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Online Activities and Simulations
Computer with Internet Access Required


Lesson Plans, Printable Worksheets and other Resources 

Internet Resources to improve the teaching of mathematics (From NCTM)
(Select appropriate grade level and standard)

Online Manipulatives - Full lists and Examples to try 
NCTM - Electronic Examples -- 
Virtual Geo-board  - all the activities without the rubber bands
Getting to know geometric solids - scroll down to activity


Glencoe Activities by Standard --
Area and Perimeter --
Venn Diagram Basics --
Coordinate Plane - Guide the Robot -- or Coordinate Game --

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives --
Sieve of Eratosthenes --
Online Tangrams --
Probability - Let's Make A Deal --
Base 10 Blocks --
Function Machine --

Sample ESPA, GEPA, HSPA tests published by DOE (needs Adobe Acrobat reader) 


ESPA and GEPA and HSPA Test Specifications 
(Sample questions for all skill clusters)

Mathematics HSPA Tutorial  - great resource

HSPA Student Preparation Booklet 

Revised Standards - by grade and strand 

Math Frameworks -Find lessons and activities for your grade level keyed to the math standards

 Sample Tests from other states. (most need Adobe)

Online from Illinois Sample test for grade 8 
                             Sample test for grade 3 --
                             Sample test for grade 5

Getsmarter.org - Online practice for math problems -
Big Chalk online tests (grades 4 -8)
Score- Interactive Math Lessons by standard
GEPA/HSPA type open-ended questions     (Gr 5-12) (Created by a school in Canada - uses metric measures and British spelling (i.e.colour)
Fun Brain online games to reinforce many types of math skills.  The following address specific ESPA/GEPA skills:
     One False Move - order numbers, pos&neg
     What's the Point - coordinate graphing
     Operation Order - find missing numbers 
     Measure It - inches and centimeters
     Number Cracker -figure out patterns
     Shape Surveyor  - area and perimeter
     Guess The Number - use clues
     Operation Order - figure out the numbers that make the equation true

Many other games to practice math facts and computation with whole numbers and fractions

Data for statistics lessons
Sports 

Time Capsule - Get information about prices from the past.

Fast Food Finder --food from fast food restaurants in text form
Fatcalories.com --food from fast food restaurants in graphic form

Web Data for Math Lessons -- 
Math and Science Internet Lessons --
Tons of Data for Statistics Lessons--

Interactive create a Graph --

Currency Converter (with information about each monetary system) Discrete Math from Swarthmore math forum

Three Glass Problem (an old favorite)

Plane math problems (as in airplane)

Dice Probability --

Math Mysteries (GR 3-6)(You can print out the stories and then have students check solutions on line)
Max's Mathematical Adventures (math stories for younger students
Introduction to Fractions for Primary students --
Open Ended Math Problems from Franklin Institute (gr 5-8) (5 different strands for each month)

Melting Pot Math - Multicultural Word Problems --

Math Hunts with cross curricula themes
Tessellations (Thinkquest)

Tessellation Tutorials (PC and Mac) 

Tessellation Town--

Fractal Lessons for elementary and middle school students --

Introduction to Fractals -- (higher levels)

Credit card calculator -(How much does it really cost?)
Car loan rates -
(Check out the rates for your state.)
Auto - lease and loan calculators
Sample Lesson - Project Car Shopping
Prime Number Calculator

Converters for units of measure
KidsBank.com - money, interest, etc  About Numbers in Today's Date 

PBS TeacherSource - Full units with hands-on math activities

Online puzzles (including tangrams)

Interactive Drill and Practice --
New Jersey Transit - Train and bus schedules

Graphing Calculator 

Calculator.com - a variety of types

Interactive Puzzles - (try Game of Fif, Number Guessing, Frogs and Toads, Plus or Minus)

MathGoodies.com - explanations then interactive questions on various units

Beat the Calculator Math Tricks --

Where is your birthday in pi?

Fraction Activities with pattern blocks

Pattern Block Activities --
Mega Mathematics -unusual problem activities 

Dorsity.com activities and lessons for math

Stock Market Game

Information on Different Types of Investing  
and
Links to sites for real world lessons related to money, running a business and/or investing
Patterns in Mathematics
explore logic patterns
number patterns
, and word patterns

Figure This! Math Challenges ( gr 6-10)

Logic Puzzles --

Interactive Arithmetic Word Problems (gr 2-4)

Interactive Problem Solving Activities (Gr 4-6)

Problems of the Week (Elementary, Middle, Algebra, Geometry)

Middle School Math Challenges

Ask Dr. Math --

Brain Teasers gr 3-4, 5-6, 7+

Puzzles with non-traditional solutions 

For new and not so new math teachers

More Puzzles (like algebra word problems) Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section --

Easier Fibonacci puzzles

Elementary Brain Teasers Math Puzzles to print out
Sample Web Quests --
Using Area and Perimeter to Design a House --
Think Quest for problem solving
March 14th Pi Day
Polygon Playground--
Interactive Game for transformational Geometry-
AAA Math - Interactive practice and math lessons
AAA Math Games

Internet Projects that focus on math --
Using PowerPoint to teach math - sample student presentation

For High School
Glencoe.com **SUPER SITE whether you use their textbooks or not
Online lesson-by-lesson, chapter and cumulative reviews
AIMS puzzle corner,   

Online Practice - Select the course

Geometry Activities (supplementary activities for all concepts)

Geometry Center -(shapes, patterns and symmetry)

Geometry through art --

Visualizing very large numbers - MegaPenny project

Number2.com (Excellent and free online practice)
Takesat.com - 10 question mini-tests

Graphing Calculator  - to use online

Scientific graphing calculator --

GraphCalc - free to download and use off-line

College calculator -Use to help plan for the high cost of college education.

Algebra Worksheet Generator -linear, systems, quadratics equations
Funmaths.com worksheet swap

Explore Learning Concepts - (math gizmos)

Puzzles 

HSPA type open-ended questions     (Gr 5-12)  

Lessons and activities from Cynthia Lanius -Some very interesting activities

Discrete Math Activities

Sketchpad Activities #1  also check
Conjectures in Geometry

Sketchpad Activities #2 - The Geometry Center at University of Minnesota

Famous Math Problems

Famous Mathematicians  and Women in Mathematics

Cool Math Sites for High School --

Links for high school math courses--

Extensive links for Java activities for many math concepts --

GoMath - free online help --

High School Problems of the Week --

Hotmath.com -step-by-step solutions to textbook questions (check to see if your textbook is included) Free during school hours.

Island of Discarded Calculators (Unusual problems)
Math Olympiad Madness (difficult problems)

Resources for Teachers

Free Online Test Generator -create and print
Puzzle Maker - Create all kinds of puzzles
Puzzle Maker#2 (Another one)
Free Certificate Maker --
Math Reference Handouts --
Math Printables and Lesson Plans --
Rubric Maker --Create your own from scratch or clone someone else's

Rubistar Rubric Maker 
Teacher Assessment Forms  (many different types)
CasaNotes
--customize typical notes sent to parents (English and Spanish)
Math Student Handouts and Patterns for Manipulatives
Build your own worksheets --

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