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Mathematics Activities - General

| Standards-Based Mathematics Activities |

Activities and Games
Amby's Education This site has math puzzles and learning activities with interactive games.
Cool Math An amusement park of fun math. A fun site for students and teachers.
Fun Brain Fun site for teachers and kids - grades K-8.
Jigsaw Zone The staff or students can make online, interactive jigsaw puzzles. You may want to access the examples given by the Web site, and play with the puzzles in many different configurations. If you subscribe (no charge at this time), you can create your own puzzles from images uploaded from your computer.
MathMastery Contains support materials, family activities a cyber challenge with online flash cards giving students practice with math and an opportunity to try and beat the clock.
Math Playground Math Playground is a mathematics learning site for students in grades K-6. They feature a large collection of word problems, math games, and logic puzzles.
Math Surf Activities and teaching tips related to Addison Wesley Longman textbooks. A problem of the day for different grade levels.
MultiFlyer A fun online game developed to help anyone who is learning
multiplication tables. It takes place in space and even sprinkles in
learning about the planets. The game lets you figure out the answers, or you can turn off the table and wing it on your own. Simple, fun diversion to help reinforce multiplication skills.
PBS Kids Cyberchase "A fun math related game is available every day at Cyberchase."
Algebra
American Association for the Advancement of Science Algebra textbooks evaluation.
The Math Forum @ Drexel K-12 Algebra.
General
K- 12
ABC Teach The pages of this site will provide math helpers like grids, charts, manipulatives, worksheets, and forms.
Ask Dr. Math You can submit your K-12 math question using the link. Dr. Math will reply to you via e-mail, so please be sure to send the right address.
Create a Graph "The National Center for Education Statistics created this online tool so that anyone can make an area, bar, pie or line graph and print it out or download the image to a computer or disk. Older students can benefit from the link that shows how graphs can be used in probability. Younger students will quickly learn the difference between the left X and Y axis when they need to create their own line graphs."
CuriousMath You will find tricks and rules for quickly calculating certain types of math problems, entertaining trivia and math facts.
Ed Helper EdHelper is standards-based and categorized by grade! Thousands of critical thinking problems plus Math worksheets for all grades!
Math.com  Find Web sites for your grade level and subject.
Mathematics This site is very current and has some creative and fun ideas.
Math Tables Find formulas, theorems, or other math facts. This is the place to go for Spanish and English.
NJ ASK Tech Prep- ETTC of Burlington County Online math and language arts literacy resources for Grade 3 and 4 teachers related to the NJASK assessment.
Teach R Kids Math A wide range of math topics, choices and settings for problems. Math modules can be selected by grade level. Students can work online doing assignments. Worksheets can also be generated for off-line work.
The Titanic Using spreadsheets, databases, and graphs, secondary students will learn statistics about the "real" Titanic's passengers and crew, exploring them from a mathematical perspective.
Community College
Mathpower.com "This site provides information about basic math, algebra, study skills, math anxiety and learning styles and specifically addresses the needs of the community college adult learner. "
Glossaries
Harcourt Math glossary for grades 1-8.
Lessons and Units
A to Z Teacher Stuff Need help building a unit? These themes feature quality links to thematic units and lesson plans, resource pages, book activities, books, and professional resources organized by theme.
Discovery Web links for lesson plans, resources and many other useful sites.
Education Planet's Math Resources Great site - K-12, lots of web links, lesson plans, resources and many other useful areas.
Explore Learning Experience Math & Science with GIZMOS!
Lesson Plan Search This search engine offers thousands of lesson plans for educators in grades K-12. Teachers can find lessons for all content areas.
LessonPlanz PreK-12 network - lesson plans and teaching resources search engine.
MathRealm Lessons, classroom tools, curriculum and activities.
Mathville Library "Use this virtual 'site library' to find math lesson plans, projects and applications."
NCTM Illuminations Grade-level appropriate online interactive lessons, web resources, internet-based lesson plans.
School Express Offers free weekly Thematic Units, 2,000 free worksheets, 200+ free software programs.
Site for Teachers Lesson plans, ideas, activities, applications, board games puzzles... for grades K-12.
TeachNet Provides educators with lesson plans, how-to projects, online conference boards, interactive mailing lists and a weekly e-mail newsletter. TeachNet is currently listed as one of the Yahoo! Most popular Web sites in the category education/teaching.
Professional Development
Ciese.org "Technology In Mathematics Explorations Workshops. (The purpose of this workshop series is to help you better understand how the Internet and Mathematics software can be useful in teaching and learning mathematics. )"
Math Core Curriculum Overview "The goal of this core curriculum document is to summarize the focus of mathematics education. Educational goals should reflect the changes in our world, from an industrial to a technological society."
Teacher Line Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and brought to you by local PBS stations, Teacherline is a free online center for Mathematics and Technology Integration Professional Development. The Teacherline Modules are facilitated, self-paced mini-courses. You can earn professional development hours or work towards a certificate. The My Portfolio section helps you keep track of your progress. Be sure not to miss the comic relief animations in the Community Center and then get real world help from other teachers on the Community Discussion Boards.