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April 16, 2008

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King's Math Activities
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm
An elementary math teacher created this excellent set of links to a wide range of topics covered in the K-6 curriculum. The site is both extensive and well catalogued.

Internet Mathematics Library (The Math Forum)
http://mathforum.org/library/
This index has links to materials appropriate for math students from Kindergarten through graduate school -choose appropriately! There are also links to information about math education, teaching strategies, and current issues.

Harcourt Animated Glossary
http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index_temp.html
This glossary of math terms includes some definitions with animated examples. If you are looking for a way to demonstrate a concept, this page may give ideas, or could be used for students to research and make presentations to their peers.

Rectangle Pattern Challenges
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/Patterns/rect.html
This is a puzzle page that can be used to generate several higher-order questions. Students can analyze and recognize patterns, generate hypotheses, and test solutions with their own drawings. Teachers could vary the difficulty level by creating a simpler drawing, too.

Base Ten Block Activities
http://mason.gmu.edu/~mmankus/whole/base10/baseten.htm
This is an interactive page that uses Java scripts so students can assemble geometric shapes using unit blocks, 10-unit blocks, and 100 unit blocks. The site includes lesson ideas to teach such concepts as place value, area, multiplication, division, grouping/addition, etc.

No Matter What Shape Your Fractions Are In
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/
Students use a hexagon, trapezoid, parallelogram, and equilateral triangle to investigate a variety of fraction concepts. The site includes an interactive Java applet to explore the topics and printable pages to create paper cut-outs for students to try the activities without a computer.

Sample Math WebQuests
http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/
This page was from a presentation at the NCTM national meeting in 1999. It includes basic information about WebQuests and several samples by the presenter (Leah P. McCoy). Topics included were Best Weather City, National Park Vacation, Most Thrilling Roller Coaster Ride, World Shopping Spree, and Baseball Prediction.

Pascal's Triangle
http://mathforum.org/workshops/usi/pascal/
This geometric shape can be a study in patterns, mathematical sequences, and even algebra. The site (at the Math Forum) includes lesson ideas and links to standards for K-4, 5-8, and 9-12 applications for the Pascal's Triangle page.

A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/
The A Plus Math site includes games, a homework helper section, and advanced problems. Games include "Matho" (a form of Bingo for either addition, multiplication, subtraction or division) and Concentration (available for addition or multiplication). There is an interactive homework helper - students enter a calculation problem and their answer and will be told if their answer is correct.

FunBrain.com
http://www.funbrain.com/index.html
The "Math Baseball" game at this site has students answering a math question - correct answers = hits, wrong answers = outs. Score keeping for the ball game becomes the motivation for improved computation al skills.
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MegaMath
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html
This is a project of the Los Alamos National Laboratory that brings profound mathematical concepts to an elementary level. Discrete Math activities (circuits & paths, topology, etc.) are featured along with geometry and number sense. There are also links to science with a look at machines.

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Interactive Kid Sites - Educational and Just for Fun
http://www.funbrain.com/index.html
This site contains over thirty games in eight different subject areas. The "Math Baseball" game has students answering a math question - correct answers = hits, wrong answers = outs. Score keeping for the ball game becomes the motivation for improved computation al skills. Teachers can use a library of ready-made quizzes, have students take the quizzes online, and the results will be e-mailed to the teacher. Parents can have an e-mail of the child's progress sent to them based on their performance on the educational games.

CBC 4 Kids
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation hosts this educational and fun site for kids age 8-13. It has a section called "The Lab" where kids can do science experiments, learn how to make a paper airplane, or read about endangered species. The "What’s New" section contains both news for kids and a homework helper section. "Words" includes a book list, word searches, and places for kids to write radio dramas and contribute to a "never ending story". A time machine provides fun facts about what happened on various dates in history.

Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://www.askkids.com/
This is a place where kids can type in a question (in "kid language") and Jeeves will respond with sites where the student can find the answers to his/her questions on the Internet.

Yahooligans
http://kids.yahoo.com/
This is a kid-version of the famous Yahoo index of the Internet. The subject areas of the index have been matched to the interests and needs of young people.

KidsCom
http://www.kidscom.com/
This site also provides an interactive opportunity for kids to work on the Internet. In addition to being able to put examples of creation on the Internet, there is a chat room for kids, resources for educators, etc.

Kinderart
http://www.kinderart.com/
This site has over 160 art projects that can be linked to other curricular areas, multicultural themes, seasonal units, recycling, etc.

KidsHealth
http://kidshealth.org/
This site is a good source of health information targeted at toward kids, parents and educators. It includes both hard information and games and health tips.

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