Math and Science Internet Sites
Recommended by Adriana Zazueta-Jordan
Name: Dragon Fly TV
Link:
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/parentsteachers/tguide_mars.html
Audience: 5th
through 7th grade
Description: This web site is student centered. Students can play games, pose
questions, or just investigate.
Name: Zoom Sci
Link: http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
Audience: 3rd
to 6th grade
Description: This
site is a good way to get hooked on science. It is geared for young minds to explore science through
games, science experiments, or talk to kids who enjoy science.
Name: Ask Dr.
Math
Link: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html
Audience: parents
Description: This
site is a good way to get help on math problems. The site looks like it is for children, but because the help
it gives you on math problems is too wordy and long, it is better for adults
that are helping students.
Name: Math.com
Link: http://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/PreAlgebra.html
Audience: 4th
to high school
Description: This web site helps students who might
need help with their homework. It
gives them simple to understand examples of pre-algebra problems.
Name: Math Tutor
Link: http://www.mathconnect.com/Math_Tutor.htm
Audience: any age
Description: This web site helps students with
homework, can help with general calculations, or any type of math help you
need. You do have to log in but
there is not cost.
Name: NEA Free Stuff for Teachers
Link: http://www.nea.org/resources/free-stuff.html
Audience: teachers
Description: You can spend hours in this web
site. You can down load free
assessments, request free science posters, or look for grants. This is a site that can be used
to help with any subject including math and science.
Name: MSTE Online Resource Catalog
Link: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/resources.php
Audience: Teachers
Description: The University of Illinois department
of math and science has created this web site that helps teachers go to
interactive sites or down load lesson plans for most grade levels.
Name: 4 Teachers
Link: http://www.4teachers.org/
Audience: Teachers
Description: In this web site you can find a little
of everything, lesson plans, interactive sites, down loadables (some you have
to pay for), Spanish translated materials, or professional development
opportunities.
Name: Archived:
Helping Your Child Learn Math
Link: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/index.html
Audience: Parents
Description: This web site is a quick and easy way
for parents to help their child learn math using real world experiences. There are simple lessons that parents
can use when they are home or at a store.
Name: Math Cats
Link: http://www.mathcats.com/grownupcats.html
Audience: Parents
and Teachers
Description: A very cute web site to help you teach
math in different ways. It has
lesson plans and links to other sites that can help teachers and parents teach
math to most grade levels. The
site itself looks like it is for young children, but it just because it is very
colorful.
Name: Dr. Shawn’s Super Science Fair Support
Center
Link: http://www.scifair.org/
Audience: Students, Teachers, and Parents
Description: Everything you need to create a science
fair or science project. Students
can exchange ideas, find free or not so free science project, online science
resources for not only kids but for teachers and parents.
Name: USGS
Education
Link: http://education.usgs.gov/
Audience:
teachers
Description: The U.S. Geological Survey provides
scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural
resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality
of life. Discover selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and
more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level
inquiry and research.
Name: First Gov for Kids
Link: http://www.kids.gov/k_science.htm
Audience:
Students ages 4th -12th
Description: This site is a safe way for kids to
explore the internet and learn about
rockets, weather, the human body, outer space, science fair projects ideas and
much more through these great links.
Name: How Stuff Works
Link: http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Audience: Older students, Teachers and Parents
Description: You can read about how things work on
this web site, things like energy drinks, bed bugs, or car engines. This site has a lot of information and
sometimes can be overwhelming for students that are younger than 5th
grade.
Name: Body Worlds 2
Link: http://www.mos.org/bodyworlds/?p=parents_and_educators
Audience: Parents and Teachers
Description: The link is to the museum of science,
where educators and parents can read about the body exhibit and even has links
to help teacher intergrade the site with class work.
Name: Low Life
Labs
Link: http://www.robotsandus.org/
Audience:
Students 3rd -6th grade
Description: It is a cute site to explore for kids
and have a better understanding for how robots and humans interact. The site also give kids a guided tour of different robot
features, however everything must be read by the student. It also gives them links to other
sites, which can explain more subjects in depth.
Name: How Things Work
Link: http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/
Audience: 5TH grades and up, teachers
or parents
Description: It is a great site to ask science
questions and get a good answer.
However, I do not believe that most young students can go to this site
and get responses they can understand, but older students, teachers, and
parents can use this site to get questions answered.
Name: Math Worksheets – Free and
Printable
Link: http://www.mathsisfun.com/worksheets/index.php
Audience: Teachers
Description: You can create worksheets or use the
ones they have for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals,
or kindergarten work. There are
even games students can play and it is all free and you are able to print them
out!
Name: Cool Math.com
Link: http://www.coolmath-games.com/
Audience: Students 13 and up, Teachers and
Parents
Description: Play games, 3-D mazes, puzzles, graph,
and anything else you can do with math.
It even gives kids tips on how to study for math exams and it’s very kid
friendly and all free.
Name: Science Monster.com
Link: http://www.sciencemonster.com/
Audience: Students 13 and up, Teachers and
Parents
Description: What the previous web sit (cool
math.com) does for math, this site uses science. You can take a look at the solar system (Pluto included) or
even take a virtual tour of Mars.
Name: Quick-Math Automatic Math Solutions
Link: http://www.quickmath.com/
Audience: Students 4th grade and up
Description: A quick way to get math problems
answered.
Name: Go Math
Link: http://www.gomath.com/
Audience: 5th grade students and
older, teachers, and parents
Description: This is a free math tutoring service
for all. The best part of this
site is that you can use the formulas-to-go and get addition to multiplication
charts for your students or they can use it.
Name: Brain Pop Algebra 1
Link: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/algebra/algebra1/algebra1_03/brainpops/index.php4/na
Audience: 6th Grade students and up
and parents
Description: An algebra book on the internet is at
your finger tips with this web site.
It’s an excellent site to provide
a clear and concise explanation of a particular topic in an engaging manner.
Name: Ed Helper.com
Link: http://www.edhelper.com/math.htm
Audience: Teachers and Parents
Description: This is a great site to get quick help
with teaching any type of math from preschool to high school. There is a fee attached to this web
site, but you or your school can pay for the site and you may share. The same site can be used for any
subject including science. All
items found in this web site are printable.
Name: Mathematics at Free-Ed.Net
Link: http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/Math/default.asp
Audience: 5th grade to High School
students, Teacher or Parents
Description: This is a free web site to help
students or parents with any math problems. It is very quick and easy, however I played one of the place
value quizzes and it did not tell me if my answers were correct or not.