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Cool Kid Facts - CoolKidFacts
Grades
1 to 7
tag(s): animals (288), australia (35), brain (72), china (67), deserts (11), earth (232), egypt (70), greek (40), heart (43), human body (127), italy (15), magnetism (37), mars (42), mexico (34), moon (73), newton (26), photosynthesis (32), rainforests (13), rome (27), sun (72), tornadoes (18), tsunamis (18), volcanoes (65)
In the Classroom
Share this site with students on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) and show them all the different subjects available. Challenge students to find a topic about which they know nothing (or barely anything). This site will give them experience reading informational text on a topic they wonder about. Partner weaker readers with others who may be able to help them read the text-heavier articles. Have students read and research individually or in small groups taking notes using a simple graphic organizer from 25 Language Arts Graphic Organizers, reviewed here. Use this opportunity to teach summarizing, and citing sources. Cool Kid Facts is a great tool to build background knowledge about all sorts of topics!You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Beyond Traditional Math - Jen Smith
Grades
2 to 7This site includes advertising.
tag(s): problem solving (273)
In the Classroom
Subscribe to this blog through email or follow on Facebook and Twitter to receive notification of blog updates. Use blog posts during professional development or brainstorming sessions to find and develop classroom lessons. Try these ideas to differentiate for all students. Click on the Common Core tag to see a strategy to get students to start showing their work! Share student-made math projects using Ourboox, reviewed here. Ourboox creates beautiful page-flipping digital books in minutes, and you can embed video, music, animation, games, maps and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math-Team-Matics Competition Problems - Sarah Jamison, Dan Garbowitz, and John Golden
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): competitions (15), mental math (29)
In the Classroom
You don't need to be competing in a Math Challenge to use activities from this site! Use problems from the different activities for group assignments, homework, or extra credit. Create your own mini math challenge using problems on the site as a great back to school or last week lesson. Have students create blogs using ( Throwww) to describe steps needed to solve different problems. This tool allows you to create "quick and easy" blogs to be used one time only. A unique URL is provided for your post, and this site is as easy as using a basic Word program! Use problems from activities to provide enrichment to gifted and talented students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MathWiki: The Dynamic Mathematis E-Textbook - University of California, Davis - Delmar Larsen
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): equations (153), probability (132), problem solving (273), statistics (125), STEM (153), wikis (21)
In the Classroom
Provide a link to MathWiki on your class website or blog for student use at home. Share information from the wiki on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to supplement current learning materials. Use the wiki to find questions and student problems for classroom use. Differentiate learning for gifted students using content provided on the wiki.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Maths Is Good For You! - Dr. Snezana Lawrence
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): egypt (70), numbers (200), pythagorean theorem (33), roman numerals (9), worksheets (62)
In the Classroom
Use Maths Is Good For You as a starting point for information on famous mathematicians and theories. Have students upload a photo they have taken and add voice bubbles to explain what they learned using a tool such as Superlame, reviewed here. Have students use Fakebook (reviewed here) to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about a famous mathematician. Print and use worksheets for homework, math centers, or to differentiate instruction. Have students create timelines (with music, photos, videos, and more) using Capzles (reviewed here) using timeline information found on this site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Songs for Learning - Harry Guffee
Grades
2 to 10This site includes advertising.
tag(s): decimals (131), exponents (42), integers (41), mean (25), number lines (25), operations (123), percent (83), prime numbers (33), probability (132), pythagorean theorem (33), roman numerals (9)
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Download and use sound files to introduce topics and units in your math class. Challenge older students to finish writing the songs. Try to create your own songs about math concepts. Use tunes (and sound files) from Sing Along Songs, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teachers TryScience - IBM, New York Hall of Science, and TeachEngineering.org
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): STEM (153)
In the Classroom
Bookmark Teachers TryScience as a resource for STEM lessons in your science or math classroom. Share the videos or activities on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Join communities with similar interests to yours to discuss teaching strategies, lesson planning, and more. Share strategies and tutorials during professional development sessions or with student teachers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Prodigy Math Game - Rohan Mahimker and Alex Peters
Grades
K to 7tag(s): addition (239), division (168), fractions (234), game based learning (114), number sense (94), numbers (200), subtraction (198)
In the Classroom
This activity would be perfect for practicing math concepts just introduced in class! Share this tool on your interactive whiteboard or projector. This site offers applied experience with math skills and provides critical thinking experience. Students will learn at their pace, and you can get real time reports about how and what your students are doing. There is an option to have the questions read aloud, so have the headphones/earbuds ready. Students will love the multiplayer experience and will forget they are practicing math. Bookmark this tool on your classroom computers and post it on your website for students to use at home. This is perfect to recommend to prevent summer slide.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Geometry Toolbox - Bruno Reddy
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): angles (86), geometric shapes (165), measurement (159)
In the Classroom
Geometry Toolbox is perfect for use on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) for teaching measurement and angle construction. Allow students to use tools to learn how to use a compass and protractor. Challenge cooperative learning groups to create videos demonstrating use of the geometry tools and share them on a site such as TeacherTube reviewed here. Or have them create a screencast of ways to use the Geometry Toolbox using Screenr, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dandy Candies - Dan Meyer
Grades
5 to 9tag(s): area (68), measurement (159), perimeter (30), problem solving (273), volume (44)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site (and video clip) on your interactive whiteboard or projector during units on measurement, volume, and perimeter. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects. Have students make concrete representations of candy and packaging to demonstrate responses. Before solving this activity, create a quick poll (with no membership required) using kwiqpoll (reviewed here) to see how much students know. Extend the challenge by having students write packaging/measurement challenges for their classmates to solve, perhaps for a product they especially like!Comments
Can't wait to use this for morning meeting! Diane will be so proud of me!Patricia, NJ, Grades: 6 - 12
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Learningpod - Learningpod, Inc
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): advanced placement (23), test prep (96)
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Introduce this tool to students on your interactive whiteboard (or projector). Lower elementary students will need help reading the directions on the site, so do a few together. Share pods for student practice on your class website or blog. Create a link to practice pods on classroom computers. Encourage students or parents to create their own Learningpod account to practice and review content at home. Share this site with parents (on your class wiki or website) as an excellent resource for test preparation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Artyfactory - Artyfactory.com
Grades
1 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): africa (176), art history (72), artists (76), bulletin boards (17), design (83), egypt (70), perspective (11)
In the Classroom
In the art classroom, find ways to add technology to instruction using your projector or interactive whiteboard and demonstrating different techniques found on Artyfactory. For project based learning in any class, share this tool as a resource to add visual impact to students' research projects. Social studies teachers can include lessons about making African masks during units about that continent. Include Egyptian Hieroglyphic Alphabet, Cartouche, and Gods during a unit on the Egyptians. Science (or geometry) teachers will want to explore the lessons on visual patterns in nature as a way to capture the interest of your visual learners. Use these tutorials to integrate visual arts into any topic. Encourage your artistically inclined students to explore on their own. Explore this site before a trip to an art museum or to find inspiration for a display or culminating project in any teaching unit. You may even find some bulletin board ideas for your classroom!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Diagnostic Questions - Craig Barton and Simon Woodhead
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4 to 12tag(s): angles (86), area (68), assessment (107), charts and graphs (195), data (153), decimals (131), equations (153), exponents (42), fractions (234), functions (69), geometric shapes (165), median (22), order of operations (39), statistics (125), time (140), vectors (25)
In the Classroom
Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Use to find a question of the day to begin lessons. Share or embed questions on your class website. Have students prepare a question of the day to include with your quizzes. See the "About" page to find questions for class discussions. Though they suggest using mini whiteboards or a large card, think about using computers or tablets and a student response system, such as Socrative, reviewed here. Using a student response system, you will be able to keep a record of the responses without having stacks of paper. It will help you to differentiate and know whom to focus on with some immediate extra help.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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teachMathematics - Jim Noble, Richard Wade, and Oliver Bowles
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): equations (153), factors (40), geometric shapes (165), numbers (200), probability (132), problem solving (273), puzzles (207), statistics (125), symmetry (54)
In the Classroom
Make a shortcut to this site on classroom computers and use it as a center. Take advantage of the free lesson plans and interactives by using them for review before a unit test. Share interactives on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Be sure to include this site on your class website or wiki for students to access both in and outside of class for extra practice. Since free activities are somewhat "buried," you may want to post specific links to relevant review activities on your class web page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Progressions Documents for the Common Core Math Standards - The Arizona Board of Regents
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1 to 12tag(s): commoncore (95)
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Strengthen your teaching of Common Core mathematics. Having an understanding of the knowledge students enter with or without, leads to better preparation for where the students will explore later. Use this as an individual study or even as a professional learning group study with your grade level and department.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math Mistakes - Math Mistakes
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): conversions (24), data (153), decimals (131), equations (153), fractions (234), functions (69), measurement (159), money (186), multiplication (220), negative numbers (21), patterns (85), place value (55), professional development (156), subtraction (198), time (140)
In the Classroom
This site is dedicated to the teacher as a resource during planning, active instruction, and use after assessments. Use experienced teacher knowledge in your subject area to improve efficiency and mastery in the content. Send in mistakes your students make, and they will be posted with a discussion about what the assumptions are behind the work, and what the next steps could be. Share on your website for parents to use, and with your department or grade level fellow teachers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Differentiated Best of Math III - Research, Development, and Accountability
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K to 8tag(s): addition (239), assessment (107), charts and graphs (195), equations (153), money (186), operations (123), patterns (85), problem solving (273), sequencing (31)
In the Classroom
Use these activities for introducing or reviewing new math concepts. Revisit this site during the year using one of the different ways to view the problem than a student did originally. Use as an example of a performance-based task then have students make up their own problems. Share applicable lessons on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Challenge parents at math nights with these engaging tasks!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Turn on Common Core Math - NC State University
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1 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): commoncore (95)
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This site is a great place to begin the Common Core math journey, or also just use for checking to be sure you are teaching all of the conceptual material required with each standard. Keep this site bookmarked because you will need to continue referring back for each objective. Bookmark this site on the'?class web page to help parents understand the Common Core math standards.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Online Math Learning - OnlineMathLearning.com
Grades
1 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): parents (59), video (276), worksheets (62)
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OnLineMathLearning is a nice supplement to your classroom. Use the videos on your interactive whiteboard to begin instruction. Differentiate your math instruction by student need and assign individually. Use the worksheets, games, and activities for extra practice and reinforcement. Allow students to see the ideas listed before they start their science fair projects. Recommend this website to parents so they can understand the "new way" of doing math. Be sure to list as a resource for extra practice on your class website. Keep the videos on this site in mind for using as models when assigning students to make their own videos. Be sure to include in your math parent night. Use as enrichment for your advanced students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Khan Academy Common Core - Khan Academy
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K to 12tag(s): addition (239), angles (86), base ten (11), coordinates (31), counting (120), data (153), division (168), equations (153), factoring (31), fractions (234), functions (69), geometric shapes (165), measurement (159), mixed numbers (14), multiplication (220), negative numbers (21), number lines (25), number sense (94), polynomials (30), prime numbers (33), probability (132), quadratics (34), rounding (22), square roots (23), statistics (125), subtraction (198), transformations (17), vectors (25), whole numbers (16)
In the Classroom
Share this site on your class website or blog for students to practice math concepts at home. Share with parents through your class website or newsletter as a great resource for review and reinforcement of math concepts. Share activities on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Use problems on the site to present new concepts or review information before end-of-unit assessments. Provide links to lessons on the class website or blog for students to review at home. Have students create their own lessons modeled on this site. Then have students create blogs to practice writing about their math solutions using Throwww reviewed here. Throww allows you to create "quick and easy" blogs for one time use. There is no registration necessary!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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