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Basketball Interactive - www.scienceacademy.com/BI/index.html

Select a math topic from the list, then answer BasketMath's questions for feedback. Answe incorrrectly, and it shows the correct answer; answer correctly, and it runs an animation of a basketball player shooting hoops. Each question is created randomly with variability.

 

Click on Bricks - http://library.thinkquest.org/3896/index2.htm

Click on Bricks lets students use Lego blocks as manipulatives to learn multiplication facts 1 to 4. There’s an instruction page on the theory behind this skill, problems to complete, and a printable multiplication table.

 

Geometry Terms - http://www.math.okstate.edu/taxonomy/term/7

 

The Math Forum (Drexel) - http://www.mathforum.org/library/levels/high 

Selected Internet links for high school students: projects, activities, sites, and software to help make math fun! Selected Internet resources for high school teachers: lessons, activities, sites, and software for your classroom.

 

Jeopardy - http://www.centennial.k12.mn.us/gle/Jeopardy/Games.htm

Various topics, including math concepts, in the form of Jeopardy game.

 

Global Classroom - http://www.globalclassroom.org/authors/florida/math/interactive.html

​Interactive Activities in Math gives kids practice using pattern blocks, integer bars, and base-10 blocks to reinforce understanding of perimeter, area, division, and geometry. Great for visual learners.

 

Illuminations – http://illuminations.nctm.org/

NCTM website that contains resources for teachers and an online component for students.

 

Interactive games for multiplication practice - http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

 

Math Challenge - Math Mystery Daily Brains:  http://www.mathmastery.com/dailybrains/index.cfm

​Put on your thinking caps and then visit this online math challenge site, where a new word problem needs to be solved each day.

 

MathSlice - http://mathslice.com/

Math jeopardy, money worksheets, time worksheets and more.

 

Multiflyer - http://www.gdbdp.com/multiflyer/

Multiflyer is a fun online game developed to help anyone who is learning multiplication tables. It takes place in space and even sprinkles in learning about the planets. You can play it online, or register and receive a full downloadable version as well as downloadable interactive support tools. The game lets you figure out the answers, or you can turn off the table and wing it on your own. Simple, fun diversion to help reinforce multiplication skills.

 

National Library of Virtual Mathematics - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

The National Library of Virtual Mathematics, with K-12 activities in operations, geometry, algebra, measurement, data analysis, and probability.

 

Primary Grades Activities - http://www.sln.org/pieces/knox/onlineactiv.htm 

Primary-grades activities and quizzes to help reinforce concepts about addition and money; the activities give immediate feedback and allow kids to keep trying until they get the right answer.

 

Revise Wide Maths - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/

ReviseWide Maths is a British website that has activity pages, fact sheets, worksheets, and quizzes in numbers, data handling, shape, space, and measure, mental maths, and games.

 

Speed Math - http://education.jlab.org/smdeluxe/index.html

SpeedMath Deluxe from Jefferson Lab challenges kids to take four digits and quickly create an equation using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

 

Upper Grade Math Activities - http://www.cut-the-knot.org

Upper-grade activities in math, including fast arithmetic tips, card magic, and the Taylor series for cosine.

 

Who Wants Pizza? - http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions/index.html

Who Wants Pizza? provides a fun way to learn about fractions – instruction, practice, and immediate feedback, also teachers’ notes.

 

Word Problems for Kids - http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html

Word Problems for Kids for grades 5-12, a more traditional approach to improving problem-solving skills.

 

8th grade math topics - http://www.aaamath.com/B/grade8.htm

 
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Math Tutorials

AAA Math - http://www.aaamath.com/

Explanations for hundreds of math skills with interactive practice pages

 

Ask Dr. Math - http://mathforum.org/dr.math/

An archive of math questions submitted by students and answered by Dr. Math

 

BasketMath - http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/

Basketball-themed game that tests math for grades 4 through 10

 

Create A Graph -  http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/

An online tool for creating bar, line, pie, and x-y graphs

 

Fraction Fun - http://www.laf121.net/bensmanh/fractionfun1/

Fun interactive animations on the basics of fractions

 

Hot Math - www.hotmath.org

This site provides step by step tutorials to odd numbered problems in math texts of many publishers.

 

MathWorld - http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

A comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia.

 

Numerical Mathematical Utilities - http://www.akiti.ca/Mathfxns.html

Several numerical mathematical utilities. For example, utilities for solving the Quadratic, Cubic, and Quartic Equations; solving N Equations in N Unknowns; Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors; and more.

 

Seeing Math - http://seeingmath.concord.org/sms_interactives.html

Seeing Math has developed interactive software Java tools to clarify key mathematical ideas in middle and high school mathematics. Each interactive provides a real-time connection between representations of the mathematics (symbolic, graphical, etc.), so that changes in one representation instantly cause changes in the other.

 

Virtual Math Lab - http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/index.htm

Online tutorials covering algebra that include definitions, formulas, illustrations and step-by-step examples.

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Algebra

Factoring with Mr. Yang and Mosley the alien - http://www.geneyang.com/factoring/index.html

A comics based lesson for Algebra students.

 

National Library of Virtual Mathematics - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

The National Library of Virtual Mathematics, with K-12 activities in operations, geometry, algebra, measurement, data analysis, and probability.

 

Purplemath - http://purplemath.com/

Online algebra resource.

 

The Math Forum Home Page - http://mathforum.org

This site can be searched by resource type (lesson plan), math topics, grade levels, and key sites.

 

RI Mathematics Teacher Association - http://www.ri.net/RIMTA/index.htm

You can join RIMTA's listserv, learn about math standards, apply for grants, and obtain information about their annual conference.

 

Seeing Math - http://seeingmath.concord.org/sms_interactives.html

Seeing Math has developed interactive software Java tools to clarify key mathematical ideas in middle and high school mathematics. Each interactive provides a real-time connection between representations of the mathematics (symbolic, graphical, etc.), so that changes in one representation instantly cause changes in the other.

 

Enjoy Mathematics in 3D - http://www.schoolmath3d.org/e/index.htm

This site, created by the Department of Mathematics Education, Faculty of Education, Shinshu University, welcomes users to the three-dimensional mathematics world described as "the world of space figures learned with the three-dimensional dynamic geometry software."

 

Math Slice - http://www.mathslice.com/

These math games (including Math Jeopardy and Math Millionaire) are complemented by a wide selection of online multiple choice activities that test class knowledge of math concepts from basic counting to algebra and statistics.

 

Geometry and its Applications (GeoMAP) - http://www.comap.com/highschool/projects/geomap.html

Eight complete high school geometry units created by the Consortium of Mathematics and its Applications.

 

MathStories - http://www.mathstories.com/

A library of math word problems for elementary and middle school students.

 

Mudd Math Fun Facts - http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/

Fun math facts created by the Harvey Mudd College math department that teachers can use to enrich their lessons.

 

PBS TeacherSource - http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm

Math lessons and activities organized by grade and topic.

 

Teacher2Teacher - http://mathforum.org/t2t/

A forum for teachers and parents to exchange questions about math.

 

Feed the Pig - http://feedthepig.org/tweens/

A fun, hands-on financial literacy program for grades 4-6 from the American Institute for Certified Public Accountants. Feed the Pig helps children learn about the urgency of saving while building important math skills in a fun and engaging way.

 

Math Forum - www.mathforum.com. This online community includes teachers, students, researchers, parents and educators who have an interest in math and math education. The site includes Ask Dr. Math, Problems of the Week, discussion groups and much more.

 

AAA Math - www.AAAmath.com. Customized by grade level and topic, AAA Math features explanations of various mathematical topics, practice problems and fun, challenging games.

 

Cool Math - www.coolmath.com. This fully interactive site and allows the user to sharpen basic math skills, play games and explore new math concepts.

 

Figure This - www.figurethis.org. Created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, this site helps families enjoy mathematics outside school through a series of fun and engaging challenges.

 

Math Cats - www.mathcats.com. Math Cats provides playful explorations of important math concepts through games, crafts and interactive projects. Includes a magic chalkboard and an art gallery.

 

Easy Maths - www.easymaths.org. This South African Community website for teachers, parents and students is complete with lessons, tests, exams, worksheets, study skills and much more.

 

Mega Maths Tables- www.bbc.co.uk/education/megamaths/tables.html. This lively, interactive Web site, based on the popular BBC Schools Television series “Megamaths,” is for practicing and testing times tables.

 

Math League - www.mathleague.com. The Math League, designed for students in fourth grade through high school, specializes in math contests, books and computer software. The “Help Facility” is handy reference guide for math topics complete with examples, definitions and explanations.

 

Fun Brain - www.funbrain.com/numbers.html. This site includes 17 original games based on soccer, car racing and much more Other games include Math Baseball, where a child can score runs with correct answers and Operation Order, where students can build pyramids with their knowledge of algebra.

 

The Math Dude  http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/itv/mathdude/ Tutorials on various mathematical concepts. Videos are downloadable.

 

Teacher Tube - www.teachertube.com Math videos and podcasts.

 

Mr Duey - www.mrduey.com Teacher who created a website that has various math concepts set to rap music. Check out “Fractions!”.

 
 
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