Cool Math - http://www.coolmath.com/
Fun Brain - http://www.funbrain.com
Math Playground - http://www.mathplayground.com
Sheppard Software - http://www.sheppardsoftware.com
Arcademics Skill Builders - http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Teacher Resources
National STEM Centre - http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/ (Free registration. Filter through subject, age range, type/format of countless resources.)
Explore Learning - http://www.explorelearning.com/ (Simulations for inquiry learning.)
Math Central - http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/main (Simplistic site with activities aligned by Common Core strands.)
Math Forum - http://mathforum.org/library/resource_types/lesson_plans/ (Ready-made lesson plans.)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - http://www.nctm.org/ (Free to create an account. Keep up-dated on what is happening in the math-world.)
Explore Learning - http://www.explorelearning.com/ (Simulations for inquiry learning.)
Math Central - http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/main (Simplistic site with activities aligned by Common Core strands.)
Math Forum - http://mathforum.org/library/resource_types/lesson_plans/ (Ready-made lesson plans.)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - http://www.nctm.org/ (Free to create an account. Keep up-dated on what is happening in the math-world.)
Intro to Square Numbers Video
This video gets the attention of students and introduces them to square numbers through song. This can be used as an introductory video as students start to discover square numbers. Non examples are given in this video as well as an explanation as to why they're not square numbers.
Math Properties Video
This video is an excellent brush-up for teachers and a good review for students, but it may move to quickly for students who are just learning for this concepts.
Math Aligned with the Standards
http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/
This site is phenomenal! It is a teacher's dream come true! This site not only provides teachers with grade by grade hands-on activities, but it goes one step further by aligning the activities with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics!!! This site can be broken down by grade or by major concept (number, geometry, etc.), provides e-books, tips on classroom organization, resources for mental math activities as well as place value strategies, and many other resources.
This site is easily a go-to site for my classroom. I can go to this site knowing which standard I am teaching to and have a specific activity already aligned directly with it, plus additional resources at my fingertips. This site would also be a quick place to go and find activities for a substitute where the directions are already provided and can be put into a lesson plan that they can teach to students without going off on a tangent from what students were learning.
This site is phenomenal! It is a teacher's dream come true! This site not only provides teachers with grade by grade hands-on activities, but it goes one step further by aligning the activities with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics!!! This site can be broken down by grade or by major concept (number, geometry, etc.), provides e-books, tips on classroom organization, resources for mental math activities as well as place value strategies, and many other resources.
This site is easily a go-to site for my classroom. I can go to this site knowing which standard I am teaching to and have a specific activity already aligned directly with it, plus additional resources at my fingertips. This site would also be a quick place to go and find activities for a substitute where the directions are already provided and can be put into a lesson plan that they can teach to students without going off on a tangent from what students were learning.
Hands on Math
http://handsonmath.blogspot.com/
A fellow blogger that home-schools their children posted these excellent hands-on math activities. The one that caught my eye and made me look further was the post on the "Commutative, Associative and Distributive Comic Book." This blog explores many other math concepts, including those that can be a bit more complicated for some students to grasp: for example, "Teaching Percentages By Going On A Math-Class-Date" where two students are on a date and order from a menu while the third student (their server) adds their total and the students on the date must figure the tip percentage. This lesson would definitely have been more memorable to me than learning it the way Charlie Bucket's teacher tried to relate it to chocolate bars.
I would use this site as a spring board for ideas on lessons that could be deemed "boring" to my students. There are many lessons that could seem redundant and terms that could be easily confused, but with the right activity and distinction, students would benefit from lessons similar to those posted on the above blog and retain the information they would learn from these hands-on activities.
A fellow blogger that home-schools their children posted these excellent hands-on math activities. The one that caught my eye and made me look further was the post on the "Commutative, Associative and Distributive Comic Book." This blog explores many other math concepts, including those that can be a bit more complicated for some students to grasp: for example, "Teaching Percentages By Going On A Math-Class-Date" where two students are on a date and order from a menu while the third student (their server) adds their total and the students on the date must figure the tip percentage. This lesson would definitely have been more memorable to me than learning it the way Charlie Bucket's teacher tried to relate it to chocolate bars.
I would use this site as a spring board for ideas on lessons that could be deemed "boring" to my students. There are many lessons that could seem redundant and terms that could be easily confused, but with the right activity and distinction, students would benefit from lessons similar to those posted on the above blog and retain the information they would learn from these hands-on activities.
Math is FUN!
http://www.mathsisfun.com/
This is an excellent site for teachers to find grade level appropriate activities that are fun and an authentic way for students to learn. Mathisfun.com truly lives up to it's name by providing suggestions on ways to make math lessons memorable to students.
After combing through this site, I believe I would go here to find a hands-on/minds-on activity that would engage my students in discovery/inquiry learning. My students would get the benefit of discovering for themselves how math works instead of being force fed algorithms that squash their real learning.
This is an excellent site for teachers to find grade level appropriate activities that are fun and an authentic way for students to learn. Mathisfun.com truly lives up to it's name by providing suggestions on ways to make math lessons memorable to students.
After combing through this site, I believe I would go here to find a hands-on/minds-on activity that would engage my students in discovery/inquiry learning. My students would get the benefit of discovering for themselves how math works instead of being force fed algorithms that squash their real learning.
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