Erin Shockley
SLM
521
Center for Technology
and Teacher Education This site gives guidelines on how to use technology
in teaching and includes sample lesson plans for approximately grades 5-10,
along with related web activities.
Date
visited 3/28/04
http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/home.html
Coolmath4teachers Great
suggestions for teaching activities in secondary math classes are given,
including Survivor Algebra game based on the television show and emphasizing
teamwork. The site also has a resource
for creating awards charts and gives teachers suggestions for continuing
education.
Date
visited 3/28/04
http://www.coolmath4teachers.com/
Educational Java Programs
There are lesson plans and interactive Java applets available on this site to
allow students to experiment with the concepts covered. Many of the topics are for elementary school
students, but there are several for beginning algebra students, including the
Pythagorean Theorem, pi, and fractals.
Date
visited 3/29/04
http://www.arcytech.org/java/java.shtml
Math Forum: Teacher2Teacher This site
can also be used by parents trying to help their children with math
homework. You can search for answers to
problems in their archived discussions or ask a question if you cannot find
what you are looking for. Also, there
are sections to discuss math education or find teaching methods and activities
by topic for prekindergarten through college.
Date
visited 3/29/04
http://mathforum.org/t2t/#browse
Mathematics Explorations I & II
NASA created this site with projects and activities based on real problems they
face daily, grouped by topic and level from pre-algebra through college.
Date
visited 3/29/04
http://cctc.commnet.edu/lta/
Professor
Symancyks Algebra Lessons This website contains premade algebra
lessons. They are adapted from a college
algebra text, so they may be too advanced for beginning algebra students, and
they are not particularly exciting; however, they do contain some good examples
and explanations.
Date
visited 4/1/04
http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/dfsymancyk/web131/wmenu1311.html
Understanding Algebra This is
an online algebra textbook. It would be
a great supplementary tool for creating lessons or a curriculum, or teachers
could direct students to specific lessons for extra help. There are links to a graphing applet, prime
number list, factoring machine, and quadratic equation solver/plotter.
Date
visited 4/1/04
http://www.jamesbrennan.org/algebra/
Algebra Solutions This site
could be a great tutorial for many pre-algebra and algebra topics. For each topic, the site provides a
mini-lesson, worksheets, and a demonstrative calculator that allows students to
type in a problem and outputs a step-by-step solution.
Date
visited 3/29/04
http://www.gomath.com/algebra.html
Algebra.help Lessons on a
variety of middle and high school algebra topics are included in this
site. They give good explanations and
step-by-step examples, with a worksheet at the end of each lesson that has
links to an answer page. Also at the
end of each lesson is a calculator specifically tailored to calculating
material learned in that lesson. There
are complete guidelines for use, as well as some examples. Additionally, the site gives links to study
tips and lists of prime numbers, perfect squares, and formulas.
Date
visited 4/1/04
http://www.algebrahelp.com/index.jsp
ExploreLearning.com Be aware that
this site limits users to one free exercise per day. You can sign up for a free 30-day trial, but then you must
subscribe to the service. However, it
provides hundreds of topics for math students from middle school through
college, and uses Shockwave to give interactive demonstrations.
Date
visited 3/29/04
http://www.explorelearning.com/
Interactive Mathematics
This site is appropriate for students in basic algebra through calculus, or it
could be used as a basis for lesson plans.
For each topic, the site gives rules, an abundance of examples, and
LiveMath explanations.
Date
visited 3/29/04
http://www.np.edu.sg/mscIntMaths/index.htm
Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math
An archive of previously asked questions on math topics from elementary school through
college is included in this website. If
you are unable to find what you are looking for, you can submit your own
problem.
Date
visited 3/29/04
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html
Math Refresher Map
There is a track for algebra as well as for calculus on the math map. Each lesson is divided into topics with
exercise problems at the end of each lesson.
A self-test at the end of each track allows you to submit your answers
and have your test automatically graded by the computer.
Date
visited 4/1/04
http://cne.gmu.edu/modules/dau/math/dau1_frm.html
Ms. Lindquist Ms. Lindquist is a
tutor to help students write expressions for algebra word problems. It asks a question for you to answer and
gives feedback (and suggestions if you are wrong) based on the answer you
gave. Additionally, the tutor can
remember your progress, allowing you to start where you left off in multiple
sessions. The site also has a section
for teachers with suggestions for implementing it in class. The tutor does not have any graphics and is
not very exciting to use (so it may be more appropriate for older learners),
but it is still an interesting and helpful program.
Date
visited 4/1/04
http://www.algebratutor.org/
National Library of Virtual
Manipulatives This is a great site for middle school students. It has over 60 interactive math programs on
various topics such as operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and
probability.
Date
visited 3/29/04
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/grade_g_3.html
Professor Freedmans Math Help Although
this site was created for basic college math students, much of it is appropriate
for pre-algebra and algebra students.
It contains tutorials written by students, as well as study skills, finding
your learning style, note-taking, and methods of reducing math anxiety.
Date
visited 3/29/04
http://www.mathpower.com/
Purplemath This is a wonderful
resource for algebra students. It explains
lessons in easier terms, pointing out common mistakes. Additionally, there is a list of other good
internet math sites to try. Tips on
doing homework neatly and studying are also included.
Date
visited 3/29/04
http://www.purplemath.com/index.htm
Word Problems for
Kids This site is appropriate for grades 5-12, and it gives word problems
categorized by grade level, with links to both hints and answers. It is a great site to use because math
students today seem to have so much trouble with word problems.
Date
visited 3/29/04
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html
WT Virtual
Math Lab Tutorials for beginning, intermediate, or college algebra
students are the focus of this site. Each
lesson has links to concepts in other sections, making for easy access to all
the site has to offer. At the end of
each lesson, there are practice problems with links to the answers, including a
discussion about why practice problems are necessary for learning. The lessons are divided into sections with a
practice test at the end of each section.
This site is easy to use and look at and is overall a great resource for
algebra students.
Date
visited 4/1/04
http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/index.htm
Coolmath4kids There are a lot of
activities for younger students on this site, but older math students could
also find information appropriate for them here. There are games such as the Tower of Hanoi, Simon Says, and Concentration. Also, the site has brainteasers with themes
like patterns, geometry, and prime numbers.
Additionally, there are many different conversion charts and
calculators.
Date
visited 3/28/04
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Count On This site has logic games, as
well as interactive games like Who Wants to Be a Mathonaire? There are activities from origami to finding
out about famous mathematicians, as well as a numbers page, allowing users to click
on a number and go to a page all about that number. Additionally, there is a section for teachers with tips on giving
lessons, including a list of the most common math errors and how to have your
students avoid making them. This site
has a lot of material for younger children, but also has a good bit for middle
and high school students.
Date
visited 3/28/04
http://www.counton.org/
CuriousMath.com Teachers or students
can use this site full of fun articles about math tricks and interesting facts about
numbers. This is a great way to build
enthusiasm about math in your classroom.
Date
visited 4/1/04
http://www.curiousmath.com/