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  Interactive Mathematics through Virtual Manipulatives
(From Teaching Today's Mathematics in the Middle Grades by Art V. Johnson and Kit L. Norris)

Annenberg & Corporation for Public Broadcasting Math and Science Project
www.learner.org/teacherslab/index.html
This site presents interesting applets in two areas: shape and space in geometry and patterns in mathematics.

BBC Interactive Math Games
www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile
This site from British broadcasting Corporation contains 12 interactive games with excellent mathematics content for elementary and middle school students.

GameDesign
http://www.gamedesign.jp/index_en.html
Many fun games, including Nim, Susuke, Sudoku, Four-Color Puzzle, and 3D Riversi.

Hex
http://www.lutanho.net/play/hex.html
Players take turns claiming a hexagon of their color. The goal is to form a connected path of your color linking the opposing sides of the board marked by your colors, before your opponent connects his sides in a similar fashion. The first player to complete his connection wins the game. The four corner hexagons each belong to both players.

Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/content.shtml
More fanciful and exotic sides of mathematics. Check out the Eye Opener Series.

Interactive Number Charts
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/math/games/100-number-chart-one.html
Interactive 100 number chart to color and discover number patterns.

International Education Software
www.ies.co.jp/math/indexeng.html
The International Education Software Company is a Japanese company.  The site consists of many applets, in particular 91 middle school applets in geometry.

Math Interactives
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?l=0
This multimedia resource includes interactive math activities, print activities, learning strategies, and videos that illustrate how math is used in everyday life.

Math Investigations
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072532947/student_view0/math_investigations.html
"The investigations pose questions to generate interest in various mathematical topics from the text and encourage students to formulate and investigate their own conjectures."

Math Magician Games
http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html
Can you complete 100 problems of adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing in 5 minutes?

Mathsnet Interactive Mathematics
www.mathsnet.net
This British site is maintained by the Anglia Multimedia Corporation and is housed at Hewett School in Norwich, England.  It contains many different interactive sections including fractions, geometry, graphs, and algebra.

National Library of Virtual Mathematics Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
This site is sponsored by Utah State University and catalogues applets by grade bands: pre-K–2, 3–5, and 6–8.

NCTM Illuminations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/
This site is maintained by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.  It includes "mathlets" at all grade bands and subject strands, listed by topic or grade band. Also included are electronic activities contained in the Principals and Standards for School Mathematics.

Online Math Games
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
From Sheppard Software, lots of great pre-algebra games.

Practice Simplifying Radicals
http://www.district87.org/bhs/math/practice/radicals/radicalpractice.htm
From simple square roots to advanced roots.

RekenWebGames
www.fi.uu.nl/rekenweb/en/welcome.xml
This site is sponsored by the Freudenthal Institute in the Netherlands.  It contains over 25 interactive challenges and games for ages 4-12 with very good mathematics content.

Shodor Interactive Activities
www.shodor.org/interactive/activities/index.html
The Shodor Educational Foundation is a nonprofit research organization for advancement of mathematics and science education.  The site contains many applets grouped by topic: number, algebra, geometry, measurement, data, and probability.

Topmarks Interactive Games
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=30
Interactive resources and games, great for use on whiteboard also.

  Technology in the Classroom

  Math Worksheets

Free Algebra 1 Worksheets
http://www.kutasoftware.com/free.html
This is your one-stop shopping for practice worksheets (with answers) developed by KUTA software.

Free Pre-Algebra Worksheets
http://www.kutasoftware.com/freeipa.html
Also from KUTA software.

Math Fact Cafe
http://www.mathfactcafe.com/default.aspx
"Free math worksheets for elementary school and home use. This includes generators for math drills, flashcards, time, money, and more!"

Math Skills Maintenance
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/california/teacher/mathematics/assets/mathskills.html
Workbooks from Glencoe, Courses 1-3.

The Math Worksheet Site
http://themathworksheetsite.com/
"With The Math Worksheet Site you can create an endless supply of printable math worksheets. The intuitive interface gives you the ability to easily customize each worksheet to target your student's specific needs. Every worksheet is created when you request it, so they are different every time."

Ms. Merritt's Worksheets
http://itech.pjc.edu/kmerritt/
College prep algebra worksheets with keys.

The Online Test Page 100% Free
http://www.saab.org/saab_org.cgi
Lots of worksheets and practice tests.

Pi Crust
http://www.picrust.com/algebra.htm
Kathryn Schulte's site provides many worksheets and practice tests, from Pre-Algebra to Calculus.

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  Helpful Math Websites

A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/
Interactive math games. You can also print out worksheets to do offline.

AAA Math
http://www.aaamath.com/
Excellent website for basic math skills, set up by grade level or math topic. Challenges and games.

Algebra.Help
http://www.algebrahelp.com/
Lessons on basic algebra topics and techniques, study tips, calculator advice, online worksheets, and more.

Algebra LAB
http://www.algebralab.org/studyaids/studyaid.aspx
Comprehensive listing of lessons as "Recipes for Success" in math and science.

Beginning Algebra
http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/beg_algebra/index.htm
From West Texas A&M University, basic algebra with tutorials.

Graphing Puzzles
http://www.univie.ac.at/future.media/moe/tests/fun1/erkennen.html
Try matching linear and quadratic equations to their graphs.

Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org/
"We have 1400+ videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance which have been recorded by Salman Khan"

Math.com
http://www.math.com/index.aspx
"The World of Math Online" covers subjects from basic math to calculus. The units in each subject are listed, and each unit is done in a 4-step process: First Glance, In Depth, Examples, and Workout. Each unit has a Unit Quiz.

Math for Morons Like Us
http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/intro.html
From Pre-Algebra to Calculus, with a well-used message board.

Math Forum
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/drmath.middle.html
It's the "Ask Dr. Math" website.

Math Goodies
http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/
Lots of great lessons, each begins with a problem and ends with a mini-quiz.

MathMovesU
http://www.mathmovesu.com/
Raytheon created MathMovesU to inspire middle school students to study math.

MathNEXUS
http://mathnexus.wwu.edu/
Wonderful site with weekly postings of problems, quotes, humor, "golden oldie," etc.

Math Open Reference
http://www.mathopenref.com/
Nice site for geometry students, has dynamic visuals and clear explanations.

Math Practice of 6th Grade Skills
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade/sixth/
Lots of questions to practice.  IXL will track your score, and the questions will even increase in difficulty as you improve!

Online Math Help & Learning
http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/index.html
Wonderful site, with many video lessons.

Powers of Ten
http://www.powersof10.com/
"In 1977, Charles and Ray Eames made a nine-minute film called Powers of Ten that still has the capacity to expand the way we think and view our world. Over ten million people have seen the film, and it continues to be shown in classrooms, business meetings, festivals and retreats around the world. Starting with a sleeping man at a picnic, the film takes the viewer on a journey out to the edge of space and then back into a carbon atom in the hand of the man at the picnic, all in a single shot."

Purple Math
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/index.htm
Great site for algebra help, from pre-algebra through advanced. The lessons give practical tips, hints, and examples, and point out common mistakes.

Regents Prep Center ALGEBRA
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/ALGEBRA/math-ALGEBRA.htm
Excellent source! Each topic has lesson pages and interactive practice pages.  Three full-length exams available for download or taking online.

Regents Prep Center GEOMETRY
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/math-GEOMETRY.htm

S.O.S. Math
http://www.sosmath.com/algebra/algebra.html
Great site! Walks you through main concepts step-by-step, has practice problems and solutions.

Self-Instructional Mathematics Tutorials
http://cstl.syr.edu/fipse/MathReview.html
Excellent source for reviewing fractions, decimals, percents, various graphs, linear relationship and basic algebra. Practice tests included.

Tessellations
http://www.tessellations.org/index.htm
"On these pages, you will find information about all aspects of tessellations, from their history and development to complete galleries of examples by David, Seth and the Master, M.C. Escher, the pioneer of the art. Also included are extensive workshops showing how to design and produce your own."

Animated Tessellations
http://www.k4.dion.ne.jp/~mnaka/animation.html
Very cool site.

Understanding Algebra
http://www.jamesbrennan.org/algebra/
James Brennan has put his algebra book online. This site covers many standard algebra topics, complete with worked examples.

Virginia State Standards of Learning
http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/
Online practice tests in science, math, and technology.  Students may email their test results to the teacher.

Visual Fractions
http://www.visualfractions.com/
All aspects of fractions are covered in these instruction-and-quiz format Java lessons. Note: Instructions for using the lessons are below the active part of the screen, so scroll down first to read how to work the lesson; then scroll back up to play. (Site requires Java.)

WebMath
http://www.webmath.com/
Huge archive of problems and answers. All levels.

 

 

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