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Sites Another great resource from the Math
Forum at Drexel University (used to be at
Swarthmore). Their weekly newsletter highlights new ideas
and tools for teaching and learning math. A wide variety
nicely catalogued - easy to get lost in time just browsing
around! Sort of a general information site for mathematics.
Contains topics, tutorials, and a math help feature. From
About.com A nice listing of resources posted by the
University of North
Carolina. A collection of about 200 single concept mathematics
lessons organized into nine different strands, or content
areas. This Science
and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement
site also contains lessons in Biology, Chemistry,
and Physics. Sponsored by the Illinois
Institute of Technology. An archive of math resources organized by categories
including topics, software, teaching materials, and links.
A selection of interactive games (some require Java,
others do not) from the
Scientific Computing and Visualization Group Web
server at Boston
University. A collection of thoughtful utterances about
mathematics. Really. A listing of scenes involving mathematics that
have appeared in films and cinema. The authors annotate each
entry with a rating system and narrative, which is fun to
read. As you might guess, there are some instances where
mathematics is not well served. Links to a wide variety of math pages. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has
been one of the driving forces behind math education reform
in the U.S. Their home page provides information about their
activities and math standards. Great resource for parents
and teachers alike. Check out the online version of their
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education at
JRME
Online. Houghton-Mifflin's math resources site. I've included
it because there's a pretty good selection of resources for
parents wanting information about exploring mathematics with
their children. A guide to E-mail based volunteer programs designed to
help students master challenging mathematics, science and
technology. Activities that Integrate Math and Science (AIMS) are
the focus here. You can sample some of the activities
available through the foundation and visit some math history
resources, There's a lot more, too. MATHCOUNTS is a national math coaching and competition
program for 7th and 8th grade students. Their site contains
a Problem of the Week and an archive of math problems.
There's general information about the MATHCOUNTS program, as
well. This site is primarily for teachers, but contains a
wealth of information about mathematics standards and
applications that parents can access. The focus is on real
time data collection and analysis relating to weather and
weather systems. Fifteen lesson activities are detailed
which can be used in the classroom. A mathematics resource for parents and educators whose
purpose is to help them connect kids to mathematics. There
are articles, a newsletter, math challenges for kids (and
adults!), grade level resources and more. Interdisciplinary lesson plans from the New York
Times. Other subjects included as well as
mathematics. Story problems for elementary students. Categorized by
grade level and topic. Includes a section of math stories
based on children's books. Twelve award-winning lesson plans for grades 6-12 in
mathematics, science and technology. Selected from 250
entrants. A collection of interactive math lessons on various
math topics. Designed to engage students in the learning of
math through a problem-solving approach. The site also
contains chat rooms for teachers and parents, and homework
help A collection of short, interesting math 'fun facts'
that can be used to stimulate kids' interest in math. Good
for start-of-class warm-ups, or as a short filler when you
have 5-10 minutes. Sponsored by Harvey
Mudd College Math Department. From the Teacher's
Lab of the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science
Project. Provides an understanding of patterns and how to
use them in the classroom. The Visual Math Institute's
mission is to explore cutting edge chaos theory, but the
site also contains Visual Euclid, and information about
reform in math education at all school
levels. Create Surveys and get feedback at this free
site. Create worksheets and practice tests in a variety of
math content. I see them as good mantal math exercises as
well. The materials, on-line and downloadable, are free with
registration.
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