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nzmaths Review
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| http://nrich.maths.org/public/index.php |
| 1-4 |
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This site supports teachers and learners of mathematics with thousands of free resources which are designed to develop subject content knowledge and problem-solving and thinking skills. |
NRICH Review |
| http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/ |
| 2-5 |
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This site from the University of Waterloo provides online learning activities along with appropriate printable, paper and pencil follow-up exercises. |
MathFrog Review |
| http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/ |
| 2-4 |
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The units of work on this site all use real-world applications of mathematics to involve students in studies that look at such topics as bar codes, time zones and drinks cans to develop mathematical concepts. |
Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching Review |
| http://athomewithmath.terc.edu/math_kits.html |
| 1-2 |
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This site contains ten activities that “build math into the things most families already do--ordinary routines such as figuring out ways to save money, to share fairly, or to get somewhere on time”. |
At Home With Math Review
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| http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/ |
| 1-8 |
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Developed to make learning maths more engaging and realistic for students, in number, measurement, statistics, geometry and algebra. This site provides easy to follow activity plans based on NASA projects. |
Math Activities for K – 12 Teachers Review |
| http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/index.htm |
| 2-3 |
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Part of the Scholastic Site these word puzzles involve Math Maven. She is always finding herself in the middle of a fun new mystery and students act as her "super sleuths" and crack the case. Each mystery focuses on a particular area of math reasoning and computation. |
Math Maven’s Mysteries Review |
| http://mathforum.org/library/problems/ |
| 3-4 |
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This very large site contains numerous activities covering all of the strands focusing on problem solving techniques. |
Math Forum Problems Review |
| http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html |
| 1-8 |
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A wide variety of quality virtual manipulatives are hosted on this site. Each is presented with curriculum links (US based), hands-on activity ideas to accompany the virtual activity and teacher information on how to incorporate the material into the classroom program. |
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics Review |
| http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html |
| 4-8 |
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This site hosts a range of projects mainly suitable for older primary and secondary school students. The projects have a science focus and links to mathematics. |
CIESE Online Classroom Projects Review |
| http://www.mathmastery.com |
| 1-4 |
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This site contains two sets of problems, one for use with students and another more suited for families. The problems are unique with authentic contexts and can be searched by grade level (USA) or content. Some measurement material non-metric. |
MathMastery.com Review |
| http://www.aw-bc.com/weiss/i_iprojects/index.htm |
| 3+ |
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This site provides useful information for teachers looking for real-life statistical situations to use in their teaching. Each situation is described with background information, data displays and information of the statistical concepts involved. |
Internet Projects for Introductory Statistics Review |
| http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/DataArchive.html |
| 2+ |
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An online library of datafiles and stories to illustrate the use of basic statistics methods. The site aims to provide data from a wide variety of topics so that statistics teachers can find real-world examples that will be interesting to their students. |
DASL - Data and Story Library Review |
| http://www.maths.otago.ac.nz/home/schools/schools.php |
| 4-8 |
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This site is the schools section of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Otago. It contains links to sites for students, teacher resources and information about studying Maths at Otago. |
University of Otago, Review
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| http://plus.maths.org/ |
| 4+ |
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Plus is an internet magazine published four times a year. It aims to introduce readers to the beauty of mathematics and its practical applications. |
Plus Magazine Review
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| http://www.k-state.edu/smartbooks/index.html |
| 1-4 |
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This site contains a variety of lesson plans that use children’s literature as a starting point for mathematical investigations. Teachers can search the units of work by math’s strand, student levels (based on USA grades), or author. |
SMaRT Books Review
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| http://www.icteachers.co.uk/resources/resources_numeracy.htm |
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The resources on this site are simple but useful with many unique ideas. In particular the place value tool is an MS Excel spreadsheet, which displays a number with arrows to let you add or subtract 10s, 100s or 1000s. |
ICTeachers Review |
| http://www.figurethis.org/index.html |
| 3-6 |
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“Figure This!” is designed to provide an exciting and friendly way for families to become more involved in mathematics with their children. |
Figure This! Math Challenges for Families Review |
| http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Algebra/rentacar.html |
| 2-4 |
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Explores aspects of number statistics and algebra by using a simple family holiday context to illustrate differences between car rental prices. |
Fun and Sun Rent-a-Car Review |
| http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx |
| 1-8 |
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Ready-to-use, online, interactive, multimedia math investigations, including student investigations, teacher notes, answers, and related professional development activities. |
I-Maths Investigations, Illuminations Review |
| http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx |
| 2-3 |
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This site looks at four basic graphs for displaying statistics. You can create a graph of your own or use available data. |
Create a Graph Review |
| http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessons.aspx |
| 1-8 |
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A variety of lesson plans covering aspects of each strand of the curriculum. This site encourages the use of internet based resources. |
Illuminations Lesson Plans Review |
| http://www.aaamath.com/index.html |
| 1-4 |
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Interactive arithmetic exercises and problems. It contains a series of Statistics, Algebra, Number, Measurement and Geometry math lessons, which are intended to be a resource that can be used by math students. |
AAA Math Review |
| http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibpuzzles.html#bricks |
| 3-4+ |
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An exploration of the Fibonacci Numbers. A range of simple/complex algebra questions (mainly). Extention ideas. Some browsers may have difficulty downloading these pages. |
Easier Fibonacci Numbers Review |
