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Math Wizz - the Statistician - Grades 6
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Mathwizz.com provides help with many math related topics ranging from arithmetic to decimals to financial math. Interactive calculators allow students to test their own knowledge. Brief lessons or descriptions provide simple explanantions to various concepts.
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Use this site as an informal assessment by having students complete a number of questions and then report their results to you. Many of the tests will require additional paper for solving problems. This activity would work well for individuals or pairs of students in a lab or on laptops, and would also be a great way to have a team competition as students use the site on an interactive whiteboard and try to solve problems. |
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| Common Core State Standards - Common Core State Standards Initiative Team - Grades 0
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The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a nationwide effort led by the National Governor's Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers to establish a common set of educational standards which aligns benchmarks and expectations across state lines. This system builds on what states are already doing by providing an opportunity to share experiences, best practices, and lessons, while maintaining high expectations that insure the quality of education across America to enable our students to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy.
Visit this website to find out exactly what the national K-12 standards are for English language arts and literacy in history/social studies, science and technology, as well as mathematics, and to find out if your state is one many states (at the time of this review) that have already committed to adopt the Common Core State Standards. Watch videos and the recorded webinar, and read about the key points and rigorous curriculum standards, including the content and skills related to the use of media and technology for critical analysis and production.
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Take a look at exemplars and sample performance tasks and students' writing to consider how you can integrate these ideas into your own planning to prepare students for the growing challenges of today's world. You can also sign up to receive updates via email. |
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| Math Warehouse - Math Warehouse - Grades 6
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Math Warehouse offers numerous interactive Flash-based activities for middle school or secondary students. In addition to the interactives, Math Warehouse provides worksheets and links. The interactives provide ways to experiment with concepts followed by practice problems. Advise students to ignore the advertisements
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Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. This site is ideal for an interactive whiteboard. Have the students open the site and use the whiteboard tools to demonstrate the concepts to one another. Share this site as a way to review before tests. |
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| Calculator Soup - Edward Furey and Southborough Website Design - Grades 0
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Calculator Soup collects all sorts of online calculators in one free site. Calculators range from basic to complicated and have specific functions like conversion, time, finance, and chemistry. A great tool for students who do not have specific calculators or forget them.
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Find exactly the calculator you need for students to operate on the interactive whiteboard or at computers. As an enrichment project, have students select a calculator and design problems to use it. Students can share their problems with classmates and be exposed to various types of math problems and calculators. Challenge students to create a video to “advertise” a certain calculator and share using a site such as SchoolTube (reviewed here). |
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| Basic Mathematics - Jetser Carasco - Grades 0
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Basic Mathematics is designed to help students and adults with the basic understanding of mathematics concepts and operations. Instructions follow a sequential logical order and concepts are presented in clear, simple terms. Advertisements can be distracting.
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Assign students topics to teach to classmates. Have students use these sequential instructions as an outline or starting point for how to teach a topic. Students can create multimedia presentations to help their classmates learn. Have your students create an interactive online poster ("glog") using Glogster EDU, reviewed here. Challenge students to create a video and share using a site such as SchoolTube (reviewed here). |
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| Mathematics Help Reference - Math League - Grades 4
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Mathematics Help Reference offers definitions, explanations, and examples for various math concepts from statistics to geometry to decimals. Although this site is rather “plain vanilla” it does offer a lot of great information in a sequential and concise manner.
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Display the information about a concept you will teach and have students read through it to activate prior knowledge. End a lesson by having students read through information related to the concept studied, and then have them summarize learning through a weblog. |
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| Quiz Me - Mercer County Community College - Grades 6
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Quiz Me provides students with interactive quizzes on various math topics. Students should have scratch paper available to discourage guessing. Quizzes provide instant feedback. Topics include decimals, fractions, proportions, algebra, problem solving, rationals, scientific notation, advanced geometry, formulas, and many more. This site was “Under Construction” at the time of this review; so expect even more topics in the future!
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To pre-test student background knowledge on a topic and on using spreadsheets, have students record the questions, their answers, and whether or not they were correct on a spreadsheet. As a class, tally correct and incorrect answers to show students what kinds of questions tend to be problematic. Provide this link on your class website for students to use both in and out of the classroom. |
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| Math Play - Doina Popovici - Grades 0
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Math Play offers a wide variety of fun (and educational) interactives. Most activities are suitable for elementary and middle grades. They are organized by grade level, content, and game type. In addition to being kid-friendly and engaging, kids will enjoy the animation and bright colors. The advertisements are a bit of a distraction.
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A great website for a math game day due to the variety of concepts and levels. Use these activities as an informal assessment by observing students as they engage. Try using an interactive whiteboard to encourage friendly competition when students individual laptops are not available. |
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| Fast Facts - Mercer Community College - Grades 5
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Fast Facts offers a refresher on various math concepts from decimals to geometric figures to algebra. Although the topics don't offer highly interactive presentations, there is a lot of great resource information available at this site.
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Post a relevant Fast Facts page for students to read prior to a lesson. Have students look through Fast Facts pages then create their own Fast Facts page using a more intriguing interface such as a "glog" (online poster) using Glogster EDU reviewed here. Provide a link to this site on your class webpage for students to access at home. |
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| XP Math - T. L. Hui - Grades 0
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XP Math offers a wide variety of math interactives organized by NCTM math strands. There are countless activities on the topics of numbers & operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis, and probability. Activities are user friendly and use vibrant graphics. Registration is free, but not required for game play. This site also includes a section detailing how math is used in different professions in addition to worksheets and other helpful resources for teachers and students.
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Have students try these interactives on a math game day. To prepare for standardized testing, have students play one or two games from each strand and then have them describe what kind of problems fall under each strand. Ask students to identify strong and weak strands. Students can practice more of the activities in their weaker strands. Be sure to list this site on your class website so students can access the site both in and out of the classroom. |
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| The Abacus - Luis Fernandes - Grades 5
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This site takes students through the history of the Abacus across various cultures and time periods in addition to showing how to use an abacus for calculating math problems. Students can follow directions to make their own abacus. Click to practice using an abacus to solve problems in addition, subtraction, square roots, cube roots, and more. Explore some of the artistic renditions of the abacus as inspiration for a visual-artistic math project.
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This site would appeal to gifted math students. Have students learn about the abacus and challenge them to find another influential math tool. Ask your students to create a multimedia presentation from the information or demonstrate the use of an abacus on an interactive whiteboard. Challenge students to create a video and share using a site such as SchoolTube (reviewed here). Have students compare and contrast math tools using an interactive whiteboard. Have groups compare two tools using a tool such as the “Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram” (reviewed here). |
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| Khan Academy - Sal Khan - Grades 4
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There are plenty of helpful sites to learn content. What makes this so special? Created by an uncle wanting to help his nieces learn material, Khan Academy has grown into a Creative Commons attributed site for helping all students. What information is available? Maybe one should ask: What are you looking for? View a vast array of videos on many topics: SAT prep, Algebra, Geometry, Chemistry, Biology, History, Trigonometry, Calculus, Economics, Brain Teasers, Banking and Money, Statistics, Finance, Physics, and more....Whew! The only problem? The videos are hosted on You Tube. If your district blocks You Tube, then they may not be viewable. You could always view that at home and bring them to class “on a stick” to share. Use a tool such as Vixy reviewed hereto download the videos from YouTube.
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Share the site with your students in order to access at home for homework help. List this link on your class website. If you are unable to view this site on student computers but You Tube is unblocked for teachers, consider using a projector or interactive whiteboard to show to the whole class. Use your google account to log in once you click on the exercises link. From there, find access to exercises that students can complete that are related to each video. Encourage students to share links to specific videos they find helpful on a "Video Reviews" (yes, that is a pun) page of your class wiki. For a very real challenge, have students create their own simple review videos in the Khan Academy style and upload to SchoolTube, TeacherTube, or YouTube, whichever works best in your school. Embed them on your class wiki for a year-to-year student-made study guide! |
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| Virtual Manipulatives - Glencoe.com - Grades 0
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Looking for a great site that offers simple shapes and tools to manipulate to learn math concepts? Looking for a great site to play simple games? Find both here. Use this site on single computers with individuals or groups of students or with a whole class on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Select a grade and then add backgrounds such as coordinates or other grids. Add manipulatives such as algebra tiles, currency, cubes, or counters. As you scroll through the options, a preview window shows what the selection will look like. Use other tools such as pens, compasses, and rulers with all of the manipulatives. Bring your lessons to life interactively using these manipulatives. Choose "Game boards" or "Story boards" under "Backgrounds" for other great options for any class! Use the print function to print the finished screen.
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In Science or Math, use the backgrounds to create a large graph paper screen on an interactive whiteboard or projector to explain how to complete an activity. In Math, find a number of backgrounds or manipulatives to illustrate math concepts. For example, use the Equation Charts background to learn solving equations. Allow students to enter the numbers into the equation and solve then in front of the class. Use Base Ten blocks to illustrate area, volume, and other concepts in Math. Follow with actual manipulatives such as blocks that can be stacked for additional reinforcement. Use story boards for any class as ways to brainstorm ideas, solving problems, and creating flowcharts. Use the storyboard pictures as writing prompts or to frame math or science questions for better understanding. After demonstrating any activity with the whole class, use this site as a perpetual math center with different assignments for students to work with manipulatives on their own or in pairs. Post screenshots at the center for the tools students should use for that week's center. No clean up and no lost pieces! Share this site on your class web page for at-home practice, as well. |
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| Solving Quadratic Equations - Craig McNatt and Dr. Bruce Lewis - Grades 7
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Solving Quadratic Equations, developed by an educational graduate student, provides a variety of resources and explanations for quadratic equations through a well thought out webquest.
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After introducing quadratic equations to students, have them participate in this webquest to deepen their understanding. Share the webquest on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students work in cooperative learning groups to complete the quest, or on individual laptops. Have students record their notes and follow up the webquest with a discussion to synthesize information. Create a class wiki about how to solve quadratic equations. Not comfortable with wikis? Check out the Teacher’s First Wiki Walk-Through reviewed here. |
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| Online Math Learning - - Grades 0
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Online Math Learning is a huge website with numerous resources including interactive problem generators, a video library, worksheets, and links all organized by grade level and subject level. This site is very well organized, easy to use, and has something for every grade level and nearly every subject/topic area. Advise students to ignore the advertisements.
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Use the interactive section's problem generator to create team competition as students use the site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Check out the videos to reach struggling students or help deepen understanding of concepts. For a project, have students recreate a video using a site such as SchoolTube (reviewed here) and share with classmates. Be sure to include this site on your class web page for students to access both in and outside of class for further practice. |
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| Teacher Zone - TenMarks Education, Inc. - Grades 3
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Welcome to the most comprehensive library of math video lessons on the planet (literally 1000's). View this statement on their site and find an impressive array of videos to understand math concepts. Find videos for a variety of grade levels and even share with students and other teachers. Videos are hosted by You Tube so be sure you can access them at school. (This site would be good evidence to support accessing YouTube at your school.) Register for an account and receive your password by email. Registration requires name, school, grade, state, and email address. Tip: rather than using your personal or work email, create a free Gmail account to use for memberships. If you plan to have students register individually, you may want to create your own Gmail account with up to 20 subaccounts for each group of students (by code name or number) within your classes. Here is a blog post that tells how to set up GMail subaccounts to use for any online membership service. Register and login to your account to view videos in other formats, copy an embed code to share in a wiki, blog, or other site, and find related videos. Share a video by entering an email to send it to. You are able to view videos without logging in as well.
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Use this site for additional help in instruction and for providing the basics on how to solve problems. Share the video clips on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Discuss alternate ways to solve problems and consider allowing students the opportunity to make their own videos on how to solve problems. Have students share their videos on a site such as SchoolTube (reviewed here). |
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| Math Applets - Learning Today - Grades 1
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This interactive and entertaining site offers many opportunities for students to learn and discover a variety of math concepts including higher- level thinking skills. The visuals aide in teaching skills in a real-life way. Topics include equalities and inequalities, patterns relationships and functions, tessellation, Venn diagram, fractal tool, basic addition, estimation, transformations, and several others. Even the youngest of students will be able to do Algebra, follow multi-step directions and more. Instructions for each game are clearly given and students can progress in levels as they complete different stages. All games are research-based and are developed to teach math in fun and engaging ways. Most games also include learning objectives as the game is loading.
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When introducing the concepts of Algebra, display the "Pan Game" on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Challenge students to see if they can solve the problems. After students become comfortable with balancing the pan, introduce the term variables and apply this to what has already been learned through the activity. Reinforce math vocabulary through the use of the activities. After introducing the term "multiple" allow students to try "Sleeboz" to help develop speed with recognition of multiples and to reinforce the definition of multiple. Save this site in your favorites. You may also want to provide this link on your class website for students to use at home. |
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| Online Basic Skill Games - Jefferson County - Grades 0
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This site provides links to basic skill games for math, language arts, science, and social studies. Although we don’t typically review “hotlists” this one really has something to offer anyone teaching elementary or middle school. Each subject area has several topics. Each topic has countless links for more information and/or activities. Language Arts topics include Letter Fun, Working with Words, Go Grammar, Spell It, and Read It. Science highlights Animals, Plants, Physics, Biology, Anatomy, Weather, and Space. Math includes everything from Money to Probability to Graphing to Patterns (and more). At the Social Studies link you will find Maps, 50 States, U.S. Presidents, History, The World, and Flags. The link to interactive websites includes activities for grades pre-K -12.
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Save this site in your favorites on classroom computers and use it as a center. Students can focus on areas of strength or weakness on a math game day. Because this site offers multiple levels and activities for many topics, it is easy to differentiate for ability levels within your class. Include this site on your class web page for students and parents to access for home based skills practice. There is a LOT here to explore. |
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| MATHguide - Mark Karadimos - Grades 6
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This site provides educators and students numerous resources in algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus. The teacher section includes a worksheet generator while the student section offers two calculators including a scientific and graphing calculator. MATHguide also includes lessons, tutorials, and online quizzes. The student projects section includes many creative options for making math more than a pencil-paper routine.
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Use this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard to discuss and informally assess prior knowledge as you start the study of topics in geometry, algebra, and pre-calculus. Use the quizmasters section to have students solve equations and receive instant feedback. The site also offers ideas for student projects that delve into different aspects of math. Don't forget to show students how to use the online calculators in the student section. MATHguide is a great resource for middle and high school math teachers and students. List this link on your class website for students to use both in and out of the classroom. |
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| iPlay Math Games - IPMG Publishing - Grades 0
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This website has a comprehensive collection of printable math games for all grade levels. Some require common items such as dice and playing cards. Activities are organized by grade level and skills. A wide variety of math skills include: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals and percents, algebra and long division, measurement, graphing and exponents, problem solving, geometry, probability, logic and reasoning, numeration, counting and patterns.
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This site will give you a bevy of activity options for your students to try in the classroom to support their learning. Use these activities to plan a Math Night for parents, homework help, embed a link in your classroom website, or send out as an attachment with electronic class newsletters. |
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