- Duke University Math Union - Jadrian Miles
The Duke University Math Union (DUMU) writes and hosts the annual Duke Math Meet. Download PDFs of problems and solutions from meets dating back to 1998.
...more>>
- Education by Design
Publishers of educational software, focusing on special needs software for Windows and Macintosh that can be accessed with keyboard, mouse, and especially with IntelliKeys, Touch Windows or with switches. Math titles include MathPad, an arithmetic tutorial
...more>>
- Elementary Math Enrichment - Beth Schaubroeck
Free mathematics enrichment materials for accelerated 4th and 5th graders. The 70 lessons, grouped into 12 different units, include solutions and teacher guides: Ancient Mathematics (Mayan math, in base 20; and Egyptian math, which lacks zero), Baseball
...more>>
- Elementary Problem of the Week - Department of Mathematics, Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU)
Word problems in number patterns, algebra, geometry, and other topics. Read the solution to the most recent problem, and archives of previous problems and their answers.
...more>>
- Elementary Resources: Math - Iram Khan and James Horner, CanTeach
CanTeach was created to assist teachers in finding and using resources online. The authors have emphasized lesson plans, resources, and links which have a Canadian focus. The elementary math resources are organized into these categories: numbers, patterns
...more>>
- Elementary Thoughts: A Collection of Gail's Responses - Gail Englert
A collection of Gail Englert's responses to questions from elementary and middle school teachers, parents, and students, in the Teacher2Teacher service. Covers a wide range of elementary mathematics topics, as well as teaching points.
...more>>
- El Niño Unveiled - Marcia Barton, Susan Freeman; Louisiana State University
What is El Niño? This three-day interdisciplinary Webquest for middle grades students combines natural history, math, and writing to introduce activities and research centered around El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - its history, cause,
...more>>
- emGames - Wright Group/McGraw-Hill
Twelve Shockwave games aligned to the Everyday Math curriculum for the early grades. Game topics include the basic operations (including angle addition), place value, money, estimation, factoring, and choosing the larger of two numbers. Many games involve
...more>>
- The EMPower Project - TERC
Extending Mathematical Power: A Math Curriculum for Adults, extends school mathematics reform to currently under-served populations so that they more effectively engage mathematical demands at work, at home as parents and caregivers, in the community,
...more>>
- Finding Ways to Nguyen Students Over - Fawn Nguyen
Nguyen blogs mostly about her teaching middle school math. Posts, which date back to November, 2011, have included "Teaching 101 -- How I Got Like This," "Puzzles and Brainteasers, Set 11," "Pi Day Activities," "Always Sometimes Never," "Using Excel for
...more>>
- Flash Games - ATK Solutions, Inc.
Flash applets and games include rotating 3d cube; mind boggle square, which challenges you to slide a square across a surface by sliding other quadrilaterals into the unoccupied spaces; Futoshiki, which involves positioning counting numbers on a grid
...more>>
- Focus on Student Practice - Suzanne Alejandre
Article about how students worked on the Problem of the Week (PoW) "Wooden Legs" in a way that developed the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Mathematical Practice of "making sense of problems and persevering in solving them." This article, originally
...more>>
- Fractals: Definition & Activities - Suzanne Alejandre
A Math Forum Web Unit. Includes definitions and descriptions of fractals, links to pages on the Sierpinski triangle, the Koch edge, the Peano curve, the Lorenz attractor, and the Dragon curve; and more links to fractal sites on the Web.
...more>>
- Fractals in Science: Simulations - Center for Polymer Studies, Boston University
Hands-on activities, laboratory experiments, and interactive visualization programs that encourage students to explore how fundamentally random microscopic events can give rise to fractal macroscopic patterns. An image gallery and fractal related software
...more>>
- Franklin's Mathematics - Paul C. Pasles, Villanova University
From the author of Benjamin Franklin's Numbers: articles on the founding father's "little-known role as a mathematician," and examples of Franklin's magic squares and magic circle.
...more>>
- Fun With Num3ers
A blog of mathematical puzzles, mostly in number theory. Posts, which date back to January, 2012, have included "Using digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 only once (Part Two)," "Pythagorean triple – Digits Reversed," "Concatenation puzzle: when (A ||
...more>>
- Games and Puzzles - Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles, Alexander Bogomolny
Almost 40 games or puzzles, with extensive discussions and solutions. Examples include the Monty Hall Dilemma, Lewis Carroll's problem; the game of Nim, the 3 glass puzzle, Northcott's game, the Tower of Hanoi, and many more. Most require a browser capable
...more>>
- Gary Haynes - Gary Haynes
Course syllabi, lesson plans, homework, and objectives. Visit "Tangrams and Other Games" for an interactive tangram story and a Flash presentation on how to develop an understanding of functions through the use of the motion sensor.
...more>>
- GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials - National Library of Education (NLE)
A database for education links, intended to be more useful for teachers than a search engine. It records the resources of its consortium members (information on joining the consortium is available onsite). Users are able to: browse through lists organized
...more>>
- Geometric Arts - Ghee Beom "Quincy" Kim
A site dedicated to geometry and visual perception: patterns, fractals, structures, rotations, spirographs, optical arts, knots, and more. Some constructions include the artist's reflections, instructions, and links to related sites and interactive applets.
...more>>
- Geometry Out of Africa - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
Two recent books that introduce African geometry. Geometry from Africa, by Paulus Gerdes, shows how one can discover or derive the Pythagorean theorem from African designs, explores the role of symmetry (with suggestions for home and classroom crafts
...more>>
- Geometry through Art - Norman Shapiro
Lesson ideas, facilitation suggestions, lists of materials needed, and handouts to photocopy. Norman Shapiro focuses on the student as investigator, learning through doing, and using perception to stimulate the motivation for more developed concepts and
...more>>
- Habits of mind: an organizing principle for mathematics curriculum (Connected Geometry) - Cuoco, Goldenberg, Mark; Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
A curriculum the goal of which is not to train large numbers of high school students to be university mathematicians, but rather to allow high school students to become comfortable with ill-posed and fuzzy problems, to see the benefit of systematizing
...more>>
- Hand Made Manipulative Instructions - Margo Lynn Mankus
Pattern block cutouts: triangles, squares, smaller and larger rhombuses, trapezoids, and hexagons. Base-ten blocks in sets of ones, tens, and hundreds; and base-five blocks in sets of ones, fives, and twenty-fives. XY-block sets of X, X2, XY, Y, and Y2
...more>>
- Ho Math and Chess Learning Centre, Vancouver, BC, and affiliates - Frank Ho
Site features downloadable math and mathematical chess materials, information on the centers and the classes they offer locally, and franchising details for the centers.
...more>>
- The IntegerZone - Philip Dorrell
A Java applet which presents the integers as a scrollable rectangular grid of cells, each cell displaying one number. Different modes illustrate different mathematical topics by defining the user's interaction with the grid in terms of response to mouse
...more>>
- Interactive Games - Cathleen J. Chamberlain and Mark Cogan, Oswego City School District
Design matching games and quizzes. Pre-made games include Ghost Blasters and Sum Sense, for practicing arithmetic; Banana Hunt, for estimating angle measures; Bang on Time, Class Clock, and Stop the Clock; Billy Bug, for learning coordinates; Fraction
...more>>
- The Interactive Mathematics Classroom - Rex Boggs
A digital library of third-party technology resources for teaching mathematics, from kindergarten to calculus. Register to comment on interactive whiteboard files, Powerpoints, TI-Nspire documents, Excel spreadsheets, and other digital resources. RSS
...more>>
- InterMath Dictionary - The University of Georgia
A searchable dictionary for middle school-level mathematics students, teachers, and parents. The dictionary provides related terms, everyday examples, interactive checkpoints, and challenges. Funded by the National Science Foundation, InterMath is a collaborative
...more>>
- InterMath - The University of Georgia
InterMath is a professional development effort designed to support teachers in becoming better mathematics educators. InterMath workshops provide an ongoing support community, a lesson plan database, and a discussion board. The site provides mathematical
...more>>
- Introduction to Algebra for Primary Students - Varnelle Moore
A Web unit designed to guide young children (K-2) through an introduction to algebra. Children learn to sort, classify, and order attribute blocks by size, number, and other properties. Each lesson includes an interactive, manipulative-based project,
...more>>
- Investigating LCM and GCF Using Rods - Margo Lynn Mankus
The objective of the lesson plan Investigating LCM and GCF Using Rods is to look at the Least Common Multiple (LCM) and Greatest Common Factor (GCF) from "hands-on" pattern-building to using set theory. With teachers as the intended audience, the activity
...more>>
- Investigating Patterns: Number Patterns Fun with Curves & Topology - Jill Britton
Annotated list of links within various number pattern, curve, and topology topics. Linked items feature activities for students. Topics include: prime numbers/magic squares, clock or modular arithmetic, the golden ratio, Fibonacci numbers, binary numbers/Pascal's
...more>>
- Investigating Patterns: Symmetry and Tessellations - Jill Britton
Thirty activities from a variety of Web sites, coordinated with a forthcoming book by Jill Britton for Cuisenaire/Dale Seymour, Exploring Pattern: Symmetry and Tessellations (March 1999). Topics include an introduction to symmetry; symmetry in the alphabet,
...more>>
- James P. Dildine - James P. Dildine
Interactive math lessons for exploring parabolas, triangle areas, Pythagorean triples, triangle angle sums (powered by a Cabri Java applet), cancer and mathematics (image analysis, and determining the area and perimeter of non-regular figures), systems
...more>>
- Jon Kleinberg's Homepage - Jon Kleinberg, Department of Computer Science, Cornell University
Read Kleinberg's research on algorithms that exploit the combinatorial structure of networks and information. His work includes techniques for analyzing and modeling link structure in the World Wide Web and related information networks; discrete optimization
...more>>
- KidsPsych - Magination Press
Flash games to help young children develop cognitive thinking and deductive reasoning: Oochina on the Farm, Rotating Faces, Oochina in Space, I Spy, Oochina the Archeologist, Oochina's Doughnut Dilemma, Oochina the Treasure Hunter, Oochy's Cube Adventure,
...more>>
- The Knight's Tour - Dan Thomasson
The Knight's Tour web site shows various ways to solve open and closed knight tours. The site also offers several animated tours, artwork, and new concepts (magic squares, tessellations, and conjectures about prime numbers) derived from knight moves on
...more>>
- The Learning Box: K-5 Math Software
Developer of elementary mathematics software for students in grades K-5. Featured titles include The Manipulative Math Series: Logic Blocks, Base Ten Blocks, and the Peg Board (learning about sets). Shockwave Flash activities include Flowering Fractions
...more>>
- Learning Games and Activities for K-12 - Creative Teaching Associates
Over 200 non-electronic learning games and activities for ages 4 through adult. Math products include flash cards, activity cards, board games, math chips, cards, books, cassettes for basic math facts drill, and many more. Products are also listed by
...more>>
- Learning Math - Annenberg Media
The Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) use media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. Video programs with coordinated Web and print materials are offered for the professional development
...more>>
- Learning to Learn: Problem Solving - Greg Gay, Learning Disabilities Resource Community (LDRC), University of Toronto
Find out about your learning style by solving challenging arithmetic, logic, and mathematical story problems. Puzzles include analogy exercises which reveal our abilities to infer, map meaning, classify, and alter knowledge in the face of novel learning;
...more>>
- Lesson Plan Search - Google
Free math lesson plans that make use of Google Earth, Google Calendar, Exploring Computational Thinking, and other products and projects of the search engine company: Telling time & Google Calendar; Human Dimensions Project; Median of Latitude Data;
...more>>
- Lesson Plans: Mathematics - The Educator's Reference Desk
K-12 lesson plans categorized by subject (Algebra, Applied Math, Arithmetic, Careers, Functions, Geometry, History, Measurement, Number Sense, Number Theory, Patterns, Probability, Process Skills, and Statistics), as well as links to internet sites featuring
...more>>
- Let's Count! - Cynthia Lanius
Colorful, busy (sometimes too busy for adults, but children are drawn to them) activities for learning to count. The activities can be done either on computers with Internet access (optimally), or they can be printed out and used as a paper and pencil
...more>>
- Let's Do Math! - Cynthia Lanius
Maria and Cassie love doing math. The first problem they solve together is counting all the squares on a checkerboard - not just the individual squares, but all the different-sized squares that could be counted. Other Do Math problems include probability
...more>>
- Letter/Number Puzzles - Math Forum, Ask Dr. Math Common Question
A selection of answers to questions about cryptograms, alphametrics, letter sequences, and other letter/number puzzles, such as SEND + MORE = MONEY.
...more>>
- Line Designs for the Computer - Jill Britton
Line designs are created by connecting points on lines or curves with straight line segments. When carried out on cardboard with sewing needle and thread, the process is referred to as Curve Stitching or String Art. If the family of straight line segments
...more>>
- Locker Problem - Suzanne Alejandre
A classroom activity (also called 1000 Lockers) aligned to the NCTM and California Standards, to be explored through the use of manipulatives and a ClarisWorks spreadsheet. Students then look for patterns and write the answer algebraically. The problem:
...more>>
- Logic and Reasoning (SMILE) - Pearline Scott, Greeley School
A lesson designed to teach students to use logic and reasoning strategies to classify blocks by their attributes; recognize one, two and three attribute differences; use Venn diagrams to form sets and show their intersection; and use the attribute blocks
...more>>
| |
|
The Math Forum is a research and educational enterprise of the Drexel University School of Education.