294 http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessons/3-5/tale/piggingout.pdf How can you study fairy tales and mix in more than a dash of math at the same time? Find out with these student activities, based on the classic story "The Three Little Pigs". Students will be introduced to estimation, graphing, measurement, map skills and more. Use the 2nd link above to access the accompanying student worksheet. (3-5) PRINT AND READ BOOKS: http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/printandread.htm Elementary students can have their own print, cut, color and assemble mini books on colors, frog life cycles, days of the week, seed to plant sequencing, counting, and the five senses. Some interactive student activities are also included. (K-3)
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The Access Center http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/mathgraphicorganizers.asp Math graphic organizers for students with disabilities article UPPER ELEMENTARY LEARNING DESK STRIPS: http://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/departments/curriculum/curriculum/documents/upper _large_zbdesktag.pdf The cursive alphabet is included on these printable and colorful student desk strips, along with a multiplication chart, geometric shapes, fraction reminders, place value and a fifty state map; a handy desk reference resource for your students. (4-6) MATH VOCABULARY CARDS: http://www.eduplace.com/math/mw/vocab/g4/ Create at least one set of these math cards for your classroom math resource center. You can choose an option of large or medium cards. Laminate the large set for your own resources or bulletin board, and let students have their own smaller sets for math flash card-style review and practice. (4-5) THE GEOMETRY OF STRUCTURES: http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/structure/index.shtml Explore the geometry of structures and shapes with this set of hands-on experiments and guided student activities. Eight classroom experiments are included, and could be considered for upcoming science fair entries. (4-6) SEARCHING FOR WEBSITES: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/usingweb/g3-5.html http://www.eduplace.com/kids/usingweb/pdfs/g3-5.pdf Help your students to decide what comprises a good web site and a reliable resources in this interactive and online exercise for upper elementary students. Use the 2nd link above for a printable student worksheet to accompany the exercise. (4-6) SOLVING A LINEAR QUADRATIC SYSTEM GRAPHICALLY: http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/linquad/LLinQuad1.htm http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/linquad/llinquad1b.htm This online exhibit walks students through solving and graphing quadratic equations. Use the 2nd link above for another illustrated and guided example. (9-12)
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FRACTION CONVERSION BINGO: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math/math52.txt Here's a great way to practice converting fractions to decimals and percentages, a skill that many students seem to stumble on. You can construct your own Bingo grids, or get your students to form teams and make up their own playing boards. (7-9) FINDING AND EVALUATING WEBSITES: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/usingweb/g6-8.html Your students will almost certainly be using the Internet for research projects. Use this guided student activity to help them find and select quality websites. (6-8) COUNT THE BANANAS: http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/monkey.asp?themeid=1 Audio enhances this online game for preschool students. They will be counting the number of bananas the monkey eats in each episode. With wrong answers, they are encouraged to try again before going on to another number. PRINTABLE MONEY FOR MATH: http://www.kizclub.com/Clipart/money.pdf http://www.kizclub.com/Clipart/coin.pdf Use the 1st link above for American bills and the 2nd link for coins. You can print them out onto the appropriate color (green, silver) and laminate them for various hands-on exercises for math. You may also wish to create math problem cards, simply with dollar and cent amounts (e.g. $15.56) for early elementary exercises, and then money math problems (e.g. $10.00 - $.35) as skills develop. (K-3) PRIMARY INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD RESOURCES: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx Find numerous activities at this site for interactive whiteboard exercises with your elementary classes. This particular link is for math topics, but you will find access here to all other subjects as well. (K-6) METRIC SYMBOL BOOKMARKS: http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/Printables/PDF_Doc_files/BKM_metricsymb ols.pdf Keep these printable bookmarks handy in math texts for students to quickly translate metric symbols.
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Math Goodies Free Page http://www.mathgoodies.com/students.html You will find a few free tutorials on this page, which might help you at some point. Math Month http://justdawne.tripod.com/math_appreciation_month.htm No, I’m not kidding! TEACHING NEWSLETTER: http://www.everydayteaching.com/Newsletter/sample.html http://www.everydayteaching.com/lists/?p=subscribe This free email newsletter is a superior new resource for educators. Each weekly issue delivers classroom-ready internet exercises, writing prompts, student and teaching handouts, grammar exercises, sponge activities, and a wide variety of wonderful teaching materials. See a sample issue with the 1st link, and use the 2nd link above to subscribe. DECIMAL WAR: http://home.att.net/~clnetwork/math/decwar.pdf The largest decimal will win the game in this version of the classic card game. Printable cards are included. When students become proficient at the game, add matching percentages for a "Snap" type of card game, where students have to recognize the equivalent fraction, decimal, and percentage, and call "Snap". Colorful Measurements Equivalency Chart http://www.mce.k12tn.net/measurement/measurement_chart.htm Print and use this one to teach and sharpen student skills. Measurement Resources http://atozteacherstuff.com/go/search.cgi?query=measurement This site has a good set of links to real help in teaching and learning measurement. Morning Math http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/morning_math.shtml Start each day/class with a problem. Since they’re so different, the problems can be a refreshing change daily which promotes the thinking skills students always need to refresh.
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20 SPONGE ACTIVITY STUDENT WORKSHEET: http://www.everydayteaching.com/Worksheets/Sponge.Actv2.html Need an easy sponge activity? Try printing out this student worksheet, with decimal order and word play with thespians. NUMBERS IN BLOOM: http://www.preschoolprintables.com/filefolder/flower/filefolderflower.shtml There are several printable pages here where numbers are written on flower petals. The pages are included in a file folder game, where preschool students will practice their counting skills from one to ten by attaching the petals to the flower stems in the corresponding location. SHAMROCK NUMBER CARDS: http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/march1-31.pdf Print out these colorful counting cards on lucky green shamrocks for the month of March. Operation signs are included, so students can practice making and solving their own number equations. Larry Green’s Applet Page http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/index.html This terrific site has lots of Java applets teachers and students can use for math learning and reinforcement from Basic Math through Calculus. Update your Java driver through your Windows update. Download a simple applet and play with it until you are comfortable enough with it to teach with it in class. Since it is free, you might also give the instructions and a copy of the applet to weaker students as a reinforcement tool for home. The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/ This is an award-winning site concerning the history of mathematics with in-depth coverage of numerous people, topics, mathematical curves, and more. It is extensively cross-linked, has a powerful search engine, and houses a rich and growing source of materials. Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml This site is for teachers, parents and students who seek engaging mathematics. Many of the topics are accompanied by Java illustrations. There are more than 800 Java applets.
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21 The Geometry Center http://www.scienceu.com/geometry/ Both math and science teachers should be able to use the materials available here. The Geometry Center contains a variety of appealing material, both textual and visual, including interactive exhibits, simulations, graphics software and a library of reference materials pertaining to geometric tilings and polyhedra. Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/ Flower petals? Seashells? Pinecones? Cauliflower? What do these have to do with math? The answer to this question and many more are wonderfully described and illuminated in this award-winning site. Featuring a variety of graphics, animations and applets, the wellpresented materials include numerous learning assignments in the style of NCTM and AMATYC standards-based student explorations. This is a rich and impressive resource for both math students and teachers at many levels Mathematical Visualization Toolkit http://amath.colorado.edu/java/index.php This site consists of a collection of plotting and solving applets featuring a uniform user interface and has value and effectiveness as a set of teaching/learning tools. Visualizing mathematical concepts, especially in three-dimensional space, can be quite difficult for students. Interactive Factor Tree Game (beta version so may not be free long) http://www.mathgoodies.com/factors/prime.asp Interactive Factor Tree Game helps you find all prime factors of a composite number. This game requires Adobe Flash Player. Mathematics Awareness Month Activity Sites http://www.mathaware.org/mamdynamic/activities/index.jsp This is not yet extensive but is new and slowly growing. Pi Day March 14 is Pi Day. Here are some Pi sites. Lesson on Circumference Pi Day Activities from Mr. Herte The Exploratorium's Pi Day Celebration Page
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22 Education World Award-winning Math Site Links http://www.educationworld.com/awards/past/topics/math.shtml This page has a list of what the editors at Education World deem as award winning Web sites for math and even finance. Be ready to spend some time looking through the sites and book marking the ones you need now and next! World Math Day http://www.voyagerlearning.com/worldmathday/ Join in a celebration of numbers as children from across the globe unite in their quest to set a world record in answering mental arithmetic questions. Be part of this amazing event involving more than 200,000 students. Alvarado Cyber Explorers http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/ACE/acehome.html Created by a group of teachers at New Haven Unified School District, in Union City, CA, this site links to fun learning activities and resources for teachers and students. Topics include field trips, animals, computers, fine arts, math, people & places, and more. Measure 4 Measure http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm This hotlist links to interactive tools on the Web that estimate, calculate, evaluate, and translate. Topics include: Science/Math, Health, Finance, and A Measure of Everything Else. This is a fun site to integrate into your math and science classes. Tales from the Electronic Frontier http://www.wested.org/tales/ In this exceptional WestEd publication, ten teachers share "actual classroom experiences using the Internet in K-12 science and mathematics." Each story is followed by questions and issues, making this an ideal resource for teacher preservice or inservice instruction on classroom use of technology. Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml This site is for teachers, parents and students who seek engaging mathematics. Many of the topics are accompanied by Java illustrations. There are more than 800 Java applets. The applets can be licensed by teachers for inclusion in their own pages. An encyclopedic collection of articles, solved K12 math problems, computer games and math magic, mathematical fallacies and illusions, the site helps develop topical intuition and fosters desire for problem solving. See the activity that follows for a sample of the many great math activities available for free for your use in your classroom or as
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23 Homework: Data and Line Graphs http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/graphs/line_graph.html Geometry in the Real World http://www.edutopia.org/909 http://www.edutopia.org/940 Students in one high school math teacher’s class accept a real world challenge yearly to build an architect’s dream, a high school for the year 2050. Next, see how this same teacher handles the memorization versus application aspect of geometry. Five "Eggs-traordinary" Lesson Plans: Just Add the Eggs! http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson337.shtml Eggs can be used to teach skills in math, geography, and science. And don't forget to create "eggs-quisite" art! COUNT AND SUBTRACT WITH HOOT, THE OWL: There are three levels of difficulty in these interactive games of addition, subtraction, and combined addition and subtraction problems. Early elementary students will select the colorful domino or number ladybug to finish the equation. (K-3) ROUNDING DECIMALS: Have your 3rd and 4th grade students practice rounding off decimals to the closest whole number with these online and interactive flashcards. (2-4) FRACTION SPLAT: The levels of difficulty quickly escalate with each win on this online equivalent fractions game, where students must select the correct bug for the matching fractions. (4-6) MEAN, MEDIAN, AND RANGE TRAINS: Uh-oh; Pythagoras and Hypatia are rather lost in the London train station, and they need to find a train to get them back to Sparta on time. Students will first have to interpret the mean, median, and range of a selection of train schedules, and based upon that data, select the correct train for their ancient passengers. (5-8) ALGEBRA PLANET BLASTER: Beginning algebra students can practice math skills by naming the variable in these equations. They will use the side to side arrows and the space bar to find and target the correct answers. (6-8) GEOMETRY MATHO: Your students will get online practice recognizing and identifying geometric figures and terms in this interactive game. They will have a timer going and can play multiple times, so they can improve their retention and their score by repeated plays. (5-9)
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24 MATH FOR MORONS LIKE US: This ThinkQuest entry offers an extensive supply of math resources for understanding systems of equations and inequalities, polynomials, factoring, powers and roots, quadratic equations, coordinate geometry, and other high school algebra topics. Each section is well laid out with a tutorial and sample problems, followed by interactive quizzes for students to test the concepts. (9-12) SPONGE ACTIVITY WORKSHEET #8: How much money is in each of these elementary math problems? Students will have to add up the coins and write down their answers. They will also be finding the plural forms of a selection of words, some regular, some irregular in this printable worksheet for filler or homework use. (1-3) SPONGE ACTIVITY WORKSHEET #7: Upper elementary students will get practice in Order of Operations in the math part of this printable student worksheet, with Reading Comprehension exercises in the 2nd half. (4-6) TEN FRAME GAMES: Depending on the skill and grade levels of your students, they can use these ten frame sets to build a frame, fill a frame with the correct number, or add with frames - great interactive math practice! (PreK-4) Count the Frogs! A Worksheet http://www.everydayteaching.com/Worksheets/Sponge.14.pdf How many frogs are trying to hop across to Froggy Pond? PreK-1 students will add frogs and write their answers in the blank boxes. Use this printable worksheet as bell work, for a filler activity, or for extra practice in early addition skills. (PreK-1)
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