Diane Hollister
dhollister@racc.edu
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Scroll down for specific subject areas within mathematics……
Places to start….
Check out http://www.math.com/ The website name says it all! J
http://www.figurethis.org/ a website of applied mathematics: ‘real life’ stuff
http://www.mathforum.org/ An excellent source for the starter—lots of stuff! J
http://www.mathforum.org/geopow Geometry Problem of the Week
http://www.mathforum.org/pow Problem of the Week
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm Searchable lesson database—for math lessons, sorted by topic and grade levels, supported by PBS
http://www.enc.org/ Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Math/Science
http://www.nctm.org/ National Council of Teachers of Mathematics…click on ILLUMINATIONS and you will find a wealth of lessons sorted by standard, level, and subject
http://www.coolmath.com/ All sorts of links, games, lessons, fun stuff, and tutorials
http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/ An example of alternative assessment
Look below for Education links….and some other favorites at the end of the page J
.Read Mel Levine's book? Check out the website: http://www.allkindsofminds.org/
EDUCATION
General sites to start at:
Problem of the week:
Problem solving in mathematics link http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt725/EMT725.html
Brain teasers…by grade level http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/
Check out http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html
Aunty Math! J
Link to http://www.edhelper.com/
for all sorts of printable freebies in math and language arts… this includes
math from addition/subtraction through probability and logarithms!
Check out Thinkquest library resources…all subject areas…http://www.thinkquest.org/library/
Art adventures / information online…a great resource…http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/
Try this site for printable charts, graph paper, planners, etc .http://donnayoung.org/forms.htm
American Science
Surplus---great site for hands-on goodies!
Scientific American
The Great Courses
Link to graphic organizers
for teachers
Education
World projects
Creative Classroom
Global
Schoolhouse activities
Rubrics for
teachers....lots of them, well organized!
Online
expeditions/field trips
Ask an
expert in the field....great resource for educators
Daily Grammar
Recommended by a
fellow homeschooler...an AWESOME site!!
Free worksheets
More lessons
Web adventures in different
subjects
Mathematics and
Children's Literature
Math
links on web--mega source
gateway
site
motivating
students in math (middle school)
Linking math to
real-life careers
Web-linked
ideas
Mathematics
Projects
NASA
lessons/mathematics
Lesson
plans mathematics
Patterns
in Mathematics
Homework help/math links/math sites....GREAT !!
Printable worksheets sorted by subject matter--Internet Educational Workbook
Super
Kids Math Worksheet Creator
Internet
unit/research math history/problem solving
Busy Teachers Website K-12
Lesson plan ideas
Discovery Channel School
lesson plans
Awesome Library--Educational
Search Engine
Math
A to Z great links
Math lessons-- http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons
Math in
daily life
**WEBQUEST LINKS: http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/
A 28 page listing of math sites---math.html
- Check out the problems of the month
**http://sln.fi.edu/school
National council of Teachers of Mathematics--http://www.nctm.org/
Education place: http://www.eduplace.com/
**Math forum a comprehensive source for math ed. on the web--http://www.forum.swarthmore.edu/
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse--lesmath.htm
**Franklin Institute--maintains hot lists by subject--http://sln.fi.edu/
Internet based projects/math/science-scienceprojects.html
K-12 math generalmath.html
K-12 lessons by subject sorted by topics http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/
**An incredible search engine; type in desired topic, click desired grade levels http://thegateway.org/
**PBS maintains a teacher source of lessons, sorted by topic and grouped by elem/middle/high school....teachersource/math.htm
Spacelink..NASA resources for educators....index.html
FOR HOMESCHOOLERS….Many of the other sites linked are great resources…but
these are specifically for homeschoolers….Need an evaluator? Contact me J Happy Homeschooling!
Home school.com
Well trained mind...classical
approach to education
Printable homeschooling
resources forms
Homeschool discussion boards swap/curriculum, too!
Science stuff
Science kits, neat ed. stuff
Plimoth Plantation links...history
Pennsylvania Homeschoolers
Learn in Freedom
General
info
American
Homeschool Association
Home School.com
Home School Central
Saxon Math
History kits/info/activities...neat
links
The following are sorted by subject :
Early Primary/KinderKorner Resources
http://www.akidsheart.com/
(Go to website, click on desired subject)
All kinds of stuff
Kathy
Schrock's Guide
PreSchool
Zone Teaching Ideas
Early Ed resources
First grade resources
Kinderkorner
resources, assessment, ideas
Special Education Links
I have two children on the autistic spectrum, so I have researched PDD, Asperger’s syndrome, autism , etc. Check out this set of links…it’s a great special education starting spot! SPECIAL ED LINKS
OASIS guide to Asperger's Syndrome resources for educators/parents…http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/
Search the Awesome
library==Ed. search engine
Resource room… http://www.resourceroom.net/
Dysgraphia..http://www.resourceroom.net/myarticles/Jones_dysgraphia.HTM
Great resource learning disabilities… http://www.ldonline.com/
Special
Ed. resources
Education
World Special Ed. links
Cooperative
Ementary Activities/Special Ed
Special
Ed and Disability Resources by category **some links not working 01/15/01
Special Ed. sites http://www.schdist42.bc.ca/ProjectInfo/sped3.html
A site to assess disability accessibility of websites-- http://www.cast.org/bobby/
Problem solving, reasoning, sequences
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Mathematics/Games/Puzzles/
Puzzles by tessellations--index.html
Math puzzles --puzzles.html
Goldbach Conjecture--tindex.html
Elementary math student activities...elmaths.html
Cube coloring problem..cecmath036.html
Detecting patterns lessonmath4n10.htm
Fibonacci and Nature--lots of stuff!!fibnat.html
Problem solving Math class:nf_7228.htm
Set theory, logic, functions
Venn Diagram site
Logic and Reasoning--ma9177.html
Sorting through life..ma9506.html
Ask Dr. Math==lots of stuff on sets, definitions, problems, etc.sets.high.html
Numeration / Basic operations
Click
on Bricks==Multiplication
Scholastic
Crayola
Lessons
Ask Dr . Math drmath.elem.html
Scholastic's In School math activities...http://www.scholastic.com/inschool/reproducibles/math/
Abacus--intro.html
Numbers you can count on--art/math lesson--numbers.html
Abacus--http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/
Nutrition lessons with inter-disciplinary emphasis--http://www.dole5aday.com/
Cuisenaire Rods: Intro--space, color and mathematics...rods.htm
Integers, number theory
http://www.resourceroom.net/Math/Integers.asp
Euclidian
algorithm
Clock
arithmetic
Integer
information
Integer
lessons==sequential
Clock arithmetic/modular arithmetic:modular.html
Mrs. Glossers Math Goodies--Number theoryhttp://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/toc_vol3.shtm
Rationals and Applications
Origami
Fractals
resources
Working with
cuisenaire rods
Introductory
fractals unit
pattern blocks
and fractions
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/koch.html--The
Koch Snowflake
Sierpinski
Triangle
Fractal
Microscope...
Fractals---chaos,
music, great pics
Intro to fractions using Cuisenaire rods...ma9313.html
Fractions unit intro..412.html
Music and Fractions--859.html
Resources on fractions: e.fraclessons.html
fractals--what_is.html
fractals--pins-guides.html
http://www.visualfractions.com/
http://kidsmath.about.com/kids/kidsmath/
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions
Decimals, Percents, Ratios
Prevention
dimensions--a drug/crime percent lesson
NY
times lesson with percents
Global grocery project--http://landmark-project.com/CGIs/Lasso.acgi
percent lessons, developmental
percents
household budget
Fractions, Decimals, Gravity--weight.html
Space shuttle stats.shuttle.html
Rhythm and ratio--a math/music lesson:rhythm.html
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~radams/
Latitude and Longitude--a Real life use of Pythagorean theorem...pythag.html
Probability
Simulation
lesson
also use PBS teacher source to search for
some neat prob. lessons for kids!!
** PBS
stat lessons
Probability of Childhood Games--ma96m3.html
Tootsie Pop probability--2.html
A concrete approach to relative frequency--3.html
The Amazing Mathematical Object Factory--info about probability well donehttp://www.schoolnet.ca/vp-pv/amof/
National Center for Ed. Statistics
Graphing data
How Many in Your Family ? A stat lesson
Snowfall stats. for snowboarding..736.html
Finding the mean--hands on activities129.html
Real data : http://www.census.gov
dstat.html
An online basis statistics text......sbk00.htm
Geometry links at coolmath.com
Geometry JAVA applets....cool!
Curriculum extensions in math
Interior Angles (& Other Geometry)
Nine point circle construction
*** more on nine point circle....definitions/resources....
On-line math tutoring, geometry ***
A great inter-disciplinary lesson about constructing
pyramids
Geometry and the geoboardma9206.html
the Geometry Junkyard--EXCELLENT INFO!!topic.html
School Bus Geometry schbus1.html
FLATLAND.....http://www.geom.umn.edu/~banchoff/Flatland/
Again, use PBS teachersource--there are LOTS of geom. lessons!!
Less Volume = More space
Math and Monsters
Pencil Perimeters
GeometryOnline links
Measurement
Finding the surface area of a sphere--39.html
Predicting
and computing area--space/math lessonX38-index.html
Resources for teachers --e.measlessons.html
Units conversions--capacity.html
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math/elementary_measurement.shtm
Symmetry, tessellations, special topics in geometry
Totally Tessellated--History, images, Escher,
mosaics/tilings, more
http://www.WorldOfEscher.com/
Calculus resources
First year tutorial help
Mr. Calculus help site
Calculus on the Web resources
Algebra
more Algebra resources
http://www.edhelper.com/ for printable worksheets and answers
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