Below is a list of web sites I have found that are designed for math teachers,
students, and parents.
Be sure to also check my Cool and
Informative Links page.
Last updated: 11/16/02
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Math Forum (http://mathforum.org)
Audience: Teachers, Students, Parents. Math Forum is a comprehensive site that
includes sub-sites (see below), discussion boards, and activities such as "Problems
of the Week" with solutions.
Teacher2Teacher (http://mathforum.org/t2t)
- Includes a discussion board for teachers.
- Many of the surface topics are geared for elementary school math teachers.
- "How do I find information by
searching on the Web?" includes tips and discussion for
teachers on how to search the Internet for information in mathematics education. It also
includes a list of relevant search engines. http://mathforum.org/t2t/faq/faq.search.html
Ask Dr. Math (http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html)
- Categorized by level (elementary, middle, high, college & beyond), and math topic.
- A lot of interesting and relevant information for teachers as well as for students and
parents.
- Answers to many questions are already available. However, the questions within
categories are not well-organized.
- Search Engine is available. Be sure to be as specific as possible. For example, within
Algebra a search for "Factoring" produced too many responses, but
"Factoring Quadratic Trinomials" was much more reasonable.
- Some responses are not in the right direction. For example, an eighth grade teacher
asked about the practicality of factoring polynomials and the response included a
discussion of differential equations.
ENC (Eisenhower National
Clearinghouse) (http://www.enc.org)
Audience: Teachers (Math and Science).
- Articles on research in math and science education.
- Links to other Internet sites with activities and lesson plans.
- This is a very rich site. A lot of information is there directly, but it can sometimes
be lost among their indices of archives.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (http://www.nctm.org)
Audience: Teachers
- Links to NCTM Standards.
- Conference information.
- Resource online catalog.
- Teachers Corner includes
professional development opportunities, resources available for purchase, and a few
classroom activities. Activities include information on current and past "World's Largest Math Events."
History of Mathematics (The MacTutor Archive)
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history)
Audience: Teachers, Students, Anyone Interested in Mathematics.
DiscoverySchool.com (http://school.discovery.com)
Audience: Students, Teachers, Elementary mostly. Hosted by Discovery.com (as in the Discovery Channel).
- Lesson plans for activities and projects for all disciplines. These are not necessarily
web-based.
- Create your own puzzles and word searches: http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com
Very Cool!
- Homework help for students. I tried this for "help" on a
factoring problem. The solution didn't make any sense, but the answer was written at the
bottom. It was just something computer generated rather than answered by a person.
MEGA Mathematics (http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math)http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math)
Audience: Teachers (Mostly Elementary). Hosted by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- From the introduction: "The MegaMath project is intended to bring unusual and
important mathematical ideas to elementary school classrooms so that young people and
their teachers can think about them together."
- A few creative projects geared toward elementary school classes, but may be interesting
to older kids.
MathWorld (http://mathworld.wolfram.com)
Audience: Students, Teachers, Professionals. Hosted by Wolfram Research (the makers of Mathematica).
- Encyclopedia of many mathematics terms, history, and ideas.
- Mostly geared for higher mathematics at the college and graduate levels.
- Includes definitions, examples, and sample Mathematica code.
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