There seems to be an endless supply of math sites to investigate. Many of them provide wonderful explorations for our students. Included here are some newer sites along with a few old favorites. Enjoy!
Wolframalpha: Computations are done for you by this amazing program. Not only math, but calculations involving dates, population, money, finance, places and geography are all included. This is an ongoing project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone.
http://www59.wolframalpha.com/
MegaMathematics: Los Alamos National Laboratory presents fascinating activities for mathematical investigations. Explore Map Colors, Knots, the Hotel Infinity and other intriguing activities at this wonderful site.
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/menu.html
Destination Imagination: This is an organization that teaches creativity, teamwork and problem solving to students across the U.S. and in more than 30 countries. Its main program is an unconventional team learning experience where student teams all over the world solve creative problems.
Word Problems for Kids: St. Francis Xavier University hosts this site which has about 4 dozen word problems organized by grade levels 5 through 12. Hints for solving the problems are available along with solutions.
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html
Teaching Math to the Visually Impaired (TSBVI): This is a wonderful source of materials that will help you understand and teach students who are unable to see and thus appreciate many of the concepts that we teach in mathematics. This site has been commended for excellence by the Eisenhower National Clearing House.
Activities Integrating Math and Science (AIMS): Here is a wonderful “Puzzle Corner” that presents over 100 math puzzles. They are categorized and listed in order of increasing difficulty. These puzzles are designed to encourage students to appreciate the underlying math involved in their solutions.
http://www.aimsedu.org/puzzle/index.html
Doug Shaw: Dr. Shaw is with the Department of Mathematics at the University of Northern Iowa. His website has a fascinating collection of mathematical essays, spoofs, stories, art, puzzles, contests and other materials. Included is a collection of math “proofs” with errors in them that he has found captivating for calculus students who must find the errors.
http://www.dougshaw.com/findtheerror/
Ms. Lindquist, The Tutor: This is a free online intelligent tutoring system for tutoring students in writing expressions for algebra word problems.
Guide for TI-83, TI-83+, TI-84 and TI-84+: This handy reference will assist students in learning to use their calculators. It has an easy to use format and can be used by the students independently. This website is The Math and Physics Help Home Page from North Carolina State University.
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/kenny/papers/ti.html
Olympiad Math Madness: This is a collection of mathematical problems that were invented for mathematical Olympiads. Categories include Analysis, Games and Tournaments, Geometry, Functions, Graphs and Equations, etc. Games and Tournaments includes activities that you could do in the classroom and would be a fun way to egage your students in problem solving.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/4661/index.html
Math Cats: This is a collection of animated word problems for elementary kids, but these could be enjoyed by older students as well. These are featured as “thinking games” and many of them are mathematical in nature.
http://www.mathcats.com/contents.html
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