Internet Resources for Teachers

Internet Resources for TeachersBrain Pop
http://www.brainpop.com/math/seeall.weml
Short animation movies on math topics

Flashcards for Kids
http://edu4kids.com/math/
Basic online practice

Fun Mathematics lessons by Cynthia Lanius
http://www.math.rice.eduK-12
Math lessons on topics like ratio, fraction, and graphs

National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
http://nctm.org
Math principles and standards, FAQ’s and links to other resources

The Math Forum
http://www.forum.swarthmore.edu
Math problems of the week, Dr. Math to receive and answers, math lessons K-12+

PBS Mathline
http://www.pbs.org
Online math lessons and activities organized by grade level and category

Go Math
http://www.gomath.com
Everything math-Ask an expert, homework help, calculators, converters, test prep. Put in topic and get a list of resources.

Internet4Classrooms
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/math
Everything math-power point presentations, videos, interactive lessons, and quizzes

Mathematical Resources
http://www.members.stratos.net/jetta/math1.html
An online catalog of Internet site organized into categories: lesson plans K-12, software, newsgroups, and listservs

A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com
Math flashcard creator, math game, homework helper

Math Forum from Drexel University
http://www.mathforum.org
Resources, materials, person-to-person interactions, educational services and products

Math goodies
http://www.mathgoodies.com
Math lesson, homework help, worksheets, puzzles that meet NCTM standards

Math Stories
http://www.mathstories.com
2,000+ math word problems for grades 1-5, with answers provided

Word Problems for Kids
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome/html
Single step and multiple step word problems based on real world dilemmas, grades 5-12

Math Teacher Link
http://MTL.math.uiuc.edu/
Online classroom resources for algebra, geometry, calculus and probability

Fun Brain
http://www.funbrain.com
An interactive site with problem solving to play math baseball and car racing, K-8

Algebra Story and Word Problems
http://www.2hawaii.edu/suremath/intro_algebra.html
Problem solving in all subjects that use mathematics for problem solving: algebra, physics, chemistry, K-Grad school

Learning Open
http://gs260.sp.cs.cmu/LearningOpen2003
Instructional strategies that achieve high levels of student learning on average. Uses pre and post measures to assess student achievement.

Free Algebra Tutor
http://www.algebratutor.org
Various word problems

Lessons to motivate underachievers
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/mccall/mainlesson.html
What math teachers can do to interest and motivate learners?

Ask Mr. Calculus
http://www.geocities.com
Help with calculus, trigonometry, geometry and algebra. Sample AP Calculus problems and solutions

Educational REALMS
http://stemworks.org
Lesson plans and links about Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education

Figure This!
http://figurethis.org
Funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education, this site is a series of fun problem solving challenges

Bamdad’s Comics
http://www.csun.edu/~hcmth014/comics/html
This site offers comics that help break the ice when introducing a new topic

High School Math
http://www.mathforum.org/teachers
High school hub-Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Calculus

Math League
http://www.mathleague.com
Educational math contests, problem books and math software

Web cast Matrix
http://www.webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html
Explore webcasts in math for grades k-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 or adult

Tessellations
http://www.forum.swarthmore.edu/sum95/suzanne/tess.gsp.tutorial.html
Tessellation tutor

Technology for teaching
http://www.linus.gmu.edu
Everything for education

Polyhedra and manipulatives
http://www.math.utah.edu
A site for regular, three-dimensional polyhedra

Mathematics-teaching related sites

http://www.ams.org/new-in-math/museums.html
American Mathematical Society list of mathematics related virtual exhibits

http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/html.f/resource.xml
A list of websites for teaching various topics in mathematics

American Math Society
http://www.ams.org/notices/199502/devlin.pdf
An index from the NCTM of software reviews and related columns

The New Math
http://www.nas.edu/sputnik/index.htm
From a symposium at the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering, 1997. Includes educational reform movements including New Math

Ed.gov
http://www.ed.gov/databases/EIRC_Digests/ed433192html
Technology in mathematics education: Internet Resources

NCTM Math Standards
http://www.standards.nctm.org-
Principles and standards for school mathematics

Math League
http://www.mathleague.com
Online math contests with solutions, grades 5-12

Interactive Math
http://www.matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html
Tools and activities for number and operations, Algebra, Geometry and Measurement, and Data Analysis and Probability

Brain Teasers
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain
Weekly brain teaser math puzzles

Illuminations
http://www.illuminations.nctm.org
An NCTM site devoted to providing Internet resources to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics in grades PK-12