Resource Links
Instruction Links
Instructional Strategies | Virtual Manipulatives | Problem Solving | Explorations | Webquests | Lesson Planning | Graph Paper and More
Assessment Links
Standards and Assessments
Curriculum Links
Professional Organizations | Online Educational Communities | Grants
Instruction Links
Instructional Strategies
- Learning Resource
- Professional development programming for K-12 teachers FREE through our satellite channel and Video On Demand.
- Learning about Area, Perimeter, and Fractions with and from Peers
- If you would like to see this kind of small group work in action, you can view the video clips, Learning about Area, Perimeter, and Fractions with and from Peers, at the NCTM Illuminations web site.
- Fractions in Action
- If you would like the opportunity to see a teacher facilitating children’s communication , you can view the video clips, Teaching, Learning, and Communicating About Fractions, at the NCTM Illuminations web site. At this site, reflection questions are also provided to help you focus your viewing.
- Estimation Lesson
- If you would like to see an estimation lesson, developed to help fourth graders estimate quantities and develop number sense for a million, you can view the video clips and lesson plans for An Apple a Day from the PBS Mathline website. Students estimate the numbers of apples in a bushel, the number of apples produced by a tree, and the number of trees it will take to produce a million apples. Click on “An Apple a Day”. Experience in making comparisons of different quantities is important at every grade level.
- Online Math Activities
- A great site for a variety of math activities for all grade levels
Virtual Manipulatives
- Virtual Manipulatives
- Explore the many virtual manipulatives available at this site. Every grade from grade Pr-K through grade 12 are available with a variety of topics for each.
- More Virtual anipulatives
- Use the electronic manipulative available (Musser emanipulative) to solve the Counterfeit Coin problem. You are provided with a balance scale and a collection of coins. Your task is to find the coin that weighs less than the others. As you repeated the problem, were you able to use logic and reasoning to solve it in fewer moves
- Color Patterns Manipulatives
- An electronic manipulative that gives children practice extending patterns, called Color Patterns, is available from the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics. This activity could be used for practice or assessment.
- Chip Abacus
- You can try an electronic manipulative that gives children practice trading with colored chips, called Chip Abacus. The model is nonproportional because ten chips are traded for one chip of another color. Play a game like Race to a Flat, In The Classroom 11-1 from Chapter 11. Take turns rolling a die. Take that many counters. When there are ten, they can be traded.
- Rectangular Arrays Manipulatives
- You can use electronic manipulatives, such as Rectangle Multiplication, to illustrate basic facts. Rectangular arrays can help students visualize what the fact represents.
Problem Solving
- Problem Solving
- Collect problems from professional journals such as Teaching Children Mathematics, newspapers, magazines, resource books such as the Addenda and Navigations Series from National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and Web sites such as the following.
- More Problem Solving
- Another nice source of problems is the internet. Take a look at the Ole Miss Problem of the Week site. Each week they post Elementary Brainteasers, Middle School Madness problems, and a Problem of the Week. They also provide a collection of old problems you can use.
- NCTM e-examples
- Visit NCTM to see the e-examples.
- PlaneMath
- This website contains short activities in flying a plane across the United States. Students use basic math skills to answer the questions posed by the author.
- Pick a Problem
- Many Links to send your students do to solve a “problem of the day”.
Explorations
- Exploring Pi
- Explore pi by measuring the circumference and diameters of circles of different sizes.
- Tools for Exploration
- The NCTM’s illumination website has various tools for exploration such as spinners, graph plotters, etc…
- Mathematical Investigations
- The Intermath website at Georgia Tech provides several mathematical investigations. Click on “Recommended Investigations” to view posed problems. Some investigations include applets.
- Math Web Sites
- Browse through this super collection of Math Sites. Many to choose from, grade-specific as well as topic-specific.
Webquests
- Sample Math Webquests
- Includes explanation of webquests, sample webquests and further information.
- Math Webquest Hotlist
- A list of many great math webquests for your problem-solving unit.
- Everything You Need to Know About Webquests
- Includes an intro to webquests, how to use a webquest in your classroom, and a list of webquests for your own use.
- The Student Webquest
- A thorough introduction to webquests
- Links to completed Math Webquests
- Access to hundreds of helpful math webquests!
- Webquest Templates
- Gives many templates for creating your own webquest.
Lesson Planning
- NCTM Illuminations Lesson Plans
- A collection of sorting and classifying lessons and activities for grades K-2 may be found at NCTM’s Illuminations web site.
- Many Wonderful Teacher Links - Terrific Lessons
- Several large collections of links to help with specific subject areas, or areas of interest to K-12 teachers. Don’t miss the Standardized Testing Practice links!
Graph Paper and More
- Graph Paper Generator
- Graph Paper Generator. This site allows you to make any size grid you want!
- Create a Graph
- You enter the information, and it creates a graph for you!
- School Express
- Excellent site for free worksheets etc to supplement your units.
Assessment Links
Standards and Assessments
- National Council for Teachers of Mathematics
- This is the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics home page. The National Mathematics standards are available here. You can also find information about regional and national conferences on mathematics.
- General Assessment links
- Scroll to the bottom of this page and you will find a variety of assessment links. Many of the links are those which you can send your students for practice.
- Rubrics
- Great site for making and viewing rubrics.
- RubiStar Rubrics
- Another site to design and print rubrics.
- Rubric Builder
- A third site for building and printing rubrics.
- Twenty Holistic Rubrics (pdf file)
- 20 complete rubrics for different states.
- Assessment and Rubric Information
- Links to pre-made rubrics and rubric builders.
- Student Project Assessment
- Links to pre-made rubrics, rubric generators, and other assessment tools.
- Webquest Evaluation
- Rubric to evaluate webquests.
- Assessment Links
- Links for Elementary, Middle, and High school.
- Teachnology
Curriculum Links
Professional Organizations
- National Council for Teachers in Mathematics
- This site offers the most up to date information in mathematics education.
- AMTNYS
- The Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State has current info on new state assessments and other resources.
Online Educational Communities
- International Education and Resource Network
- Global non-profit network that connects teachers and young people in using the resources on the web.
- The Global Schoolhouse
- A great place for educators, students, parents and community members can interact and work together on the web.
- ePals Global Network
- Links together classrooms from around the world to partake in cross-cultural exchanges, learning new languages and emailing new friends from across the globe.
- The Math and Science Partnership Network
- MSPnet is an electronic learning community for the Math and Science Partnership Program.
Grants
- HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative
- Encourages the use of technology in teaching elementary, middle level, secondary, and higher education.
- Verizon Foundation
- Uses network technology to help businesses at the local and national levels, including planning, technology, communications, fundraising, recruitment and evaluation.
- American Association of University Women
- Links to many available grants.
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Helps in improving teachers and helping in classroom practices.
- Helping Teachers Use The Internet Effectively
- Links to many grants, not only in math.
- Smarter Kids Foundation
- Helps in supplying tools, books and products for students, weather it be in public schools, private schools, science centers, colleges or authorized homeschoolers.
