Internet Sites- Jennifer
Arnese
1. Math Counts
Level-junior high
Math Counts is an
organization that sponsors middle school math competitions. Their web site includes great problems
of the week using current events.
Also has an archive of past problems.
www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/mathematics.html
Level-junior/high school
Lesson plans and activities
relating to current events using articles from the New York Times.
www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm
Level-preschool-high school
Lesson plans and worksheets
for a variety of math topics. Some
correlate with PBS programs.
Level- K-12
A plethora of mathematics
resources including lesson plans, articles, puzzles, problems of the week, and
much more.
5. Eisenhower National
Clearinghouse
www.enc.org/topics/realworld/online/
Levels-junior high-high school
Ideas for using the Internet
as a source for real-life data sets.
6. Math Topics
Level K-12
A variety of links to
mathematics resources for all levels.
7. GSCE Tutorial
Level- high school
Interactive tutorials on
topics including arithmetic, operations with signed numbers, algebra,
functions, graphs, ratio and proportion, and trigonometry.
8. 21st Century Problem Solving
www.hawaii.edu/suremath/home1.html
Level- k-12
A web site “dedicated
to promoting problem solving literacy.” Contains many word problems and a method for solving
them. For students and teachers.
9. Math Resources
Level k-12
Links to many interactive
math lessons, puzzles, and games.
10. Ole Miss Problems of
the Week
www.olemiss.edu/mathed/algebra/algold.htm
Level k-12
A variety of word problems.
11. Graphics for the
Calculus classroom
www.math.psu.edu/dna/graphics.html
Level- high school
The site offers a number of
animations that expand upon classic calculus concepts such as differentials and
differences, volumes, Archimedes’ calculation of p and limits.
In all, there are eleven different demonstrations of calculus topics.
12. Virtual Calculus
archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/
Level-High school
The site provides a
collection of modules that can be used in the studying or teaching of
calculus. The tutorials include
definitions, examples, interactive graphs and drills on pre-calculus and
calculus topics.
13. Mathematical
Biographies
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html
Level –junior high to …
Biographical information on
individuals may be researched by name, by time period or by sex. A photograph, if available, is provided
along with a summary of biographical data and life contributions to math and
science. Poster and quotation and
reference links are also given.
14. Geometry Center
Level-junior high- high school
The site offers six centers
designed to provide information on geometry terms, puzzles, and models for
constructing two and three dimensional figures, and interactive lesson
modules. Some of the topics
treated in the animated modules are symmetry, tilings, reflections, rotations,
translations, etc.
15. Cool Math stuff
Level-junior high-…
The site offers lesson
plans, math games, pictures, definitions, brain benders, explorations and math
definitions for students and teachers of all ages and abilities. A forum is established where teachers
may interact with other teachers.
A gallery of fractals is provided along with links to other fractal
sites.
16. American Mathematical
Society
Level-adults
The site lists members of
the society, scheduled meetings, reviews of books and journal articles, and
career data and opportunities in mathematics. A link is provided to MathSciNet where individuals can
browse through current abstracts from books and journals, and link to math
departments and societies across the country.
17. National Council
teachers of Mathematics
Level-teachers/staff
The site offers extensive
information on the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics and
“hot topics” in mathematics education. Membership information, scheduled conferences, and products
and resources available to teachers are also provided.
18. The Mac Tutor History
of Mathematics Achive
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history
Level-teacher
The Mac Tutor History of
Mathematics Archive lists recent articles on mathematics education. It also provides information on topics
such as the history of zero, teaching in certain time periods (i. e. ancient Rome
or Britain in the 19th Century), and biographies of famous
mathematicians and scientists.
19.
Biographies of Woman Mathematicians
www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/
Level-junior high-high school
This site is full of
biographies of women in mathematics. It is part of an on-going project by
students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia, to
illustrate the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics.
There are biographical essays or comments on most of the women mathematicians
and some photos.
20. Manipula Math with
Java
www.ies.co.jp/math/java/index.html
Level- junior High-high school
This site offers material
for middle school students, high school students, and college students. The
interactive programs can be manipulated and there is a lot of animation that
helps students to grasp the meaning of various mathematical ideas, such as: the
derivatives of z2, z3, z4, and ex,
finding the value of a root using Newton’s Method, and calculating the
limit of log(x + 1)/x and (ex – 1)/x.
21. Statistic Lecture
notes
www.richland.cc.il.us/james/lecture/m170/
Level- High school
This site provides
information on use of statistics on Texas Instruments calculators and a variety
of other information on statistics.
22. Web site designed for
math teachers
www.edb.utexas.edu/csclstudent/laurel/
Level-teachers
This web site gives
connections to other sites that use the web and math education. There are links to projects that use
computer technology and Internet research.
23. Calculator Linking
Guide
home.golden.net/~gvma/links_mr.html#COMP
Level-junior high-high school
This is another linking
guide; I liked the links to the calculator activities.
24. Colorful Mathematics
www.math.ucalgary.ca/~laf/colorful/colorful.html
Level- k-12
There are four interactive
math problems that involve problem solving, and also a page that gives teacher
instruction for each problem.
25. Standards under fire
www.showmecenter.missouri.edu/showme/perspectives/keynote1.html
Level-teachers
Emerging calculator and
computer technologies have suggested new conceptions of basic skills in arithmetic
and algebra–greater emphasis on number/symbol sense and strategies for
mental/approximate computation with diminished attention to paper and pencil
algorithms for complex calculation.
26. Students with
learning Disibilites
www.stemnet.nf.ca/distech/no-frames/online/section2/sec2_87.html
Level- teachers/adults
Many technologies are
available today that can help students to cope with their learning
disabilities. To effectively use the technology, the teacher and programming
team should understand the nature of the learning disability through assessment
and diagnosis. Technological tools only assist a student if the tool matches
the student's need.
27. Math abundance
Level-high school
This web site is a tutorial
of upper-level high school math concepts.
It includes problem in trigonometry, matrices, limits and polar
coordinates. It is well-organized
and easy to use. Each topic has
related problems at a level 1 and level 2 difficulty.
28. Mathematical, games,
puzzles
compgeom.cs.uiuc.edu/~jeffe/mathgames.html
Level-k-12
This web site is full of all
kinds of math games, and toys that you can make at home. The math behind many popular board
games is explored. Many of these
games could be used to the classroom.
29. Smile Program
www.iit.edu/~smile/mathinde.html
Level-high school
This web site contains about
200 single concept lessons that can by used at the junior high and high school
levels. The lessons are written by
teachers and are organized by subject area. They may be downloaded for classroom use.
30. Early uses of math
symbols
members.aol.com/jeff570/mathsym.html
Level- all
Shows various common
mathematical symbols and the individuals who first used them. Excellent information for students and
teachers.