100 Problems for Primary People
AIMS Education
Center:
The AIMS Home Page includes puzzles and other math and science
activity ideas, plus information about their newsletter.
Brain Teaser
Page:
Another good source for problems to solve that is organized by grade
level.
The
Intro to 21st Century Problem Solving
This site is dedicated to promoting problem solving literacy.... from
grade school to grad school and beyond.
Math
Forum's Problem Solving Links
A huge list of links related to Math Problem solving.
Math
Line Puzzles
Many critical thinking math puzzles can be found on this page.
MathMagic!:
This is another page from the Swarthmore site that gives information
about a national classroom contest that student's can enter.
MegaMath
Menu:
The MegaMath project written by the Los Alamos National Laboratory is
intended to bring unusual and important mathematical ideas to
elementary school classrooms.
PBS MATH Main
Menu
Visit this site to find a searchable data base of Mathline lesson
plans. The lesson plans include video clips of teachers actually
deomonstrating the lessons in their classrooms.
Writing a good
math solution
This site gives students tips on how to write good solutions to math
problem solving prompts.
Word
Problem Solving Strategies
Problem solving strategies are listed at this site written by
elementary aged students.
Math Professional Development and Assessment Sites:
Assessing
Young Children's Progress Appropriately
This site displays a research article written about the issue of
appropriate assessment for young children and includes links to many
other related sites.
Educational
Resources - Math Equity
A resource for educators concerned about creating equitable
conditions in which every child can succeed. These equity materials
can help teachers acknowledge children's diverse strengths, identify
inequities, and improve the ways they serve students with varied
needs.
Math
Help by Professor Freedman
Teachers can find many resources at this site to help understand
better how to support student learning of mathematics in
non-stressful ways.
Mathemematics
Reform: The ARC Center Home
The ARC Center promotes the wide-scale and effective implementation
of standards-based mathematics curricula. The Center consults with
school and districts and provides information and resources to
support teacher enhancement, leadership development, and public
awareness of mathematics.
NCTM
Visit this site to find out about this professional educational
organization, the revised standards, a catalog of math resources to
purchase, and much more.
The
Oregon Council of Teachers of Mathematics
This is the home for Oregon's professional educational mathematics
organization Go to this site to find out about TOMT Magazine, who
your area representatives are, current math events, links to other
math sites, etc.
ODE
This link takes you directly to the resource page for the Oregon
Department of Education that allows visitors to download sample
assessments related to our Oregon Benchmarks and much more related to
the state assessments.
OPEN-Network
Another great site for assessment information related to the Oregon's
benchmarks. Teachers can earn CPD credits by participating in the
scoring practice activities at this site.
The
Science and Math Consortium for Northwest Schools (SMCNWS)
Provides another great list of links to assessment related sites.
Welcome to AskERIC:
This well know site includes a searchable index to find math research
articles, lesson plans, etc. The articles really came in handy when
writing our Math Position Paper and Technology Plan.
42
Ways To Start a Math Journal Entry
A great list of prompts to get students started with math
journaling.
AirplaneMath
A place to learn cool things about math and aeronautics!
Amusing
Mathematics Web Pages
The Forum's Internet Mathematics Library provides a comprehensive
database of links on the subject of Math and Humor.
Biographies
of
Famous Mathematicians
This address takes you to a page created by University of St. Andrew
in Scotland with information about many famous mathematicians. It's
organized in many different ways to help you find that famous math
person's bio.
The Busy Teachers
Website K-12
has lesson plans in a variety of content areas including mathematics.
Of special interest is an electronic parent booklet entitled,
"Helping Your Child Learn Math."
Click
on Bricks: Multiplication
These pages help students to practice and learn multiplication facts
from 1 to 4. These pages use bricks to show arrays, and include 16
practice problems plus links to many other multiplication sites.
ENC Educational Resources:
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse is a huge site that includes
lesson plan ideas, math research articles, classroom resources, and
much more.
Fractions
: Elementary Lessons & Materials
This page provides a series of pages that contain elementary school
fraction lessons and materials for teacher.
Hotlist:
Mathematics:
Another good site with many math links that gets updated
frequently.
Internet Math
Hunts
This site contains many math hunts that consists of questions about
math and mathematicians. The answers can be found somewhere on the
Internet.
KIDPROJ: KIDLINK Special
Projects for Youth 10-15
This well known site has a number of telecollaborative projects
described that integrate math skills with other content areas.
Martindale's
'The Reference Desk: Calculators On-Line'
This site is fun and amazing. A list of computer calculators
available for a wide variety of uses. Mathematics is just one of the
categories. I lost track of time exploring all the different types of
calculators there were and especially enjoyed the section on
calendars.
Math
Activities: TEACHERS HELPING TEACHERS
Lesson plans created by teachers for all subject areas including math
can be found at this site.
Math
Lesson Data Base
Another good source of mathematics lesson plans for the elementary
classroom.
Math
and Literature
Visit this site for some lists of children"s
literature and lesson plans related to a variety of math
strands.
Math
Their Way
The Center for Innovation in Education, a nonprofit organization, was
co-founded in 1975 by two classroom teachers, Mary and Bob
Baratta-Lorton. They shared a philosophy based upon the belief that
all children can learn and that every child matters. This
professional development site contains information in how to order
materials, set up workshops, and has downloadable PDF files for the
Math Their Way summary newsletters.
Mathematical
Connections
Mathematical Connections seeks to provide a forum for exploring the
interplay between mathematics and the humanities. This includes, but
is not limited to the relationship between mathematics and the arts,
anthropology, history, literature, philosophy, music and religion.
Classroom applications ofthese topics, such as the use of history in
the teaching of mathematics, also fall within the scope of this
periodical.
Math
Glossary
This site contains an electronic glossary of math vocabulary words
organized by grade level. Or check out the home page for this site to
find lesson plans for many content areas including math. This page is
created by Harcourt Brace.
Math Learning Center
Visit this site to find out about current course offerings and how to
order many useful math resources and materials. P. O. Box 9278,
Portland, OR 97207-9278 1-800-547-8887, ext. 3041 Fax # 503
725-3021.
Math Lessons by
Cynthia Lanius
has many interactive math lessons on a variety of topics such as
fractions, algebra, etc.
Math
Solutions¨ Online
This is the home page for Marilyn Burns. Information how to order
published materials plus excellent online newsletters related to a
variety of math topics can be found here.
NW Math Links:
This site has been created by The Science and Mathematics Consortium
of Northwest Schools formerly known as the Columbia Mathematics
Center. If you're looking for a way to fund a team mathematics
project, this site may be of interest to you. This site also contains
math lesson plans, and much information regarding scoring math
tasks.
Teacher2Teacher
- The Teachers' Lounge
A question and answer site to many commonly asked questions about
teaching mathematics. FAQ are archived along with a bulletin board
where teachers can write in to have burning questions answered by
Presidential Awardees in Mathematics teachers.