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  • 100th Day Celebration Ideas
    • 300 ideas from teachers, librarians and others on how to celebrate the 100th day of school.
  • Abacus: The Art of Calculating with Beads
    • Learn to use an abacus, discover the history and more.
  • AIMS Education Foundation
    • Activities Integrating Science Math and Technology - find activities, lessons, puzzles and more here.
  • AIMS Puzzle Corner
    • Math puzzles teachers can use with students. One puzzle per month. Solutions are posted the following month. Archives hold past puzzles.
  • Bamdad's Math Comics
    • A wide collection of math humor in the form of comics.
  • Casio Contest Page
    • Run by the University of Central Florida and the University of Mississippi, this site allows students to answer a problem of the week in order to attempt to win a Casio calculator. Problems are divided into elementary, middle, high school and higher levels. Students can solve current or past problems. Teachers should monitor this activity and check permission requirements for students e-mailing personal information on the Internet before allowing students to participate.
  • CLN Curricular Resources in Mathematics
    • From the Community Learning Network (CLN) comes a math page with links to information on Math Careers, Math History, Fractals, and Tessellations, as well as links to many general math resources.
  • Coolmath.com
    • A great site for kids to participate in lots of online math activities. This site also has lessons and links for specific math classes and topics.
  • Dositey.com
    • Math and language arts lessons, interactive games, exercises, printable worksheets, mindtwisters, challenging math problems and more.
  • Figure This! Math Challenges for Families
    • Includes interesting math problems for junior high school students and their families to try together. Includes hints, multiple solutions for each problem, and links to related resources for further exploration. Available in Spanish. Includes tips for parents in helping students with math.
  • Funbrain's Quiz Lab
    • Access thousands of quizzes designed by teachers worldwide, create your own quizzes with Quiz Lab's easy-to-use authoring tool, and allow students to take quizzes over the Internet in the classroom, in the library, or at home. Get quiz results automatically via e-mail. Quiz Lab grades them for you.
  • Glencoe Cool Math Links
    • Annotated Math Links to many interactive and informational sites for teachers, parents and students.
  • Good News Bears
    • An Web-based interactive stock market learning project for K-12. Resources for students and teachers.
  • MacTutor History of Mathematics
    • Includes biographies of mathematicians, famous curves, and mathematics articles.
  • Math Forum
    • Ask Dr. Math - get your math questions answered. Can also browse past questions.
    • Internet Math Hunt - consists of questions about math and mathematicians. The answers can be found somewhere on the Internet.
    • Internet Mathematics Library - search and browse the Internet for math topics and resources.
    • MathMagic - a K-12 telecommunications project which posts challenges in each of four categories (k-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12) to trigger each registered team to pair up with another team and engage in a problem-solving dialog. When an agreement has been reached, one solution is posted for every pair.
    • Math Topics - math resources by subject
    • Suzanne Alejandre Math Lessons - an amazing compilation of math lesson plans. Terrific graphics. Includes interactive activities and ClarisWorks graphing lessons, technology in the classroom, and much more. Middle school level.
    • Teacher2Teacher - a panel of professionals will answer your math teaching questions.
    • Web Units and Lessons - interactive lessons and resources
      • Topics covered include Playing to Win: probability & gambling, Savings and Credit: investing and interest; Home Decorating: geometry; Cooking by the Numbers: ratios/proportion & the metric system; and more.
  • The Math League
    • Includes math contests, help topics, and educational software.
  • Math Patterns in Children's Literature (K-2)
    • This sample chapter from a book called Picturing Math lists books to use with patterning.
  • Math Stories
    • Math Story Problems, some based on popular literature, i.e. Harry Potter books.
  • Math Teacher Link
    • Designed to deliver professional development opportunities and classroom resources to teachers of mathematics, statistics, and related subjects at the high school and lower division college levels. Offers online courses and tutorials, a message board, and Internet resources.
  • Mathematical Quotation Server
    • From Furman University comes a collection of mathematical quotations to use in your classroom.
  • Math.com
    • Math homework help, math tutoring, and math formulas. Sections for students, parents, and teachers. Includes an algebra worksheet generator.
  • Mega-Mathematics
    • Untangling the math of knots, logic, graphing and other interesting math topics can be found here. Includes vocabulary, activities, and lessons for each unit. Promotes hands-on learning.
  • Mr. Pitonyak's Pyramid Puzzle
    • What would it cost to build an Egyptian Pyramids today? Use this lesson plan to help your students find out. Students will be asked to estimate the cost of building a pyramid using modern materials and ancient methods. In teams they will plan, collect data, submit a bid for the job (only the lowest bidding company will be awarded the job), create a scale drawing and model, and present a final report to the class. The lesson plan incorporates math, science, and social studies.
  • Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies
    • A free educational web site featuring interactive math lessons which use a problem-solving hands-on approach. This site also offers Homework Help, Message Boards, Puzzles, Calculators, and more.
  • Mudd Math Fun Facts
    • Enrich your courses with fun mathematical facts. You can do searches by keyword or math topic or bring up random facts.
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
    • Find out about NCTM math standards, professional workshops and conferences, publications and more.
  • New Math Teachers Home Page
    • Created to give new math teachers ideas and suggestions to help with their teaching.
  • Plane Math Activities
    • A blend of aeronautics and math, these nine airplane activities for elementary ages are excellent illustrations of real world math. In addition to the lessons (such as finding the shortest flight path between two cities and calculating airplane capacity), each section includes an interview with an aeronautic expert who describes his position, and answers the question "How do you use math in your job?"
  • Puzzlemaker
    • Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Build your own maze or print our specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics.
  • Quia! Mathematics Activities
    • Games and quizzes galore on all sorts of math topics! Students can play the interactive quizzes that are already made or teachers can make their own quizzes for students by visiting the Quia! home page
  • Smile Program Mathematics Index
    • 200 math lesson plans created by teachers through the SMILE (Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement) Program.
  • Symmetry and Pattern: The Art Of Oriental Carpets
    • An explanation of symmetry and pattern is accompanied by educational resources - lesson ideas and activities - as well as a rug gallery of examples, glossary, and bibliography.
  • Tessallation Tutorials and Links
    • If you're looking for information on tessellations, symmetry or geometry this is the place to find it. Links are annotated and grade levels are noted. Tutorials are grouped by software.
  • WASL Practice Problems from Port Angeles School District
    • K-12 math practice problems and WASL tips.
  • Mathematics WebQuests - another good site with a selection of math WebQuests.
    • Choose from various specifications and a pre-algebra or algebra worksheet will be created for you.