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Joe the Dragon Math Activities

This is an educational website from Wales. This site contains material and links that are suitable for most ages. The links are interesting and some of the puzzles quite challenging. The Maths content currently is suitable for children between 4 and 15, although more complex material may well be added in the future. We found the tangrams section to be very good. You will need Flash to play the games.

http://www.joethedragon.co.uk/maths.html

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

This is a three-year NSF supported project to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-8 emphasis). These activities are related to the NCTM Number & Operations standards for grades 3 to 5.

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/category_g_2_t_1.html

Online Basic Math Skill Practice

From the Jefferson County Schools in Tennessee, this site provides links to many K-8 basic math resources. Useful for reviews and practice, practice, practice!

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/mathasmd.html

Math Illuminations

The NCTM Illuminations Web site via Marco Polo, is designed to illuminate the new vision for school mathematics presented in NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Each interactive applet activity can be viewed by grade band or content. Incredible!

http://illuminations.nctm.org/index.html

Geometry Cut Outs

Nets of Polyhedra

Some excellent printouts that can be printed and assembled into 3 dimensional geometric forms.

http://mathematics.hellam.net/nets.html

Schoolhouse Rock

Remember all those catchy rhymes to help you learn your multiplication facts? Here's the site. It also links to America Rock, Science Rock and Grammar Rock. The rock themes are written out and also have a downloadable wav file to hear the tunes. You can order software for the price of shipping.

http://www.school-house-rock.com/multiplicationrock.html

School Spreadsheet Safari

Do you want to learn about spreadsheets? In this website you’ll learn about the history of spreadsheets, how to use them, and vocabulary. You will find out how spreadsheets can be used in a variety of school subjects and how they can help you organize information and practice skills. There are also some cool quizzes and puzzles.

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110054/

Escape from Knab

"Escape from Knab is an educational simulation which takes participants through a series of financial decision- making experiences in the fun and entertaining setting of the fictitious planet, Knab where visitors discover the results of their actions and decisions. The simulation offers a variety of choices so each visit to Knab is different from the last. However, as participants become adept at the daily activities of living on the planet Knab their knowledge, skills, and capabilities relative to financial decision-making will increase. Because the site design is a collaborative effort among financial professionals, educators and technoweenies, the result is an educationally sound presentation of the knowledge, skills and values required of young adults as they mature into responsible consumers and independent decision-makers."

http://www.escapefromknab.com/

Explore Your Knowledge

Use this site for practice Math and Science questions similar to those found on the MCAS. The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), collected 4th grade & 8th-grade level data in 42 & 38 countries respectively to provide mathematics and science achievement information on U.S. students and those in other nations. It's interesting for the students to try the questions, check the answers and then compare how their contemporaries scored in other countries.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/

Welcome to the World of Aunty Math

Aunty Math is a fun site where challenges present an opportunity for students in grades K-5 to use their math and thinking skills to solve various problems. These challenges can be found on the Challenge of the Week page.

http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html

Math Cats

This is one of the best math sites we've seen in a long time! "This website promotes open-ended and playful explorations of important math concepts in the context of online games, interactive applets, and activity suggestions... Unique and diverse online explorations are provided on the website... Student discoveries do not have to stop at the computer; exploring geometry through the hands-on crafts and art activities presented under the Math Crafts section will provide a fun and challenging learning experience as well... "

http://www.mathcats.com

A Math Dictionary for Kids

This is neat - an animated, interactive dictionary for students which explains over 400 common mathematical terms in simple language.

This extraordinary site lists over 50 terrific presentations to explain all sorts of mathematical concepts - you have to look at this!

A great resource for middle and high school - gives all the control keys for typing math symbols into a Word document.

Sometimes kids just need to drill on a specific concept. This production tool will allow the teacher to customize the worksheet.

This site is for the specific purpose of preparing Middle School students for OPEN-ENDED problem solving on standardized tests. It includes possible answers and rubrics for assessment.

Comprehensive site of interactive math activities with easy to select categories - many need Shockwave.

Pi Necklace Craft:

Pi Trivia Game: For some online Pi fun; have your students take turns and compare scores.

http://eveander.com/~eveander/trivia/

These two sites are excellent for everyday math skills. They were created by education students at the University of Richmond and suitable for elementary / middle grades.

What Good is Math?

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Mathletics - Math applications for football, basketball, baseball and bowling :-)

Search this site by grade level (K-8) or math topic to discover hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills. Interactive practice is on every page with an explanation of the topic. Several Math Challenge Games are also on each page. A great resource!

"There's lots of information on the Web about fractals, but most of it is either just pretty pictures or very high-level mathematics. So this fractals site is for kids, to help them understand what the weird pictures are all about - that it's math - and that it's fun!"

This is a wonderful interactive site. It provides "hands-on manipulatives to learn the basic concepts of fractions, addition and subtraction of fractions, and more..." Suitable for primary grades and higher.

A printed worksheet to go along with this can be found at:

All kinds of nifty online games ("Find Grampy" is our favorite) to practice those pesky fractions.

A commercial site (annoying banners) but one that has some valuable resources and lessons on a great variety of math resources grades K to 8.

Figure This! Mathematics Challenges for Families provides interesting math challenges that school students can do at home with their families. Geared for grades 5 to 8. Would be a nice reference for Family Math Nights!

These are really fun to solve. Great practice for developing problem solving, logic and strategy skills. Some are math, some are language based.

http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/mega-math/ Improving Math Performance Tasks K-6

Exploring Data - Activities K to 12

http://mathforum.com/workshops/usi/dataproject/ Math Mountain - an engaging selection of fun-to-solve word problems divided into primary and intermediate levels. This site also has good math links.

http://www.mcrel.org/mathmtn/index.asp A + Math - This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills in a fun and interactive way. From simple to advanced problems it offers an incredible array of flashcards, a math gameroom and step-by-step problem solving for homework help.

http://www.aplusmath.com/ 100th Day of School - These two sites have many links, book suggestions and teaching activities and ideas to celebrate the 100th day of school.

The goal of this web site is to help grade school children improve their math problem-solving skills. This site started out as only a few pages, but it has grown to hundreds of pages with over 2,000 math word problems for children to enjoy! The pages are sorted by topic and level of difficulty.

Take a look at this comprehensive site for Grades K-8. It has a variety of arithmetic concepts!

http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/mega-math/
Improving Math Performance Tasks K-6

http://mathforum.com/workshops/usi/dataproject/
Math Mountain - an engaging selection of fun-to-solve word problems divided into primary and intermediate levels. This site also has good math links.

http://www.mcrel.org/mathmtn/index.asp
A + Math - This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills in a fun and interactive way. From simple to advanced problems it offers an incredible array of flashcards, a math gameroom and step-by-step problem solving for homework help.

http://www.aplusmath.com/
100th Day of School - These two sites have many links, book suggestions and teaching activities and ideas to celebrate the 100th day of school.