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| The Megapenny Project Sometimes
it is hard for students to understand scale. How big is big, how small is small?
This Megapenny
Project may help their understanding. On this Web site they can see how the
size of one penny compares with 1000 pennies, 1,000,000 pennies and more. |
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| Teachers
Net Lesson Bank Teachers
share over 100 teaching ideas and lesson plans on this site. *Note:
Scroll down to the bottom of the home page to select a topic. |
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| Ask
Dr. Math Ask
Dr. Math is a question and answer service for students and teachers. This
Web site is a great place for teachers and students to find helpful explanations
to questions that may pop up in class. |
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| Math
Numbers in the Real World Great Web site for teachers to find fun exercises
in math that can demonstrate how math is directly connected to real-world
daily life experiences. |
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| Southeastern
Michigan Math-Science Learning Coalition Find a wealth of information on
this Web site. Search through a number of lesson plans and activities listed alphabetically
by subject and age group. The subjects include Astronomy, Biology, Physical Science
and Technology. Find in-depth explanations for every lesson plan provided. Links
to follow: Science
Lessons and Quick Activities. |
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| Math.com
- The World of Math Online A very helpful Web site for teachers and students.
This informative site provides more than 200 mental tips and tricks to learning
math. You will also find homework help, tutoring and formulas on Math.com. |
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| Web
Math Web
Math has an outstanding number of activities and links that relate to math.
Trying to find a math problem or activity? Explore this Web site, there are tons
of them! |
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| National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) - The World's Largest Mathematics Event To
celebrate Mathematics Education Month the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM) is running the 7th
Annual World's Largest Mathematics Event (WLME). This year's topic is "Mathmatics
at the Fair". The NCTM has a GREAT 16 page booklet of activities which range
from figuring out how long the wait for rides is to predicting the "popability"
of different kinds of popcorn. |
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| Tools
for Understanding 1 Find lessons
related to fractions, geometry, functions, and other pre-algebra topics that
incorporate the use of spreadsheets and/or calculators on this Web site. Also
find computer lab activities and lessons that apply students knowledge in everyday
contexts. |
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| Algebra
Help Algebra
help is a great Web site for teachers and students to find lesson plans and
worksheets on algebra. Explanations, activities and answer sheets are provided
with each lesson plan and worksheet. Links you might want to follow are: Lessons,
Worksheets, Resources and Links/Directory.
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| Earthmeasure
A great Web site with information on Native
American geometry.
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| Canadian
School Math Page The Canadian
School Math Page contains word problems for students from grade five to twelve.
Along with the problems are the hints and answers. A good remedial or advancement
tool.
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| Exploring
Emergence "Exploring
Emergence" is an intriguing Web site from MIT professors. You need a
Java-enabled Web browser for the interactive content. This Web site explores how
equations can lead to seemingly random and ordered structures… eclectic and
fun (Remember that on a grid, a square is surrounded by eight other squares). |
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| Elementary
Math Forum The Math
forum Web site has good elementary math problems that are a good review for
just about anyone.
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| Tools
for Understanding 2 A
resource guide for extending mathematical understanding in secondary schools Developed
by the University of Puget Sound in Washington state, this Web site contains three
main sections: Math Concepts, Integrated Lessons and Journaling. |
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| The
Math Forum Equipped with a Student Centre, Teacher's Place, and lots of
problems, The
Math Forum provides tons of resources for specialty and any level of math.
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Problems With A Point Combine understanding
with skill! Problems
With
a Point helps students in grades 6-12 learn new mathematical ideas
by building on old ones. Each problem or sequence focuses on one mathematical
idea and also connects that idea with others.
Varying in difficulty
and approaches, these problems are useful for teachers, students, parents, math
clubs, and home-schoolers.
Problems are classified by topic, time required,
suggested technology, required mathematical background, and habits of mind that
students develop or use as they work. Synopses of the problems are keyword searchable.
Answers and solutions are provided, and many problems include hints. |
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| Halloween
Math Problems Take advantage of your students' interest in Halloween! Make
it fun for you and them by using some of the Math problems from this site:
http://7-12educators.about.com/
blhalloweenmath.htm |
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Eighth Grade Math This interactive website
will help grade 8 students practice their math. After all, practice makes perfect!
Topics covered include the following:
Decimals, Fractions, Additions,
Subtractions. Multiplication, Division, Measurement, Geometry, Expressions, Equations,
Scientific notation and more. http://www.aaamath.com/grade8.html
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Mudd Math Fun Facts Get the facts for your
math classes by clicking on: http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/... |
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Converting Units of Measurement Do your
students know the two systems of measurement used most commonly around the world
- the English and the Metric and how to convert between English units and metric
units.
The following web site provides a printable version of the complete
lesson plan which includes conversion charts and instructions for converting from
metric to English and from English to metric and activity sheets. Grade level:
6 - 8. Check out A Metric World at:
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans
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Understanding Factoring through Geometry Help
your students understand factoring through geometry at: http://mathforum.com/alejandre/factor1.html
This site provides grade 6-8 math teachers with a complete lesson plan
in geometric factoring. This lesson plan will get your students to work cooperatively
to display a number as the area of a rectangle, and make as many rectangular arrangements
as possible for each number given.
This lesson plan will help your students
visualize all the possible rectangles formed by the number of square units given.
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Area of a Circle Stop by this
site to find a one or two period lesson plans in which students use the worksheets
to cut circles into sectors, rearrange them, and derive the formula for the area
of a circle.
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Algebra - Fun with Calendars Find a fun mathematical puzzle
to play with your students.
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/calen.html
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SMILE Math Help Stop by the SMILE (Science and Mathematics
Initiative for Learning Enhancement) website to find a collection of almost 200
math lesson plans:
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/mathinde.html
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Free Math Worksheets Visit this site for free Math Worksheets:
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/math
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Math From Other Cultures Learn about the ancient system
of mathematics of the Vedas, which was rediscovered between 1911 and 1918 by Sri
Bharati Krsna Tirthaji (1884-1960). According to his research all of mathematics
is based on sixteen Sutras, or word-formulae. What is Vedic Mathematics?
http://www.vedicmaths.org.uk/menu_files/
WhatisVM.htm Development History of Vedic Mathematics
http://www.vedicmaths.org.uk/group_files/
history%20VM/history%20VM.htm Vedic Maths Tutorials
http://www.vedicmaths.org.uk/group_files/
tutorial/Tutorial%20menus.htm To obtain books on Vedic Mathematics,
visit their sister site: http://www.vedicmaths.com
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Figure This! Math Challenges for Families
This web site
provides a list of 80 fun and educational math problems for middle-school students.
A great site for teachers!
Hints and answers are provided for all the
math challenges and they can all be easily printed for classroom use. http://www.figurethis.org/
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Math Mastery
Do you want to demonstrate how math is
directly connected to real-world daily life experiences?
Well, check out
the following web site: http://www.mathmastery.com/
At Math Mastery you will find daily math word problems for teachers
of students in grades 4 through 8. You'll also find tons of archived math challenges
by clicking on the Daily Brains link and then clicking on the Old Brains link
on the left-hand side of the page. The Old Brains challenges are listed by theme,
date or title. |
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Puzzling & Perplexing Math Problems
Find season-inspired
word problems for the middle school-aged math class at:
http://sln.fi.edu/school/math/index.html
This
site will help you find fun math problems that will help your students practice
math. |
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Math problems for grades 3-12 math teachers
Whether
your students are just starting algebra or are doing trig and calculus, you'll
find a math problem on the following site:
http://mathforum.org/pow/
Return
each week for a new and challenging math problem. Site also includes archived
math problems. |
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Free Math Worksheets
Find over 5,000 Math Worksheets
from Algebra to Trigonometry at
http://www.edhelper.com/
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