You can contact Sonya at richarso@onid.orst.edu.
I recall the excitement displayed by my students when we participated in the Oregon Stock Market Game a number of years ago. I had lost track of it and recently discovered it again through its website which was not in existence at the time we were participating. There is a game beginning in February and your students would find it fascinating.
Stock Market Game: This game is a wonderful experience for students. Teams of 5 invest $100,000 in a hypothetical game for a 10 week period. "Math Behind the Market" is a free accompaniment that comes with registration and provides background information and lesson material. The cost is $18.00 per team. Complete information is available by state. In Oregon, the game is conducted through the Oregon Council on Economic Education located at Portland State University.
http://www.stockmarketgame.org/
Center for Student Success: Portland State University website features the book, “Successful Lessons for Meeting Oregon’s Math Standards, Grades 5-CIM” that was the focus of a study at the Oregon Math Leaders Conference in August. It also contains a reference to a new Guide to Oregon’s K-5 Focal points which is to be ready in October. The worksheets from the Grades 5-CIM book are available at this website to download free of charge.
http://sesweb.ses.pdx.edu/ceed/success/practice_sets.cfm
Problem Solving Tasks: The Reynolds School District has posted their Problem Solving Task Bank on the OCTM webpage. It is especially well organized by grade level and standard addressed.
http://www.octm.org/Reynolds/Reynolds_Tasks.htm.
NCTM Advocacy Toolkit: This kit is free of charge to NCTM members. The Toolkit is a guide to effective communication with various media and formats, including interviews, news releases, letters to the editor, articles, government relations, and so much more.
http://www.nctm.org/news/advocacy
Science Buddies, Pure Mathematics: This is a wonderful collection of free project ideas that emphasize mathematics in interesting examinations of everyday items we take for granted. For example, one project involves an examination of juice boxes and their design. Project ideas are graded by level of difficulty.
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas/home_Math.shtml?from=Home
Maths is Fun: This website has a large number of interactive learning experiences that are colorful and easy to use. Included are activities about money, data, and measurement. An interactive multiplication table is fun to use. There is an illustrated dictionary and many math puzzles and games.
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles: These entertaining games and puzzles are featured on the Cut The Knot website. They are fun, educational, and serve a wide variety of grade levels. For a complete index of the variety of activities presented, access the second link.
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/games.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Outline/index.shtml
Multiplication.com: Here’s a website with some really cool practice in the multiplication tables. There are free versions set to engaging music. Watch for the ones where you can pick the level you want to practice. Enjoy!
http://www.multiplication.com/index.htm
The Geometry Center: Patterns, Shapes, and Symmetry are all covered here. Colorful clear interactive challenges for students are fun to investigate. The fractal exploration is especially fascinating, allowing you to change the shapes, colors, etc. The background for each shape is available. This ScienceU website contains interactive exhibits, online simulations, graphics software and a library of reference materials.
http://www.scienceu.com/geometry/
Index to Nick’s Mathematical Puzzles: This is a great collection of puzzles. It begins with folding a sheet of paper and ends with #160, a problem about the absolute value of a number. Nick’s goal is to add a new puzzle a week, so kept checking back for new material.
http://www.qbyte.org/puzzles/puzzle16.html
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