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- Life by the Numbers
- Short articles written for a general audience, covering math topics at an
introductory level. Contents include:
"Coping with Math Anxiety" - social and educational roots, some
widespread myths about learning math, and possible
strategies for overcoming math anxiety
"Writing for a Math Class" - for teachers, a discussion
of possible formats and assessment, with sample lessons;
for students, tips on approaching a written assignment,
with formatting samples (text and citations)
- Cool Math
- A plus Math - the flash cards are really nice. (Found by a student Fall 2000)
- Project Interactivate "The goals of Project Interactivate are the creation, collection, evaluation, and dissemination of java-based courseware for middle school mathematic explorations." Also an article in The Beacon A Guide to using the Shodor Foundation's Project Interactivate
in your classroom.
by Bethany Hudnutt
- Math in Daily Life,
interactive articles about how mathematics affects daily decision making
- Plus, (formerly PASS-Maths) is a triannual online magazine
for older pupils and the general public. It publishes
articles explaining the diverse applications of mathematics
used in solving problems in physics, chemistry, biology,
engineering, and economics.
- Mathematical Connections, a forum
for exploring the interplay between mathematics and
the humanities, including, but not limited to, the relation
between mathematics and the arts, anthropology, history,
literature, philosophy, music, and religion.
- Online Math Applications
- Activities, examples, problems, and online quizzes about math
applied to real world situations, created by a team of 5th
and 6th graders with their teacher-coaches.
Leung, Jiang, Jiang, Chiu, Klopfer, Chiu - ThinkQuest Junior 1998.
- Interactive
Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
- NRICH: Online Maths Club
- MathsNet
- Sites for
Children - Science and Technology
- Mathematrix
A site devoted to exploring mathematical recreations and some of
the more entertaining and often lesser-known areas of
mathematics.
- Mathmania - helping young students explore topics in higher mathematics
- A mountain of Macintosh shareware and freeware games
- Smile Program,
Mathematics Index is a collection of almost 200 single concept lessons.
These lessons may be freely copied and used in a classroom but they remain
the copyright property of the author. The Mathematics lessons are divided
into the following categories: Geometry and Measurement, Patterns and Logic,
Probability and Statistics, Recreational and Creative Math, Practical and
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Graphs and Visuals, Algebra and Trigonometry,
and Miscellaneous.
- TEACHING
MATH TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS
- COOLMATH
A searchable "amusement park of mathematics" for exploring math: lessons
- BASKETBALL EXPLORATIONS
Resources include math explorations and lessons
- How
to use Children's literature to Teach Mathematics: a booklet from NCTM
- Math Practice Test -
Practice questions for the Ohio ninth grade proficiency test
from the Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications
(IITA) K-12 Program of the NASA Lewis Research Center in
Cleveland, Ohio.
- Swarthmore's Teachers' Places
- Dr. Saltzman, a
professor in the Clemson Mathematical Sciences Department, has a nice study guide for basic math classes -- available for download from his page.
- LD On-Line, the interactive guide
to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children
- Parenting of
K-6 Children, Mathematics Enrichment
- An online book for parents of K to 8 students (5 to 13 years old), with
simple activities that parents can do with children to awaken interest in
math and help children learn.
Learn
Math
- Select the link for Math and Numbers to find 14 math-related activities for
families with young children, reprinted from
365 TV-Free Activities You Can Do With Your Child,
a year's worth of creative alternatives by Steve and Ruth Bennett
- My First Garden This garden site deals with the planning of the garden, such
as where it will be placed, what will be planted, and when
planting will happen. Younger students will particularly enjoy
"You Are the Ruler," an activity for using of parts of their
bodies to measure the depth of plantings, or the distance
between plantings. There is a Teacher's Guide also.
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