Mathematics
Coelho 3-Ring Math Notebook Requirements (pdf)
National Council of the Teachers of Mathematics
bulletNCTM i-Math Grades 3 to 5 (interactive, multimedia) investigations -  (Illuminations)
bulletNCTM i-Math Grades 6 to 8 (interactive, multimedia) investigations -  (Illuminations)
bullet Middle School Math Resources
bullet OnMath - Online Journal on School Mathematics - includes articles and interactive activites for math teachers
Educational Java Programs  (from Arcytech)
bulletPattern Blocks
bullet Base 10 Blocks
bullet Integer Bars
bullet Fraction Bars
bulletPythagorean Theorem
bullet Value of Pi
bullet Fractals
Algebra Help
Uses some of the latest technology to help you learn and understand algebra. This website features lessons to learn or refresh old skills, calculators that show you how to solve problems step-by-step, and interactive worksheets to test your skills.  (recommended by NCTM)
Balanced Math Assessments (K-12)
a large collection of innovative mathematics assessment tasks for grades K to 12, and trained teachers to use these assessments in their classrooms  (developed by the Harvard School of Education)
Chicago's Systematic Initiative
Collection of math lesson plans ... contains links to a variety of teaching activities and resources from ancient math and algorithms to primes and pi.
CMP Math 
The Connected Math Program's home page from Michigan State University - includes the following links:
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New CMP Pages in ©2000 edition

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Software Downloads for MSU's version of the Product, Factor, Coin, Tic-Tac4 and Treasure Hunt Game

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The LOGO Foundation includes shareware downloads for LOGO activities

Cool Math Sites from Penn State 
Computing Technology for Math Excellence
Math links
Daily Lesson Plans: Practical Math
provides lesson plans for grades 6-12 that use recent New York Times articles as springboards for examining mathematics topics in interesting and exciting ways.  (NCTM recommended)
EconEdLink - National Council on Economic Education
features Web-based economics and personal finance lesson plans for K-12 teachers and students.  (NCTM recommended - and a Marco Polo site)
Elementary Algebra Assignments                                        Mathpower.com
From Math Power --- 40 plus assignments

            Ten Ways to Reduce Math Anxiety (sayings for posters)

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - * will be a subscription site in August '05*
ENC provides curriculum resources, web links and curriculum resources for teachers of Math and Science.  It is located at Ohio State University and funded by the Department of Education.
Explore Learning 
Featured Gizmos to help learning in math and science (some examples but mainly a subscription site)
Geometry Center @ Science U
cool interactive exhibit, simulations ---
GirlTECH Lessons (K-8) 
Susan Boone's lessons - excellent examples of lessons using Web-based data sources from federal agencies, real estate offices and sports sites.
Gnarly Math
Ideas to make Math Learning fun, easy and fascinating ...
Harcourt Brace e-lab (grades 3-8) activities can be downloaded
elab 2004  (grades 3-6) - includes Parent/Teacher resources by strand
Interactive Math Curriculum Frameworks
From the Massachusetts Department of Education, this interactive version of the Math Frameworks allows you to search by grade and strand.
Internet Resources for the Math Curriculum Frameworks
Internet resources (URLs) selected by the Mass D.O.E. to accompany the Math Curriculum Frameworks (appendix 4)
Introduction to the World of Virtual Manipulatives
Collection of Virtual Manipulative Links from the Patterson, NJ Schools - geared towards middle and elementary school students
Kathy Schrock's Math Links
Amazing guide to useful math resources - hosted by the Discovery Channel site.
The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
Links to math in other cultures and famous mathematicians are among the links on this site from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Manipula Math with Java
Collection of  279 interactive math Applets - including Middle School Math, Geometry, Trig, Calculus, etc.  
Math Archives
From the University of Tennessee at Knoxville,  this site has links to math lesson plans, software, archives and articles among other topics
Math Activities Idea Bank from MathCats
offers resources for teachers, parents, and others that have been suggested by teachers.  (recommended by NCTM)  Math Activities Idea Bank Activities
Math Goodies
Lessons, problems and puzzles (crosswords, word searches) and worksheets for math teachers
Math Forum Problem of the Week
Math problems for students in grades K-12.  A new problem every week plus a library of previous problems
Mathematics Teacher Link
Provides professional development and classroom resources to teachers at the high school and beginning college levels.  Includes interactive tutorials from algebra to calculus.
Mathematics Teacher Online
Online version of the Mathematics Teacher - provides a sampling of the print edition
Math.com
Math.com's teacher page with links and resources 
Mean, Mode, Median Activities (Compiled by Classroom Connect)
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Comparing Properties of the Mean and Median

From NCTM, Visual Exploration of Mean and Median

Mean Vs Median

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Mean Versus Median (Prentice Hall Applets from Univ of So. Carolina)

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Mean and Median (Robin Lock, Math Dept.  @ University of St. Lawrence

Interactive Site

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Train Race  (Interactive, from BBC Mathsfile)

Statistics Calculations

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Mean, Median, and Mode (from Go Math.com includes mini-lessons)

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Measures (from Shodor.org)

 Connections to Graphs

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ExploreLearning: Mean, Median, and Mode Gizmo (Interactive - students plot data then calculate Mean, Mode and Median)

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Plop It!  (from Shodor.org)

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Mean and Median (from Data and Story Library at Cornell)

Guess Mean and Median

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Dotplot Summaries (from Beth Chance at CalPoly)

Practice Makes Perfect

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AAA Statistics (from AAAMath.com)

 

Measurement

Distance & Length

bullet Sleuths on the Loose (PBSKids)
bullet Wacky Ruler (PBSKids)
bulletEstimating Metric Length   Customary Length (HB School)

Area & Perimeter

bullet Area Explorer (Shodor)
bullet Perimeter Explorer (Shodor)
bullet Shape Explorer (Shodor)
bullet Rectangle:  Area, Perimeter, Length & Width
bullet Rearranging the Furniture (StudyWorks on Line)

Surface Area, Volume and Capacity

bullet Cubes (Illuminations)
bullet Flowing Through Mathematics (Illuminations)
bullet Surface Area and Volume (Shodor)
bullet 3-D Box Applet (University of Illinois)
bullet Fill and Pour (Virtual Manipulatives)
bullet How High? (Virtual Manipulatives)

Measuring Angles

bullet Stargazing (PBS kids)
bullet Angles Game (Innovations for Learning)
bullet What's My Angle (using a protractor)

Conversions

bullet Virtual Manipulative Converting Units
bullet Unit Converter
bullet Convert Within the Metric System
Melting Pot Math
From the Franklin Institute Online, multicultural math problems for the 21st century.  Countries represented include China, India, England, Kenya, Greece and Rome among others. 
MEGA-MATH (grades 4-6) Puzzle-like scenarios to math classrooms from the Los Alamos National Laboratory

Menu Math  - Eating on a Budget

                      On Line Menus (VA)

                      Green Line Menus (Boston)

                      Menu Mart (NY state)

Nrich
Math enrichment  activities from the University of Cambridge in England.  
Online Math Collection
The Franklin Institute Online's main page that also includes "Melting Pot Math" - this links to mnemonics, open-ended math problems, seasonal math problems, neighborhood math - for 7th and 8th graders, and Math Hotlinks.  
PBS Teacher Source - Math
Links lesson plans and curricula ideas to the NCTM standards
QuickMath
QuickMath is an automated service for answering common math problems over the internet.  Think of it as an online calculator that solves equations and does all sorts of algebra and calculus problems - instantly and automatically!
RHL Math
Weekly worksheets for upper elementary students are provided free for teachers to copy and use
Sample Math WASL questions
Sample Assessment Questions from the Washington State Assessment of Student Learning.  Categorized by Grade Level (K-8 and High School) and by mathematics strand. 
SCORE Mathematics Lessons
Mathematics lessons by strand, grade (K-7 and 8-12) and linked to NCTM and California math standards 
SMILE
Science and Math Initiative for Learning Enhancement - Hosted by the Illinois Institute of Technology.   Over 800 lesson plans available in the fields of biology, chemistry and mathematics.
StudyWorks on Line
 

Includes Explorations, Just for Fun and other activities and links - for parents, teachers and students

Superkids Math Worksheet Creator
Parents and teachers can create printable math worksheets that teach different skills. Select the type of problem, the maximum and minimum
numbers to be used in the problems, and click!  Also has links to online word games - like Hangman, and logic games like classic Checkers and Battleship.
Venturing Online for Science and Math
Links from TERC
Word Problems for Kids (Grade 5 to 12)
Includes hints as well as the answer;  from Canada 
SuperKids Math
  Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Rounding, Averages, etc. Customize each worksheet and it  allows you to print out an answer key.
Free Math Worksheets
  from Teacher Education online - includes answer key.  (Cannot be customized)

MATH WORD PROBLEMS

Word Problems for Kids   Word problems for students and teachers from grades 5 through 12 - St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. 

Disaster Math (from FEMA)   Math Word Problems
   

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Updated June 21, 2006