Sometime during the last few weeks, one of my favorite websites disappeared. It was a calculator help site that covered the largest variety of graphing calculators that I have seen, with easy to read help topics and instructions. Apparently it was taken down with the demise of geocities.com. It is still available through the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, something that I never heard of before!
Quick Start Guide to Common Calculators: This is a great rundown on a large number of calculators and how to use them. Included are TI, Casio, Sharp, HP, Commodore, Radio Shack, Aurora, Datexx, and Microsoft Excel. Since this website was last updated on 9/12/2004, you will find the latest calculators here. Links to the home pages of calculator producers, sites with information on using calculators, and free online calculators are included. The site was developed at Purdue University.
http://web.archive.org/web/20071031104614/http://www.geocities.com/calculatorhelp/index.html
Calculator Help: This website, provided by Prentice-Hall, gives you a choice of calculators to select, and then an index of topics you may need assistance with. It appears to be easy to use and follow. The calculator choices are TI-82, TI-83, TI-85, TI-86, TI-89, TI-92, HP48G, CFX-9850 GaPlus, Sharp EL9600C and Casio FX2. Note that the TI-84, while not in the list, works almost exactly like the TI-83.
http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/esm/app/calc_v2/
Core Standards (September 2009): A draft of the most recent national standards development has been released. This is a joint effort by the National Governors association Center for best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of chief state school Officers (CCSSO) in partnership with achieve, ACT and the College Board. You will want to be familiar with this one.
http://www.corestandards.org/Standards/index.htm.
The Twelve Days of Christmas and Pascal's Triangle: This is a fascinating look at the correlation between Pascal’s Triangle and the song. It also includes lesson plans you may find helpful. This website is provided by Judy Ann Brown at Rutgers University.
http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/~judyann/LP/lessons/12.days.pascal.html
Chameleon Graphing: The Math Forum @ Drexel presents Chameleon Graphing, a really fun way to learn about the Coordinate Plane, Lines and Slope.
Flintstones Order of Operations: The Flintstones present a great look at the correct order. This provides a fun introduction to this topic.
http://www.themathlab.com/Pre-Algebra/order%20of%20operations/orderof.htm
Manipula Math with JAVA: Wonderful manipulatives in an interactive format to help you understand the meaning of mathematical ideas. There is also a link to assist you if you would like to create java applets for math education It introduces basic techniques to create simple java applets.
http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/
http://www.ies.co.jp/math/javalesson/menu.html
Math Playground: Here’s a site packed with math games, word problems, logic puzzles, and math videos, all in a n elementary and middle school oriented format. I especially liked the interactive word problems.
http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html
FunBrain: This site features online educational games for kids of all ages. There are materials for math, grammar, science, spelling, and history. I tried the arcade game and the animations were delightful.
Poptropica: This is a virtual world for kids to travel, play games, compete in head-to-head competition, and communicate safely. This site is part of Family Education Network, sponsored by Pearson Education, Inc. There are puzzle islands, new islands being released at intervals, This month, October, the Haunted House is the featured new island.
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