Recommended Websites

Recommended Websites

http://www.funbrain.com

Play art, geography, history, language arts, math, music, science and technology games.

http://www.aaamath.com

This site has hundreds of pages of basic math skills with interactive practice, explanations of the math topic and several challenge games on every page.

http://www.coolmath.com

Math and science games for all ages. Also has helpful hints for parents.

http://wires.news.com.au/special/mm/030811-hubble.htm

View pictures taken from the Hubble Telescope

http://www.jigzone.com

This site has many jigsaw puzzles. You can choose the shape and number of pieces.

http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/funzone_flash.html

There are a lot of fun games and activities to help you learn more about the red planet. Explore the rocks and terrain in your own Mars rover.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/games

Discover how transportation impacted America's growth through games and fun activities. Collect stickers, play a matching game and create your own movie!

http://www.3d-i.org

Learn good and bad design through exploration and discussion. Design your own watch or logo.

http://www.toytheater.com

You could spend all day at this one site. There are games, puzzles and tons of interactive activities in art, music, math, and reading.

http://www.lycoszone.com

Arcade, strategy, action and mind games as well as a homework center that includes an encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary, and rhyming dictionary. Be sure to check out the “How Stuff Works” section.

http://switchzoo.com

Switch the animals' heads, legs and tails to make new creatures at this surrealistic virtual zoo.

http://www.figurethis.org

Math challenges for middle school families. Also helpful parent information.

http://www.factmonster.com

Online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia, and homework help

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org

Games, puzzles, experiments, articles and help with science and math projects

http://www.kidscastle.si.edu

Smithsonian Magazine's Kids' Castle was constructed to be a safe, educational, free and fun place for kids ages 8-16 on the World Wide Web. Kids' Castle features articles written about the things that interest kids today: sports, history, the arts, travel, science and air and space, all with great photos. There are message boards filled with questions to get kids from all over the world talking to each other and thinking creatively. And, of course, Kids' Castle has lots of fun and challenging games and contests.

http://www.nwf.org/kids

National Wildlife Federation website. Learn about wild creatures through a series of fun games. Play a matching game with bongo-playing monkeys. Or, eat your way through the food chain and be a big fish in a big pond.

http://www.netsmartz.org

Children learn about Internet safety through stories and games.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids

Kids' games and activities for math, reading, language arts, social studies, and more!

http://www.komando.com/kimskidscontract

Internet safety contract for parents and students.

http://www.familyfun.com

Arts & crafts projects for families.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/online.html

On-line science activities, webcasts, exhibitions, science news, and hands-on activities

http://www.playkidsgames.com

Math, alphabet, memory, vocabulary, and problem solving games for all ages.

http://www.bandwidthmoms.com/index_flash.htm

Links to all subjects by age level

www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsiteskids.htm

American Library Association suggestions for kids all subjects

http://smithsonianeducation.org/students/index.html

Smithsonian Institution website

http://coekate.murraystate.edu/kate/

“In the Classroom” section has famous Kentuckians, science, social studies, etc.

http://www.aplusmath.com

This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. Visit the game room and play exciting games like Matho and Hidden Picture...Test your math skills with Flashcards! Try out the Math Word Find puzzle. Create and print your own set of flashcards online! Try out the Flashcard Creator. See the Worksheets section, where you can print worksheets to practice offline. Use the Homework Helper to check your homework solutions.

http://www.smm.org/catal/

Become an archaeologist and learn all about an ancient town in modern day Turkey. Read comics, make a Neolithic dinner or play an excavation game.

http://www.whyville.net/

This virtual world has over a half million real kids with whom you can interact. You might learn a cool science fact or two.

http://www.playmusic.org/

Read all about playing an instrument. You can even learn how to compose music and have it played back! Learn where you can sign up for music lessons.

http://www.lewisandclark200.org

National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commemoration – walk with them and see what you discover.

http://libcat.maricopa.gov/mysteryclub/index.cfm

Read an online novel and learn some cool facts about Phoenix. The book is targeted to children in grades 3-7. There are also fun activities with each chapter.

http://www.educ.drake.edu/espey/math/math-links.htm

http://www.mathsolutions.com/newsletter/

http://www.cyberbee.com/intclass.html

Fact Monster provides mathematics reference materials, fun facts and features, study tips, and individualized homework help for students.

Math at Home offers activities to help parents engage children ages 5-11 in arithmetic, estimation, measurement, problem solving, and other mathematics activities (Available in English and Spanish).

The School Site contains interactive pages to help students, educators, and parents learn mathematics skills and practical applications of mathematics.

Activities Integrating Mathematics and Science (AIMS) offers activities and puzzles that entertain while helping to develop students' problem-solving abilities. The site also offers information about how activities meet state and national standards.

Thirteen Ed Online provides standards-based lesson plans, classroom activities, reviews of curriculum based Web sites and a multimedia primer that is based on the a PBS television show.

Math Goodies is a math help site that features interactive lessons, homework help, worksheets, and forums for students in grades 5-8, teachers, and parents.

Wright Flyer Teacher's Lounge is a way for teachers to access lesson plans and find activities related to flight in grades 6-12.

Maggie's Earth Adventures Games offers educational games that reinforce skills in mathematics, science, and grammar in both English and Spanish.

http://www.mms.gov/omm/pacific/kids/Tidepool_Math/tidepool.htm

Disability http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/

www.archimedes-lab.org

www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/math/index.html

http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/about.shtml

www.marietta.edu/~delemeeg/expernom.html

http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat8m/resource/default.htm

http://www.enc.org/features/focus/archive/ideashsmath/?ls=eu

NKU Teacher Developed Open Response Items (Grades 5, 8 and 11)

· Algebra - http://www.nku.edu/~amburgey/algebrastudentpages.html

· Geometry - http://www.nku.edu/~sheffield/geo.html

· Probability and Statistics - http://www.nku.edu/~amburgey/edu659-2000studentpages.html

· Eighth Grade Mathematics Scrimmage Test - http://www.nku.edu/~mathed/8thscrimmage.pdf

Other Rich Learning Tasks and Open-Ended Problems:

· Franklin Institute of Science Open-Ended Problems (middle school): http://sln.fi.edu/school/math2/

· Denise Jarrett's Open-Ended Problem-Solving Article: http://www.nwrel.org/msec/nwteacher/spring2000/textonly/open-ended.html

· Kentucky Prism (PARTNERSHIP FOR REFORM INITIATIVES IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS) Open Response Questioning Strategies: http://www.murraystate.edu/prism/kyprism/openrp1.htm

· Oregon Department of Education Assessment and Evaluation Samples of Open-Ended Math Tasks (Elementary - High School): http://www.col-ed.org/smcnws/elementary.html

· Potent Problems (Ages 6 - adult): http://www.edmath.org/potent/

· TIMSS Online Challenge (Grades 3 - HS): http://timssonline.cse.ucla.edu/index01.htm or http://www.getsmarter.org

· Ron Pelfrey's Open-Ended Mathematics Questions (Grade 4 - HS): ftp://www.uky.edu/pub/arsi/openresponsequestions/mathorq.pdf

Math Internet Sites by Skill

To Create Any Kind of Worksheet

http://www.edhelper.com/integers.htm Great site! Very helpful!

Bar Graphs and Double Bar Graphs

http://www.motivatingmath.com/html/charts.html#frequency

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/data/11_act.shtml** Overview of why data is important and walks through parts of a graph. Good graphics.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/line.asp

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/ScienceInternet/ChartsGraphs.html Summary of different kinds of graphs

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/ Site lets you make a graph. You enter variables, it calculates.

Line Graphs

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/ScienceInternet/ChartsGraphs.html Summary of different kinds of graphs

http://www.mcwdn.org/Graphs/LineGraph.html Instruction and then quiz

Displaying Frequency

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/datapick.html **

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/line.asp

Histograms

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_145_g_3_t_5.html?open=instructions Input data on the right and the program will make both a box and whiskers plot and a histogram

http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/6-8/BarChart/ You enter data, it makes the histogram and then tells you the percentages.

Box and Whiskers Plot

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_145_g_3_t_5.html?open=instructions Input the data on the right and the program will make both a box and whiskers plot and a histogram.

Misleading Graphs

http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/courses/ci330ms/youtsey/lineinfo.html 3 graphs that show how data can be “cooked” to make the graphs misleading

Scatter Plots

http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/courses/ci330ms/youtsey/scatterinfo.html Intro to scatter plots

Mean/Median/Mode/Range

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/train.html **

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol8/challenge_vol8.html

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol8/range.html (range)

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol8/median.html (median)

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol8/advanced_mean.html (harder mean questions. Corresponds to some of the 7^th and 8^th grade AM questions.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/data/12_act.shtml ** (mean, median, mode – very colorful, to the point)

http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/beg_algebra/beg_alg_tut34_cent.htm ( college style, dry explanation and graphics. Has link to Frank and Ernest cartoon, though)

http://www.mathgoodies.com/puzzles/statistics_cw.shtm Crossword puzzle that uses definitions

http://www.mathgoodies.com/puzzles/statistics_ws.shtm Wordsearch that uses vocabulary words from the chapter

Multiplying/Dividing Review

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html?Password=INK4 Arcade style games. Great graphics, great review, great time filler. Play with it on your own first to figure out how the password thing works.

Reading Numbers

http://www.gomath.com/algebra/wholenumber.php (good graphics, place value chart and practice)

Properties of Numbers

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U1L13GL.html Tutorial on properties.

Ratios and Proportions

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U2L1GL.html Intro, tutorial, and practice on ratios

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U2L2GL.html Intro, tutorial, and practice on ratios

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U2L3GL.html Intro, tutorial, and practice on distance, rate, and time

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U2L4GL.html Intro, tutorial and practice on similar figures

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/proportions/rate.html Identify rows with equivalent ratios. Good concrete example.

http://math.rice.edu/~ Full page dealing with various equivalent and unequal ratios.

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/proportions/index.html Problem solving with ratios.

http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/ Good for drill, but you cannot click on next. If you do, it takes you to the next skill on the page. Click the one that you want and then stay there!

http://www.mathleague.com/help/ratio/ratio.htm Dry, but informative. Does ratios, proportions, and rate.

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/alg/ratios.html Thinkquest created by students.

http://amby.com/educate/math/4-2_prop.html Solving percent problems using proportions.

Congruent/Similar Shapes

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/practice/S3U3L1/S3U3L1Pract.html Identify congruent shapes, identify corresponding pieces. http://www.math.com/school/subject3/practice/S3U3L2/S3U3L2Pract.html Practice identifying part of similar shapes, corresponding pieces.

Exponents/Square Roots

http://www.quia.com/ba/1000.html Battleship form of game where you have to solve exponent problems when you correctly hit a battle ship. Also includes some order of operations.

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/ttt.cgi?A1=s&A2=4&A3=0&INSTRUCTS=1 Great practice for finding squares. You can adjust difficulty level.

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/ttt.cgi?A1=s&A2=10&A3=0&INSTRUCTS=1 Great site for practicing cubes. You can adjust difficulty level.

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/ttt.cgi?A1=s&A2=10&A3=0&INSTRUCTS=1 Great site for practicing square roots. You can adjust difficulty level.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0875883.html Table of Squares and Square Roots

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0875926.html Table of Numbers that have been raised to the 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th power.

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/sqrt.html Flashcards - great for practice

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/practice/S3U3L3/S3U3L3Pract.html Square root practice

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/alg/powers.html Created by students. Goes on to include negative numbers and order of operations. Great for 8^th grade. Can be adapted for lower.

Order of Operations

http://www.amby.com/educate/ord-op/ (great graphics)

http://amby.com/educate/ord-op/ord-op.htm (use to give notes when introduced)

http://amby.com/educate/ord-op/pretest.html (use to practice as individual or whole class)

http://amby.com/educate/ord-op/order.html (Powerpoint like presentation. Great to give intro notes.)

http://amby.com/educate/ord-op/ex_set-1.html (great to use as whole group or individual practice in the computer lab. The colors at the bottom take you to different worksheets)

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/alg.cgi?A1=s&A2=2&INSTRUCTS=1 OOO algebra style with integers. Problem solving included.

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html Flashcards. Graphics are bad, but it would be good drill and practice as a whole class.

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/practice/S2U1L2/S2U1L2Pract.html OOO drill

http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/ Drill – Basketmath – make sure you don’t hit “next” or it will move to the next skill. Good drill, kid actually shoots the basket if you get the problem correct.

Equations

http://www.quia.com/rr/4096.html Great practice for 2 step equations

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/lessons/S2U1L3GL.html Writing equation practice

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/practice/S2U3L1/S2U3L1Pract.html Solve adding and subtracting equations

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/practice/S2U3L2/S2U3L2Pract.html Solve multiplication equations

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/practice/S2U3L3/S2U3L3Pract.html Solve division equations

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/practice/S2U3L5/S2U3L5Pract.html Solving inequalities and 2 step equations

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/practice/S2U1L3/S2U1L3Pract.html Writing equations

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/practice/S2U1L4/S2U1L4Pract.html Writing inequalities.

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/prealg/eq.html Thinkquest made by students. Does single variable and then harder. Good, solid site. Graphics aren’t great.

Place Value

http://www.aaamath.com/plc51b-placevalues.html- dry, but effective. Good notes and practice.

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U1L1GL.html#sm1 Great module on place value. 3 teaching pages and one practice page at the end where the numbers can be reset.

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/numbersense/machine.html Great site, basic - only change numbers up to 3 places, but kids have to think a little and the graphics, ease is wonderful.

http://hbogucki.staffnet.com/aemes/apps/place/place.htm Neat site to type in your number and then they give you the place value of each digit. Questions follow on later screens to reinforce knowledge.

http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html Use this site to practice identifying place value! It is a great site.

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/tens.cgi?A1=s&A2=3&INSTRUCTS=1 Great site! Click on the place value given. Mixes decimals and whole numbers.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769538.html Place value about billions – kids always ask what comes after a trillion – this answers.

Expanded Form

http://www.quia.com/mc/279741.html Change from expanded to standard form. Flashcard form

Rounding Numbers

http://www.gomath.com/algebra/round.php (good graphics, rules and practice at end)

http://www.quia.com/cb/8142.html Neat site – jeopardy form

http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/mepres/book7/bk7i2/bk7_2i1.htm Rounds whole numbers, review place value at the same time. Talks about how much each number is worth: 249, the 2 is worth 200, the 4 is worth 40 and the 9 is worth 9.

http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html Use this site to practice rounding. Great site, interactive.

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/tens.cgi?A1=s&A2=7&INSTRUCTS=1 May be the same as above. Gives number, you type in answer.

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/rounding.html Flashcard format. Great for whole class, computer lab practice.

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U4L8GL.html#sm4 Use this! Gives great steps, shows steps one at a time. Introductory lesson and then practice. Dry, but helpful.

Prime/Composite

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0876084.html Reference chart, lists prime numbers

http://amby.com/educate/math/2-1_prim.html Good site - explanation and practice.

Rules for Fractions

http://www.gomath.com/exercises/algebra.php (great summary of how to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions. Would be good for TCAP review)

Fractions Intro

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002328F/ (Thinkquest built by students. Good explanations, graphics, pictures)

http://www.visualfractions.com/FindGrampy.html (Find Grampy is a great game to get kids thinking about how much 14/15 actually is. Good activity to start rounding fractions or intro to fractions)

Factors and Multiples and Prime Factorization

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U3L1GL.html#sm6 Great site – gives directions and examples. Differentiates between factors and multiples.

http://amby.com/educate/math/2-1_fact.html Good site - steps and practice.

GCF/LCM

http://library.thinkquest.org/2949/math.htm (part of an award winning Thinkquest that leads to changing denominators.)

http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/ Basketmath – click on the side for this skill.

http://www.mcwdn.org/FRACTIONS/Equivalents.html (wordy, but gives good directions and links GCF and LCM to equivalent fractions)

http://www.mathleague.com/help/fractions/fractions.htm#greatestcommonfactor (dry, but good steps and examples. Shows 2 different methods to find GCF and LCD

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_202_g_3_t_1.html Interactive Venn Diagram that uses a factor tree and then has kids drag the common factors.

http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/ Good site for drill, but don’t hit “next”. Keep answering the questions. If you click on next, it takes you to the next skill.

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U3L2GL.html Great site! Use for giving notes and then exploring using prime numbers.

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/prealg/frac.html Thinkquest created by students. Covers the whole fraction concept and has a quiz.

http://amby.com/educate/math/2-1_LCM.html Good site - steps and then practice. LCM

http://amby.com/educate/math/2-1_GCF.html GCF site - steps and then practice.

Equivalent Fractions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/number/02_act.shtml - Good, but short, visualization of how different fractions can be congruent

http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html Cute site for sixth grade – place cursor over equivalent fractions

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/prealg/frac.html Thinkquest created by students. Covers the whole fraction concept and has a quiz.

http://www.mathleague.com/help/fractions/fractions.htm#equivalentfractions (dry, but good steps and examples. No practice offered)

http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/ff/index.asp (matching game)

http://amby.com/educate/math/2-3_part.html Steps and then a couple of problems.

http://www.helpwithfractions.com/equivalent-fractions.html (great explanations, concrete examples, good graphics and a table of conversions at the bottom)

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/fractions6.html Good for intro and practice. Great graphics

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/fob.cgi?A1=s&A2=2&INSTRUCTS=1 “Fresh Baked Fractions” Great site for finding equivalent and reductions. Level can be increased.

Simplifying Fractions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/data/11_act.shtml

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/fractions5.html Good site for intro and practice – good graphics.

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/fob.cgi?A1=s&A2=2&INSTRUCTS=1 “Fresh Baked Fractions” Level can be chosen, great for use on the smartboard or computer lab setting.

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U4L2GL.html#sm1 Excellent site – gives organized directions, then shows steps using the GCF.

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/prealg/frac.html Thinkquest created by students. Covers the whole fraction concept and has a quiz.

http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html Good page - graphics, directions are little wordy but can be worked through. Good practice

http://amby.com/educate/math/2-2_simp.html Good site - steps and then practice.

Improper/Proper Fractions

http://www.visualfractions.com/FindGrampstrict.html (game has kids “guess” the proper/improper fraction to find Grampy)

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/fractions7.html Great for intro and practice. Good graphics.

http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html Good job of showing step by step in an animated way

Comparing Fractions

http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html Good page for basic comparisons of ½, 2/3, ¼, etc.

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html Flashcards - compare 2 fractions.

Adding Fractions – Like Denominators

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/fractions10.html (great graphics, gives steps and shows concrete examples of the problems)

http://www.aaamath.com/fra410a-addfractld.html (“dry” site, gives good directions, though and drill problems)

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002328F/adding.htm (Thinkquest created by students. First problem shows like denominator. Uses a model. Second problem goes into unlike denominators.

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/prealg/frac.html Thinkquest created by students. Covers the whole fraction concept and has a quiz.

Adding Fractions – Changing denominator

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_106_g_2_t_1.html ( uses a model to show the changing of the denominator)

http://www.amby.com/educate/math/frac-add.html (gives ordered steps, then shows what the problem looks like once you change it)

http://www.sosmath.com/algebra/fraction/frac3/frac37/frac37.html ( gives ordered steps, then sample problems.

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions/frac4.html ( poses pizza problem, has kids figure out they can’t add the denominators, that they have to common denominators, then walks them through the process using models. Good graphics)

http://www.aaamath.com/B/fra66kx2.htm (graphics not great, but good directions and drill practice at the end.)

http://library.thinkquest.org/2949/addsub.htm (award winning Thinkquest that begins with LCM/LCD and then heads to changing denominators and adding/subtracting)

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002328F/adding.htm (Thinkquest created by students. First problem shows like denominator. Uses a model. Second problem goes into unlike denominators.

http://www.helpwithfractions.com/adding-fractions-different-denominators.html (great site – good graphics, clear directions, concrete examples)

http://www.quia. (no explanations, but good matching practice game. Whole class activity)

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/prealg/frac.html Thinkquest created by students. Covers the whole fraction concept and has a quiz.

Conversion to Decimal, Fraction and Percent

http://www.gomath.com/exercises/DecimalsFractionsPercent.php (great review or initial lesson. Has rules and then practice. Graphics are decent)

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0881930.html Very good summary of all of the changes with an example.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0876706.html Table of Common Fractions with their decimal and percent counterparts.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0876707.html Common repeating fractions and their decimal counterparts.

Percents

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_160_g_3_t_1.html?open=activities Input the part and the whole and the program will show you the percent as a bar graph and as a circle graph

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U1L7GL.html#sm2 Tutorial with a good visualization of %s.

http://amby.com/educate/math/4-2_prop.html Uses proportions to solve percent problems.

Fractions to Decimals

http://www.mathleague.com/help/fractions/fractions.htm#writingafractionasadecimal (dry, but good definition)

http://www.quia.com/jg/65724.html Matching, good graphics. Great for practice after introduction

Decimal to Fractions

http://www.gomath.com/htdocs/lesson/DFP_lesson1.htm (Excellent site with steps, place value chart and practice)

Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002328F/subtract.htm (Thinkquest created by students. First problem show like denominators, second shows mixed. Good graphics, concrete example.)

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/fractions11.html Great site for intro and practice. Good graphics.

http://www.visualfractions.com/Cookies.html (Students required to make cookies for Grampy using different sized fraction pieces. Visual, fast paced, good to reinforce concept of multiples being common denominators. Best used in lab setting where everyone can do their own. Do together before you take to lab to make sure they don’t get in there and just click wildly.)

Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002328F/subtract.htm (Thinkquest created by students. First problem show like denominators, second shows mixed. Good graphics, concrete example.)

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/fractions12.html Great lesson

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/fractions13.html

Multiplying Fractions

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002328F/multiply.htm (Thinkquest created by students. Good graphics, great instructional piece. No practice.)

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U4L4GL.html#sm1 (graphics are sparse, good directions, clear example)

http://www.aaamath.com/fra66m-multfract.html (dry, but good drill practice for whole class or computer lab instruction)

http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/fractions-mult (good whole class practice or practice at computer lab. Teacher has to set up the flashcard game by putting in parameters before kids can plan. Has them multiply first, then reduce.)

http://www.helpwithfractions.com/multiplying-fractions.html (Catchy page, clear directions, no practice offered. Has kids multiply first, then reduce.)

http://www.amby.com/educate/math/frac-mul.html (Wordy - too many directions. But the directions can be glossed through. The sample problems at the bottom of the page are worth it – can see where the problem was reduced before multiplication took place.)

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/fractions14.html (Great site, cool graphics. They don’t reduce before they multiply though. Multiplies simple fractions)

http://www.quia.com/custom/50015main.html (great site for matching game. Whole group activity)

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/fractions15.html Great site - whole numbers times fractions

http://www.saab.org/mathdrills/fraction.cgi Great drill and practice site

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_194_g_2_t_1.html Great website to show exactly what multiplying fractions looks like. You can change the fraction and the concrete example changes, also.

Dividing Fractions

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/fractions16.html Great site - good for giving notes and practicing. Divides simple fractions.

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lessons/fractions17.html Same site as above except adds whole numbers and mixed numbers.

Fraction Projects

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002328F/recipes.htm (Part of a thinkquest – assigns a recipe for pretzels. Kids can complete at home for extra credit. Bring in pretzels to share.)

Intro to Integers/Absolute Value

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol5/intro_integers.html Good for intro, practice at the end

http://www.mathleague.com/help/integers/integers.htm#positiveandnegativeintegers Explanation, number line.

Comparing Integers

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol5/compare_order.html Good intro, practice at end. Clear, graphics aren’t great.

http://www.mathleague.com/help/integers/integers.htm#positiveandnegativeintegers Explanation, number line.

http://www.edhelper.com/logic/Logic25.htm Logic puzzle to print, compares integers. Use this after introduction. Covers TCAP skill.

Adding Integers

http://www.gomath.com/algebra/negative.php (good graphics, rules and practice are provided.)

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/mathgames/numbermonster/index.html Go to this game site and click on harder or killer and you will get decimals and integers.

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol5/addition.html Good notes, go over notes with kids, they are wordy. Practices at the end.

http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/ Good for drill, but you cannot click on next. If you do, it takes you to the next skill on the page. Click the one that you want and then stay there!

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_161_g_2_t_1.html Great site!! Lets you manipulate chips to model integer problems. Matches activity in book and AM. Use it.

http://www.aaamath.com/B/add65_x2.htm Directions and practice. Bad graphics, but effective.

http://www.mathmaniac.com/objectives/2/adding_integers.htm Clear definition, then practice.

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/maths/sa/saintegeradd2.html Drill to be completed as class or in computer lab.

http://www.mathleague.com/help/integers/integers.htm#positiveandnegativeintegers Explanation, number line.

http://www.amby.com/educate/math/integer.html Good site! Steps and then practice.

Subtracting Integers

http://www.gomath.com/algebra/negative.php (good graphics, rules and practice provided

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/mathgames/numbermonster/index.html Game format. Click on hard or harder, will give you decimals and integers.

http://www.aaamath.com/B/add65_x2.htm Bad graphics, good practice.

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U1L11DP.html Directions for adding and subtracting, the has practice at the end.

http://www.mathleague.com/help/integers/integers.htm#positiveandnegativeintegers Explanation, number line.

http://www.amby.com/educate/math/integer.html#subtract Great site! Steps and then practice.

Multiplying Integers

http://www.gomath.com/algebra/negative.php (good graphics, rules and practice provided)

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol5/multiplication.html Strong site, graphics are decent. Practice at the end.

http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/ Good for drill, but you cannot click on next. If you do, it takes you to the next skill on the page. Click the one that you want and then stay there!

http://www.mathleague.com/help/integers/integers.htm#positiveandnegativeintegers Explanation, number line.

http://www.amby.com/educate/math/integer.html#mult-div Great site! Steps and then practice.

Dividing Integers

http://www.gomath.com/algebra/negative.php (good graphics, rules and practice provided)

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol5/division.html Decent graphics, good practice at the end for whole class

http://www.mathleague.com/help/integers/integers.htm#positiveandnegativeintegers Explanation, number line.

http://www.amby.com/educate/math/integer.html#mult-div Great site. Steps and then practice.

Integer Review

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol5/operations.html Great review before TCAP or at the end of the chapter. All rules listed.

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol5/challenge_vol5.html Word problems to review integers.

http://www.mathgoodies.com/puzzles/integer_cw.shtm Crossword puzzle with integer definitions

http://www.mathgoodies.com/puzzles/integer_cw.shtm Word search with integer definitions

http://www.funbrain.com/cgibin/gn2.cgi?A1=s&A2=10&A3=1&A14=1&A15=0&INSTRUCTS=1 Review game – you have to guess the number

http://www.funbrain.com/osa/index.html Review game - race around the track depending on the highest answer. Fun, frustrating. Some problem-solving.

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html Flashcards. You can pick the operation.

Solving Equations

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_201_g_4_t_2.html?open=instructions 8^th grade site – uses a balance to solve equations. Good graphics, a little difficult to navigate.

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html Flashcards. You can choose what kind of equations to solve – add, subtract, mult/divide, 2 step

Problem Solving Sites

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/answers3.html (Neat site - will need some pre planning or a smartboard. Good site for after tcap, time filler, or short period when you want to make them think, but don’t have time to start anything new.)

http://www.funbrain.com/cgibin/getskill.cgi?A1=choices&A2=gn2&A3=7&A4=0&A7=2&A8=math “Guess the Number” great for working backwards.

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/cracker.cgi?A1=s&A2=2&INSTRUCTS=1 Good TCAP practice – find the missing number in a pattern. Lets you continue to guess.

http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/ Good for drill, but you cannot click on next. If you do, it takes you to the next skill on the page. Click the one that you want and then stay there!

Word Searches/Puzzles

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/mathgames/wordsearch2/index.html word search, various math words

http://www.edhelper.com/logic/Logic25.htm Logic puzzle with integers.

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/mathgames/ problem solving, trying to visualize how to move cars around board.

http://www.funbrain.com/math2/index.html Good site to fill time. Problems given with missing addends, factors, dividends, you have to find the answer.

History of Geometry

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Geom/his.html

Lines

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/practice/S3U1L3/S3U1L3Pract.html Practice on perpendicular, parallel, intersecting.

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/practice/S3U1L2/S3U1L2Pract.html Vertex, endpoint, ray practice.

Angles

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/shape/15_act.shtml Definitions and concrete examples

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/shape/ Angle word search on worksheet page

http://www.quia.com/mc/65822.html Great for review of definition or practice after introduction.

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/practice/S3U1L4/S3U1L4Pract.html Higher grades, identify supplementary, complementary, straight angles, right angles.

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/practice/S3U1L5/S3U1L5Pract.html Alternate interior, alternate exterior, vertical angles. Identify.

http://www.kidport.com/Grade7/Math/MeasureGeo/MeasuringAngles.htm Neat site! Measures the angles using a protractor that you manipulate on the screen.

Triangles

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0876325.html Chart that shows the name of triangles by side and by angles. Gives examples.

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/practice/S3U2L2/S3U2L2Pract.html Identify the kind of triangle by the given side and angle measure.

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/practice/S3U3L4/S3U3L4Pract.html Practice on identifying right triangles using the Pythagorean theorem.

Polygons

http://www.mathgoodies.com/puzzles/polygon_cw.shtm Crossword puzzle that uses definitions of shapes

http://www.mathgoodies.com/puzzles/polygon_ws.shtm Wordsearch that uses key terms from unit

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/shape/14_act.shtml Great graphics – good to review how many sides, how many sides are parallel, how many sides are congruent. Mixes shapes

http://www.quia.com/mc/65535.html Mixes shapes, matching of definition. Good for review or before TCAP

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0881983.html Chart that shows the name of shapes with sides up to 20.

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/practice/S3U2L3/S3U2L3Pract.html Practice to differentiate between the kinds of quadrilaterals.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0876705.html The first 1000 digits of pi

Perimeter/ Area/ Circumference

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/poly.cgi Drill finding area. Can be drawn on the visualize the concept.

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/poly.cgi?A1=s&A2=3&A15=1&INSTRUCTS=1 Same as above, but asks for perimeter instead of area.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0876858.html “Chart” that gives all of the formulas

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html Flashcard format. Mixes problems from circles, triangles, and quadrilaterals.

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/practice/S3U2L4/S3U2L4Pract.html Students must find the area of polygons and circles.

http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/ Good for drill, but you cannot click on next. If you do, it takes you to the next skill on the page. Click the one that you want and then stay there!

Dilations

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_295_g_3_t_3.html?open=activities Shows how a shape is dilated along an axis. Good for demonstration

Reflections

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_297_g_3_t_3.html?open=activities Neat demonstration. Rotate shape around an axis. Show how it is different from a rotation.

Translations

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_301_g_3_t_3.html?open=activities Neat demonstration. Slide shape around screen. Discuss properties.

Tessellations

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_163_g_3_t_3.html?open=activities Not great, but it lets kids experiment with shapes that would tessellate. Can change colors, click and drag. Best used in computer lab setting.

http://www.math.com/students/wonders/tessellations.html Tessellation homepage almost. Several sites to go from here.

http://www.gamequarium.com/geometry.html Lets you make tessellations online with shapes.

Graphing Equations

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_109_g_3_t_1.html?open=activities Grade 8 Type in equation and it will graph it for you.

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/practice/S2U4L2/S2U4L2Pract.html Identify the slope based on the given line.

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/practice/S2U4L3/S2U4L3Pract.html Identify the equation that matches the given graph. http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/prealg/graph.html#cpandpts Thinkquest made by students. Good site. Use it!

TCAP Review

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/gamezone/ - game, reviews some major concepts of metric, integers, computation. Submarine game played after you collect

http://www.quia.com/mc/65535.htmlscallops Good review of shapes and definitions

Graphing Points

http://www.funbrain.com/cgibin/getskill.cgi?A1=choices&A2=co&A3=8&A4=0&A7=2&A8=math Good whole class site or computer lab site – practice on identifying point on grid or reading the point on grid. Interactive.

http://www.math.com/school/subject2/practice/S2U4L1/S2U4L1Pract.html Name the points that are identified.

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/prealg/graph.html#cpandpts Thinkquest made by kids. Goes over the coordinate plane and contains a quiz.

Roman Numerals

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769547.html Reference chart and instructions on how to put numbers together.

Math Vocabulary

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774340.html Table of math prefixes with examples.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0875618.html Differentiates between cardinal,

ordinal and ?

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0881931.html Table of vocabulary sum, subtrahend,

quotient, etc.

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html Flashcards that use geometric vocabulary words.

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Geom/def.html Geometry glossary

Measurement

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001660.html Conversion chart for just about any kind of measurement that you can think. (and some we’ve never heard of?)

Projects

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Algebra/rentacar.html Fun in the Sun: renting a car, figuring out best rate, making a graph and then identifying functions. For 8^th grade.

http://www.consumerjungle.org/ Navigate the pitfalls of credit cards. On line project, lots to download, talk about.

http://www.mathsolutions.com/mb/content/publications/p_pub_13.html

METRIC

http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/ideas.htm

www.aimsedu.org/activities/minimetrics/mini-metrics.pdf

sciencespot.net/Pages/classmetric.html#Anchor-General-49575

www.aaamath.com/mea.html

www.usatoday.com/educate/mathscience/index.html

www.moems.org

www.exambot.com /math.html

www.senteacher.org

virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/teachers/printmaterial.html