Below you will find links to various web sites that relate to elementary mathematics. I have organized them into links appropriate for teacher use and links appropriate for student use. All links were viewed and selected between February 12th and February 15th, 2002.


Web Sites for Teachers

The Math Forum at Drexel: Teacher's Place -  Here you'll find resources for teaching math at all levels. 
This space is not only for teachers, but has also been built in part by teachers. Explore the Self-guided 
Tour for features and services of special interest to educators, or apply to join the Teacher2Teacher Service. 
http://mathforum.org/teachers/

 

Math Central - Just for teachers, this site offers monthly problems, a teacher resource room, a bulletin board
to post questions on, mathematical glossaries, and more.  They even have a search engine to 
help you find what you are looking for quickly and easily.
http://MathCentral.uregina.ca/

 

Quiz Lab @ Fun Brain - This has the largest database of online assessment quizzes available in 10 subjects.
Teachers select quizzes for students to access in the classroom, library, or at home or you 
can create your own quizzes with Quiz Lab's easy-to-use authoring tool. 
Quiz results are graded automatically with scores emailed to you, the teacher.
http://www.funbrain.com/teachers/index.html

 

Teachers Helping Teachers - Here you will find lesson plan ideas for math, as well as other subjects.  They
also have links to various other teacher resources, and a great link for stress reduction to help all those
over worked teachers out there!
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/index.html

 

Awesome Library: Math - The Awesome Library contains hundreds of math lesson plans for students in
grades K-12.  They also have information on math assessments and links to other math related web sites.
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Math.html

 

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Homepage - a nonprofit professional 
association headquartered in Reston, Virginia. It is composed of more than 120,000 teachers, educators, 
and other professionals. NCTM offers vision, leadership, and a forum to those interested in teaching and 
learning mathematics at all levels: elementary school, middle school, high school, college, and university levels.
http://www.nctm.org/

 

Bamdad's Math Comics -  Looking for a discussion starter? Try this international collection of popular 
cartoons that mention or discuss math. The utility of this material is likely more motivational than instructional, 
but your students will enjoy knowing that math can be both fun and useful.
http://www.csun.edu/%7Ehcmth014/comics/a-c/categoryA-C.html

 

Teaching Ideas: Math - Contains a variety of activities to be used in the math classroom.  Directions are given 
for each activity, as well as resource sheets when appropriate.  Focuses on ages 5-11.  Skills include computation, 
decimals, money, ratio, odds and evens, prime numbers, and more.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/contents.htm

 

Illuminations - This site provides fun lesson plans from NCTM.  Activities include Internet-based unit plans, 
Internet mathematics excursions, and NCTM publication-based lesson plans that can be 
found for almost any age level. 
http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessonplans/index.html

 

Base 10 Blocks - This site gives descriptions and lesson plans for using the Base 10 Blocks Program.  Topics include 
using Base 10 Blocks to investigate place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, bar charts, and 
basic algebra.  There are lots of neat ideas to use in the classroom without the program, too! 
http://www.arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/description.html

 

Children's Literature in Math - Visit this site for great ideas for using children's literature to guide your math instruction.  
Sample lessons include a story summary,  math objectives, procedures, graphics, and follow-up ideas.  
http://watt.enc.org/online/ENC2285/2285.html

 

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Kathy Schrock has a categorized list of web sites that can be 
used to enhance your teaching and learning.  You can use this site to find information and lesson plans 
to help you teach math and so much more.She also has a free subscription service where 
she will email you the "site of the school days."
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

 

Ask Eric Lesson Plans: Mathematics - Ask Eric is a database of lesson plans that have been submitted 
by teachers fromall different walks of life for all different age levels and topics.  
You can even help others by submitting a lesson plan of your own for others to have access to.
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Mathematics

 

Web Sites for Students

Fun Brain - This site has over 50 educational games that kids love to play. Each game combines educational content
with fun-to-play games. There are plenty of activities for kids to play that will help enrich their math learning. Enjoy 
math baseball, fresh baked fractions, operation order, and many more!  Students in grades 1-8 will find this site enjoyable.
http://www.funbrain.com/

 

Web Math - Here you will not have to wait for a response to a mathematical question.  You can get an instant response
to your math problem or question by choosing the type of problem you are trying to solve 
and it will show you how to solve it.
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/webmath/

 

MathStories.com - The goal of this math website is to help elementary and middle school children improve their math 
problem solving and critical-thinking skills. It has over 5,500 math word problems for children to enjoy!  
To use this site, however, you must become a subscriber.
http://www.mathstories.com/

 

Brain Teasers - This site is geared towards students grades three through eight and is sponsored by Houghton-Mifflin.
Each Wednesday evening, they post a new Brain Teaser for each grade and post the answers a week later.  They keep
an archive of the questions so you have they opportunity to explore other Brain Teasers as well.
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/

 

A+ Math - This is a collection of on-line games suitable for drill or reinforcement of basic math concepts and operations. 
The site has several different game formats for each basic operation. Each game is available in Java or non-Java versions. 
The Java versions are self-scoring.  This is a good site for students in fourth through eighth grade.
http://www.aplusmath.com/

 

AAA Math - This site offers a collection of interactive drill and practice exercises listed by grade level and 
topic area. The interactive features are attractive, though the drills simply give users the correct answer if they enter the wrong 
answer. For those who need the practice, these exercises could be useful.  Good for students in grades three through twelve.
http://www.aaamath.com/index.html

 

AIMS Puzzle Corner - The AIMS Education Foundation sponsors this site meant for students in grades 4-8. The puzzles are 
highly motivational tools that capture the imaginations of students. To infiltrate the classroom with a vibrant brand of problem 
solving, this site offers a tantalizing educational bait-and-hook in the form of a new puzzle each month. 
It clearly illustrates puzzles and solutions.
http://www.aimsedu.org/puzzle/puzzleList.html

 

Coolmath - Here's a very complete collection of games and drills to reinforce dozens of math concepts for students in grades
three through eight. This site includes several simulations that draw on multiple skills and require students to apply their 
knowledge in "real world" situations. There's much more than drill and practice here.
http://www.coolmath.com/

 

Aunty Math - Every other week, Aunty Math presents a new math challenge.  Each challenge is presented in the form of a story 
and students in grades K-5 have to use their thinking and math skills to solve the various problems.
http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html

 

Math Journey - Travel around the world by answering math problems. The journey begins and ends in London, and has stops in 
30 cities along the way. To board the plane to each new city, you must answer a math problem correctly. If you get a problem 
wrong, you have "missed your flight". Miss three flights and the game is over. 
http://www.quia.com/mathjourney.html

 

Patterns in Math - Children can visit the lab to explore logic patterns, number patterns, and word patterns. Through visual and 
written forms of expressions, students in K-5 will connect language and mathematics to develop skills for thinking clearly, 
strategically, critically, and creatively. 
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/index.html

 

Flashcards for Kids - If your kids or bored to tears with flashcards, this may be the site for them!  This is an online, interactive
elementary math problem solver.  Students can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division and 
choose their level of difficulty.  It can even keep score for them.
http://www.edu4kids.com/math/