CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

• http://assist.educ.msu.edu/ASSIST/classroom/managing/indexman.htm

• http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods/classroom-management/6711.html

• http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6400.html

• http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6283.html

COMPETITIONS

• Math Counts http://www.mathcounts.org/

• Mathematics Projects http://www2.edc.org/makingmath/mathproj.asp

COURSES ONLINE

	Textbook Revolution, free online textbooks
	http://textbookrevolution.org/math
	Amazing Resource: National Repository of Online Courses!!!
	http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/nrocdemos.html and http://hippocampus.org/
	MIT offers hundreds of FREE course websites, some with video (see Dr. Lewin's Physics lectures!)
	http://ocw.mit.edu
	http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/resources/Strang/strangtext.htm [Online calculus textbook with study guide - FREE]
	http://www-math.mit.edu/%7Edjk/calculus_beginners/ [Online calculus course, one screen at a time - FREE]

CURRICULUM (various content areas)

• Teacher-made units and lessons for Virtual Manipulatives http://enlvm.usu.edu/ma/nav/browse_by.jsp

• CTAP Matrices for Middle School Math (Grade 6, Grade 7, and Algebra) is an INCREDIBLE collection of Standards-linked resources for middle school math teachers! http://www.ctap4.org/math/matrix.shtml

• Web-based Resources for pre-algebra number and geometry strands (great stuff!) http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/GR/curriculum/EDM/5th.htm

• Mathematics Developmental Curriculum - Key concepts and skills K-9 with links to lesson activities and misconceptions http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/teachingresources/maths/mathscontinuum/default.htm

• National Whiteboard Network Math Pages (UK) http://www.nwnet.org.uk./pages/maths.html

• Interactive Math on the Web (a TON of content-specific links) http://www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html

• Select Math (connects grade 6-Algebra II content to virtual manipulatives) http://boston.k12.ma.us/teach/technology/select/

• Junior High Math Interactives (video and flash activities) from Alberta, Canada http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?launch=true

• Creative Lesson Ideas for Pre-Algebra, Algebra, and Geometry http://www.mathprojects.com/lessons.asp

• Activities for Math Lessons offers great ideas for helping students develop understanding (grades K-8) http://www.paramount.k12.ca.us/teachers/resources.html

• Performance Stations for Mathematics

• Grade 6: http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.97/gauthiergrade6.html

• Grade 7: http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.97/gauthiergrade7.html

• Grade 8: http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.97/gauthiergrade8.html

• Grade 9: http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.97/gauthiergrade9.html

• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/displaysubject.cfm?sid=6

• Intel Teach for the Future Mini-Units http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/SubjectIndex/SubjectIndex.htm#1

• University of Illinois Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education lesson idea links http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/resources.php

• InterMath Links to Online Mathematics Activities http://intermath.coe.uga.edu/topics/homepg.htm

• Interactive Math Lessons from Math Goodies http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/

• Math Forum Library http://mathforum.org/library/

• Online Math Lessons (for New York Regents Exam for Math A) http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/math-a.cfm#a1

• PBS Mathline (online video clips of math lessons – all grades) http://www.pbs.org/teachers/mathline/lessonplans/search_6-8.shtm

• PBS Teacher Source http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm

• S.C.O.R.E. (math lessons correlated to California Math Standards) http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons.html

• PowerPoint presentations for math teaching (some useful, some not) http://jc-schools.net/PPTs-math.html

DICTIONARIES

• A Maths Dictionary for Kids http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

• Spanish-English Math Dictionary http://www.math2.org/math/spanish/eng-spa.htm

• Math Dictionary for Secondary Students and Adults http://www.mathwords.com/

EQUITY AND ACCESS

• SACNAS Biographies of Mathematicians and Scientist of Color http://www2.sacnas.org/biography/

• Ensuring Equity and Excellence in Mathematics http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/math/ma100.htm

• EQUALS http://equals.lhs.berkeley.edu/

• Engineer Girl http://www.engineergirl.org/nae/cwe/egmain.nsf/?Opendatabase

• Achievement Gap Article http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/02/MN43253.DTL

• The Pedagogy of Poverty vs. Good Teaching http://www.enc.org/topics/equity/articles/document.shtm?input=ACQ-111376-1376

• Model of Essential Supports for Student Learning http://www.consortium-chicago.org/research/ria02.html

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS - Strategies and Resources

• Teachers' Guide to Teaching Mathematics for English Language Learners - outstanding! http://www.tsusmell.org/images/MELL_TeacherGuide_rev_.pdf

• English-Spanish glossary with visual examples http://www.tsusmell.org/images/MELL_MathGlossary.pdf

• Strategies for English Language Learners (with several video examples) http://connect.ocde.us/Strategies.htm

FAMILIES AND MATH ACTIVITIES

• School Math Night Ideas - Awesome collection of pre-formatted tasks for families to enjoy during Math Night! http://orion.math.iastate.edu/mathnight/activities/modules/

• Figure This - Interesting math challenges that middle-school students can do at home with their families. http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/math_index.htm

FUNCTIONS

• Geogebra - Free dynamic mathematics software for schools that joins geometry, algebra and calculus

• http://www.geogebra.org/cms/

• Building with Functions Applet

• http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/algebra/6-8/activities/build/build.html

GAMES/HOOKS

• Awesome collection of games to practice arithmetic skills and develop understanding http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

• Interactive Math (check bottom of page  for games) http://www.intmath.com/

• Why do we need to learn algebra?  Plus lots more links... http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/abrown/resources.htm

• This teacher-made site has all sorts of fun ways to get students to practice pre-algebra and algebra topics.  Lots of great resources here! http://www.themathlab.com

• For example, here are some tables that get students to use inverse operations with rational numbers to find missing values: http://www.themathlab.com/gym/brainbuilders/table/sumpppr/sum_prod.htm

• Funbrain.com is a website for teachers, students, and parents.  Students can play a variety of math games, and teachers can create online “quizzes” for their students to practice at school and at home. http://www.funbrain.com/

• Math Jeopardy http://www.math.iastate.edu/danwell/MathNight/Jep.html

• Pre-Made Games:  http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygames.htm

• Template:  http://www.b-g.k12.ky.us/Tech/Jeopardy-PowerPoint.htm

• Directions: http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/sbjarea/math/JeopardyDirections.htm

HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

• History of Mathematics site by David Joyce at Clark University http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/mathhist.html

LEARNING THEORIES

• Learning with Understanding vs. Learning by Mimicking (videos) http://ditc.missouri.edu/designProcess/assessment/understanding.html

• Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics (an online book from www.nap.edu) http://www.nap.edu/books/0309069955/html/

• http://www.ed.gov/pubs/StateArt/Math/covpg.html

• Basic Skills and Conceptual Understanding: It's Not Either/Or
  http://www.enc.org/print/focus/content/document.shtm?input=FOC-002875-index

• Constructivist Learning Theory http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/constructivistlearning.html

MANIPULATIVES/ ON-LINE TOOLS

• Online interactives for elementary and middle school mathematics http://www.pgcecd.co.uk/KeelePGCEMaths2006/NCETM%20disc/primaryns/primaryns.htm

• Animations from New Zealand's Math Standards http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/numeracy/Animations/animations.aspx

• WisWeb - Over 100 applets for middle school and high school math topics http://www.fi.uu.nl/wisweb/en/

• List of online math applets and activities organized by content strand from Education Development Center http://www2.edc.org/mistm/

• Interactive Teaching Programs (applets) from the UK http://www.taw.org.uk/lic/itp/index.html

• Interactive Math http://www.intmath.com/

• Geogebra - Free dynamic mathematics software for schools that joins geometry, algebra and calculus http://www.geogebra.org/cms/

• Online Tools for Algebra Readiness Lessons http://www.neirtec.org/activities/math_portal.htm

• Thinking Blocks develops a modeling approach to word problems http://www.thinkingblocks.com/

• Seeing Mathematics: Online Tools for Visual Representation http://seeingmath.concord.org/sms_interactives.html

• Project Interactivate (Shodor Center) http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

• NCTM Selected Online Math Tools http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/index.aspx

• Wolfram Middle School Math Demonstrations (need to download free Mathematica player) http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/topic.html?topic=Middle%20School%20Mathematics&limit=20

• Interactive Math on the Web (a ton of content-specific websites) http://www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html

• Activities and Demonstrations from Math Warehouse http://www.mathwarehouse.com/interactive

• Weblinks from author of Pictorial Mathematics, Guillermo Mendieta http://www.pictorialmath.com/resources.html

• Excellent site with lesson plans for Integer Bars to explore fraction, decimal, and percent representations http://arcytech.org/java/integers/

• Several Online Applets for Math Learning http://arcytech.org/java/

• NCSM Links to Journal Articles about Using Mathematical Tools http://www.ncsmonline.org/NCSMPublications/2000/sec4.html

• Using Virtual Manipulatives to Develop Number Sense http://mason.gmu.edu/~mmankus/talks/nctm2000/nctmch00.htm

• Types of Manipulatives (K-8) http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/isu/math/mathsd/materials/uses.htm

MATH ANALYSIS

• Math Forum Resources for Math Analysis http://mathforum.org/library/topics/analysis/

• Analysis Web Notes http://www.math.unl.edu/~webnotes/contents/chapters.htm

MATHEMATICAL REASONING & PROBLEM SOLVING

• Logic with Venn Diagrams http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/venn/LVenn.htm

• Puzzles and Problems http://home.att.net/~xocxoc/math/puzzles.htm

• Action Math - Animated problem solving www.actionmath.com

• Lesson Openers and Problems from connect-ME http://educ.queensu.ca/connectme/openers&problems.htm

• Problem Solving Applets http://mathforum.org/alejandre/frisbie/student.jam.html

• Problem of the Week – Carolina Math http://www.carolina.com/math/index.asp

• Math Forum Problem of the Week http://www.mathforum.org/

• Problems, Problems, Problems (from MathCounts) http://206.152.229.6/Problems/problems.html

• Understanding Story Problems http://math.uww.edu/~mcfarlat/141/story141.htm

• Word Problems for Kids (from Canada) http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html

• Proof  http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/research/refutations.html

• The Role and Function of Proof in Mathematics http://mzone.mweb.co.za/residents/profmd/proofa.pdf

• Proofs in Mathematics http://www.cut-the-knot.com/proofs/index.shtml

• What Does It Take to be an Expert Problem Solver? http://www.maa.org/t_and_l/sampler/rs_4.html

MOTIVATION

• http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr200.htm

• http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/rpl_esys/thinking.htm

• Why do we need to learn algebra?  Plus lots more links... http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/abrown/resources.htm

NUMBER SENSE

• Number Concepts: Teams Distance Learning (LAUSD) http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/number/5-6/5-6.html

• Virtual Manipulatives http://www.matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

• Exploring Fractions with a Java Applet http://www.arcytech.org/java/patterns/

• Five Rules of Fractions using Pattern Blocks http://www.pleasanton.k12.ca.us/pleasanton/MathWeb/Grade4and5/Fractions/UsingPatternBlocks/UsingPatternBlocks.html

• Fractions with Pattern Blocks http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/

• Introduction to Fractions for Primary Students http://mathforum.org/varnelle/knum.html

• Rational Numbers Relationships Using Excel http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/activities/ex-ratio/

• Tour of Fractions http://mathforum.org/paths/fractions/

• Understanding Fractions (from Neufeld Math) http://www.neufeldmath.com/download/

• Worksheets: http://www.neufeldmath.com/worksheets/fractions/

• Visual Fractions http://www.visualfractions.com/

PARENTS

• Is your elementary school child struggling with math?  See here for some ways to help.

PROBABILITY

• Probability by Surprise – an NSF-sponsored probability website http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~susan/surprise/

• Probability Problem Bank - created by math student teachers at University of Virginia http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/interactive/probability/problembank/home.html

• Virtual Manipulatives http://www.matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

• Simulating Random Events Using Excel http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/activities/ex-randomevents/

PROBLEM OF THE DAY RESOURCES

• http://www.hsv.k12.al.us/dept/etv/mathofday/mathofday_main.html

• http://www.evsc.k12.in.us/icats/problem/oftheday.htm

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Improving Learning in Mathematics (6 CDs of content online including video clips) http://teachingandlearning.qia.org.uk/teachingandlearning/downloads/default.aspx#math_learning

• Online Video-based Content Courses for Middle School Math Teachers (excellent!) http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/learningmath/

• Increasing Your Mathematics and Science Content Knowledge http://www.enc.org/focus/content/

• Online Journal of School Mathematics http://my.nctm.org/eresources/tocgraphic.asp?journal_id=6

• Teachers Need a Special Type of Content Knowledge http://www.enc.org/print/focus/content/document.shtm?input=FOC-002865-index

• Looking Inside the Classroom: A Study of K-12 Mathematics and Science Education in the United States (May, 2003) http://www.horizon-research.com/insidetheclassroom/reports/looking/

• Articles on Math Teaching from NorthCentral Regional Education Laboratory  http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/math/ma300.htm  http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/math/ma400.htm  http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/math/ma600.htm  http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/math/ma0exem.htm

• Modeling Middle School Mathematics Video Showcase http://mmmproject.org/video_matrixS.htm

• The Role of Examples in Learning Mathematics http://www.maa.org/t_and_l/sampler/rs_5.html

REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS

• Maths 4 Real [must scroll down the page to find these great videos) http://excellence.qia.org.uk/130529

• Futures Movie Channel: Real World Professionals http://www.thefutureschannel.com/algebra_real_world.php

• ESPN Sports Figures (lesson plans and videos showing use of mathematics in sports) http://www.sportsfigures.espn.com/sportsfigures/lessonplan.htm

SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS

• Dyscalculia http://www.dyscalculia.org/mathLD.html

• Learning Disabilities in Mathematics http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/math-1.html

• Math Learning Disabilities http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/math_skills/garnett.html

STATISTICS

• Virtual Manipulatives http://www.matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

• Analyzing Birth Rates Using Excel http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/activities/ex-birthrate/

• Collecting and Numerically Analyzing M & M’s Data Using Excel http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/activities/ex-mmnumerical/

• A Graphical Analysis of M&M’s Data http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/activities/ex-mmgraphing/

• Websites for Collecting Data, Maps, and Charts http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/relatedlinks/datacollection.html

TECHNOLOGY

• Center School District's Technology Site (Great stuff!) http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/index.html

• GeoGebra Java-based Graphing Program http://www.geogebra.at/cms/

• Integrating Mathematics and Technology in the Middle School http://www.ciese.org/math/activities/

• PowerPoint Tips and Slides for Mathematics Teachers http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm

• Using MS Word and PowerPoint to Create Mathematics Documents http://www.powertolearn.com/articles/teaching_with_technology/math_equations_in_word_and_powerPoint.shtml

• Graphing Calculator Activities http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/activities/calculators.html

• Fractals Unit for Elementary and Middle School  http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/

• JAVA Applications http://ejad.best.vwh.net/java/

• http://www.exploremath.com/

• NCTM Interactive Online Investigations http://illuminations.nctm.org/pages/912.html#imath

• Online Flashcards for Various Math Concepts and Skills http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html

• Equations and Math Symbols (can copy and paste) http://equplus.net/

VIDEOS OF/ABOUT MATH

• Futures Channel (inspired by teacher Jaime Escalante of Garfield HS) http://www.thefutureschannel.com/algebra_real_world.php

• Countdown Math Mini-Lessons (free) http://countdown.luc.edu/index.html

• CAHSEE Review Videos from San Diego County Office of Education (need Real Player) http://www.sdcoe.tv/cahsee.asp

• United Streaming - collection of over 40,000 videos for math and science (Fee-based) http://www5.unitedstreaming.com/

• "Do the Math" TV Show from University of Arizona http://www.uachannel.com/show_math.html

• Ma and Pa Kettle Math http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7106559846794044495

WRITING TO LEARN MATHEMATICS

• Strategies for Promoting Writing in Math Class http://www.math.montana.edu/mathed/distance/capstone/bryson/w_strats.htm