The Annenberg Channel continues to be a wonderful source of programs for a wide variety of educational topics. To keep up with the current listings, there is a calendar published online that gives you a concise look at the month’s offerings. I hope you will find it useful.
Annenberg Channel: Each day, the Annenberg Channel offers an in-depth exploration of subjects, organized by curriculum area. Sunday: Art and Humanities; Monday: Literature and Language Arts; Tuesday: Mathematics; Wednesday: Science; Thursday: History and Social Studies; Friday: Languages and World Culture; Saturday: Education; Each day: Professional Development. Programming is broadcast from 8am to 8pm ET, and repeated from 8pm to 8am ET of the following day. These repeats are not noted in the schedules.
http://www.learner.org/channel/chnnl_schedule.html
Hermitech Lab, Free Downloads: This Laboratory develops software for scientific and technical document creations. The products support entering mathematics using natural mathematical notation and provide easy methods of importing and exporting mathematics in MathML format The Formulator Tarsia is an especially interesting tool for teachers, allowing them to create activities for later use in a class. You can create, print, save and exchange customized jigsaws, domino activities and a variety of card sort activities. Hermitech Laboratory was founded in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, in 2003 to develop mathematical software.
Math Playground: This site is for elementary and middle school students. It allows them to practice math skills, play logic games and have fun while doing it. It includes links to math games, word problems, logic puzzles and math videos. The math videos are very interesting as they are answers to questions sent in by students. The instructor’s voice is heard as she explains the problem while writing and illustrating with manipulatives on a whiteboard.
http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html
MathsNet.net: This is an independent educational website providing free mathematics resources to the education community. Its aim is to offer truly interactive resources that are both wide and deep in terms of their applicability and usefulness. The website is a creation of Bryan Dye, a full time math teacher at the Hewitt School in Norwich, Norfolk, England
http://www.mathsnet.net/authors.html
Print Free Rulers: Here are a wide variety of rulers that can be printed on paper, cardstock or transparencies.
http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/paper_rulers/
MathNEXUS: This website is a portal to news and ideas for teachers and learners of mathematics. The Whatcom and Skagit Mathematics Partnership is a three-year program funded by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the U.S. Department of Education Math-Science Partnership Program. Project contacts are based at Western Washington University.
http://mathnexus.wwu.edu/default.asp
WebCT Student Help: Here is a great set of instructions that will help your students understand how to use an equation editor. This site is from Murdoch University in Western Australia.
http://help-online.murdoch.edu.au/students/create_new_eq.html
Fun with Dimensional Analysis: This is a nice set of examples of how to do dimensional analysis that is easy for students to follow. It is an excerpt from a set of examples and instructions for nursing students.
http://www.alysion.org/dimensional/fun.htm
Ambleweb: Interactive Geometry has a selection of JAVA based online tools for exploring the properties of regular and irregular shapes. Included are explorations of mirror and rotational symmetry. The second link given is to the parent website for this page, a fascinating look at how children can contribute to the learning activities, thus learning the mathematics themselves.
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/sketchpad/index.htm
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/numeracy.htm
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