You can contact Sonya at richarso@onid.orst.edu.
Are you familiar with the Math Olympiads website? They are a 30 year old organization that sponsors contests for elementary and middle schools. I have used the Creative Problem Solving book and it is by far the most comprehensive and useful information on problem solving that I have seen. Do check it out.
Math Olympiads and Creative Problem Solving in School Mathematics 2nd Edition: The contests for elementary and middle schools and a complete description of the book, written by Dr. George Lencher, is displayed on the Math Olympiads website. Don’t miss this one.
http://www.moems.org/Books.htm
Thinkfinity: This is a collection of free Educational resources that have been gathered in one convenient location by the Verizon Foundation. A search on Math and Interactive brings up a long list of math activities that will engage your students. For example, Flowing Through Mathematics is a student interactive, grades 9-12, from Illuminations that simulates water flowing from a tube. The interactive allows the size of the hole to be adjusted and data can be gathered to experiment with the height and volume of water in the tube.
Sketchpad: Sketchpad has introduced new lessons with a 30 day no-cost preview. For those of you not familiar with sketchpad there is a link that will introduce you to the materials that are available.
http://www.keypress.com/previewsll
Online basic Skill Games: Jefferson County Schools in Dandridge, TN, presents resources for Math Learning on its website. There is a large variety of engaging math games that students may access. They also present a Daily Dose of Math, a large variety of easy to access problems for students.
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/
http://jc-schools.net/dose-math.htm
Count On: Count On’s Maths Year 2000 website is filled with interactive math games, links to math news and other items of interest for your students. The Explorer link takes you to a variety of games, including the escaper from the Pentagonal Room, a puzzling problem that will fascinate your students. There is also a link to Make 10, 20, 100+, a wonderful game of math addition and subtraction. These are some of the best math puzzles I’ve encountered.
http://www.mathsyear2000.org/magnet/minus3/sumtox/index.html
Picture Problems: This is a great resource for young children. Try matching the images with the number problems! You’ll like it. This is part of the Oswego City Schools website in New York.
http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/techno/graphictest.html
Teachnology: Here is an online teacher resource that has organized links to math lesson plans as well as online resources. It includes Algebra, Arithmetic, Calculus Geometry, fractals, measurement, money, etc. The lists are extensive!
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/subject_matter/math/
Number Munchers: Here’s a version of the old classic that was presented by MECC and was popular in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Included is a link to Wikipedia that provides a description of the game. Hint:
http://www.numbermunchers.org/
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archives: The School of Mathematics and statistics at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland has put together an easily accessible history of mathematics. Selecting History Topics index takes you to mathematics in various cultures, a topical index or listings of various mathematicians’ works.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
Math Maven’s Mysteries: This is an index to links that are interactive sites. They challenge students to solve mysteries using math principles. This site is from Scholastic
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/maven/
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