2008
Interactives: Geometry 3D Shapes
This website offers motivational and interactive class activities to learn more about 3D shapes. It also shows how to calculate surface area and volume, as well as other mathematical properties about the 3D shapes. Specific topics include surface area and volume, platonic solids, Euler's Theorem, and several others. The Test Your Skills link provides an interactive quiz complete with photos, illustrations, and animations. The About This Interactive link provides standards, goals, lesson ideas, and more.
2007
Select Math
Math lessons for grades 6 - 12 aligned to standards and online manipulatives
Subject Matter Interactives
"Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas.
MathSite: An Interactive Source for Seeing, Hearing, Doing Mathematics
The exhibits of the MathSite are intended for people of all ages who are interested in or are curious about mathematics.
No specialized mathematical knowledge or expertise is assumed.
Math Presentations
Tons of PowerPoints ready for you to use in your K-5 or 6-12 Math class. Other subjects also available.
SMART board in the Math Classroom
(via)List of lesson plans and interactive sites for using a smartboard for math
dy/dan » Blog Archive » Graphing Stories
Dan Meyer, a math teacher from Santa Cruz, CA. Dan used a videos of himself doing various things to teach graphing to his algebra students.
The premise is simple: cross an arched bridge; descend a flight of stairs; all within a time frame that the students are shown. What would the graph of that look like in terms of elevation change over time? The lesson, which is downloadable, including the videos, is detailed at his blog here. You can download one, or all of the videos.
Entire lesson is 45 minutes
BBC - Mathematics Skillswise -
Excellent site for older students to practice math skills. Only drawback is that money uses the British pound currency.
Pre-Algebra, Algebra, & Geometry
Billings Public Schools Math Video Project.
Math videos produced by high school teachers and aligned with their textbooks. Ongoing project but many videos available.
2006
Kakuro - Cross Sums
by 1 otherHot on the heels of Sudoku comes Kakuro. Think of them as the mathematical equivalent of crosswords. Also known as Cross Sums or Kakro in Japan .
A Kakuro consists of a playing area of filled and empty cells similar to a crossword puzzle. Some black cells contain a diagonal slash from top left to bottom right with numbers in them, called "the clues". A number in the top right corner relates to an "across" clue and one in the bottom left a "down" clue.
Factoring with Mr. Yang
(via)Learn about factoring expressions and equations and more with this comic series.
GeoGebra
GeoGebra is a free and multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for schools that joins geometry, algebra and calculus. It received several international awards including the European and German educational software awards. It is open sourced, can be web-based or installed locally. Very similar to Geometer's sketchpad.
Math Mnemonics Archive
Mnemonic: n. A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering. Provides a list of Memory aids for math formulas, concepts, operations, and more.
MathDEN: Mathematics Resource for the Home and Classroom
MathDEN assists teachers and students to develop individualized programs. At the same time, MathDEN can also be used very effectively as a collaborative tool. MathDEN's content is geared specifically for students age 12-18
2005
NCTM : Illuminations Lessons
Interactive Math tools for grades for K-12. Accompanied by lesson plans and NCTM standards
Distance Time Graph
(via)This is an awesome resource for students learning about speed and distance time-graphs. Uses graphs synched with video of soccer/football players during a game.
WisWeb Math Applets Gr 7-12
Applets designed for middle school and beyond.
Math Tools
In one click, locate outstanding resources for math from the best educational site. Search by grade level, math topic and subtopic. Select Tools and then any activity where the technology type is java applet, flash, sketchpad, or shockwave. Hover over resource name for a brief description.
Sense and Dollars
by 1 otherThe Sense and Dollars site was developed to help middle and high school students come to grips with some of the basic principles of personal finance and economics. Lots of interactive activities and teacher guide.
FedStats: Federal Government Kids' Page
These statistical agencies provide special webpages for kids in elementary through high school. The webpages include fun facts, games, project ideas, and career information.
Project Interactivate
The goals of Project Interactivate are the creation, collection, evaluation, and dissemination of interactive Java-based courseware for exploration in science and math.
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